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 everyone else have not been doing this week.

We had a very full day planned on Saturday with many errands needing to be accomplished on the other side of the bridge. At our very first errand I left 3 of the kids in the car while Taylor and I ran into Target. When we came out five minuets later it was not to find that Rebecca had thrown up in the van. I did not decide that she had just eaten too much at breakfast (4 cinnamon rolls) and was fine. We did not continue along with our errands. She did NOT throw up two more times. We did not still finish what we needed to do because I decided she wasn't really sick. (although we did keep a plastic bag with us) What kind of parent drags their child on errands while they are throwing up? Not Me!

I did not volunteer for some extra work on Saturday night and end up working until 3AM!! I was not then very cranky to everyone on Sunday causing my kids to ask me to go to bed early Sunday night.

I did not Not get to sleep early Sunday night because my husband slammed the back of his head into our metal futon frame which resulted in a trip to the emergency room. He did not give himself quite the concussion with the whack. It wasn't after midnight when we finally got home. I am ABSOLUTELY going to nap today.

Being the ever loving and caring wife, I did not take advantage of my husbands confused state at the emergency room and tease him. When he addressed me by name I did not look at him in all seriousness and say "My name is not Heidi". It did not totally throw him off and take him ages to figure out I was kidding. I do not continue to tease him with little things every now and then. I am soooo not that mean. I am not giggling right now as I am remembering.

I am not totally psyched to be in the top 10 on MckMama's Not Me list!

Still Not So Sick Kid

Unbelievable...Jaquelyn is still home sick. This stinking fever will just not go away. I can't ever remember her missing 4 days in a row of school but it certainly looks like she will not make it in tomorrow too.
She is not deathly ill by any means and you wouldn't even know she is sick to look at her. She just can't seem to shake this fever. Today she has been holding steady around 100 but other times it varies between 99-103. I have been to her school to pick up work for her to do and I will be heading there again tomorrow to get the work from today and tomorrow. So at least when (and I do mean when) she goes back on Monday, she won't be so far behind.


This is what she spent part of today doing.

Wordless Wednesday - Double Rainbow

This was outside our house on Sunday during a brief rain shower. If you look closely at the second picture, you can just see the second rainbow. Too Cool! (It's my blog and I'll write something for Wordless Wednesday if I gosh darn feel like it!) LOL :-)

Not So Sick Kid

Jaquelyn is home from school today slightly ill. She's not doing terribly but I figured I would save the frustration of her being sent home and just keep her here. She woke up with a 102.5 fever at about 5am and I gave her some ibuprofen. Amazingly enough, that has been it for the fever, it never came back. She has been coughing on and off but not too badly. She probably picked it up from Rebecca who was running about the same on Sunday but she's fine now and didn't even miss school since her fever was gone quickly also.
Let's hope that all their illnesses are this harmless this winter.

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 everyone else have not been doing this week.

It has certainly not been months since I have participated in a Not Me! Monday. I am much better at blogging than that. I post regularly and do not have my husband remind me daily that I am a failure at blogging.

I did not stay up until after midnight last night blogging and surfing the internet. I did not then proceed to hem Jaquelyn's uniform at 1am so she would have it for school today. I always go to bed on time and get a good night's sleep.

I most definitely did not find a bag of almond Kisses left over from Christmas and finish them off. Who would eat candy that is 9 months old? Not me!

I am not the one who overslept on Sunday morning giving Jaquelyn just 10 minutes to get ready and eat before we had to leave for Sunday School. I always set my alarm so we have plenty of time to get dressed and actually eat breakfast before hand.

You would not have seen me at our local Goodwill store on Saturday three times. It was not because it was their "last Saturday of the month 1/2 off sale". I did not spend way more money there than I should have. It did not not seem like much at the time since it was broken up over three trips. My oldest did not buy another prom dress (because she did not already buy one in May...a mere week after this year's prom for $30 at a different thrift shop) this time for only $10 while we were there. I absolutely did not say I told you so since I knew she would never last a year without wanting a different dress. Not me!

I am not totally psyched that my Fantasy Football team is the only one in my league that is 3-0. I am most certainly not going to gloat. WOOHOO!! (I am not going to pay dearly for that when my husband reads this)

A Lazy Sunday At Home

Gotta love a lazy Sunday, lounging around in sweats (after church) watching the Patriots beat the Falcons. I am totally going to make my Fantasy Football team 3-0!! Danny Summers you are going down!!

Watching TV, playing Hang-a-roo on my laptop...this it the life.

Hang-A-Roo

Come join me...it's fun!

Rebecca's Singing Career - The Early Years

I had actually forgotten that I put these videos on YouTube several years ago. Then out of the blue I get an email that someone commented on one. I am soooo biased because I think she is ADORABLE!!!! And since we are being so modest I will add incredibly talented too!!! She was just over 2 when these were taken.

Post About Nothing

Well there's not much going on around these parts so I'll just give you a run down of the latest happenings.
Friday my friend Pam (who lives about an hour from here) came over with her daughter Micayla who is friends with my two older girls. Taylor helped her through some Algebra problems she was having. Then she went over to spend the night at their house and ended up staying until Sunday. Teresa went to "I Can Do Bad All By Myself" with her friend Kelsey and then spent the night at her house. Jaquelyn, Rebecca and I watched "Race To Witch Mountain" (my choice how pitiful).

Saturday I picked Teresa up from her sleep over. Jaquelyn and Rebecca played with our neighbors all day. Dan and I went out for dinner (a very rare treat) at an awful Mexican restaurant here in town. Now I remember why we never go to that restaurant...because the service is mediocre and the food is icky!

Sunday meant Sunday school for Jaquelyn, church for all and a trip across the bridge to pick up Taylor. While we were there we checked out a few stores for Halloween costumes but didn't find anything worthy. Although Taylor did find a cute skirt at Hot Topic (I truly cannot stand that store!)

Monday meant off to school for the kids and a trip to the YMCA for me. I have really been enjoying Cardio Tennis. They have it MWF at 9am and MW at 6pm. Yesterday was the first time I tried both am & pm classes and I think I did ok at it. Teresa takes the evening class too. I hope the weather stay nice for awhile so we can continue the class into October and maybe even November!

Today was even less to blog about....I caught up on some season premiers. Went to the bank for the coffee shop. Hung out on Facebook. Jaquelyn has Kids Boot Camp at the Y this afternoon....that is truly it. Our life has taken a turn for the boring but I'm ok with things being a bit slow right now. It's nice after having such a busy summer.

I guess that's about it...pretty much nothing happening.

I Love Fall TV

I am soooo glad that the prime time shows have started up again. I enjoy the break during the summer but it's so great that there are new episodes to watch of my favorites. Here are some of my fav's, how about you?

Bones is my absolute favorite show. I was unhappy with the season finale last year but I am sure that this season will be up to it's usual standards.












I used to be an avid House fan but the past season left a lot to be desired so I am hoping for serious improvements this season.











Dan and I really enjoy NCIS. It's something we DVR and watch together.












Smallville we DVR and watch together as a family.













Vampire Diaries is a new show on the CW that Taylor and Teresa have been enjoying. I have watched it with them so far but I am really hoping it gets better than it is so far or it will not make the cut.

A Fun Day At The Park

On Labor Day Sunday, we went to a local benefit at the park. They were raising money for a girl in our community who has terminal cancer. There were lots of activities such as bake sales, auctions, raffles, and more. Dan provided coffee for both regular and iced coffee drinks.

There were softball games going on all day. Each team was $5 per person. While we were there, they made an announcement that a team didn't show up and they were taking the first 12 people who showed up and paid. So that's how Dan and I both got to play. It was so much fun! Dan even hit a home run. That's my man!

You can just barely see the girl, Megan, who the benefit was for in the wheelchair behind the fence on the left. She was there for the whole day and even picked the tickets for the raffle!


























There was a dunking booth that had lots of people who volunteered to get dunked. There was a local politician, a teacher or two and a whole bunch that I didn't know. At the end of the day, there was someone related to the girl who got up in there in a bikini top and heckled everyone. Jaquelyn asked to try to dunk him so she had her turn.












Here he is giving her a hard time.













Here she is running up to the target and pushing it. That's my girl!












Teresa helped out with some face painting in the kids area. They had games and a moon bounce too.