Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where you and I can share a few of our secrets from the week, revealing some things we’d rather forget. Why? Because it’s therapeutic and makes us all feel less alone.

I’ll start!

Last Monday, I most certainly did not skip Not Me! Monday because I was having a super cruddy day.

When the two little boys kept getting underfoot yesterday while I was trying to clean the kitchen, I did not just stick them in the sink.

I didn’t photograph them in the sink.

Or let them stay there as long as they wanted.

Even when it turned out that they stayed busy in there for almost a half an hour after the kitchen was spotless, I did not stand there and monitor them because they were for once occupied, not running around the house like little tornados and not getting dirty.

Not me!

On Thanksgiving, I definitely did not post a photograph of something from Big Mac’s math book that looked to me like sperm to my blog. I have way more tact than that.

And finally, I definitely did not catch myself yelling upstairs at the top of my lungs, shouting for the kids in a moment of embarrassing double standards to “Be quiet!!!”

Not me!

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Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where you and I can share a few of our secrets from the week, revealing some things we’d rather forget. Why? Because it’s therapeutic and makes us all feel less alone.

I’ll start!

We got rid of our microwave to try to cook and live in more healthy ways. Naturally, it is not me who still sometimes uses plastic to store food in, though. Since plastic is not healthy, I definitely didn’t put chili in a plastic bowl. Not me! Not having a microwave leaves me with our toaster oven, and I definitely didn’t put the plastic bowl in there to heat the chili up. I most definitely didn’t forget about the bowl of chili and discover a gooey, icky, melted plastic mess all over the inside of the toaster oven later.

Not me!

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Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where you and I can share a few of our secrets from the week, revealing some things we’d rather forget. Why? Because it’s therapeutic and makes us all feel less alone.

I’ll start!

It is not me who gets to excited about the small things of farm life. It doesn’t thrill me to bits to see every drop of milk our goats make, knowing how it will nourish my (human) kids.

It also isn’t me who sends willing children to the barn a few times a day for eggs because I like them when they are still at chicken body temperature from just being laid. I don’t try to cook one up and eat it as soon as possible, trying to eat “The World’s Freshest Egg.” I haven’t worked my way down to consuming a 13 minute old egg.

Not me!

Most certainly, it was not me who photographed her container of food scraps on the kitchen counter, enthralled with the fact that the chickens who survive on said scraps turn the calories into perfectly beautiful brown eggs.

Nope. Not me! I don’t know who would think something like that was neat. And who on earth would photograph the slop and post it to their blog!? Not me!

Speaking of chickens and scraps, I didn’t get sad today when we were out and about and eating bananas, thinking about how the chickens were going to be missing out on the peels. Consumed with how dreadfully wasteful it would be to toss the banana peels in the garbage, I did not wrap them up in an unused diaper and stick them in my purse to take them home for our feathered friends.

Not me!

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Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where you and I can share a few of our secrets from the week, revealing some things we’d rather forget. Why? Because it’s therapeutic and makes us all feel less alone.

I’ll start!

It was definitely not me who told the big kids to go outside and play during the afternoon recently so I could have a few minutes of peace and quiet. I didn’t say a number of times when I heard them at the door, “Please stay outside!” And when one time their knocking did not stop, I most certainly didn’t stomp to the porch and bark, “I said you need to stay outside! Stop knocking!” only to discover that it was a school census taker at the door and not my children.

Not me!

So what do you say? Would you like to share what you have not been up to lately and have my readers check out your blog? If so, join the Not Me! Monday fun! To learn how, just click right here!

Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to Not Me! Monday, where you and I can share a few of our secrets from the week, revealing some things we’d rather forget. Why? Because it’s therapeutic and makes us all feel less alone.

I’ll start!

It was not me who took our MSC out to eat this week and, while paying for our meal at the cash register, left Flurry’s bottle of milk on the counter. Nope. It didn’t take me until we were at the car in the parking lot to realize I’d forgotten it. I didn’t buckle Flurry up and have the bigger children get into their seats, and I most certainly didn’t leave them there and run back in quickly, saying breathlessly to the hostess, “I forgot my baby’s milk! Whoops. Better not leave without that!”

And then…

It wasn’t me whose eyes got huge when the hostess said as I grabbed Flurry’s milk, “Ma’am, isn’t that your child over there?” I wasn’t me who looked in horror to see one of her children sitting quietly at the table we’d eaten at, waiting for me just as I’d asked him to do after he went to the bathroom. Nope. I always make sure all of my children are with me and certainly didn’t forget one of them in a restaurant!

Not me!

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Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to week four of Not Me! Monday since it returned recently after over a year hiatus. Today, one person who participates (either by linking up their blog or sharing their Not Me! in the comments) will be randomly chosen to win 10 custom glass pendants from Plum Blossom And Lily!

I’ll start!

I did not accidentally add an S to the beginning of this blog post when I started it, so that it read Snot Me! Monday. And I didn’t proceed to bust a gust laughing. Not me!

I did not go to check on the clothes in the dryer this morning and actually hope that they were still damp. Nope. I’d never hope for wet clothes so that I would have to dry them for some extra time, buying me more time before I would need to fold them. Not me!

This week, I definitely didn’t wipe the counter off with a baby wipe. Not me! I certainly wouldn’t do that. Nor would I ever wipe myself with a (fresh!) baby wipe just to clean up a little.

Not me!

So what do you say? Would you like to share what you have not been up to lately and have my readers check out your blog? If so, join the Not Me! Monday fun!

Anyone is welcome to write a Not Me! Monday (Or a Not my child! Monday) on their blog; to qualify to link up on the list here on my blog, please make sure you meet these requirements: Simply write your own post on your blog, link back within your post to my blog (either using my Not Me! Monday logo or a text link), and sign up on the link below using the URL to your specific Not Me! Monday post. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave your Not Me! in the comments of this post.

To read more about the Not Me! Monday rules, grab one of my Not Me! icons and learn how this all works, just click right here.

Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to week three of Not Me! Monday since it returned recently after over a year hiatus. You may have seen that Meredith won the free spot in my first (details coming soon!) photography workshop after participating in last week’s Not Me! Monday. Next week, there will be a colorful, shiny little prize (ten of them, in fact!) for one of you who participates. Today, join in, share some of your Not Me’s, link my readers to your blog and check out some new pages you’ve never read before. It’s fun!

I’ll start!

My husband most certainly did not get a warrant put out for his arrest recently because he failed to fax in some financial records about a business debt. Nope! It wasn’t in place for almost 24 hours before he could have it taken care of. I definitely didn’t waste any of my time writing about our debt, tax history, his warrant and other not-so-fun stuff in this discussion in my community right here in hopes of being upfront about it all. Nope. I’d never discuss embarrassing things like warrants and debts. Not me!

I definitely didn’t make a decision about not fixing our Kittens without fully researching things. Not me! I’d never act like a know-it-all about a topic I really still am pretty unfamiliar with, much less blog my decision firmly. I wouldn’t read the comments left on my last post and decide that having Pippin neutered would definitely be in everyone’s best interest. I know everything and would not change my mind about something I’d decided about based on wonderfully sound information given by my dear readers. Not me! (On a serious note, thank you so much for the kitten/cat information, guys! I owe you big time.)

And I definitely didn’t get pulled over by the police for the first time in ages and ages while driving my rental car in Texas the other day. Not me! I wasn’t speeding (Four over! Even the police officer said I was just going “a tiny bit fast.” I think he just wanted to check out my car? Who knows.). As my heart was pounding, I definitely didn’t take this photograph of him behind me, writing up what turned out to be just a warning.

Not me!

So what do you say? Would you like to share what you have not been up to lately and have my readers check out your blog? If so, join the Not Me! Monday fun!

Anyone is welcome to write a Not Me! Monday (Or a Not my child! Monday) on their blog; to qualify to link up on the list here on my blog, please make sure you meet these requirements: Simply write your own post on your blog, link back within your post to my blog (either using my Not Me! Monday logo or a text link), and sign up on the link below using the URL to your specific Not Me! Monday post. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave your Not Me! in the comments of this post.

To read more about the Not Me! Monday rules, grab one of my Not Me! icons and learn how this all works, just click right here.

Happy Not Me!-ing.

Welcome to week two of Not Me! Monday since it returned last week after over a year hiatus.

This week, one of you who participates (either by linking up your own blog post or by leaving your Not Me!s in the comments of this post if you don’t have a blog) will have their name randomly chosen to win a prize. What am I giving away? A free spot in my very first online photography workshop, details coming soon to a blog near you!

Not Me! Monday is a weekly event born out of my desire to admit some of my imperfections and reveal a few moments I’d rather forget. Why? It’s therapy of the best kind. Plus, reading the embarrassing ways that others sometimes fail makes us feel less alone. Of course, pretending that we so did not do some of this crazy stuff makes sharing a little easier. Are you willing?

I’ll start!

I did not leave home without my current driver’s license when I left for Texas. Nope, not me!

I didn’t rejoice audibly when, upon arriving at the airport, I discovered that I had an old driver’s license. The edge was clipped and it was inactive, but it served as my photo ID just fine. It wasn’t me who let out a huge sigh of relief.

It was not me who didn’t realize that I would have a serious problem trying to pick up my rent-a-car in Texas without a valid driver’s license. I didn’t start crying at the Hertz counter. Not me!

During the time I was in Texas, I most certainly did not lose the old, clipped driver’s license that I did have with me. Not me! Who would be so careless as to lose track of her only photo ID while away from home?

And, finally, at the airport this morning, I didn’t sweat profusely as I dug through my suitcase, purse and camera bag, looking for as many identifying pieces of information about myself as I had, nearly hugging the TSA supervisor who eventually said, “Okay, you can go.”

Not me!

So what do you say? Would you like to share what you have not been up to lately and have my readers check out your blog? If so, join the Not Me! Monday fun!

Anyone is welcome to write a Not Me! Monday (Or a Not my child! Monday) on their blog; to qualify to link up on the list here on my blog, please make sure you meet these requirements: Simply write your own post on your blog, link back within your post to my blog (either using my Not Me! Monday logo or a text link), and sign up on the link below using the URL to your specific Not Me! Monday post. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave your Not Me! in the comments of this post.

To read more about the Not Me! Monday rules, grab one of my Not Me! icons and learn how this all works, just click right here.

Happy Not Me!-ing.

It’s been over a year since I gave up the ghost with Not Me! Mondays. And I missed them. You guys let me know throughout the year that you missed them, too. So they are back.

Not Me! Monday is a weekly event born out of my desire to admit some of my imperfections and reveal a few moments I’d rather forget. Why? It’s therapy of the best kind. Plus, reading the embarrassing ways that others sometimes fail makes us feel less alone. Of course, pretending that we so did not do some of this crazy stuff makes sharing a little easier. Are you willing?

I’ll start!

I did not scream, “Don’t eat the baby!!!” during one of my photoshoots yesterday. Nope. Not me!

I’m way more professional than that. I take carnivorous big brothers in stride and would never scream at my clients. (On a serious note, this hungry big brother Steven is having open heart surgery a week from Thursday. If you would keep him in your prayers, I know his parents would be so appreciative!)

I did not text one of my friends immediately upon hearing that my poor husband had to chase our chickens around our property at The Farm the other day after they accidentally got out of the hay loft. Nor did I chuckle when said friend texted back, “I would have paid good money to have seen that.” Nope. I would never find humor in my husband running after chickens while I sit in a hotel in Houston. Not me!

Finally, it was not me who kept Big Mac and Nuggey up late on the phone talking to them way past their bedtime. No way! Having Mama out of town does not release them from a decent retiring hour. I would never chat with them about Legos, chickens or tacos way past dark while I’m out of town. Not me!

So what do you say? Would you like to share what you have not been up to lately and have my readers check out your blog? If so, join the Not Me! Monday fun!

Anyone is welcome to write a Not Me! Monday (Or a Not my child! Monday on their blog; to qualify to link up on the list here on my blog, please make sure you meet these requirements: Simply write your own post on your blog, link back within your post to my blog (either using my Not Me! Monday logo or a text link), and sign up on the link below using the URL to your specific Not Me! Monday post. If you don’t have a blog, feel free to leave your Not Me! in the comments of this post.

To read more about the Not Me! Monday rules, grab one of my Not Me! icons and learn how this all works, just click right here.

Happy Not Me!-ing.