That time again, Not Me! Monday=o)

Well, good morning all=o) It is not another Monday morning. I am not writing this after working both jobs all weekend. I am not totally exhausted!

I did not wonder about whether or not I should write a Not me! Monday post, considering my life is not as exciting as others=oP

I did not have a very busy week working and babysitting. I did not love babysitting all the different little people I babysat. I did not on more than one occasion wonder if I will ever experience having my own children. I did not take a few days before realizing my need to give that over to God and let Him handle my life instead of me!

I did not sit at work last nite, not having much to do and pretty much reading my fabulous book most of the nite. I am not sad that it is almost done in only a little over one day.

I did not bake over 100 cookies the other nite. And I most certainly did not take 5 of them to work and eat all 5 of them last nite! Not me.

I did not feel an amazing blessing when my brother and little sister financially helped me out with my bills considering I still haven't received any unemployment for the 6 weeks I was off during surgery. I did not become anxious at times wondering what to do before realizing God is in control=o) I do not take longer than most people to realize these things=OP

I am not counting down the days until New Year's when I get to see my Pani Banani again! I am not totally looking forward to it=0)

I did not slip on my deck stairs one nite when it was icy and did not almost do the splits. I also did not receive 2 nice, very large bruises on my shins since they stopped me by hitting the next stair.

I did not one week have my friend Danielle visiting me and while she was here, leave the tv on. I mean, that would just be bad company. I did not then proceed to change it to a cartoon channel for background noise, but then having my some of classics come one. We did then not proceed to enjoy watching the Smurfs and then Alvin and the Chipmunks. I mean, I'm too old for that, eh?

I also most certainly do not watch shows like Arthur, Tom and Jerry, The Bugs Bunny and Tweety show, or the Berenstain Bears when I am home all alone, not even watching any children. I do not watch these when there's nothing else decent on tv=oP

I did not almost burst out laughing when my oldest nephew tried to get the ice cream out of the freezer by himself the other nite when I wasn't looking. I did not hear a bang and look to find a plastic container of frozen leftovers all over the floor, container broken. Seth did not continue to say, "Sorry Auntie Dani, I just made a little mistake." He did not continue to say he was sorry. I did not tell him that I thot he was still a little bit too small to be getting the ice cream out of the freezer by himself. I did not then proceed to take a ziploc bag and put the frozen food in the bag. Seth did not then say, "You're putting the food in a bag? What a great idea Auntie Dani!" I did not then put it in the freezer totally forgetting to tell my sister it had been on the floor and she is probably not just finding out about this now=oP Sorry Jennifer;o) But I did use the 3 second rule, only for a few more minutes=oP

If you enjoy this, try checking out MckMama's blog to read many more Not Me! Monday posts from many different people. The website is www.mycharmingkids.net(This is not in case you didn't notice the website at the top of this post)

Fun time with my sweet, handsome boyfriend Pani=0)

Trying to get a good picture of the two of us together. It took a few tries, but thankfully Pani is patient with me=o)
This was the best one we got. And the clearest=o) I love it!!!
Another fun one. Unfortunately it was a bit blurry, but you can see how much fun we were having=o)
We had such a good time together. It was really short, but I am praying that we will see each other soon!!!
Pani is such a sweet, amazing boyfriend! I feel so blessed to have him in my life! God has certainly been good to me! And I am thankful that He has allowed me the privilege of being with and getting to know Pani better! I also would not change the fact that I was single for as long as I was. Pani is so well worth the wait=0)

Not Me, Monday=o)

Okay, this is not my 3rd week of doing a Not Me, Monday post=o)

The one morning, I did not get up knowing I did not have someone coming to bring me some fresh baked bread=o) I did not decide to instead of showering and looking decent, change my mind and just throw a house coat on and my hair in a pony tail. No, NOT ME!!!

I did not feel overly blessed with this visit and was not gifted with fresh bread, flowers, and a Tim Hortons breakfast sandwich and hashbrown.

I did not proceed to crawl back into bed when my visitor left and did not eat the hashbrown and breakfast sandwich in bed! Not me!

I did not show up late to my friends place the one morning due to sleeping in and then did not take my time getting ready. I did not shower and choose to not wash my hair.

I did not then go home and take a nap. After not waking from my fabulous nap, I did not then have another shower and this time did not wash my hair, just because I was going to the Pastor and his family's house for supper. I mean, I would not want to make sure I looked and smelled decent. And I did not want them thinking I was lazy.

I did not have an absolute blast at Pastor John and Sue's place. Supper was not amazingly delicious and the company was not great;oP I did not feel terrible when I realized I had stayed so late. It was not just after 10pm when I left.

I did not feel kind of bad when Sue and I were talking and after awhile Pastor John came back in the living room. He did not say that he was going to come in earlier, but it sounded like we were talking girl talk. I did not feel terrible when just after Pastor John came back in the room, I decided to leave, not realizing I had stayed so late. It was not just after 10pm when I left. And I most certainly did not let myself feel guilty when Pastor John didn't say, "Oh, so now that I'm in the room, you decide to leave?"

I did not get so excited when I weighed myself. I did not lose 32 pounds since the beginning of June.

I did not go with my aunt and cousins to the mall and around their neighborhoods on halloween. I did not feel like a fool when at the last stop, my aunt stopped at an old co-workers place to show off the kids, while I sat in the van feeling like I was going to have an incontinence problem! I most certainly did not have goosebumps and then do some clenching in hopes it would go away for a little longer. I did not pray that she would hurry up. Then, I did not ask her to go faster so I could get to a bathroom. She did not then proceed to go slower for a moment. I did not then threaten her she'd have a mess if she didn't hurry. I was not totally embarrased when we finally got home and I ran into the house and to the bathroom! Nope, Not Me!

I did not rejoice over the safe arrival of MckMuffin(aka Stellan). I did not praise God over the fact that all went well with MckMama and the birth of MckMuffin. I did not almost cry with joy that God had miraculously brought Stellan into this world healthy and was able to prove the Doctor's wrong!

I did not totally overdo it this weekend when I did not do a 'fall' cleaning of my place. I was not getting excited that I'm almost back to normal again! I did not then proceed to clean the gerbils cage, empty garbages, flip my mattress, change my sheets, dust, vacuum the floors and couches, mop, do 3 loads of laundry, give the dog a haircut and then a bath. I did not then fully regret doing so much the next day when every muscle in my body did not ache!

I am not writing this post at 2:34am because I am not unable to sleep=oP

Before and After

This is an older picture of Squeakers, but that's pretty much how he looked just before I gave him a haircut. I'm too cheap to spend over $40 to get someone else to give him a haircut!
His fur gets so long and then gets knotted, so I have to cut him nice and short. And I thot I better do that before it starts snowing again;o)
The finished product. I do it all by hand, with my fingers and scissors. It usually takes a little over an hour. He does really well too, considering how long it takes=0)

Fun times!!!

Last week Friday, I went to Jennifer and Paul's for supper. Jennifer had spent the day with a friend making applesauce. She still had a bag full of fresh picked apples and Ethan discovered them shortly before supper=o) He was determined to eat it because he just loves apples! I told Jenn to let me take a picture before she took it away=oP Then next few pictures show just how much he enjoyed it before it was taken away.
I was squatting to get a better picture of him, and he decided to squat as well. Too cute!
I'm found out?
Mmmmmm, soooo delicious!!!
You can't see me here in this corner=oP
I'm not giving it up yet.
Hehehe, I still have it
Yummy!
Oh man, it was just taken away=o(
My little boy in one of his favorite spots=o) He loves to look out the window to see the kids and to watch when I come home. I think it's cute when I leave or come home. He's always there watching and patiently waiting=o) Makes me feel very loved!
This is how Seth makes his chocolate milk=o)
Done!
Wanting to show off his big muscles;o)
He ate 3 bowls of spaghetti even after having part of the apple
Seth made this at school. He was trying to scare me, by saying, "Roar!!!"
Now he's being a happy face=0)
I went to Pastor John and Sue's for supper this past Thursday nite. I had a blast!!! Thanks again Sue for everything. Supper tasted delicious! I had to get this picture of Caleb before he went outside. Don't you just love the pink gloves?;o) He's just way too cute!
My little cousins went to the mall and dressed up last nite for Halloween. From left to rite... Ryan the Zebra, Connor as Thomas the Tank, Jordan as a Polar Bear(very scary with his roar;o), Jenna as a Princess, and Kristin as a Princess as well(funny enough she's wearing her mother's dress which was a flower girl dress for my ma's wedding)

Not me, Monday=o) Week #2

I did not get hooked on the Not Me, Monday posts by reading from MckMama's blog, http://www.mycharmingkids.net/! You should really read her blog sometime. She is a blast! She is also having baby Stellan in 2 more days! I am not sooo excited to see pictures of the new little man=o)

I was not totally excited that today was Monday and I would get to read everyone's 'Not Me, Mondays'. I did not lay awake last nite thinking about what I would write today. I did not almost write my post at 3:45am this morning.

Today, I did not have a shower, but fail to wash my hair because I am not too lazy to do so. I would never go out in public with dirty hair thrown in a ponytail.

I did not have a total meltdown while on the phone with my boyfriend, Pani the other nite. He was not totally understanding and fabulous about the whole thing. He did not fully encourage me and tell me that I'm still healing and that it's going to take time. He did not fully put me in a better mood!!! I am not totally in love with him=o)

I did not allow myself to wallow in self pity because I was feeling so rotten. I mean, what good would that do except bring me further down? No, not me!

I did not have a trying week with my dog, Squeakers. He has not been barking when in his cage for bed. I have not had to go in and consistently take him out, spank him, tell him not to bark and go to sleep, and then put him back in his cage. He did not continually do so for hours. I did not eventually give in either. The first nite, I did not give in after an hour. The 2nd nite, I did not give in after 3 hours. The 3rd nite, he did not actually sleep for 6 hours. The 4th nite, I did not have to finally give into him after over 5 hours because my landlord, Belinda called at 2:40am to ask me to make him stop. No, not me. I did not give in! What good would all my consistency mean then? And I was totally not embarrassed to have Belinda call because the dog woke her up.

I did not the one nite while 'dealing' with my dog, get so upset and spank him out of anger and yell at him. Then I did not lay in bed and while praying, totally break down and start crying and feel guilty for getting so upset. It did not make me wonder if I will react this way when and if I become a mother one day. I did not then go and take him out of his cage, and while crying hug him and tell him I'm sorry. I mean, he's just a dog, rite? I would never stoop so low=oP

I did not feel amazing and blessed relief when getting my 13 staples out this week! I was then not excited to be able to sleep on my side at nite finally. I did not wake myself up a couple nites by screaming out in pain. I did not feel like a goof realizing it was my own voice yelling out and it was still only the middle of the nite.

I did not feel embarrassed when having to call Belinda to ask her to put clean sheets on my bed! My bed is against one wall since the room isn't very large. And since I am not supposed to lift anything, I did not ask for help.

I did not sleep in until 3:30pm today. And I did not feel like staying in bed all day!

I did not get a bit side tracked while doing this post since I was not watching 'Little House on the Prairie' and 'Saved by the Bell the New Class'.

Not Me, Monday=o)

I'm going to try the 'Not Me, Monday'. I have been reading it on MckMama's blog for the past while and it is a lot of fun! Well, here it goes.......

Last week Wednesday, I did not have gall bladder surgery. I did not have to stay overnite because they weren't able to get the pain under control.

Now, seeing as I didn't have surgery, I didn't have a shower and brush my teeth just before going to the hospital. And then I most certainly did not wait until Thursday nite before finally brushing my teeth again. No, not me! And I DID NOT wait until Friday evening before having a shower and get cleaned up. Nope, not me. That would just be too disgusting to wait for over 2 whole days before showering.

I was not on pain medication and therefore did not get TOTALLY embarrassed that my ma saw my bare backside when going to the washroom in the hospital. And then again was not too drugged up to care that while staying overnite at ma and pop's, and just before having a shower, asking ma for a washcloth, and having her walk in with the door wide open just as I was about to walk into the shower. No, I certainly DID NOT care that my ma saw 'all' of me, fully undressed and just stood talking for a minute. Not me!

I did not get depressed over being house bound when I for the most part don't know how to relax. I mean, who doesn't know how to relax, rite? I most definitely didn't wallow in self pity tonite, being Monday, because I was all alone. Nope, what's the point in that?

And I most certainly did not ask my aunt to bring Crazy Bread from Little Caesars when she offered to bring something. Because we all know that crazy bread is not a good choice to eat after only eating soup and toast or grilled cheese for the past couple weeks. No, I would never do such a thing as give into a food craving=o)

Lastly, I did not do a load of laundry by myself today. And I did not leave it in the dryer to stay for who knows how long before it gets folded. Not me. My laundry is always done in an orderly fashion.

Well, hopefully you liked it=o) I did my best! And it was super fun too! Nothing like letting people know that you're crazy and are not the 'perfect' person=0)

Thanksgiving Day=o)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! I was able to spend most of the day with my family. The only ones not able to be there were Jamie and Katie. Jamie had to work and Katie spent the day with her side of the family. Seth had a blast playing sports with Gramma and Papa=o) They played hockey and baseball. Here the boys are just before the 'big' game.
Pop and Seth
Deciding who was going to be at bat first.
Looks like Pop won the coin toss;-) And Seth was the pitcher!
Gramma got the position of back catcher=0)
Good swing Pop!
Now Ma's the pitcher. Go ma!
Handsome little Seth.
Seth looks a little confused as to what his position is
Good stance Ma=0)
Getting ready to eat the big dinner! Yummy food!!
More yummy food!! Ma, you did a fabulous job on the meal, it was delicious! Thank you so much for everything=o)
Ethan ready to eat
Me and Shiloh. She is 6 months now and is getting bigger all the time. Such a fun, playful dog=0)
I love that she gives hugs! Way too cute.
Getting ready to go for a walk
Shiloh decided that the strap on my camera was a string to chew on. She wouldn't let go. Finally I had to pry open her mouth with my fingers.
So pretty!
Me and Shy again
Out for a family walk after our big dinner. Nothing like getting rid of that 'full' feeling quickly=o) Love Jennifer's new haircut. It looks fabulous from the back in this picture!
Susie and Shy
The front of the group this time=o)
The beautiful changes of the leaves. God is so good and certainly has blessed us with the beauty He has created!
I just love fall. It's my absolute favorite season!
Such pretty colors

Down a gully near Ma and Pop's place
I love the combination of the very red bush and this tree. Amazing!

Ma, Seth and I were ahead of the group chatting. Thanks for listening to me Ma=o)
Sweet little Ethan
Seth was chewing on a stick. Ethan is trying to look past me at something.
Love seeing Seth giggle. Nothing like being tickled to get a good smile out of someone=0) Ethan getting eager to be able to get out of his stroller!
Pointing, trying to beg me 'Auntie Dani, please take me out of here so I can run around'=o) Sorry peanut, but it didn't happen.
The 3 sisters=0) The last time we had our picture together was at Susie's Grade 8 graduation. It was time for an update!
Awww, look at the 2 cuties=0)
Papa giving his grandson a kiss before they left for the nite.
Bath time! After the walk, the boys had a bath to clean them up since they were outside for most of the afternoon. This way they could just go home and put the boys to bed.
Having fun together=0) I love my family!! Missed you Jamie and Katie!