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.
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Caroline did not say, "YUCK!" when she bit into a Reese's Egg. Sometimes I wonder if she's my child.

I did not share it with Bug because she (like me) loves chocolate.

I did not have a sweet date night with the hubs. We did not go to a movie and dinner. We did not go see Dear John. I did not love it like I though I would. {Seriously, I didn't like it like I thought I would. Little things bother me. Like the fact that John was suppose to have tattoos and the fact that it was suppose to be set in Wilmington.} Little things didn't bother me. Not.one.bit.

We did not eat at BW3s afterwards. I did not get my favorite spicy garlic sauce. My mouth is not watering just thinking about it. Try it on their french fries. O to the MG. So good!

I did not sign up for cookies to bring to Caroline's Valentine's party. I haven't even started looking for what I want to make. I am always on top of things like that. I have not been putting it off. Ideas are welcome.

I do not have two photo shoots lined up right now. Awesome! I am not excited at all. They are set for March {as of now} because they will be Easter/Spring/Birthday pictures. So fun!

My morning coffee is not now complete with a Nature Valley Peanut Sweet & Salty Granola Bar. So yummy!

I did not almost send my child to preschool with a hole in her tights. It was up high and her dress covered it. Thankfully, I did not find the new pair that I was looking for. We do not have a problem with keeping up with tights and socks.

We have not had a problem with Caroline back talking. Nope, not my child. She most definitely isn't strong willed and feisty. She does not also like to call people "Do-do" for no apparent reason. "I'm coming, Do-do!" while rolling eyes and bouncing that head around. She did not get popped this morning for it. I did not pray that the red went away on her leg before she got to school so that they wouldn't think I abused my child.

I'm off to clean the house while Ryan is entertaining the children.

See you tomorrow for Tick Off Tuesday!

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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.
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I do not let my 16 month old chew gum. She does not know how to chew gum. It is not super cute. I am a better mother than that. I would never give my 16 month old gum.

My 3 year old's face doesn't look like this...


She was not sledding on the ice, fall off and her face most definitely did not eat the ice. She is not doing ok. Look, proof...


Peace sign and all. She is not doing ok.

I did not feed my children bologna, corn and chips for dinner tonight. I did not tell myself that the corn was a veggie {true} AND the chips were a veggie... since they are potatoes. In my defense, I did not give them pineapple for dessert. That evens it out right? RIGHT?

I do not love my iGoogle page. I do not sit and just stare at it in awe sometimes. Everything I need... right at my fingertips. I have Facebook, Gmail, Google Reader, fish {that I love to feed}, calender, PostIts... all on my homepage. Complete with a Sergio Rossi theme. It is not awesome and I do not love it.


How awesome was this chick last night? NOT awesome. Oh my goodness. Mouths were not on the floor {mine included}.



What did you not do this week? I'd love to hear.

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We did not have date night Saturday night. We did not decide on a sushi place that we had never tried before. My brave husband did not try octopus. He did not actually digest one whole suction cup off of the octopus. I did not close my eyes and cover my face and vomit in my mouth while he ate it. This is not what happens when you order a spicy tuna roll and 8 pieces of the chef's choice. The chef just might decide to throw a little octopus up there for you.

Caroline did not call me an ugly word. She doesn't know words like that and she definitely doesn't know how to use them in the right context. I did not cry and consider myself a failure as a mother.

If you did not already know, I did not join the world of Facebook. I have not learned all these new slogans in the process like FML. I mean really, who says that? That is awful. And to think, I thought I was up on internet slang. I guess not.

My awesome uncle, Brandon, did not propose to his girlfriend Caitie this weekend. I am not super excited for them. BIG Congratulations to Brandon and Caitie!! (Leave your congrats in the comments. Brandon is a Be Serious reader. He will enjoy reading them.)

The girls and I do not LOVE this song. Love.it.



While watching the very end of the Golden Globes Red Carpet, Bug did not say "dress"> It was not just a sound that sounded similar to the word dress. It was not one of my prouder moments as a mother... pretending my daughter said "dress" while watching the Golden Globes Red Carpet. Awesome.

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I can't believe 2009 is over.

2010 is here.

We rang in the new year at home, with our babes. It was a normal night in the Lafone home. We were in bed at 10:30. We just couldn't make it.

Now that it is here, I will probably make some stupid New Year's resolution that I won't keep and I will continue to write 2009 for at least a month.

And now, for the first Not Me! Monday of the year 2010...



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 am not extremely stressed out about what to call our new year. Twenty-ten? Two thousand ten? What the H do we call it?

I did not get carried away and cut most of my hair off AND dye it for the first time in my entire life. It was not way too long... way too black... way too Elvira/Morticia Addams. It was so bad, I started calling Ryan "Fester", Caroline "Wednesday" and Emma "Pugsley". Anyway, it is shorter and lighter now. {Thank goodness!}

Caroline did not informed us on Christmas Eve that Santa was not coming. Why? She said he wasn't coming because it was still Fall. Too bad ole man winter finally decided to show his face. It is freakin' freezing in eastern NC.

Speaking of the cold weather, I did not get in my car this morning to find that an old Coke {in the glass bottle} was frozen solid. It's bitter cold, I tell you.

We have not reached a new milestone in our house. Caroline and Emma are not playing extremely well together... most of the time. It is kind of nice. They entertain one another.

I am not declaring the Leap Frog Tag Jr. the coolest gadget ever. Caroline LOVES it. Santa only brought two books but Caroline has read those books over and over and over again. It is super cool because parents hook it up to their computer to see what their child has accomplished/learned. We love it and I can not recommend it enough.

I did not only take about 4 pictures over the Christmas holiday. We forgot to even take a picture of what Santa brought. I am a mother that is on top of things like that. I would NEVER let Christmas pass us by without taking a single picture. Santa {Mom&Dad} bought my new 50mm lens and lots of other camera goodies. Santa {Ryan} bought me Adobe Photoshop CS4. Did you know that if you are a student, you can get AMAZING deals on software? Who knew?

I am not super excited about The Bachelor starting tonight! And how about Desperate Housewives and Brothers & Sisters last night?! SO GOOD!

I do not have more posts coming... promise. I am getting back into the swing of things. I just needed a little break.

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I did not beg for a date night. It has not been 3 weeks since our last date night.

Ryan did not surprise me by saying he wanted me to choose between Koi {a little Asian bistro} and Southern Exposure.

Where Southern Exposure is located, is not a semi-long drive. I did not choose it anyway.

It is not an eclectic little getaway, tucked away in a little Southern town with a population less than 800.

It was not awesome... as usual.

I did not get the usual pork chop with BBQ drizzle. The meal was not complete with the mac & cheese noodle cake and collards.

Ryan did not have crab cakes.

After everyone went to bed that night, I did not eat 3/4 of a Kit-kat.

Saturday morning, I did not blame it on Emma knowing she had only eaten 1/4 of it. I am a better mother than that.

I did not get my Christmas cards in the mail Saturday. Now, I just have to address them and put them in the mail. Hopefully I will not get it done by the end of the week.

Do you want a sneak peek? I'll think about it.

We do not need to go buy our Christmas tree.

I do not need to go buy laundry detergent.

When I run out, I do not intentionally forget to tell Ryan to go buy more because it gives me a break from washing clothes. I am not on day 2 of my break. ;-)

We did not have another birthday party last night. This one was not for my Nana. My mom did not cook her chili. I did not cook dark chocolate mini cupcakes with cream cheese icing. Everything was not delicious.


Bug did not think that it was her birthday and that everyone was singing to her.



November and December are not busy birthday months for us. Listen to this... we do not have 3 birthdays to celebrate between Christmas Eve and News Years Day. You heard me. THREE! What can I say? We do not love birthday parties.

It was an awesome weekend. Maybe I can get my house all decorated for Christmas so that I can have a great week!

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I did not have a mild panic attack yesterday. Emma has not been running a low-grade fever for about 3 days. I did not immediately think that it was because I gave her the H1N1 vaccine. Not me! I would never think such crazy thoughts.

Emma does not have 2 molars coming in. We are not blaming them for her fever.

I did not eat too much Moose Tracks ice cream last night while watching Brothers and Sisters.

I have not started 4 different posts and finished none of them.

Caroline did not come home from preschool today in a preschool shirt. She did not spill juice all over herself. I did not take her extra shirt out of her book bag and forget to put a new one back in. I am more on top of things than that.

I did not feel like a rockstar when helping Anna with her math homework. I did not answer a super hard problem in less than 30 seconds. Yayy me!

I did not check my e-mail last night to find that I won TWO Christmas card GCs. I am not super excited and my Christmas cards are not going to rock this year.

I did not steal borrow money from Ryan's pant pocket this morning. I was not too lazy to cook breakfast so we had BK Cini-minis for breakfast once again.

I did not just look up to find Emma pulling every wipe out of the pack. What is the deal with a child's fascination with wipes?

Speaking of Emma, she does not know how to climb the stairs. It is not super annoying. What is the deal with a child's fascination with stairs? I don't know either.

Caroline is not in the terrible 3s. They are not awful. You don't believe people when they say the 3s are worse than the 2s. So far, it has not been sooo true! At three, they do not know how to talk back. It does not suck.

I did not decide today to get tickets for Caroline to Disney on Ice. Fun times!

I am not going to get the kids down for naps. I am not going to take Christmas pictures today. I will not blog later.

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I {have not} put Not Me! Monday on the back burner lately.

I {am not} bringing it back today.

I few of you {will not} thank me.

I {did not} eat two brownies last night... at 11:30pm.

I {did not} oversleep this morning. I {did not} blame it on the late-night brownies.

With that said, we {were not} a little late dropping off at preschool this morning.

I {did not} feed my children pop-tarts in the car on the way to school.

I {did not} forget Caroline's chips that she wanted for snack.

I {was not} in luck when I found a 2-day-old ziplock baggie of Cheese-Its. I {did not} throw them in her ladybug bookbag and walk her into school. I would {never} do such a thing.

I {did not} forget to wipe the pop tart off of Emma's mouth before walking in. She {did not} look like a thrown away poor kid.

I {did not} stop to talk to a mom. After walking inside, I {did not} look down to sign Caroline in. I {did not} see that my black bra was halfway exposed. I'm talking half of the bra {was not} exposed. Fabulous. I {did not} tell myself that it was ok because clearly all of my boob was in the bra. Thank.God. I should have just gone topless.

I {did not} get into the car and drive away, relieved that drop-off was over.

I {did not} eat half of a pop-tart for breakfast with a little side of drool.

Enough about my crappy morning...

We {did not} go out for salads for date night this weekend. We are more exciting than that.

However, we {did not} go out last weekend for date night and spend way too much money. If you live in our area, {do not} go HERE. OMG! So good! I {did not} drink two cocktails. They {were not} just fabulous. This {is not} the recipe:
~ Vanilla flavored vodka
~ Amaretto
~ Pineapple juice
~ Brandy aged cherry
{Do not} try it. It {does not} taste like cheesecake in a highball glass. Yum!

I {do not} have a ton of clothes to wash today.

I {do not} have to dust.

I {am not} ending this post so that I can go do all of those things.
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We did not go to the beach this weekend to celebrate the 4th of July.






We did not have fun.


We did not get down on Friday, eat pizza for dinner, swing in the hammock, and walk on the beach.





Caroline did not jump in the water with her clothes on. She was not extremely upset about her clothes being wet. She did not throw a fit and take her clothes off. We would never let her walk home in just her panties. Especially since we did not have to walk home through a neighborhood. Ha!






We did not spend Saturday on the beach. I did not forget my camera.

Caroline did not do wonderful out there. She did not play by herself and keep herself content for hours. She did not throw sand in Carey's face and then laugh about it.

We did not go back inside for lunch and then rode the jet ski.

Ryan did not take me out to dinner Saturday night. We did not go to one of our favorite places in the whole world, Amos Mosquito's. It was not delicious. We did not have fried pickles for our appetizer. I did not have shrimp & grits as my entree. Ry did not have the catch of the day, which happened to be one of his favorites... yellowfin tuna. His entree was not completed with jasmine rice and fresh succatash. YUM! I We did not order Godiva chocolate creme brulee for dessert. I did not only let Ryan have ONE spoonful.

I was not worried about Caroline being scared of the fireworks. She did not love them. Emma did not sleep through the whole fireworks display. Do not worry! I did not take pictures of her before she fell asleep!




I did not use this Not Me! Monday post as a picture post.

I did not type this while drinking my morning coffee... while Caroline ate orange watermelon (yes, there is such a thing)... and while Emma sat on the floor trying to crawl.

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I did not plan on switching rooms with Caroline this weekend. Meaning, I want Caroline and Emma to move into my room and I am going to move our stuff into Caroline's room.

I did not sit around all weekend instead.

Caroline is not calling everyone a "damnass" which means dumbass.

"Come on lady. Move!" Caroline chimed in, "MOVE DAMNASS!"
"CAROLINE WHERE ARE YOU?" "I'm fine, damnass!"

I do not blame my husband AND myself for this. We both say it. I can't deny it.

I am not ignoring her.

Do you remember when she did not say bullship all of the time. That passed so maybe this will too.

My freaking stove/oven is not broken.

I did not whip up my super secret french toast recipe this morning... and dip my first piece of bread... and throw it on the frying pan... only to find that the pan was not hot. Neither was the burner. Fabulous. To add to the fabulous-ness I didn't get my freaking french toast.

I did not feed my children blueberries instead.

I did not find my favorite wine in the most unlikely of places. SCORE! It was only $9.34. Double score!

I am not using my microwave with no turntable thing. My plates/bowls are still turning. You just have to balance your plate/bowl on the center turning knob type thing and TA-DA... it turns.

I did not make my washing machine smoke this week. Nope, not me.

I did not have a conversation with myself that went a little something like this:
"I may have overloaded that washer."
"Hummmm. Should I go check? Nope. Baby is screaming. I'll check on it later. It will be fine."
Few minutes later...
"What smells like smoke? What/who is on fire?"
Walk into my kitchen. Smoke everywhere. Open laundry room door. Smoke billows out. Look at washer. It is smoking.
"Holy... what do I do now? I totally have to wash those clothes before the hubs gets home. He has no panties. He is going to be ticked."

I did not forget to turn it to an extra large load. I most definitely did not wash an extra large load on small load. WHAT? FYI when you do this... your washer will smoke.

When the hubs got home, he did not ask if I had washed his clothes.

I did not look at him and say, "Well... technically... yes." "What does that mean?" he asked. "Ummm... well... I had a malfunction. Well, really the washer had a malfunction. It started smoking... and I don't mean it start smoking cigarettes. There was billowing smoke that took over the whole laundry room and kitchen."

He did not respond by just looking at me. He did not just stare. Whatev.

I did not admit that I had a new lover in my life. I am not writing a post about my new love affair.

Do not act excited at all. DO NOT!

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I did not have a date with the hubs Friday night.

I did not fall while walking down the sidewalk.

If I did, I would not have posted about it. Nope, not me!

I did not flip out Saturday night when Caroline came to me and threw up. She did not tell me that she ate a pepperoni. A pepperoni? We did not have pork chops for dinner! Where the heck did a pepperoni come from? I did not start to panic. We did not find a Cascade tablet laying in the middle of the kitchen floor, busted.

Caroline did not try to eat the Cascade dishwashing tablet. She did not get a little bit in her mouth. Like I said, it did not make her throw up.... on my living room carpet. Yum.

I did not stress myself out over it. She is not fine. Thank goodness! I did not drink two glasses of wine when the whole ordeal was over.

Both of my children, were not up until 12 am this morning. Ugh! I did not seriously think about putting them in the car and driving them around. Thank goodness, Ry did not come to the rescue and help me. He did not take Caroline so that I could get Em to sleep.
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This is a short Not Me! Monday.

I am tired and I cannot think.

I'll post again soon.

I also have pictures to post.

I will post them sometime today!

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I did not watch the MTV Movie Awards last night.

I did not regret it.

I was not terrible.

Look at this hot mess.


Converse All-Stars... really? I did not own a pink pair of those in 1987 when I was two.

Anyway, that hot mess of a girl most definitely did not DROP her popcorn award.

Cameron Diaz did not have to go save it AND then have to hand the hot mess a piece of the award that broke off.

I did not think to myself... "idiot."

I also did not tweet about the whole situation on twitter. What? Not me!

If I did tweet, I would not say this.

I did not drool a little over this hunk of a guy...


Hello, hotness.

I did not think to myself, "Why does Kristen Stewart (aka hot mess) get to kiss this beautiful guy?" Life is unfair sometimes. Ha.

I am not done talking about Twilight characters. I will not talk about my children now.

Caroline did not stump her toe last night.

She was not dramatic at all over the whole situation.

She did not cry for at least 30 minutes.

She did not want her Daddy.

She did not yell, "I want my Daddy! I want my Daddy!" one-hundred million times... WHILE he was holding her.

He did not say, "CAROLINE! I AM YOUR DADDY!" Obviously, she never got that memo.

Caroline and Em did not just sit on the floor together and play for about 20. That's a long time for Em.

I do not have to hold Em 90% of the day.

I do not miss the days of tee-teeing alone.

I am not writing a series of posts about the sun and sun exposure. I will not post them throughout the week.

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I did not let Caroline wear a 18-24 month shirt to her preschool program. I did not forget that she had to wear red. I did not wake up that morning in search of a red shirt. I did not layer it with a white shirt. I did not tell myself that I needed to layer it just in case she had to lift her arms in the air or something. It did not work out just fine.

I did not call my husband a jerkface in this post.

I did not think that I ripped Emma's ear off with my ring the other day. I did not cry. She did not look at me like I was a nutjob. She was not absolutely fine.

Emma did not sleep in a suitcase. I did not get the idea from this post.

We did not go to the beach this weekend.

We did not have a great time.

The suitcase did not have two small pillows and two towels for padding. I'm sure Emma did not think that it was a fluffy cloud. I was not jealous at all of her sleeping situation. I did not wonder if there was an actual suitcase big enough for me to sleep in.

I did not win cloth diapers from Andrea at The Laughs Will Go On.

I am not super excited about trying cloth diapering.

I do not think that I am going to absolutely love it.

I am not tired.

I am not going to bed.

I am not sorry that this was a short post.

I do not have a funny post for you tomorrow morning.

I will not be up and posted bright and early.

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I did not let my 7 month old eat an Oreo this week.


If I did, I would not take pictures of her eating it AND pictures afterwards.



I have not been putting topsy tails in Caroline's hair this week.

I do not think that it is adorable.

Every time I fix her topsy tail, I do not think about how out of date they are.

I do not ignore my thoughts.


I am not excited that I finally got Caroline's green and pink seersucker dress.

My Mom did not order it for me in February. FEBRUARY.


I did not cook a delicious dinner of marinated pork chops, green bean bundles, and Paula Deen's corn casserole last week. Do not call me Martha Stewart.

I did not decide to try at least one new recipe a week.

Caroline does not love playing dress up.

She did not dress up in a witch dress, tutu, white fur hat, and pink feather shoes to go eat dinner at Ryan's parents house.

I most definitely would not let her such such things out of the house.

She did not throw a fit because I wouldn't let her wear her Snow White costume to Anna's soccer game.

I did not even ponder the idea of actually letting her do it because I was sick of fighting.

I did not win the dress fight by telling her that she would trip on her dress and fall off of the bleachers if she wore it. I would never scare my child like that.

Emma did not have tooth numero dos cut through this weekend. Great times. I do not need sleep. I am not a zombie by the end of the day. I did not pray that these will be her only teeth for a while.


I am not almost done with New Moon. I did not get WAY better. I cannot wait to start Eclipse!

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I am not writing my Not Me's! on Tuesday morning.

I am not exhausted.

I have not been up since 5am.

Emma has not had a rough two weeks.

I have not blamed her lack of sleep on the moon. Is it really full?

I am not running on coffee. It is not the only thing that is keeping me going.

Caroline did not call her sister a nutball. My two year old definitely does not know or use that word.

I did not eat all of the no bake cookies that my MIL and Caroline made Friday night.

I did not just eat the last one for breakfast.

I did not clean up the downstairs yesterday. (In all honesty, you can't even tell it this morning.)

I do not have plans to clean again today... and tomorrow... and the next day... and the next day... and the next day... you get the picture.

I am not done with Not Me! Monday. I will not try to remember my not me's next week so that this post will be better.

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Now that Stellan is out of the hospital, I shall participate in Not Me! Monday. Are you ready?

I did not have a really bad day this week that ended in me yelling, "WHY DON'T YOU BOTH JUST CRAWL BACK UP MY VAGINA TO MY UTERUS!" Caroline and Emma's eyes did not get big at all.

I have not held Emma for seven month straight. Count them. Seven.

I did not laugh while taking pictures because Caroline said, "You put on internet for everybody see?" Yep. She is my child.

I did not go all week without cooking.

I did not let my 2 year old go to a 3 and 1/2 hour dance recital. I have better sense than that.

If I did let my almost 3 year old go to said dance recital, I most definitely would not allow her to dance in the aisle during the recital. That would be rude and obnoxious to those around her.

If she did dance in the aisle, I would not let her actually lay in the aisle... in a dress... legs in the air. Rudeness.

I did not enjoy watching my sister dance.

I did not take a million pictures.





Caroline did not declare to everyone that would listen that she wanted to take dance.

I did not cringe at the thought of sitting through 4 hour dance recitals.

I did not vow to find a teacher that split her recital into two nights.

Emma is not sitting up well. She can almost do it by herself. We are extremely proud.

Caroline and Emma did not lay in our bed last night and giggle for 30 minutes at each other.

It was not precious.

I hope you did not enjoy Not Me! Monday. I will not be back next week with more.