Not Me Monday

I found a fun link on a blog I have been following (a mom who can use some extra prayers for a healthy son to be born) - it's called Not Me Monday.  You'll catch on...

My First Not Me Monday:

I did not let my son eat a Little Debbie Zebra Cake, pudding and turkey lunch meat for supper because it was easy and I wasn't hungry.  

I did not wake up Ben in the middle of the night when Madison was having a hard time falling asleep after a bad dream and ask him to sleep next to her in the twin bed so I could enjoy my pillow and fabulous sleep number bed.  

I did not eat more than my share of cheddar bay biscuits at Red Lobster today for lunch.  

(If you want to join McMama's Not Me Mondays, you can learn more at www.mycharmingkids.net 

I'm Sorry

I'm sorry for being so tardy on my updates.  Time gets away from me now that my hours have changed and we do basically the same routine every day.  The kids are adjusting better.  Some of the afternoons at the office are long but most days go by quickly and with much progress on my files.  

Halloween is quickly approaching and I still need to get Madison a costume.  I found the one she wants but they don't carry it in her size and I don't really want to spend more than $25 on something she will wear for only a few hours.  Reagan won't even try his Elmo costume on so I am going to take it back.  

I now have an addition to A & E.  I love to watch The First 48, Parking Wars, Rookies, Dog the Bounty Hunter and Jacked.  I know, it's crazy but I think I have convinced Reagan to watch them with me.  

Oh, and Ben started a project this weekend and I proudly finished.  He went through every piece of clothing he owns and between the two of us, we donated 11 garbage bags of clothes and still have a full closet.  All the garments are hung nicely and coordinated by colors.  Ben claims that his shirts are also coded by type of shirt within the color category!!!

So as Reagan eats a popsicle in the bathtub and Madison is at her first birthday party of the year, I sit her on the toilet (not using it) but checking emails and updating blogs as I make sure Reagan doesn't splash my computer.  And that's the excitement of the evening.  

Monday's Lessons

1.  Making lasagna is easy.  Making lasagna for four adults and five small children can get out of hand.  We weighed our homemade lasagna last night - 16.8 pounds!!!  Safe to say there is over 1/2 of a pan left. 

2.  There are no competency tests for technicians who answer your calls at Dish Network.  Our local channels have been out for 10 days.  On the first day they told me it was their problem and they were working on it.  On the sixth day they said it was our problem and a technician needed to come out.  On the eighth day the technician forgot about us.  on the eleventh day the technician fixed the problem in 10 minutes and we now have two free months of dish.  Still doesn't help the fact that we dealt with 25 idiots before getting someone here who knew what was going on.  How I missed my 6:00 news and my prime time shows.  We won't talk about what would have happened if there would have been a twelfth day!

3.  Our department at work must be awful.  We have lost two paras in the past few months and are new losing a secretary.  Am I that awful to work with?  

4.  I don't need a housekeeper after all.  I would like one but I don't NEED one.  I chickened out and couldn't accept paying someone to do what I should be doing. 

5.  Winter is coming.  Might as well accept it and find the winter gear.  

6.  I apologize to my bridesmaids for making you wear ugly dresses!!!  I apologize to our wedding guests for making you sit in the church for so long after the wedding!!!  No matter when you get married, your dresses will be out of style within, say, 2 weeks.  And when you have 300+ guests at your wedding, it's probably not a good idea to great each and every person before they leave the church!  Ben just had our videos burned to a DVD and I watched them last night.  It was fun and it brought back many memories.  My friends are fun and crazy, I was skinny eight years ago and our wedding consultant, well, never mind.  

Answers to (many) prayers

1.  First and foremost, Madison's surgery went as well as can be expected.  We arrived at the hospital at 8:45, she met with the child life specialist, her nurse (who Ben and I went to school with), the dentist and the anesthesiologist.  Before I knew it she was walking through the OR doors with Grandma Tammie.  After a very 90 minutes in the waiting room, we were able to be with her in the recovery room.  It was still another hour before she woke up but after a great (expensive) nap and her needed dental work, we were on our way home.  She was very excited to be able to eat again and has been eating non stop.  They did have to pull one tooth that was not able to be filled/capped so I guess the tooth fairy is coming tonight.  I am very grateful that she stayed healthy this week and that this is now behind us.

One lesson learned - the night before surgery, do not let your child have a blue popsicle.  It seems that certain sugar free popsicles stain their lips and doctors sometimes panic when they see a patient with blue lips in the OR!  Oops!!!

2.  A housekeeper is starting on Wednesday!!!  She will be coming twice a month and if you can't tell, I am very excited.  Hopefully this will give me time to keep the picking up and laundry caught up and a clean house all around.  I am wondering if I will fall into the cleaning before the cleaner comes 

3.  Working full time is going ok.  I am tired but feel good getting a lot accomplished at work.  I think this will be for a longer time period than I initially expected as we are losing another paralegal in our department.  The kids seem to be adjusting well so this should not be a big deal.  

4.  Only 3 1/2 months until vacation!  Ben and I are heading to Las Vegas for the Home Builders convention.  I am very very excited.  Did I mention I was excited?  Then in April he has a school board conference in San Diego so I am hoping to tag along for that, it will be a combo anniversary trip.  

5.  Our pregnant friends, and there are many, are having healthy babies.  I guess it's time to start baby shopping!  Not for me, silly, for the baby gifts.  I think this Koppelman camp is complete. 

That pretty much sums it up.  I am just so thankful that my big turkey is ok.  She and Reagan have had 3 surgeries and 1 almost surgery in the past two years and it's not a record I want to maintain.  

Off to laundry, have a great weekend!