Not Me Monday!

Ah! I almost missed it! I knew I was forgetting something! 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.

Ok, here goes:

1. It was not me who slept in until 10:00am on Friday and Saturday!!! Yikes! I would never sleep that late!

2. It was not me who didn't work on a project for class, which was due today, until last night at 7:00pm. Nope! I never procrastinate! I make sure I do all of my work with plenty of time to spare!

3. It certainly wasn't me who let the dogs roll around in the mud two days after they had a bath because it was such a nice day out and they really needed to burn energy. I would have taken them to a nice, non-muddy area for them to run around. Sheesh. Who would let them roll in the mud?!

4. It is not me who still has the vacuum cleaner box in the living room behind the loveseat TWO WEEKS after buying the vacuum cleaner. Geez! That is just unsightly and lazy!

5. It was not me who was yelling at the octuplet mother on the TV this morning during her interview with Ann on the Today Show. Of course I know that she can't hear me through the TV! I would never do something like that!

6. And it is not me who will probably get up after writing this post and get a snack, probably goldfish or pretzels.

7. BUT it is me who joined a gym and will start working out tomorrow!!! Wahoo! Wish me luck!

Ok that is it for this week!

I'm sure everyone has talked about it

But it is now my turn. I'm talking about the mom who gave birth to the octuplets.

It angers me to no end that a doctor would allow a mother (a SINGLE mother!) who already has SIX CHILDREN to take infertility treatments to try to have one more. This is exactly why insurances won't cover infertility treatments! They don't want to take on risks like this. And now this woman is receiving book and TV deals???

That is how I feel. Take it or leave it but it just really frustrates me.

Not Me Monday returns!!!

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.

I haven't done this in a while. It is nice to return to it!

1. It was not me who ate half a bag of peanutbutter m&m's today while I was getting ready for my SB party! And it certainly wasn't me who bought said m&m's!

2. It was not me who forgot to bring the cocktail weenies to Saturday's party.

3. It is not me who STILL hasn't posted responses to a math assignment that needs to be posted.

4. It WAS me who cleaned up everything from our Superbowl party!

5. It WAS me who made the most awesome chili and trifle for the Superbowl party!!!

6. It WAS me who got to cuddle with my 3 month old niece for a while during the Superbowl party!!!

7. And it isn't me who is STILL awake instead of sleeping because I need to get up early in the morning for a LOOONGGG day of classes.

True Joy and True Sorrow

Sometimes I wonder why we get to know and love someone when we know eventually they will no longer be around.

This past August we celebrated my grandparents' 50th anniversary by throwing them a surprise weekend at the camp where they met. Among the guests, many of whom were a surprise, was my mom's cousin (my grandparents' nephew), Bobby, and his two teenage children. I had only met Bobby once before at my great-grandmother's funeral. During that time I got to know and love Bobby and his children. They were so fun to hang around, so full of energy. Bobby had the most gentle spirit in the world. He was so nice and so sweet. I was so thankful he came, as was the rest of my family, so we could reconnect with him and get to know him and his children. It was only just before this family get together that we found out Bobby had cancer and he only had a small time left.

Saturday Bobby suffered a stroke and was put into a medically induced coma. On the way to a family party for my dad's side my grandfather called my mom and told her Bobby only had a short time left and they were driving down to see him.

At 1:00am Bobby passed away. He went home.

I am so thankful for that time in August to get to know this wonderful man and my heart aches for his children who no longer have a father to teach them how to drive, to celebrate more birthdays with, to go to graduations, to walk her down the aisle and stand beside him when he gets married.

Why do we get to know someone when they will only ever be taken from us ultimately? We get to know them for all the happy times in between. To know what true joy is, and to know how to appreciate true joy so that it will carry us through in times of sorrow. That sorrow allows us to appreciate true joy.

May angels lead you in, Bobby.

Because I like to procrastinate

Ok so I was tagged to do this by Abby! I'll give it a whirl.

The rules are to tag 7 people and then post 10 random things about yourself. Well, I don't know if I know of 7 people to tag, especially since a bunch of them have already been tagged, so I'll tag a few. But here are the 10 random things:

10. I have been craving pastries lately, like danishes and turnovers.
9. There is a crepe restaurant in Lancaster that I *LOVE* and my mom and I like to go there together.
8. I bought a new vacuum yesterday and for the first time in my life I enjoyed vacuuming. We'll see what happens when the novelty of a new vacuum wears off.
7. My car DESPERATELY needs a car wash.
6. We keep our heat set at 60 degrees. It is rewarding to know that since we were willing to cover up with a blanket, we have lower heating bills.
5. I am a TERRIBLE test taker and it seems like in order to finish my post-bacc cert and master's I have to take a gazillion tests, even though my major prides itself on thinking of ways to assess without giving too many tests. :/ Yea right.
4. I love decorating with stars!
3. I love buying new books. To me it is even better than buying new clothes.
2. I love to decorate with dark woods.
1. My husband and I played Mariokart today and yesterday and usually come in first and second when we are playing. We are just that good. ;)

Ok I am going to tag:
Marialena, and Erin

1-20-09

What a historic day. It truly is wonderful. I have been waiting for this day for a long time. Welcome to the White House President Obama!

I had testing all day long, but I finished for lunch around 11:00 and was able to make it to my parents' house with two friends of mine to watch the inauguration. I was so glad to be able to see it. How wonderful.

Hope.

I've been bad! and Rambling Autobiography

I am so sorry that I haven't updated (not that you were sitting by your computers waiting for me to write). Its been a difficult couple of weeks trying to get through something emotionally, but I'm here! And I am going to write more often and they will be INTERESTING posts! I have to keep a "writer's notebook" for one of my classes and I thought that some of the topics I write about would make interesting blog posts and if you want to steal any of my themes go for it!. Today we wrote a "rambling autobiography" and I am going to duplicate it and add on to what I wrote in class. Here goes!

Rambling Autobiography

It was so hot on the day I was born that the case of soda my parents had in their car exploded! The first time I can remember playing in the snow I was playing with a neighbor boy and he threw a HUGE snowball in my face and my mom brought me inside and gave me a bubble bath and made me hot chocolate and cookies. We moved to the house I spent most of my life in when I was 4. The neighbor girl, who lived with her grandmother, made me eat dandelions so I told her that my mom didn't like her grandmother and that I wasn't allowed hanging out with her anymore. Her grandmother confronted my mom. I was once the Queen of Hearts in the play version of Alice in Wonderland. I am deathly afraid of dentists. I started camping when I was 5 weeks old and growing up went camping just about every weekend. By the time I was 17 I had been to every continental US state, plus most of Canada, and Germany. I've now been to 5 different countries outside of the US. I met my husband when I was 17 and married him 6 years later. My parents didn't find out how we met until my bridal shower because they would have killed me if they knew when I was 17, and after that I forgot they didn't know. My great-grandmother died when I was 17 and I miss her terribly. I graduated college the first time not knowing what I wanted to do and that I was destined to be a teacher. I convinced my husband to make a crazy decision once and adopt two puppies and we haven't been sane since. We bought our first house this past summer. I have had 5 surgeries. I went to my first Patriots home game this past summer and it was wonderful! That was the 6th pro-football game I have been to. I will be 25 in July and that number seems too old to consider, even though I know it isn't old. I held a newborn baby yesterday and it hurt my heart and my arms to hold her, but she was so precious and I was so happy for my friend! I could eat chocolate every day of my life and be just happy. I beat two levels in Mariokart last night. My husband brings me home a lemonade every single day.

There we go! That isn't all of my life but it is some fun things and raw things and more about me. Try writing your own! If you do write your own, post a comment and let me know so I can go read yours! And if you want to hear about anything from mine, post a comment and ask and I will write my next blog telling that story or about something. :)