One Word...

Rock star!

Tanner put this hat on and sunglasses and said Hey Mom.. look I am a rock star!

What a goofy kid!

Tonight Michele came over and brought Will Imbus to play. I got to leave and go to the grocery store all alone! It was awesome. Rick was at a ball game.. and Michele had Tanner.. WOW.!

Michele is the BEST! She even brought him a Happy Meal!

It also rained a bit today. Which was good as we needed it! It rained right at noon time. And Tanner said.. "oh it looks like Papa cant play golf in the rain" "Well maybe he is playing in another state and it isn't raining there".... Gee I wonder where he hears that from!

Last night Rick took Tanner to grandma J's house. I spent the night looking online for a hotel for Minnesota. We (Michele and I ) finally found one. We got it for 56 a night. Its a nice hotel that actually Jamie and I have stayed at before. Its a Holiday Inn. Although its not right next to the mall its close, which is nice.

I then took a bath and Rick and Tanner got home and he got very mad at me because I would not let him watch a movie. It was 930. I made him go to bed! I am so mean.

He was horrible.. he got back in our bed at some point and tossed and turned all night and kept me awake ... so much that I overslept by 20 min.

Today is another hot and humid day. Tanners daycare went to Pizza Hut today and had a tour and made their own pizzas to eat.

We will be off to Sam's club and to the last Medline Softball game of the year. Thursday is grocery night.. I cant wait as we have NO FOOD!

Quick One

Just a quick note today... It was really hot and humid here. YUCK.

Tanner went to Kennedy School today to play on the playground. We also got a note from Young uns about Preschool. It says his teacher is Ms Carsen. I know that is a new gal at his school. I am wondering what happened to Miss Jenny. I know she is pregnant but not sure why she isnt teaching. He does know Carsen and has talked about her in the past. So I guess we will see what happens. I am wondering if it has to do with the Free Preschool thing and maybe Miss Jenny doesnt have a BA. or what ever you need. :(

I changed around his Dental appt so he doesnt miss any school. I also made my appt for the Doc.. YUCK YUCK YUCK. And today got my shot .. umm ya that feels nice.

I also talked to mom and some folks at school about our Property taxes... and ALOT of folks i talked to .. theres went up.. and by alot. So i guess I am not alone. But our house was valued at 87000 last year and this year it is 120000. Not sure how that happened since all we did was put in a new stove and dishwasher.. Hmm most be the models we picked.. LOL.

Anyway I am off to play with Tanner for a bit, he is playing in his Kitchen and making secret Recipee dishes...LOL and then off to a bath!

Also want to send a shout out to my Jammie sister Kris.. and thank her the gift she is sending Tanner. He will be so stoked.. Thanks lady. Your the BEST!

Lazy Sunday

I don't mind Sundays. I usually get my cleaning done on Sat AM so that i can be lazy and do what I want on Sunday.

Rick had ANOTHER game in Dyersville today. It was at 2:00. Tanner wanted to go. So until then he played trains... while I napped on the couch. It was nice but a bit uncomfortable.

Poor Tanner tho... we went out to the game (they lost.. yeah..as they would have had to play again at 4) and thre were no little fellas for him to play with. He got pretty bored fast. He watched the game a bit.. and did say "Nice Shot dad" when Rick had a hit. It was cute. then he would say "Run Dad Run" He als did cheer for Jeff... well kind of. He kept saying JEFF JEFF JEFF.. it was funny.

We got home at around 4... and it started to rain shortly after that. It is just a nice steady rain.. with one LARGE LOUD clap of thunder and lighting.

I am thinking I want to open a little Etsy shop. Not sure what I want to sell. But I think it would be fun to do stuff.. if I rememebr correctly... its not to $$ to set one up. I am going to print the stuff off at work and read it again. ALso doing a bit of research to see what sells.

Well its bath night and Tanner will be tired so I am off to clean up the trains that are all over the living room right now!

I am on a Roll

We hung out at home most of the day. Tanner played outside in his sandbox till he got to hot. He then played inside with his trains most of the day. He was pretty whining as there was not nap today. I pulled him around in the wagon for awhile.. in the house tho.

Tonight Rick had a ball game in Dyersville... we were going to go, but the games were over an hour behind.. which means that the 7:00 game just got over now! YUCK! They play at 2 on Sunday so I think we will go to that one.

Tanner and I went to the mall and went to the Kids Zone... which I find is totally CHEESY. it is basically for kids that are 3 or less and its super small. Tanner had fun.. but GEEZ... they way they advertised it .... it was the next BIG thing!

So we went to the Humane society area and looked at the puppies and kitties. They had such cute kitties. Then we went to the Generic Build a bear that we have. Tanner sooo wanted a Spiderman outfit for his Elmo. I told him he had to use his own money. Normally when I say this.. he says no and puts the toy or whatever back. Not tonight... he really wanted that I guess.

It just fit Elmo.. was a bit tight, as Elmo is a big build a bear... So we put it on his Hop On Pop Bear from Kohl's.. and it fits pretty good.

He for some reason then wanted to take pics of me with them ... and then with him... so here they are!

The Big game.

The second post of today :)

Well the big game.. hmmm WOW.... it was long. They divided up into teams and he and Lane were on the opposite teams. He was sad. The let each kid hit.. and they would pitch to him until he did. They went thru the line up once and then they switched. Well some of the kids in took a long time for them to swing and hit it. Alot of the kids in the field were getting bored. Typically playing in the dirt and sitting on the ground.

Every time Lane would come up Tanner would say hey buddy.. come on. And Vice versa. One time when tanner was running from first to second he stopped to talk to Lane. He did hit the ball.. but the gal that was pitching was terrible and every ball was so low I am not surprised that some of the kids to along time to hit.
After the big game we went up to the park with the Breitsbeckers and let the boys play. He Lane and Tate had a wonderful time. We stayed for about 40 min. And of course Tanner was sad we when all had to go.

The Fair

Well since Rick had a ball game on Friday night I decided to take Tanner to the fair. Something that we do not always do. But I thought what the heck, I bet he has fun. Michele said that she would join us. So we headed out around 6:00. Ride bracelets were 20.00... total rip off. But single tickets were even more! So we got the ride bracelet.

He went on about 19 rides.. and several of them alot. He loved the Chinese dragon Roller Coaster and always had to be in the front seat. Even if he had to share with someone. He rode on that with Hannah Dunham.

He also really liked the Flying space ships. he pretended they were Buzz Lightyear Rockets.

The first time he was scared to go down the big Slide and only climbed a couple of stairs before changing his mind. We went back later when he wanted to be brave! He went all the way up and came down on his Gunny sack like a trooper. He then said.. "well that wasn't so scary after all"

He also went in the fun house.. and have alot of trouble finding his way out. he didn't cry but it was a house of window panes so you could not tell where to go.. and he kept bouncing off the walls.. it was so funny. You could watch him from the out side and Michele and I were laughing so hard at him. When he finally came out he said" I kept hitting the walls" "I better go try that again" so he did.. but bounced off the same exact walls. To funny!

He also went on the little cars, Flying Elephants, the hot air Balloons, the Merry go Round and ate 2 bags of Cotton Candy. He played the Duck pond and won a Scooby Doo. the whole time he was on the Merry Go Round he watched himself in the mirror. the first time he went on it he wanted to ride in the sled.

Then we tried to win him a stuffed spiderman that he wanted. and could not! :( We then saw Abbey Merfeld.. a gal we work with ... she said she would try to win one as she was already carrying a bug stuffed dog. She did not win but was sooooo kind and asked to trade in her stuffed dog for a Spiderman. And then she gave it to Tanner. He was so excited.. and gave her a big hug! He was so thrilled. She really made his night.
We got home at 9:15. He was extremely tired.. but way Happy!

SOOOO TIRED!

Just got home from the fair.. Tanner had a ball. I will post pics and a story on Sat after his big game!

I am to tired and my back is killing me tonight!

Night night

Wednesday Wednesday

Today was a different day.. Papa is gone golfing.. so Grandma gets to walk Tanner to school.. well as long as it isn't raining.
I did not have to pick up my Red today as he is on a trip to the Fire Station today with Daycare.

We are having a great day here.. weather is awesome. they have a cash machine at work today... you know the kind they put money in and it blows all around and you grab it. They picked 35 folks to go in and grab as much as they can.. count it up and then whoever grabs the most wins 100.00, then 75.00 50.00 and 25.00. I wasn't picked.. but it is so fun to watch! The crew is really having fun with it. And Friday is our Summer bash on the lawn where we have blow up pools and a slip and slide. Its a good week to be at work!

Tanner had alot of fun at the Fire Station. They went to the one by Allison-Henderson park. he was excited to also see the Ambulance there. They also got to have a pizza party at school. He said they got to eat 2 pieces he was thrilled.

We got home and he promptly fell asleep on the couch. I tired to wake him up but he fell asleep at the table eating hamburger.

We finally got him up after we reminded him that if he woke up and ate he could go to the Medline softball game, We just got home from that. He was a good boy and didn't cry when we had to leave like he usually does. He is now laying down and watching a movie. Hopefully he will hit the sack early tonight.

Grrrrr

I have a headache. My darling little boy thinks he needs to be played with 24/7. This is a new thing for him.. he usually sint this bad. He is also not sleeping well at night ... thus being very crabby and crying about everything. I need a DRINK!

Dad left today for a golf trip! Grandma gets to take Tanner to daycare on Wed and Thurs!

Sunday July 20

Well i guess I will have to live with blogging a day behind in most cases. :) Oh well. At least it is down on "paper"
Today started off realyl cloudy again. But it eventually became sunny and VERY warm. Rick washed the cars in the late morning.. Tanner did not want to help at all. Which was weird as he usally likes to do that.. but he wanted to lunge and watch movies.

At about 1 o'clock I got him up and movie and he decided he wanted to go in the pool. MAN it was HOT! Rick got in the pool also. I sat and read a magazine. My chest got burned a bit. But i dont think i have been this tan in a few years. Looks kind of good on me :)

We cooked a late lunch of hamburgers and ate outside again. When we went in around 3 a had to take a shower.. I felt GROSS! I then got the Enchiladas ready for supper so that all i had to do was pop them in the oven to cook.

After dinner Rick watched the Red Sox on ESPN and Tanner took a bath. I know he was tired but kept fighting the sleep! We finally laid down to watch a movie and he was alsepp by 830.

Last night it stormed alot. We woke up to a nasty storm.. The worst was down in ia City.

Today was a average day at work. Tanner took his piano and guitar to Grandmas so they could have a band and they could practice.

Papa is headed out of town for golf on Tuesday... so grandma gets to walk Tanner to school! Tan is very excited.

Today Rick also bought Tanner a REAL baseball bat, and well almost real balls. They are those semi soft ones. They are outside now trying it out. Well it didnt last long as they were only out for a moment. He then wanted to play in his slide.

Saturday July 19th.

Well today was a good day. (yes I am typing this on Sunday...) It started out cloudy but turned in to a nice day. Tanner and Rick went to Preschool baseball... and I got to tell you its LAME LAME LAME. Today the woman was calling home plate... HOME BASE. She was explaining the rules to the boys and said when you come across home base you get a point... SERIOUSLY.... do you think the could have found someone who knew the game.. or at least the terminology. I believe most of the dads were rolling their eyes. good thing it was only 16.00 or I would ask for my money back.

While the boys were there I went to Target.. picked up a few birthday presents for Tanner... (yes I know way early.. but they were on clearance!) and some grocery stuff. I also ran to Michael's to pickup the new Magazine Mini Albums!

When we all got home .. Rick made Tanner some pancakes and I cleaned the house. I can not relax and do nothing all day unless the house is clean. I am annal! When breakfast was done.. Rick cleaned the pool and mowed the grass. By the time the pool was filled the house was clean.... the yard work was done and we sat by the pool. I got a little color on my legs, chest and arms.

Tanner is starting to get the hang of what to do for swimming. That's good. He has the doggie paddle down. But does not like to stick his head under the water.

We had lunch out on the patio and had hamburgers. We went inside to cool off as it was stinking hot. Lounged the rest of the day.

It did rain a bit last night... thankfully I was watching the Weather Channel and put the patio stuff under the tarp.

Quote of the day.... Yes .. from Master Tanner... "Dad you are always watching baseball. You should do something else then watch baseball. Watching baseball is boring. " I think Rick had heart palpitations after he said it!

And lastly.. Shout out to my sister and Brother in Law... Its Kim's birthday Today... and Eddies is next week. HAPPY HAPPY day to you!

Tagged....

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What were you doing ten years ago?

Ten years ago I was a married--no kids, playing alot of Softball with my husband.
Working as a Customer Service Rep at Quebecor World

5 things on todays "To Do" list

1. Clean Pool
2. Wash the comforter that Tanner spilled juice on
3. Make dinner
4. Order Bob the Builder Tickets
5. Pay some bills

I'm addicted to:

Chips and Dip
Reruns of Everybody Loves Raymond and Seinfeld
Scrapbooking
Steak!

Things I would do if I were a MILLIONAIRE:

Buy a BIG house witha BIG Scrapping room
Buy a new Van
Go to Disney World for 2 weeks with my Family
Give some to my family.. specially to my sister!

Places I have lived:

Ummmm Dubuque, IA
and there is Dubuque, IA
Or I could go with ..
with my parents
in a trailer with my DH
in a house with my DH.

I'm tagging:
Umm i cant think of anyone... as everyone that I know who has a blog has already been done... :)

Wed and Thursday

I am still so tired from the weekend. Driving... whether riding or doing the driving totaly wipes me out. i should have taken Tuesday off as well.

Wednesday Tanner did not go to daycare and had a Tanner and Papa Day. He LOVES those. Usually becuase my dad takes him to McDonalds and to the park. Well they did have a big day. They went to Allison Henderson Park, Kennedy Park, McDonalds and to the Mall where they played in the playland and went to Boarders. He bought him a Shrek book. Grandmas went down to the Grand at worked in the box Office.

They met me for lunch at McDonalds. When we were all done.. he hugged me and said "Thanks for coming to lunch mom, have a good day at work and tell Michele I said hi" He adores Michele.

He wore Papa out .. he ended up in bed early. Tanner not so much. He did not have a nap but was still up till 9:00.

Rick went and got a estimate for a new garage door and opener.... HOLY SMOLEY! We were told last year that it would be around 500-600 well the estimate was almost 900. So I guess we will not be doing that... we are just going to go with the opener and put the door on the infamous list. It falls in line for next Spring. Next week we are going to put the down payment on for the furnace! Next month.. basement carpeting.. I SOOOO CAN NOT WAIT!

Today was an average day. He was full of energy this AM..Tanner went to daycare and I went to work. I picked him up at Daycare and took him to Grandmas. She did say he fell asleep right at 1:00 for his nap.. which is rare. It is usually later that that.

Its raining right now.. and Rick left for his softball game.. I am sure he will be back soon.. as it is a thick band of rain. They get rained out alot on Thursdays.. seems it only rains on that day. Weird.

I am eagerly planning the Scrapfest trip for Michele and I. This year tho Jamie is coming. And we will meet up with Lynn. Classes come out on Monday. I cant wait to see them this year. it seems like they have more vendors this year... I think Jamie will have a good time. This is her first "event" ever. She just told me that she is making her 3rd bedroom into her scraproom. I sure have created alot of monsters :) Thats about 4 i turned out to the hobby... some are way into it more then others! Hope there DH's don't come after me :)

Well I am out...

Great weekend

Well the highlights from the weekend.

We got to the the Zoo at around noon. IT WAS HOT....like Africa hot!! It was 90 degrees with no wind! and the zoo.. well it sucked. It had no big animals.. no elephants, lions, zebras giraffes... nothing! Lots of deer and CRAP. They had a tiger exhibit. But it was so HUGE that you could not find the Tigers! So... 41.00 bucks down the toliet!

Ok.. after the zoo we went to my SIL's house. The traffic was terrible and it took us 2 hours to get there.. should have been about 45 min. That night we walked down to the neigbors house... and the Tornado sirens went off! An awful storm came thru.. a tornado did touch down about 20 min from there house. CRAZY

On Saturday we were going to go out on the boat... but they had Gale (sp) Force winds .. it was nuts. but we thought we would try anyway. It was a rocky ride. Tanner thought it was great tho... as we bounced around. We then went to the beach and he got to play and went in the water a bit.

We went out to dinner and played mini golf that night. Tanner's first time... I forgot my camera and had to use my phone camer. Not sure how those pics turned out.. I have not checked yet.

On Sunday Ricks other sister Sharon came up and we played games.. Tanner jumped on the trampoline.. (which he did 90% of his time there) and we had a great meal. Tanner also got his tractor ride and 4 wheeler ride. He loves that stuff and Luke is so good to him.

On Monday we took off to go to the Mall of America... and Nickoledeon Universe! He LOVED it. He went on a lot of rides and met Sponge Bob and Blue from Blues clues! He said it was one of the best days ever.

Well that was it in a nutshell. It was an exhasting drive home and a long weekend. but we had fun. I got wind or sun burned .. not sure which on Sunday.. and I looked like a racoon for awhile! I am glad that we have no plans this weekend. I need a break!




Even mom rode the log ride. It was Tanners first BIG ride ever. He said he liked it.. but his face doesnt say that.

Out of Time

No time to blog... had much to do tonight. Haircut, Grocery store... Target. Run in with Best Buy.. HATE that store! Make dessert finsih packing... bring books and toys for Tanner on the way.

Headed out in the AM... will be back to blog on Monday night or Tuesday. Have a great weekend!

Another Day ... Another Dollar

Ok.. so the last few days I have been running around like a chicken with my head cutoff trying to get stuff ready for Minnesota. I am TIRED! Last night I fell asleep at 930 while Tanner was in bed with me watching movies. I do not remember Rick taking him to bed. I awoke at 3 AM.. and sat up and wondered what time it was and where was my child. Ever have that feeling. I was going to take a bath ... that never happened. perhaps tonight.

Tanner had a Field trip today at Young Uns ...His Trip buddy was Spencer. They went to the Mall and went to the kids Zone. He said they also got to see some "Real live Dogs" They must have stopped at the adoption Center. He said they played on all kinds of playground stuff and it was shaped like fruits and veggies. He said one of the things was being held up by broccoli. I dont go to the mall often.. but I will have to check this place out as it jsut opened.

Rick is going to go and get the print that Sandy wanted after work on Thursday. I am going to get Tanners hair cut, finish packing his "car" bag. My "car" bag. Make a sweet Butter cake to take along, give Tanner a bath ... and some odds and ends.. and pack the car. WOOO thats alot for one night.

Tonight I ran to the Library to pick up some new movies for Tanner to watch in the Van. We also got 2 Netflix movies so those are new also. Hopefully this will keep him entertained. I also cleaned the whole house.. even the basement.. that way if something happens people wont think I am a messy housekeeper!

The Carpet down stairs is HORRIBLE! I can wait to replace it in August. I think when I get back I am going to put up a list of stuff that we are replacing in the house... :) since it is something everymonth it will be nice to see it all in a list!

I put some new books on my Ipod... and Michele is bringing me some magazines also. I really think I am forgetting something.

I have to ask Dad to stop and check on Murray. Well thats it for now.. I am hopefully off to a quick bath!

Bad already!

Ok so it looks like I missed a day already. Well I blame Minnesota. :) We (I) and trying to get ready for the tre trip. It seems like I need to take everything... and then some. We dont like to go up to mooch off of our relatives so I like to bring food and stuff along also. I need to get grocery stuff.. stuff for Tanner to eat on the way.

Also last night while at target I relaized that we did not buy him a "prize" for doing so well at swim lessons. So while I was there .. I see this crazy Hulk mask that he has been wanting for a long time... AND its on clearence. so of course I grab it! He was so flipping excited to get it.. he said "this is totally awesome" and promptly wore it for 2 hours! Then it was bath time... and I made him take it off. 3

It rained ALOT last night. Thunder and lighting galore! then I tried to upload and rip a bunch of audio books to my Zune so that I could listen to them on the way to Minneosota.

I was up to late.. therefore suffered today. I did however lose another pound this week.. WOO HOO... thats 9 in 9 weeks so far!

I am going to try this again. I am a very poor blogger. But this will be my goal. But ona side note.. I will be out of town July 11-14 and will not have access to a puter... Maybe I should have waited till after.. LOL oh well.