Not Me! Monday

I didn't spend my busy/filled weekend having to get 8 loads of laundry done. I plan things better then that. I knew I had much to do this weekend so I had all the laundry done during the week. Who would be crazy enough to put something like that off knowin they had church, three parties and a gig in one weekend. Glad I didn't have to do all that along with 8 loads of laundry!

I didn't find a bottle of windex in the fridge; I am not that absent minded!

I did not wake up one morning to a wall full of Crayon Art Work. My kids just got in trouble for that last sunday, they know better then to color on walls. *Oh I am so glad I don't have a full wall of crayon drawings to clean *with the help of two sweet, innoncent childre* but If I did I would be so grateful for the awesome power of Mr Clean's Magic Erasers. They really do a great.

I did not accidently order 5 large pizza's from dominoes Online for our little family! I am good at online stuff like that.

I was not late for church, unable to play in orchestra on Sunday. I also did not enjoy sitting next to my handsome husband during the service and did not enjoy listening to the beuatiful music without playing. I did not miss playing the pretty violin parts in the songs and didn't miss being able to use my talent for worship during the service.

my model children

Some days my kids completely impress me with how well they behave in certain situations. In those moments I catch myself thinking, Wow; all my hard work is paying off, i have the model children!!!!

MY MODEL CHILDREN: At a family reunion daniel I made the plates for the kids; all the right foods we think they should eat (not just mac n cheese). We sat down with them and told them they had to eat all their food before they could head over to the yummy dessert table. After we got them started on their food daniel and I went and got our plates one at a time. The kids sat on their bottoms the whole time and ate without any melt downs about what was on their plates and the fact that they could smell the Desserts! They were done before Daniel and I so we told them that we would get dessert when we were done too. They sat there and had pleasant conversations with us until we were done. When we made it to the dessert table we told them they could pick two things and asked them not to touch every dessert on the table. They obeyed and sat back down and ate their 'reward'. We had so many people compliment us on how well our kids behaved at the family reunion. And yes, in that moment I acted like they were always that way.

NO, NOT MY CHILDREN (i think this is going to be the home of the "No, Not My Child" like McMama's Not Me! Mondays)

Last night at church we had a missionfest. Daniel wasn't there so I was a little outnumbered. The missionfest was so neat. Each missionary/mission had a booth and you could go from booth to booth visiting with the missionaries and their families. The booths were all decorated with the missionaries' country as the theme.

Well, Kaylee found a tablet a missionary had put out for starting a prayer group. I decided it would be sweet for me to help Kaylee write her name and then I put my email on it. That wasn't enough for Kaylee, she wanted to draw flowers and Kitties and hold up the line waiting to visit the booth. So my sweet moment quickly snowballed into a melt down. I tried whispering and pulling her away but she was dragging the pad saying all she wanted to color on it. I tried to reason with her and tell her their were nice people waiting to write their names on it too. She ended up kicking and screaming like I have never heard her scream; it was a mad scream and it was loud. She clinched her fist and put them straight at her side and let the screams come! Even the missionary that was talking to another member turned around and gave us a look (i know he didn't mean to) But his look said oh my goodness this mother has no control of her spoiled child. **ok i didn't at that time** I quickly picked up kaylee up and went outside to get "down to her level" and tell her that is not how we act blah blah blah.

Along with the decorated booths some missionaries had food from their country. Nathan asked for the food at the booths to no avail. I knew by looking at some of it he wouldn't like it so I told him let's just look at the booths. Well, enough buggin me and we came to a booth with food that didn't look to out there (white rice with something) so I said he could try some. Right in front of the booth and missionary nathan made the most awful face and SPIT the food out in every direction. The food being RICE it was not fun picking up but I made nathan pick up as much as we saw. I was so embarrassed! I took him outside and told him that we don't spit food out like that.

To state the obvious, it was TIME for us to GO! When I got home I told Daniel about it all and he of course had all the right solutions to each problem. I say that sarcastically but he his good handling the kids when it comes to making them behave; after all he was in the equation above; my model chidren!

a christmas like christ would have it....

Passed on from Garrett and Lara's Blog; What an awesome and well presented message!




I don't want to spoil the joys of giving to your loved ones this christmas but this video really compels me to think about my giving, is it world driven or Christ driven. Let's all think of ways we can make Christmas special for our loved ones without being so consumed with buying their Christmas Joy/Memories (if that makes sense)!

Not Me! Monday

I didn't get so thrown off by the time change that I had dinner ready at 4:00 three times this past week!

I did not have the attitude of "I told you so :P" When my kids, THAT PLAY IN THE SOAP ALL DAY LONG ended up brushing their teeth with soap left in the toothbrushes from one of their early experiments in the bathroom. I am much more compassionate then that!

I wouldn't never check out books on my daughters library card because I have a $24.00 fine. She is very interested in nutrition and Pilate's these days!

I didn't drop one of my son's favorite shoes in the toilet whenever I was putting his FAVORITE shoes on in the bathroom. I wasn't in a mad rush because I was late for school (which starts at 11:00am) and I am not that clumsy! And my sweet son didn't have a melt down because he couldn't wear his favorite shoes to school

In attempts to not have to drive on a trip home from Savannah, I did not wait a ridiculously long time to stop for a restroom break so I wouldn't have to drive as far. Daniel was going to drive until we stopped and I had had a lot of sweet tea in a 4 hr period of time at a famly reunion! I am a sweet wife and would have offered to let my husband ride so he could rest.

Family Date Night

AHHH! Tonight was wonderful. I don't remember the last time Daniel and I went on a date just to two of us. I know you are supposed to keep the 'date' night thing but I think that is somewhat a fantasy these days!! We are really enjoying being a family and doing things together, even if we stay home.

Well, tonight was the best date I have had since I can remember and the kids even came along. I had to go to the side of town Daniel's project is on so when he found out about that he suggested we meet up when he gets off work. He wanted to go to dinner and then take us to see his almost finished building.

The kids and I got all got ready at the house (you know, nicer than if we were just going to walmart) LOL! We got my few errands done and waited for Daniel at the Japanese Steak House. The dinner was perfect, not rushed and of course the kids enjoyed the whole presentation.

After dinner we went to Walmart....yes, it feels that sometimes I can't get out of the house without going to walmart; I always need something. I had to get some stuff for a family reunion we have tomorrow so Daniel took Nathan to the toy section while Kaylee and I shopped. Once I got done getting my food items I slowly made my way to the toy section (there is a lot of stuff to look at/stuff I all-of-the-sudden needed between the food and the toy section)
Well I didn't make it past the electronic section when I saw this boy riding down the center aisle on a bicicle...yes you guessed it, it was Nathan. He and Daniel had gotten a bike down and Nathan was racing down the center aisle. By the time he saw me he said with the biggest grin; this is what I want for Christmas, Mommy! We finally made our way out of walmart and were off to our next adventure.

Daniel then drove us to his jobsite in Nocatee. It is such a beautiful building and it will be completed the first of the year. (I will definitely post pictures of the building then) The kids put on their hard hats and we spent about 45 minutes touring the building and even going up on the roof. Nathan wants to go work with daddy now and told daniel he was a great worker :)



BTW, the kids had to hold on to the hats to whole time or else they would slip off when they looked down :)

Nathan evaluating the work




On our way back to get Daniel's truck we made a pit stop at Krispy Kreme!! The kids got to pick out their own doughnuts and we sat in the resturant and enjoyed ourselves and of course, the doughnuts.


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Thankfully, the weekend isn't over! Tomorrow is my mother in law's family reunion in Savannah. I am looking forward to another day with family!

"Not Me!" Monday

I am finally participating in a "Not Me Monday" This orginated on mckmama's blog ( http://www.mycharmingkids.net/ ) I have been following her for quite sometime.

I am certainly not guilty of any of the following...


i didn't spend an evening rationing out Toilet Paper because I was too lazy to go to the store that day and I ended up cutting it too close. And it certainly wasn't me that told her husband when he found out about our TP Shortage, not to worry, if they werun out, we have plenty of baby wipes and luncheon napkins until I can go to store in the morning.

it wasn't me that made a day a 'sick day' and took a 3 hr nap

it wasn't me that ran out of clean dishes/sippy cups and gave her daughter milk out of a measuring cup; I stay on top of the dishes!

I would never buy cookie dough from the grocery store with absolutely no intention of baking cookies but having it there for a spoonful every now and then and sometimes for breakfast....

It wasn't me that when talking to her husband used the 'word' *if you could call it that* d'turd late at night when I was talking about my recent adventure, getting lost from GA after a gig. I am not in the least bit country or in this case "redneck"! I would have used the word correctly detoured!

spent two and half hours in a line.....

and there wasn't a roller coaster at the end!

Daniel watched the kids while I went to vote after church. This was the last day to early vote and the crowds turned up. Jacksonville has about 15 early voting spots and I went to the library closest to my house. I knew there would be a line but never imagined it would be that long. When I got there I looked at my watch and thought it may take an hour well; it took a little over 2 1/2 hours.

For the most part, everyone stayed in good spirits about the wait. I can't just stand there and keep to myself so of course I had a couple conversations with the people around me. The only lady that I could hear that wasn't in good spirits humored me with her constant nagging remarks....."Standing in line over 2 hours, I really worked hard to vote this year!" she would say something to the effect every couple minutes. I do realize the nagging women probably didn't realize how ungrateful her comments sounded to me and I don't doubt that she is happy to vote and that she realizes the sacrifices made so she could. I know I am just as guilty as the next about saying thoughtless comments like this just to talk but I really was annoyed by her comments.

I thought it nothing to stand in line to vote as long as I did. I wish it was like that for every election. AND don't get me starting on the "Sacrifice" of it all. Standing in line during a cool, breezy florida fall day; we really worked hard to vote this election!

I just thought about how blessed we are to have the right to vote for the candidates and causes we all are passionate about. Many countries don't give their citizens any say in how things are ran. Then to think of all the men and women that served for our countries freedoms; how could I begin to complain about my two and half hour wait to vote!