Not Me Monday

Not Me Monday was created by MckMama -- It's an opportunity to get a little therapy for all those things you would never do, but did :) Click here for all the rules.

So here's all the things I DID NOT do last week!

Yesterday I did not finally make and eat stuffed peppers. I did not do this after avoiding them for years convinced I wouldn’t like them only to discover they are in fact delicious.

I have not started imagining what I will do to the house we looked at Saturday despite not knowing if it will even pass inspection since they took the thermostat to the AC with them when they moved.

I did not put grocery shopping off for a whole week and only went on Sunday because I had resorted to making tomato soup and noodles for dinner Saturday night – nope not me!

I am not throwing one in for my husband – I did not stop mowing the lawn 1/3 of the way through and leave the rest for my wife to do despite the fact that she had already done some grocery shopping, swept, mopped, dishes and laundry. I would never be so selfish!

My brain hates me

I'm on Day 2 of the worst migraine that ever could be. My midrin has done absolutely nothing for me although throwing an ibuprofen 8 on top of it helped some yesterday. Since I had to drive today to get to work no midrin - just ibuprofen and an iced coffee for me. I have turned my office into a cave with all my lights off and the blinds shut. I like it in there....

NOW FOR THE SUPER EXCITING NEWS!!!!

We are going to look at houses on Saturday. We have found one we really like but we're also going to look at a few more in that neighborhood. We bit the bullet and did the pre-approval paperwork for the mortgage and asked my sister's friend who is also a Realtor to show us the homes. EEK. It's one thing to talk about buying and another to actually be going through the process. The only sticking point will be how much we're going to need at the closing table. I have some in savings, some I can borrow against my 401K but we may need to borrow from family a bit just to get us to the closing. We have the $8,000 tax credit coming to us along with some bonuses from my work and other money in the pipeline so we would be able to pay everyone back in a month or two. Wish us luck!!

"Not Me" Monday

I don’t think MckMama is having “Not Me Monday” today since her youngest Stellan has been in the hospital but I am going to go ahead with it.

I did not escape to my parent’s house for a few hours on Saturday after 20,000 members of Joey’s family invaded it right after I finished deep cleaning it. I did not use the excuse that my Daddy was sick and my Mom is out of town to go over there. I did not feel guilty and then come home to cook a huge dinner for Joey and family to make up for it.

I did not stalk the results line at the doctor’s office to see if my bloodwork results were posted to only be repeatedly disappointed.

I have not been obsessed with figuring out how to buy the great foreclosure home we found yesterday. I am not ridiculously excited that we may have a plan of action on it by the end of the week!

I did not fall madly in love with a huge Saint Bernard we saw at Lowe’s who drooled all over me and demand one when we move into a new house. My excuse was not that we wouldn’t have to buy rugs then – we could just move the dog around.

I did not skip grocery shopping out of sheer laziness and am not down to our last roll of toilet paper.

What did you “not” do this week?

Throwback Thursday

This little gem is from the 8th grade and the photo booths along the boardwalk in Daytona. I was lucky enough to have my Dad work a mile from the boardwalk at a beachside hotel so my friend Stephanie and I would tag along to work with him. We'd hang out by the pool and then wander down to the boardwalk...where this would happen.

A morning with the Oliver's

4:10 am…… Pssssssssss……….

Diana: Dammit Blue!

(I shoot out of bed despite my Tylenol PM induced haze and throw open the bedroom door. The dog is now hiding under the computer desk)

Diana: (insert Exorcist inspired voice here) Get your ass in the garage. NOW!!!

(Guilty dog click clacks across the tile and lays down on a blanket in the garage and immediately falls back asleep)



I am now scooping OxiClean into a bowl and marching to the kitchen sink.

Joey: (groggy voice as he stumbles to the bathroom) Whachya doing honey?

Diana: Mixing up Oxiclean since Blue pissed on the damn carpet.

Joey: Oh where?

Diana: Just go to bed; I’m taking care of it.

An hour and half later….

The house is lit up like a Christmas tree and I am burrowing under the covers to savor the 20 minutes of sleep I have left to catch.

Joey : (As he lays down on top of me) Hey wifey! Love you. Smooch smooch

Diana: (As I try to pull the covers further over my head) mrph grrr arr smmm

Joey: Ha ha ha baby. You are so funny. Blah blah blah blah….

Diana: (still burrowing) hbdbidebewb bbbewwilh soiqwhoi

Joey: (now bouncing on the bed) yadda yadda yadda ya…….I love you! I’ll see you after work.

Diana: swimndo friureil love you too ewliubfiu snuiwhe

30 minutes later… and a few snooze button pushes

I swing open the garage door –

Blue: Sorry Mom! It was just a tiny spot though!



Diana: ueiuweliw Outside! It’s okay. Diuebbfbfile

Blue: (Bounce! Pant! Jump!)
Diana: Back inside Blue!

Then I turn the TV on for the dog, give him water and food and shut the door to the little room so he can roam freely between the room and garage.

I then open the window up for the cat that has been clawing at it for the past 5 minutes and scoop all the cat food off the floor back into his bowl while he watches me.

It’s so nice to be Queen of my Castle.

Happily ever after...

As my blog posts from June reveal – Joey and I were going through a really rough patch last month and it was really rough on both of us. Luckily when I got back from my trip to Houston we took the time to really talk to each other and sort through all of the stressors and other factors that were making us argue. It wasn’t easy – we both shed a few tears (along with a few laughs) but in the end we buckled down and decided on a plan of action. We agreed to talk about things that were bothering us and to take on everything “together”

Ever since then our marriage has truly been amazing. I quite honestly have to pinch myself to make sure I’m not dreaming. Joey has gone from this agitated, grumbly bear to the man I fell in love with in the first place.

I knew going into this that marriage wasn’t going to be easy but both Joey and I decided from the get go that divorce just wasn’t an option. Unfortunately both of us tend to fight dirty and we are learning to just back off after stating what we are upset about and coming back to it later. Now though – its like walking into a fairytale land in our house. The two things you will hear the most is “I Love You” and the sound of us kissing. Nauseating, I know but oh so true. The other really nice thing about this is that we willingly help each other out now. Our house is tiny and tends to get cluttered/messy quickly so we both need to stay on it to keep from letting things get out of control. But when we aren’t getting along we both slack just to spite the other person – now – we clean together , cook together, and actually (gasp) enjoy spending time with each other and with friends.

You know – I think we just might make it after all!

Not Me Monday

I’ve decided to try this Not Me Monday thing . First the important stuff - 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.

Now onto all the things that didn’t happen to me.

1) I did not do an entire load of laundry without checking Joey’s pockets first which did not cause the entire contents of his pockets to me mixed with the washer water and permeate/stain all the clothes that were mixed in. This did not force me to rewash the load when I was almost finished with my Mt Everest of wash.

2) We did not discover that we had left a plate of chicken in the cooler after coming back from the springs last Sunday which did not lead to maggots crawling all over the inside of it.

3) Joey did not almost throw out a scratch off ticket that he had not won $100 on. I did not luckily come home and be my usual nosey self discovering our good fortune.

I’ll leave it at that since I don’t want to incriminate myself too much in my first stab at this!