Not Me! Monday

Happy Monday, readers!

(Why does that seem like an oxymoron?)

Since I've been a bad blogger

and have not spent much time

updating the ol' blog lately,

I thought I'd dedicate today's post

to MckMama's Not Me! Monday

blog carnival,

because who doesn't love a carnival?!

Who would mention something

food-related in every Not Me! Monday post?

You guessed it... not me!

I sure haven't had a terrible diet lately.

I haven't indulged in pizza, pasta,

a Moe's burrito, Bojangle's breakfast biscuits,

and other carbolicious types of foods

all in the past week.

I am very conscious of my diet

and strive to stay in good shape.

Okay, now I'm starting to feel bad..

so maybe I'll back off

of that particular topic for now. :)

I am not also way too excited

for the second family of birds

that has moved into our little bird house

and for the teeny little babies

that tweet and chirp

when their momma bird

comes to feed them dinner.

Oh! And of course,

I am not super happy

that my stargazer lilies

have finally bloomed!

I don't go outside every day

just to check on them

and smell their pretty fragrance.

Pretty cool, right?

I planted those! Me! With my

very non-green thumb!

If I can do it, you can do it.

What have you not been up to lately?

Not Me! Monday

Guess what I haven't done?

I sure haven't gotten slack

with the whole "Not Me Monday" thing.

Even though I love writing NMM posts,

and I love me some MckMama,

I've definitely been slacking.

So, without further ado...

I most certainly know

the value of a good, healthy meal,

and I would never eat

unhealthy, calorie-filled,

Americanized Mexican food

four times in a week.

Nope, not me!

And even if I were going to

eat four delicious, unhealthy meals

within a week's time,

I definitely would never

eat chips and salsa

with three of those meals.

Oh... I would never slather things

in sour cream, either. ::blush::

What can I say?

I really like Mexican food. :)

Not Me! Monday

Are you feeling guilty because you forgot about a wet load of laundry for two days and had to wash the entire load again to get that moldy smell out? Ashamed that you woke up so late one morning that one of your dogs threw up because her poor little tummy was empty?

What's that you say? These things only happen to me?

Oh, well. I refuse to 'fess up to my shortcomings. Know why? That's right! Because it's Not Me! Monday!

The other day, Hubby and I decided to take advantage of the gorgeous weather we've had lately and grill some hamburgers. Well... our little afternoon grilling session sure did not almost turn into a complete disaster.

While Hubby cleaned and prepared the grill, I set to work in the kitchen making hamburger patties.

I pulled the meat out of the fridge and DID NOT quickly realize that it was still partially frozen.

Being the genius that I am, I most certainly DID NOT put half of the hamburger into a bowl and put it in the microwave to defrost.

About a minute later, I sure DIDN'T open the microwave to find some halfway cooked, brownish, gooey, disgusting mess in the bowl.

I definitely DID NOT quickly dump the nasty mess into the trash can and start over with the remaining meat. I was NOT too afraid to try to defrost the second half of the meat, and so I DIDN'T knead it with my hands - and just about give myself frostbite - trying to warm it up.

Once the patties were made (whew!) and the charcoal was ready, I put our two little patties and a cut-up onion on the grill. My lovely little patties certainly DID NOT stick so badly to the grill that they almost fell completely apart. Hubby and I DID NOT have to maneuver very carefully with a spatula to be able to flip them.

The, um, burgers that we did not make the other day were not actually pretty delicious when all was said and done. :)

What have you NOT been up to lately?

Not Me! Monday

Have you ever done something that made you feel like you wanted to crawl in a hole?

Ever felt like you were five years old again, and felt totally sheepish when you had to tell someone what you'd done?

Well, I haven't. Nope, not me!

On Saturday, Hubby and I decided to do some yard work, as it was long overdue.

I mowed the front lawn while he sprayed weed killer around the edges of the house.

It was a beautiful day. All was going splendidly.

We moved on to the backyard.

Hubby took over the mowing, and I picked up rocks and sticks, to throw them out of his way.

You know, like a nice, helpful wifey.

I should mention that I've never had very good aim.

You see, there's a nice little sandy patch of ground over by the house.

Since I didn't want to throw rocks and sticks in Hubby's direction, I threw them toward that little sandy patch.

I figured I could always gather them up later and throw them over the fence and out of the yard.

Unfortunately, that little sandy patch happens to be right under a window.

I may not have good aim, but apparently, I do have a good arm, because I threw one of those rocks a little too hard, and a little too high, and instead of landing in the sandy patch,

well... I bet you can guess what happened.

Or, maybe I should say... what didn't happen.

Because I would never, ever do something like this.

Not me, a grown woman of 24!

What have you not been up to lately?