"Not Me!" Monday

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and so many others have not been doing this week!

Monday...again...I tried to deny it last week, but it's back! Monday's are not especially harder now with school in session...but that means you might not find me taking a walk, sipping an iced coffee, or maybe not finding me still in my pj's! I'm not just a little sad, though...and I do not miss Alex and Emily a little...just a little!

We did not have a fun Saturday strolling around the grounds of our favorite nursery {Dan's second home!} looking at the beautiful flowers and plants, while Dan did not get some more trees for planting in the Fall! {He loves his yard!}









We did not get a tour around the tree farm in an old pick-up truck...play with the friendly nursery pets...or "awwww" at the newborn kittens!

This is Kitty Mama...


Because of her...we are not bringing home a kitty just like her in about 4 weeks! Not us! We haven't even named it Whiskers already, either...because she wasn't just too cute...so she will not have a great home at Martin Manor! The kids are not super excited about it! Skipper...well, we haven't told him the good news, yet! Hope he likes surprises! {I hope I have not made a mistake...gulp!}

Before all the fun we did not have at the nursery, we did not stop at a favorite drive-in diner along the way! Because we were nowhere near it, I didn't stuff the biggest, greasiest, most delicious onion rings I've ever had in my mouth...or wash them down with a large marshmallow coke! I absolutely did not do that! I eat much more healthy foods than that! {My mouth is not watering right now thinking about it!} Yum! I will certainly not need my cholesterol checked after that! {Burp!}

Speaking of food...I did not get caught at a different Chili's eating establishment {my second home!} by one of our favorite servers! We've missed him at our hometown Chili's and wondered what happened to him... well, we did not find him! {apparently he moved!} It was not a little embarrassing for me that he discovered that we do not sometimes frequent other Chili's restaurants when there are other places to eat...like home! But we did not love that he still remembered what we always order...chips and salsa... with a side of ranch {for Emily} ...diet coke {for me} ...and root beer in a bottle {for Alex}!

{I thought I was done with this post...hang in there! This just in...}

Alex has not finally accomplished something we set a goal for a big first grader to do...





Success!



He did not finally learn how to tie his shoes! {Yahoo!} It did not take lots of patience and several tries before he could do it all by himself...it did not take a little more encouragement and incentive {$1} to keep his motivation strong! {Boys are not much different than girls...whew! And he is not a lefty! Everything is not a little different for a lefty!} Awesome Alex!

What did you not do? Don't tell me about...or do! Happy Monday!