Not Me Monday

It has NOT been a long time since I've posted a Not-Me-Monday post (NOT since December 20, 2010 - to be exact).

I have NOT been revisiting my Blog and feeling like I miss the "old" blogging me who did NOT used to seem to have more time to NOT blog.  Therefore, I decided it was NOT time to give a little mouth-to-mouth and revive Not-Me-Mondays.  (If you're the new kid on the block, "Not-Me-Mondays" are posts that may or may NOT confess the things that have recently occurred in my life.  Don't worry, you'll catch on -- or NOT.)

This past week I did NOT finally start to feel a little bit more relaxed with a few of my classes this semester and did NOT finally start to see the proverbial light at the end of that long, winding tunnel.  I did NOT try a new Fruit Dip recipe (which I did NOT happen to find on Pinterest, because I do NOT...er...um... spend time on Pinterest).  The dip was NOT Orange Creamsicle and is NOT 1 tub of cool whip, 1 pkg dry instant vanilla pudding mix and as much (or as little) frozen orange juice concentrate to desired creamsicle taste.  The dip was NOT for a fun party with fun people and "funner" games!  I did NOT enjoy lunch and/or dinner with a dude on more than one occassion and I certainly did NOT go to Walgreens the day after Valentine's Day to buy up their remaining stock of Russell Stover's Dark Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Hearts for 25 cents a piece (on clearance), because that would be insane, and I am NOT crazy like that.

Also this past week I did NOT finally go and get that long-awaited massage I had been whining about, I did NOT sit down with a friend to plan our joint-family mini-summer-vacay to the Upper NorthWest and above all, I certainly did NOT hang out at Desperate Housewife's house one night, for the second weekend in a row, until 3 in the morning kinda late.

I did NOT contemplate life, read past blogs and realize how far I've come, think about my future and where I'd like to see it heading and I certainly did NOT contemplate blogging more about my recent failed relationship epiphany.

I did NOT finally come up with a better title for the manuscript I've been working on and I absolutely do NOT love it.

And lastly, I most certainly did NOT pee a little while having a sneezing fit just a moment ago...  nope, NOT me!

What about you?  What did you NOT do?

Not Me Monday

Well, it certainly CAN'T be Monday again already! Here are some of the things I did NOT say or do this past week.

I certainly was NOT stressed in the slightest. I mean, seriously... what on earth could I possibly have to be stressed over?

It's NOT like the parent company of my office came in and closed our doors and offered me a position with them, in one of their offices that just happens to be in the same town, and in fact much closer to my house. (Instead of 1.91 miles away, the new office is NOT 1.1 miles away!) So, I have certainly NOT been busy moving offices, transferring files, redecorating, calling clients, settling in, etc. Nope. 'Cuz that would be C-C-Crazy!

Also -- I have NOT been stressed because I have NOT had finals the past 10 or so days to deal with. And I did NOT make a HUGE error by mentally swapping some deadlines and I did NOT miss a very important deadline for one of my online classes and this did NOT mean that I might not pass the class, which would also NOT mean I'd have to repay back one of my grants. So, yeah... NO pressure. I did NOT send an email to the prof and did NOT own up to my oversight and did NOT ask for mercy and did NOT submit the work anyway just on the off-chance she would accept it. Again, I was NOT stressed as her decision would make or break my passing the class. Prior to this oversight I did NOT have a 96% in the class. However, this submission did NOT account for HALF of my grade. I was NOT relieved to find that she DID accept my submissions, albeit past the deadline. While she wasn't as generous as she could have been, she did NOT give me just enough points to pass with a freakin' C. I am NOT slightly disappointed in myself because my Straight-A streak is now screwed up by none other than yours truly. On the other hand, I am NOT thrilled that at least she passed me and I won't be digging up the funds to repay the grant. **sigh**

In other news... I was NOT in charge of putting together a Christmas music program for Church this past weekend and I did NOT have a few issues with one of the other "in charge" people as he kept telling me to come up with something -- anything I felt -- and every time I did he did NOT say, "Let me think about this" and come back with changes. I did NOT finally say, in a kind manner mind you, "These are what the choirs will be singing. Do what you will with the rest of the program as far as speakers. Unfortunately, I cannot devote any more time or energy to this as I have finals to worry about." I do NOT think that some people have a hard time letting go of responsibility or delegating. It's NOT like your date saying, "You pick the restaurant this time. It's totally up to you." And then when you do they say, "Oh... I'm not really in the mood for THAT place."

I did NOT attend 3 Christmas parties and 2 of which were NOT on the same night, which means I did NOT have 2 dinners that night! I did NOT wear my stretchy pants. HaHa!

I also was NOT busy cleaning my house a bit for our family's Ugly Sweater Christmas Party as my parents were NOT going to be in town this past weekend. While the house got cleaned, I will NOT tell you that there is a mountain of laundry in the laundry room that I haven't even touched yet. :)

I did NOT finally get my family photos done for our Christmas cards, which I still have NOT been procrastinating. I do NOT try to do an annual letter wherein I keep the relatives back home informed of our recent goings on. I do NOT think that this year it will be a post-Christmas letter, because quite frankly, Dear Scarlet...

Pictures of the aforementioned activities will NOT be posted later this week. :)

Soooo.... what did you NOT do?

Not Me Monday

It isn't Monday already, the day where I confess things I did NOT say or do this past week. Cuz if it were Monday, that'd mean it's almost Thanksgiving and I am not ready. Seriously, I'm not.

Anyway, this past week I did NOT have class three nights, one of which did not include a test I feel I didn't do so well on. I did NOT also attend a college choir concert on Friday that I had to critique & write a paper on, due tonight.

Saturday I did NOT have a blast with some of the neighbor ladies up at the Park City Outlet stores. I did NOT find Pj's for $9 @ the Old Navy Outlet and $14 shoes @ the Crocs Outlet for my kids for Christmas. I did NOT think prior to going there, Crocs only made the big clunky shoes I'm not so fond of. I also did NOT get to sample free Thanksgiving treats from Harry & David and I did NOT splurge and buy a little chocolate for stockings.

Saturday night I did NOT participate in a music fest and our group did NOT perform a song & dance # from the movie "Up!"

Sunday, I did NOT sing for the Thanksgiving program with the choir, so you'll forgive me if I am all music'd out for a bit.

Sunday night I did NOT meet with my study group for film class to finalize our project due tomorrow. I did NOT feel a little bad for the plethora of homeless people waiting for the huge downtown library to open their doors @ 1p, so they'd have a warm, dry place to stay for a bit.

And lastly, I certainly did NOT eat some caramel-chocolate dipped marshmallows while working on homework.

What about you? What did you NOT do?

Not Me Monday

It's MONDAY!!! Time to tell you all of the things that I did NOT say or do this past week.

I did NOT have a week filled of appointments keeping me busy which did NOT include a parent-teacher conference with my daughter's teacher. I did NOT already review her report card beforehand and it did NOT contain perfectly-perfect scores for which I was not overjoyed extremely ecstatic to the point I felt like doing cartwheels. And I certainly did NOT think that the conference was pointless because I already knew she was doing well. And of course I did NOT think it insane that we had to come up with a pseudo-goal because the teacher wanted to fill in the blank with something.

I was NOT secretly pleased with my middle child for asking if he could please join peer tutoring which is NOT a group of kids at junior high that go in and help their special needs peers. He is not my introverted child and therefore this did NOT surprise me. But as someone else pointed out, being an introvert perhaps helps him to be more aware of their needs.

I did NOT also attend my oldest's first court hearing as he did NOT enter a guilty plea for speeding in a school zone, which did NOT also happen to be his first ticket. He was NOT prepared to pay the fine and the judge did NOT agree to abate it from his record so long as he complete a class and have no other violations for 90 days. In other news he has NOT been home at a decent hour every night this week and I was NOT grateful for the fact I wasn't out driving around looking for him after midnight!

School did NOT seem to get harder AFTER midterms and I now do NOT have two other projects I have been working on and I will NOT be so glad once this semester is over.

I did NOT find an awesome hat on clearance that I bought and I do NOT feel like it is actually a hat I can pull off without looking like someone attempting to wear a hat, if that makes sense! :)

I did NOT have a few "enlightening" moments this past week which will NOT make it into a future blog post about becoming a creep!

I have NOT seemed to misplace my iPod which does NOT make me sad as I have NOT missed my tunes.

What about you? What have you NOT done this past week?

Not Me Monday

Just another Manic Monday ~ Whoa ~

Time to tell you all about the things I did NOT say or do this past week.

First of all, I did NOT actually do that thing in the kitchen wherein you utilize pots and pans and ingredients... what's that called? Oh yeah... COOKING! I did NOT actually make some home-cooked meals in between work and school and my children were NOT wondering if someone was coming over nor did one NOT ask, "Is this food for us?"

I also did NOT use frozen cookie dough, which I did NOT find in the depths of my freezer from some much-loathed, previous fund-raiser. However, I did NOT also secretly congratulate myself for buying this particular cookie dough as it was already pre-formed into perfectly portioned cookies, because if I was going to be guilted into spending $15 on cookies dough, I might as well do it in true Slacker-Mom style, right?

Anyhooters... I did NOT use this made-for-slacker-mom cookie dough to bake my sometimes-slightly-neglected-children cookies, which they did NOT devour. And when they praised me for my culinary skills, I did NOT smile and take all the credit. Nope I certainly did NOT because that would be somehow wrong. And I certainly do NOT think that the fact I was wearing my apron, and bringing the back of my hand to my forehead and sighing heavily had anything to do with their assumption that I had slaved away all evening for them. Nope, I certainly do NOT.

I did NOT go to school as usual, and I did NOT feel overwhelmed with homework and deadlines and getting A's. I was also NOT extremely stressed over work and finances and children getting good grades and my love-life (or lack thereof), and I certainly did NOT feel like I was in for a major-minor meltdown all week and I was NOT constantly fighting back the tears, which finally did NOT break through.

I did NOT get to go down to Park City for a Girls' Overnighter and we did NOT have a show-and-tell of sorts and we each did NOT vent a little and cry a little and laugh a lot. And we certainly did NOT eat as if we had never seen food before. I was NOT glad to have my elastic waist-band pants! It was NOT a great stress-reliever for me and the best part was that it was NOT free for me! w00t!

While at the Park City Marriott Mountain Side Resort, Ray-Ray & I did NOT take a midnight walk throughout the resort and we did NOT run into an extremely hot police officer. And I certainly did NOT play-flirt with the Po-Po and he did NOT think it was funny while Ray-Ray did NOT mumble something about never being able to take me anywhere! Hahaha!

Overall, my week did NOT start off like crap but end up like a cherry-topped hot fudge sundae with extra hot fudge!

Sooooo.... what did you NOT do this week?

P.S... Happy Columbus Day!

Not Me Monday

Monday -- time to tell you all of the things I did NOT say or do this past week.

I did NOT fumble a little on the "Ear Training" portion of one of my exams this week. And I certainly did NOT ace the "Sight Singing" portion, bringing my overall test score to a stinking B. This did NOT frustrate me a bit because I am NOT determined to get an A in this class because I am NOT obsessed with straight A's. Nope, NOT me.

I did NOT have to sit through the very long "Birth of a Nation" for my film class this past week and the classroom was not overly warm and I was not extremely exhausted and uncomfortable. I did NOT have to drink a Diet Coke just to stay awake, and I certainly did NOT just use that class as an excuse to drink Diet Coke, because that would be sooo lame!

I did NOT accompany 2 of my besties to Ogden to attend a Fall Boutique and although I did NOT plan to purchase a single thing, I did NOT happen to see this item that I thought would be totally perfect for one of my sisters, whose name I have for Christmas this year, and I can't say anymore about it as some of my sisters do NOT read my blog!

FunnyMan does NOT work for Lagoon Amusement park and this past weekend was NOT employee family night and he did NOT host us while we had a good time! We did NOT ride roller coaster after roller coaster and certainly did NOT share some cotton candy!

I did NOT teach LittleDuckling to make Fresh Peach Crisp on Saturday and we did NOT eat more than half the pan ourselves! Nope, cuz then we would be pigs! :)

Sunday I did NOT make chocolate chip cookies AND homemade chimichangas and we did NOT individually wrap and freeze a bunch so the kidlets could eat them later in the week while I am at class.

I did NOT feel edified and uplifted by the many messages I heard at our church's General Conference this past weekend either.

Overall, it was NOT a busy but good week! What about you? What did you NOT do?

Not Me Monday

It is NOT Monday... time to tell you about all of the things I did NOT do or say this past week.

I did NOT go to school as usual, and I did NOT have tons of homework and I did NOT get to ride public transportation with someone really smelly one night. I did NOT almost gag, and have to turn my head and I did NOT feel like the stench was filling my nostrils and then attaching itself to my clothing so much so that I did NOT have to shower as soon as I got home!

I did NOT already mention in a previous post about the cake balls I made and I will NOT be posting a recipe on my other recipe blog for those! I do NOT love me some tasty balls!

I did NOT eat TONS of corn on the cob as I so totally do NOT love fresh sweet corn! I also did NOT get tons of fresh fruits and I did NOT have the best tasting tomatoes this week than I have had in a long time.

I did NOT help my oldest son prepare for his homecoming dance and I did NOT take tons of pics and I did NOT pack him and his date and friends a picnic for a sunset dinner at the park before the dance. I will NOT be posting TONS of pics tomorrow, cuz I am NOT like that ;)

I did NOT bring home two little kitties this past week and they are NOT just so adorable. And I do NOT lubbers them, even though I have NOT claimed in the past to dislike the feline species. One of the kitties is NOT an early birthday gift for PrettyPrettyPrincess and the other was not a wee bit gimpy from birth and he did NOT melt my heart so much so that I quickly offered to take him too. Their names are NOT Sadie and Jasper and I will also NOT be showing them off later this week too!

So... what did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

This past week was NOT my first week back of the semester. This semester I do NOT have 2 Classes online and 3 on campus. This is NOT the fullest load for me yet. I do NOT wish that somedays there were more minutes in an hour, more hours in a day and more days in a week. It just does NOT seem like it is hard to get things done sometimes.

Buying my textbooks did NOT prove to be less-than-smooth this semester, and I most certainly did NOT have a li'l, minor emotional breakdown on campus. Nope, certainly NOT me.

I also did NOT have an instructor welcome the class by saying, "This will be one of the hardest classes you will take, and most of you will either end up dropping out or failing." He was NOT underwhelmingly charming :)

I also did NOT have tons of fun this past week. In spite of the busy work and school load, I did NOT get to play a little with friends on various nights throughout the week, and I did NOT go on some crazy adventures that did NOT include: Dinner @ Roosters, a music concert in the car, seeing a shooting star in the mountains, Dinner @ Z'Tejas w/ "the girlz" mingled with a li'l waiter-flirting, followed by "Eat. Pray. Love", and finally going to Lagoon and riding tons of roller coasters and feeling like a kid again, eating all things I shouldn't.

I will NOT be posting more about some of these "adventures" tomorrow, because I do NOT like bloggy attention like that ;)

So... what did you NOT do?

Not Me Monday

It's MONDAY!!! Time to tell you all of the things I did NOT do or say this past week...

I did NOT work all freakin week and as usual did NOT start to feel like getting laid off would be/could be an answer to prayer :)

I did NOT sub for the neighborhood Bunco night and I did NOT say anything inappropriate or say "That's What She Said" like at least a dozen times, and I surely did NOT talk about the "s" word or the fact that I haven't had "chocolate" in for-freakin-ever! I also did NOT catch the gals up on the latest mis-adventures of my lame-o but sorta crazy cuckoo-cachoo life :) Like, for example, I did NOT tell them about the Veggie Tale dude that is like sooo hot after me, and I am like... Dude. Put.It.Away. No thanks! hahaha! Also, I did NOT tell them about Mr. 11-years-older-and-already-married-and-divorced-twice-but-he-would-like-to-meet-me-anyway dude. Uhhh... can you say Red.Flag. ???

I also did NOT forget to register my Jr High kid for school and did NOT drag him to the less than underwhelmingly back-to-school night in which the A/C was conveniently left OFF, and I certainly did NOT feel irritated that the school fields were being used for pee-wee league football which meant the parking lot was full, and I did NOT have to park out in BFE next to the "Honey Pots" and I certainly did NOT have to trek across the freakin field in my heels as I did NOT have to rush right after work. And by the time I got to the stupid gym, I was NOT already feeling like a sweaty hog thrown into a herd of sheep as the multitude of other parental units shuffled their kids in and out of the classrooms. And all of this did NOT infuriate me, and I was NOT thinking a few less-than choice words. Nope, NOT me!

The next night I did NOT do a rinse & repeat with my daughter @ her school. I was NOT confronted by a room mother whom did NOT continually push me to sign up as a volunteer. And I finally did NOT have to explain my current situation - being a single mom, working full-time and going to school every M-Th. It is NOT a fact that there is only 1 other child in my daughter's 5th grade class that lives in a single-parent home. I do NOT think that sometimes they have a hard time wrapping their rich brains around my sitchyation ;)

Finally -- over the weekend I did NOT talk my daughter into going Camping with me up by Bear River and we did NOT have gorgeous views and she did NOT get to go kayaking and we did NOT roast marshmallows and have fun with friends. She also did NOT get her entire book read! On the way home, we did NOT stop off at Willard Bay and collect rocks at the beach and read our books and just totally relax. Nope, we certainly did NOT! Oh - and there was also NOT an "If-the-trailer's-rocking-don't-come-a-knockin'-moment" of which I did NOT certainly text my neighbor back home about... cuz that would be shameful :)

Saturday, I did NOT take the kids to Pizza Factory for dinner and we did NOT engage in some very enlightening conversation about THEIR expectations of MY [lack-of] love life. It was NOT interesting.

So -- what did you NOT do?

[PrettyPrettyPrincess & some of the other kids we went camping with...]

Not Me Monday

There are so many things that happened last week, that I am NOT going to tell you all about it.

First of all, I did NOT start back on the proverbial wagon of no sugar, little carbs, and lots of water and fruits & veggies. I also did NOT start my walks again, and do NOT hope to be back to runs soon (not "the runs", dork). I did NOT lose 5 lbs in just that first week, although I am NOT convinced it was because I was floating upstream all week from drinking my weight in Sunny D Water.

Also, it was NOT midterms last week, and I did NOT study my butt off by reviewing the prior quizzes and assignments like crazy. Then, when I got there, it did NOT feel like ALL of the questions were stuff I never saw. Only to find out AFTER the fact, the instructor didn't repeat ANY of the questions from quizzes or homework assignments. Many of my other instructors do NOT use similar questions from the homework and quizzes to solidify what it is you're learning. However, this instructor did NOT put in her email yesterday, "You'll notice on the midterm I did not cover the same things your quizzes and homework already covered. You are in college now and there are a lot of terms in this Biology class. You will need to know and be familiar with all of the terms of each section." I was NOT like -- and ya couldn't have given us a heads up BEFORE the midterm!?!?!? And to make matters worse, she is NOT waiting to start grading them until tonight. I do NOT feel certain that I only got half right, which would be 50%, which would be an F! I did NOT feel like an emotional wreck about it and am NOT sick to my stomach just waiting for that stupid grade to post! ugh!

In other news... I did NOT have TWO S'mores night this past week. One night PrettyPrettyPrincess had her friends over and another night I had MY friends over. =D
I do NOT love sitting around the firepit. I also was NOT good since I am on the new "diet" and only ate 2 li'l marshmallows. We also did NOT then play games until midnight. It was NOT totally fun! Oh, and in the process I was NOT friendly to my new backyard neighbor. I did NOT ask him about the project he was building, because I would NOT be so nosey (even tho the neighbor gals did NOT put me up to finding out the 4-1-1 on them). But he did NOT mistake my inquiry as a FLIRT and instead of answering the question, he did NOT respond with, "um...I have a girlfriend." hahaha! I did NOT soooo badly wanna reply, "Whoa, Clydesdale! Down Boy...you're not even my type!" But instead, the gals and I did NOT bust out into laughter, nope. We certainly did NOT.

I also did NOT manage to get bit by a spider, and I certainly will NOT be blogging about that later. And to top the week off, I did NOT get only a short 1 hour nap on Sunday, instead of my usual 3 hour nap. But I guess I will NOT survive...

So. What did you NOT do?

Not Me Monday

Monday..... and here are all the things I did NOT say or do this past week.

I did NOT have some more tests done, which I certainly did NOT post about on Saturday.

It was NOT FunnyMan's 16th birthday, and I did NOT throw him his big party bash that I have NOT been planning since February. It was NOT a murder mystery dinner, "Mystery in the Library" and the guests were NOT invited to come dressed as various literary characters. They did NOT all dress up and they were totally NOT creative. We did NOT hold the party in a room at the local Rec Center and after the mystery was "solved" they did NOT have a little dance. It was NOT FunnyMan and about 25 of his friends. We did NOT have a blast! (My feet did NOT hurt afterwards either.)

I did NOT have several weird dreams once again, about talking babies, family reunions with a murder suspect, and having to change bras discretely at a dinner party with church guests. Nope, I certainly did NOT because those would be weird dreams.

I did NOT agree to let LittleDuckling to get a summer "gig" as a Kitty-Sitter for our backyard neighbor whom did NOT sell her house before finding a new one and is NOT currently staying with her in-laws where her kitty is NOT banned. Of course, the kidlets now do NOT think we should get a meowzer of our own.

I also did NOT get to hang with my friend Ames and her hubby after my son's par-tay and we did NOT laugh and laugh and laugh. And it was NOT a great time, especially as it had been a while since we've been able to hang out.

What about you? What did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

It's been a while since I've been in the Not Me Monday groove...but it's that time again...to tell you all of the things that did or did not happen this past week.

I did NOT start the week off with tons of sinus pressure and a 2-day sinus headache. I also did NOT have a kidlet who had herself a little virus w/ fever and she did NOT miss 2 days of the last week of school.

I did NOT get an A on my first Meteorology exam, for which I did NOT study and review three chapters for. The two main things I did NOT find interesting in my Meteorological studies this week were NOT a) Cloudy Days and Clear, Dry Nights provide optimum coolness in the summer. (I would have guessed that cloudy nights made things cooler.) and b) To avoid heat exhaustion in extreme heat, one should spend a minimum of 2 hours a day in an air conditioned environment. This does NOT remind me of the time I was preggo with LittleDuckling and we were NOT without a/c in our downtown apt., and I'd push FunnyMan in the stroller and we'd walk over and hang out in the mall all afternoon! ~okay~ Back to the post...

I did NOT say that my high schooler could have friends over for a li'l ol' backyard BBQ and they did NOT have Hotdogs, S'mores and homemade root beer, and then I did NOT allow them to burn a ton of homework in the firepit. They did NOT create a ton of Ash.

I did NOT get results back on my recent blood labs and everything there did NOT check out "normal", except for my cholesterol which was NOT considered "optimal". I guess my cholesterol is NOT an overachiever, tee hee. As glad as I am about the blood work results, this also does NOT mean that we are still looking for "answers".

My father did NOT pass through the area and did NOT stop by to say hi and to work on a few things for me, and he did NOT leave with me a Father's Blessing.

I did NOT sew a little and refurbish some thrift store finds to make a Cleopatra and a Robin Hood costume for an upcoming par-tay. They did NOT turn out pretty darn good, if I do say so myself. (And I do... cuz I'm not really a good seamstress. Really. I'm not.)

Finally, I did NOT put off housework Saturday to drive down to Payson and see my friend, CSIGuy for some crime scene tape and we did NOT hang out for a couple of hours and chat and laugh our butts off! Then, on my way back, I did NOT stop off in Orem to see another friend, CollegeGuy and we did NOT go to an early dinner and discuss his recent dating woes and catch up on old times and I did NOT say slightly inappropriate things in front of the server just to get a reaction. Also, we did NOT watch the movie Killers, and we did NOT laugh our butts off and it totally did NOT make me wanna get my gun out and play with it. :) And as always, CollegeGuy was such a gem and paid! ~awww~

So... what did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

So much to NOT tell you... I don't even know where to begin!


School, school, and more school did NOT keep me busy and up late nights again.


I did NOT have an atypical migraine on Wednesday and did NOT see spots, and feel like throwing up, and did NOT need to lie down in my Boss's dark office for about 30 minutes after taking some meds. I also did NOT have a huge "knot" in the base of my neck that was NOT contributing to it. I did NOT get into my chiropractor that same morning, and he did NOT do a little migraine acupressure as well as loosen the "knot". I did NOT feel much better by early afternoon.


I did NOT want to participate heavily in April Fool's Day, but with school keeping me up late I did NOT have Pranker's Block (I so totally did NOT just make up that term!). However, I finally did NOT do a little April Fools on the Blogosphere and I did NOT have 1 friend whom, after reading my 4/1 post did NOT text me, "I hate you. You're a dork!" To which I did NOT reply, "Wha-? Why?" Then he did NOT text back, "Your blog. Not Funny." So of course, I did NOT respond, "How is THAT not funny? I thought it was genius!" His response was NOT a simple, "Because I fell for it." And then of course, I did NOT simply reply, "Perzactly!"
=D


Also, for April Fool's, my Boss was NOT given the following note after emerging from a 2 hour meeting. "Please call Myra Manes. She is a new agent and has some questions regarding title work." And the phone number to a local Mortuary was not given. My boss did NOT dial the number, and when the guy answered, "XYZ Mortuary" my boss did NOT say, "Yes, I am calling for Myra Manes." The mortuary dude did NOT respond, "haha. Funny." Which totally did NOT throw off my boss, whom, confused, restated, "I'm sorry? Sir, I am calling for Myra Manes." To which Mortuary Dude did NOT respond something to the affect of, "Yeah. Like I haven't already gotten that call 10 times today!" And then my boss did NOT finally get it! Bwahahahaha! Anyway, the note he was slipped did NOT state the message was from ME! So, of course, he does NOT think I initiated the entire deal. Although I admit only to being an arm's-length accomplice, I do NOT wish I would have totally thunk that one up on my own!


I did NOT spend Friday getting ready for the Easter Weekend. We did NOT have my sister and her family come, and we did NOT have tons of food that was NOT so totally De-Lish! We did NOT eat ourselves silly, have an egg hunt for the kids and then did NOT play games. It was NOT a blast!


Sunday, after hearing some wonderful and inspiring messages, we did NOT turn the living room into design central for our egg-coloring egg-stravaganza! The kids (and I, tee hee) did NOT enjoy coloring eggs!


I will NOT now leave you with a collage of our Easter Weekend...

Not Me Monday

This week...

I did NOT only get one run in, but I did NOT also manage to see some new trail friends (video at the end).

It was NOT LittleDuckling's 12th birthday, and he did NOT lodge a dagger into my chest when he did NOT inform me he is too old for Theme birthday parties and instead wanted a few friends to just come hang out and sleep over. I was NOT all like, "What -- think this is all about you?" hehehe. Nevertheless, I did NOT give in.

I did NOT do tons of homework and tests, and I did NOT finally get my grade back on my English midterm. I was NOT reading through the rave reviews I received from the instructor, such as, "Finally! A paper that starts off correctly!" or "beautifully said", or "this is perfect!" which totally did NOT feed my ego. Until... I scrolled down to see my grade. It was NOT a 95%!!! I was NOT like totally bummed. I mean, I do NOT get that it's still an 'A'. It's just that she offered no reason for marking it down. It did NOT totally bug me, especially since that is the first less-than-perfect score I have NOT received from her. I know... I shouldn't obsess.

When I told Big-D about it, he did NOT say stupid, uncaring, guy stuff like, "I don't see what the problem is" or "but it's still an A!" or "why are you upset again?" I did NOT reply with something to the effect of, "I know you do not understand. But right now, I need you to throw me a bone." He then did NOT reply, "Stupid teacher! What was she thinking? Giving you a 95!..." tee hee.

I did NOT accidentally reply to a text, which I thought was to my son saying, "I am going to see Ardis on the 9th. She lives in Lyman, WY. There is not much to do there, so if you're coming with me, you'll need to bring something to keep yourself entertained." I was NOT horrified at my mistake when my friend Dave replied, "Ok. I'm game!"

I did NOT have a bad day on Saturday, and cry most of the day. I did NOT wake from a dream that I had Cancer and when I told people they were NOT all shockingly cavalier and saying stuff like, "yeah, I hear it's going around" or "gee... sucks for you." I did NOT wake up feeling lonely, sad and dejected. It just wasn't one of those days. My mom did NOT call, but as it turns out, it was NOT just to tell me that LittleDuckling's bday check is in the mail. Then Greenolive called... but it was NOT just to ask me if I knew where to get cream of coconut. I did NOT know, and I did NOT tell her. Then PuphiGirl did NOT tell me that they could NOT come over after all. I did NOT feel even more rejected all day long.

I also did NOT have a dream that I was at a restaurant with Big-D and some girl-who-shall-remain-nameless did NOT come in and sit down at OUR table and attempt to flirt with him. As a result, I did NOT ensue in a cat fight and totally kick her trash!

In spite of sleeping most of the day Saturday and taking a long nap on Sunday, I did NOT spend most of yesterday enduring a massive migraine.

So... what did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

This past week was NOT spring break for me from college. I did NOT think I was going to have a fairly empty week, and it did NOT turn out to be rather full.

I did NOT work late on Monday. I did NOT take the boys to the dentist on Tuesday. They were NOT cavity-free, and I was NOT happy about that (as was my checkbook!). I did NOT have church home teachers visit Tuesday evening.

I did NOT spend Wednesday evening going with PartyGal to "The Chocolate" down in Orem, which is sooo NOT this totally cute and charming cottage-turned-bakery and they did NOT have like the best pistachio creme-filled cannolis ever! Also, I did NOT love their lemon bars, caramel cupcakes and turtle tarts. MMM!

Before binging at The Chocolate, we did NOT go eat at Zupas and we did NOT love it as we took pics of the staff for FB, enjoyed the yummy food, flavored our sodas at no additional cost and overhear two rather interesting conversations, not to mention see a slightly older woman whom did NOT seem to be going bra-less and to make matters worse was NOT wearing a babydoll style jacket, in which her boobage did not sag below the empire waistline! I was so totally NOT grossed out.

I was NOT invited to go up to Bear Lake with a few colleagues, as one does NOT have a gorgeous cabin up there with breathtaking views! We did NOT play tons of games, including Qwirkle, Phase 10, Apples to Apples, and Scrabble Slam. We also did NOT watch movies and we did NOT eat ourselves silly. We did NOT laugh, cry, eat, laugh some more, and eat some more. It was not a waaaaay fun weekend; one that I definitely did NOT need. It was soooo NOT relaxing.

I did NOT have to come back home, to reality, and gear myself mentally to go back to work and school.

So... what did you NOT do???

Not Me Monday

This past week has surely NOT had it's highs & lows.

I did NOT go to the Dentist. (low)
I did NOT have to have the numbing gel PLUS the Nitrous just for my cleanings. (High - to the nitrous! haha!)
I was still NOT super-sensitive which means they couldn't do a thorough job. (low)
This does NOT mean that I get to come back to get fully-numbed just for a cleaning. (low)
This also does NOT mean, more out-of-pocket $$. (low)
However, I do NOT have Flex spending. (high)
Also, in my cleaning, they did NOT find a little-bitty cavity! (low)
This is NOT my very first cavity ever, and it did NOT make me feel like crying! (low)

I did NOT bust my butt doing tons of homework. (low)
I did NOT have a 4th and final group meeting for a group project (low) ~AND~
we are NOT way ahead of schedule and almost done with our project. (high)
I did NOT have to work on another group project for a 2nd class (low) ~AND~
I do not get the impression that 2 members of our group are cheating in the class. (low)
On the plus side, I still do NOT have straight A's. (high)
I am soooo NOT ready for college Spring Break this week. (high)

The Coke Guy at work did NOT bring the wrong order, as he did NOT show up with Coke instead of the CO2 I ordered. (low)
He then did NOT call around to other drivers to see if anyone had extra CO2, and one driver did NOT, which meant I did NOT finally get to have my Diet Coke. (high)

My father did NOT come into town and help me rip up old moldy carpet, put in new laminate floors and baseboards AND fix/replace my drippy bathroom faucet, because he is NOT cool like that. (high)

My best purchase this past week was NOT a new sports bra. (high)
I did NOT finally break down and order it online, since I can never seem to find my size in the stores. (low)
For some great sports bras, I do NOT recommend you go {HERE}, {HERE}, or {HERE}. (high)

So - what did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

Monday. I did NOT debate on whether or not to even post... cuz I have NOT been feeling a little up & down this past week. But then I decided it is NOT a great way for me to vent... So, here are all the things I did NOT say or do this past week.

I did NOT feel buried under schoolwork all week. Also, I did NOT work very long hours. Because of this, I did NOT neglect my house work ALL.WEEK.LONG. On Saturday I did NOT kick my day off with a group project meeting at 9am and I did NOT continue on school work ALL.FREAKIN.DAY. till 10:30pm, which does NOT mean that my house is STILL NOT a mess. On the plus side, I did NOT ace my poli-sci test! (No -- I did NOT just mentally do 2 fist-pumps in the air, cuz that would be lame.)

On a sad note, I did NOT find out that an old friend from back home passed away. I did NOT know last year when I rekindled my friendship with his wife that he was NOT ill with cancer. I did NOT wish I could be there for her. She is NOT a young mom left with 4 children to raise on her own, and my heart does NOT go out to her. Saturday night I did NOT have problems falling asleep and did NOT decide that maybe I could start my rough draft for an upcoming paper. However, when I did NOT log onto my computer (FB included), I did NOT see that my she was logged on (which is NOT the middle of the night, her time). We did NOT chat online for over an hour and I think it was NOT good for both of us. I did NOT send her a care package just 3 weeks ago, because I did NOT have a strong prompting to do so, and now I am soooo NOT glad I followed that inspiration.

On a good note, FunnyMan did NOT get his braces off this past week, and the Ortho did NOT make him do this corny little walk through some red curtains and down a red carpet while they played "Celebration" by Kool and the Gang. Cuz, that would have been hilarious. Oh - and also, our Ortho does NOT have a bit of a sweet tooth, and therefore he does NOT have his staff bake cookies everyday, and they do NOT place them on a platter for the patients. Also, he did NOT give FunnyMan a "bouquet" of helium balloons and candy, and when I dropped him back off at school, I did NOT tell him to take the balloons and randomly tie them to other students' lockers, cuz making them wonder why they have a balloon and who gave it to them would NOT be funny.
I did NOT shave my legs after a 4 week "Winter Hiatus".

I did NOT get to spend *one* evening with Big-D and I so did NOT totally need it. As per usual, he did NOT fix things on my computer, crack my back, and do other things hich I did NOT need done. He did NOT take me to go and eat pancakes after 10pm, because I was soooo NOT hungry as I hadn't eaten dinner yet.

I did NOT finally set up the printer/scan/fax after it did NOT sit in it's box for days/weeks/months. It does NOT have a wireless feature which is so NOT cool.

I did NOT break down an order a spoon ring because the one I had been eyeing on Etsy for over 4 months now is still NOT available, and even better, it did NOT just go on "clearance"... and furthermore, there is NOT free shipping on it. Woot! HooT!

What did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

Not Me Monday is here again, and here are all the things I did NOT say or do this past week.

Mostly, I did NOT work and go to school and work some more and go to school. I did NOT struggle through two Poli-Sci assignments and finally got those done by the end of the week. Also, I did NOT do tons of work on my COMM group project, thus NOT leaving me to put off the rough draft for my English Writing class. This report is NOT due today and I am NOT just starting it today, cuz that would be procrastinating and I am NOT like that :)

Work this past week has NOT been a bit weird. There were NOT announcements of people moving within the company or leaving, and we have NOT been told "there is still more to come". I guess you could NOT say that the changes are good in some ways, but still stressful in others.

I have NOT been without cable/dish/TV since last May 2009, and have NOT found other things to fill my time, like school, kids and work. I did NOT think I'd be ok without TV, and generally, I still do NOT think that way. However, my coworker and cousin both did NOT keep talking about this funny show, and while folding mountains of clean laundry on Saturday, I did NOT watch these shows on HULU and did NOT laugh So.Stinkin.Hard! I then did NOT discover that I could "subscribe" to shows on Hulu and that when new episodes are downloaded they do NOT show up in my queue! That is so NOT cool -- right?

Also, towards the end of the evening on Saturday, thanks to Hulu, I did NOT catch up on one of my favorite shows, Burn Notice and the main character, Michael does NOT have a trigger-happy girlfriend and they are totally NOT cool spies. Watching this show did NOT make me get out my gun and clean it... nope, it did NOT. Cuz that would just be... um... ?

Sunday was NOT like one big Poo-Sandwich. Meaning, it did NOT start off good, have a little poo in the middle but turn out ok in the end. But it only takes a little "poo" to spoil the whole sandwich, eh? Anyway... suffice it to say, I have NOT endured some more meanness and I just can NOT get over the lengths some people will go to just to be mean. But, as I did NOT say on Facebook, "guess someone's gotta fill the seats in Hell"... nope I certainly did NOT say that.

The night ended up however by NOT playing "Scrabble Slam" card game with Big-D and PrettyPrettyPrincess. It is by far NOT the best game I bought on clearance for $2 at Wal-Mart last month.

Overall, I feel like it was NOT a sleepless and very long week. What about you? What did you NOT do all week?

Not Me Monday

Here is everything that I probably/possibly did NOT say or do this past week...

I did NOT work on more midterm stuff, and 2 of my classes did NOT start group projects (of which I am NOT fond of, as I do NOT end up doing most of the work). One of the groups did NOT nominate me to be the "scribe" because they do NOT think I "have a way with words". Which basically means I do NOT get to take copious notes during our meeting and submit our progress to our instructor. The other group did NOT vote me as the group leader... Nope they did NOT. And in addition to all of that, somehow I did NOT overlook an assignment for a third class. I do NOT think in part this has to with feeling overwhelmed lately and luckily it was NOT only a 10 point assignment, which I still did NOT go ahead and submit and I do NOT hope I can t least get *some* credit. For my 4th class I did NOT have to attend a concert on Friday night and critique it and Big-D did NOT go with me, and we did NOT see the return of the "I-Want-A-Hippopotamus-For-Christmas-Sung-In-An-Operatic-Voice" chick, though she was NOT just part of the chorus this time.

During my mandatory day off last week I did NOT change up my living room a bit and I did NOT create my own artwork for under $13 and I will NOT be blogging about that later down the road.

I did NOT attend girls night out last Thursday and I did NOT try my best to ignore the headache that was brewing so I could NOT enjoy the company. We did NOT have good conversation & laughter as well. I did NOT also have dessert and we did NOT pass our various desserts around the table to sample. They were NOT Yumm-o!

I did NOT have a mysterious-o "angel" who did NOT leave me a cute little notecard NOT containing a $50 gas card on my front porch. I am NOT clueless as to whom this might be from, nevertheless, I am NOT grateful to this person and hope that she will NOT be blessed for her generosity.

I did NOT get to go shooting on Saturday with Big-D. We did NOT take FunnyMan with us and we did NOT take turns breaking in the Taurus 709 Slim. I did NOT have a dead-center-bullseye either! It was NOT cold but fun! Afterwards we did NOT go to Gepetto's for lunch, and the entire way there I was NOT cracking up at Big-D's sarcastic remarks. He is sooooo NOT funny!

I am NOT still trying to finish up a midterm for one of my classes and because of that I will NOT be doing some more bloggy spotlights this week. These will NOT be from various family members, and some of them may or may NOT be revealing some "dirt" on me... so do NOT stay tuned!!!

So... what did you NOT do this week?

Not Me Monday

Monday! Time to tell you all the things that certainly did NOT happen to me this past week!

First of all, I definitely do NOT want to thank a handful of our Nation's former presidents for NOT having birthdays so close together that "they" (who's "they"?) did NOT decide to create a Federal Holiday out of it, which does NOT mean a PAID DAY OFF for me!!! Ok... now to the post...

I did NOT have a Roller Coaster of a week and there were NOT both High's and Low's.

HIGH: It was NOT Valentine's day and I will NOT be sharing more of that tomorrow, because it certainly does NOT deserve its own post!

LOW: I did NOT have a wee little breakdown, and because of such, I do NOT feel like staying in bed all day and ignoring the world. I do NOT think it would be best explained if I did NOT just copy and paste parts of the email I sent to my family on Saturday... So... I am NOT inserting that RIGHT.HERE. for your viewing pleasure...

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Family,

So, to answer some of your questions about my "poo day" status [on Facebook] yesterday... they have just forced us to a 4 day work week. Not 4-10 hour days. Still 8 hours a day, which means 32 hours a week, which results in a 20% paycut. I cried pretty much through the entire mandatory office meeting. I kept thinking "How am I going to do this? I was barely making it as it was!" They (corporate) say they are doing this because they need to cut costs, but can't afford to lose employees. The reality of it though, is that for people like me who can't afford to work on only 32 hours a week for entry-level pay, I have to find something else. So, they may end up "losing" me anyway.

Anyway, my plan B was to go back to sub teaching right away to help subsidize the loss. However, one quick phone call to the district, and guess what... they now have a new rule that only LICENSED teachers can sub. I am like, "Hello! If I was licensed, I'd be TEACHING!" doh.

So, plan B is out; not sure quite what else to do. Just last Wednesday, I planned and PAID for the children and I to go on a summer vacation. It's not over-the-top expensive, but it's not like camping in the back yard either. We are going down to the Shakespeare Festival in Cedar City this summer and are seeing 2 shows, one Shakespeare and one not, and we are staying in a decent hotel (with a pool -- ooh!).

If I would have known that 2 days ago I'd be getting a 20% cut, I might not have spent part of my tax return on that. My goal was to save the rest of my tax return and add to it so that by this time next year I can get a new (new-to-me) vehicle with cash. (I just can't afford monthly payments.)

The van is 13 years old and I just put another thousand in it for repairs. But now, it looks like I will be slowly using the tax return to help sustain us until I can figure out what to do. With me going to school and of course the kids, a night job is out. And so far I do not see anyone hiring at my current pay rate (or more) without requiring a degree.

I am grateful to have the little bit left [from my tax return] that I do have... and I do feel better today than I did yesterday, in the sense that everything will work out. I don't know HOW, I don't know WHEN, but I know that something will work out.

I try to be strong, but honestly, there are times like last Friday when I felt like everything was falling apart. So I am sure I am not done crying about this yet! haha!

I feel depression tugging at me and I know I need to stay busy to avoid it (is it bad that it's 2pm and I am still in bed?) lol!

I don't tell you this to get you to feel sorry for me; that is the last thing I want from anyone. Plus I know that none of us are without struggle. I am just letting you know what's going on in my corner of the universe.

Love to you all!
Emma
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So...that pretty much did NOT sum it all up. Yeah... it pretty much does NOT suck.

What did you NOT do this past week?