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.

The final Completed Project!

Woo Hoo I am done!!!!

Yes we know he is spoiled!

The last ones

Here are the last ones

Even More playroom

Almost done!

Tanners Playroom

Here are all the pics from his playroom. Looks like I may need to do this in sections.

Opps

No updates since June. Ackkkk I am bad!

Lets see....July... I can't rememeber back that far. We did Sparklers in the back yard and had a fire ont he 4th.

Aug was the Medline Picnic, we rode on Big Thomas, visited Aunt Sandy and got to play with all her toys! Went to Dina and Mike's farm again.

Sept We had the Andy Open Golf Tourney. We also did the learn to Skate Program and had a couple playdates with my New Friend Bryan Waddick. W

Oct We had Medline Halloween and started doing much better on the potty. We went to Bahls pumpkin farm and played and had a hay ride.

I wil try and add some more when I think of it.. and promis promise to get better at this! Dang it.. I didnt even realize it had been this long!

Candy & Sugar

 

Here is Tanner checking them out! 

Dina & Mike's Farm

 

On the 16th of June we were invited out To Dina and Mike's farm. Tanner was very excited. He has been asking to go there for as long as he has known Dina! Well we went out right at 5 after Dina got off work! Mike was in the feild making hay bails. He stopped and asked Tanner if he wanted a ride. Tanner wanted me to come but I expalined that there was not enough room. I wasnt sure if he would go or not but the site of a big tractor won out and off he went with Mike. He had so much fun. When they were done he and Mike drove it back to the shed. We met them there and then Mike let him sit in all the other tractors and Tanner was full of questions! We then walked up to the other shed and mike gave hima 4 wheeler ride. And then Dina took him to see the calves on a 4 wheeler. She also gave him a ride on the lawn mower. We then ate hamburger and chips! Tanner had so much fun! They have to horses (Candy & Sugar) who Tanner still talks about. Also 2 dogs (Toby & Cody)

Tanner keeps aksing when we can go see Candy and Sugar and the puppies again! It was a great experince! We are forever grateful to them for showing Tanner a wonderful time! 

New big boy bed

 

A couple of weeks ago Tanner got a new big boy bed. He loves it. We had no trouble switching him over. In fact at night now he asks to go in his bed! :) 

WOO HOO Rodeo Time

 

We went to the rodeo again this year.. and had a much better experience.. no rain and no dead battery! Rick did not go this year but Tanner and I went with Dina. We met at around 630 and it was packed when we got there. Tanner had a good time but fell asleep near the end. We didnt get home until 1115. It was a late night for the little bugger but I think he had fun. It was a thursday so Friday was a LONG LONG day!

We sat really close.. and I thought some of those horse were going to come right at us! 

I didnt it again

 

Yes I promised to update all about May and I didnt. Well we had lots of days off and Ricks' mom watched Tanner to help out also, while mom was recovering! She was able to get back to full time after we got back from Colorado on 6/1.

I went to Scrap Jammies in May and got to see my wonderful scrapping friends. I just wish I could see them more often! Once a year is a long time, but with the rising cost of everything I doubt it will happen! So the message board is the next best thing! Had loads of fun and managed to scrap a few pages. but enjoyed sharing a table with Kris and Jen (Brandi came too.. she fit in awesome and I think had a great time)

Then not even a week after I got back we were off to COlorado for Erik's graduation. We got to fit in some time to go to Estes Park, get some Taffy and travel up the mountains a bit. We ate Bob & Tony's pizza.. Yum yum. Tanner got to swim in the hotel pool and had lots of fun playing with Erik and Mel! He loved the airplane ride ans said it was bumpy. There was some turbalence (sp) when we landed in Denver and some pretty big bumps.. but he laughed and thought it was great!

Right after we got back I got sick and barely made it to work on that Friday. I turned around and came back home to rest. I am not sure what it was! But it wasnt fun.

Well that was May in a nut shell! 

Start with April

 

So April was a busy month as usual. But for the life of me I can't rememember what we did. I do rememember that mom and dad went to Vegas. Well dad rememebers it but not so much mom. What we learned later is that moms apendicts (sp) burst before she went out. They went to Vegas on a sunday and they think it had happened about 5 days before but was a slow leak and therefore not as painful as a large rapture. So they were out in Vegas for about 2 days and had to return as she was so ill. Dad took her to the hospital on Wed. That is when we learned about what had happened. Mom doesnt rememeber alot of what happened. We also had to arrange for someone to watch Tanner for awhile as mom was in hopsital for almost 1 week.

She had a LOT of infection in her. She (THANK GOD) is doing much better now and is backing to having red at her house.

I guess Easter was also in April and Sharon the girls (and Nicole's BF), Sandy/John and the kids all came home. Tanner had loads of fun playing outside with the Merz kids! He got pretty sunburned also! :(

We also dyed eggs at our house and of course the Easter Bunny came and brought Tanner some goodies.

It was a busy month.

Tuesday I will tackle a long long May! 

Ohh I am so bad!

 

A very good friend of mine who I love and adore has reminded me that I have been a naughty blogger and I appreciate the nudge.

So much has gone on in the last couple months, from mom getting deathly sick (she is much better now) to seeing my best Jammie friends and going to Colorado (Tanners first airplane ride)

I will be a faithful blogger and start to catch everyone up. :)