Dr.'s appt

Tomorrow is the big day. Charlie has his appt with the ENT. We will find out if he needs tubes or not. If his ears are clear, then he will not need anything, if they are gunky, then he will get tubes. Well, I think he will, Iam not sure what to think. I am a little nervous about the whole thing. I don't want my baby to have surgery. I will let you all know tomorrow what happened. Thanks for all the advise I have received.

Happy Birthday to Lori....hope you had a great day. You deserve the best. I know this has been an exciting year for you and now you can celebrate with your beautiful little girl. Everything seems so much brighter when you have a child. Enjoy!

Weekend

We had such a fun and relaxing weekend. Lori and Karady stayed with us this weekend. It was a lot of fun. We had great food. Well, not on Saturday night. We had planned to do an Olive Garden meal. I found recipes on the internet and bought all the ingredients. We had bruschetta for an appetizer. Zuppa Tuscano, Five cheese ziti and creamy schrimp scampi with fettucini. We also had a crockpot chocolate cake for dessert. I absolutely love the five cheese ziti from the Olive Garden, so I was excited to make it. Well, the Olive Garden has nothing to worry about, I will not be making it again, it was awful! Everyone else loved it, but not me. Then my appetite was kind of spoiled so nothing seemed to taste good. We made an awesome hot layered cheese dip. I will definitly be making that again. It was so good. We did a lot of scrapbooking, I got 6 pages finished. We were up late every night. We had a lot of good laughs. It was a lot of fun. We are so glad that Lori and Karady could stay with us. Come and stay anytime!

Yesterday, Charlie and I planned to go to Bismarck shopping. When I was getting ready, I tried to kick my laundry out of the way to close the closet door. Well, I kicked the door instead.... OUCH!!!! Man did that hurt. My toe was swollen and very sore. Charlie and I did go to Bismarck, I hobbled my way around. I told Charlie several times..."Oh Charlie, my toe really hurts", he would say, " I am sorry mommy". How sweet! When I got home my toe was purple on each side. I thought for sure I broke it. My mom thought it was funny...no sympathy there. When I got up this morning, it felt much better, still sore and purple, but better. I don't think I broke it, but must have bruised it good.

Jack started wrestling after school yesterday, I will post some pictures of him at a match soon. We will be busy with that for the month of March. He has practice on Mondays and Tuesdays. Matches usually on Fridays, Saturdays or Tuesdays. He loves it and gets very excited. We are still learning about wrestling, but have found it to be interesting. He has his first match on Friday.

We also have a busy week at work, 3 funerals so far. Please keep our friend Janelle and her family in your prayers this week. Her uncle died on Friday. Please watch over them while they are traveling and keep them in you care during this sad time. Amen.

thanks for checking in with us again. we will chat again soon.
Tammi

OMG

Check out her hand, it is totally green..........

Little Lulu !!!!!!!!

I may not win the babysitter of the year award, but we sure have fun! Karady and I are the only ones home today, we were sitting downstairs in the family room. She was scootin' around on the floor and managed to get over to the boys Playmobil airplane. She had her back to me, but was right by me. She played with that airplane for at least 10 to 15 minutes. I said her name a few times, she just giggled, but never turned around. At one point I thought to myself, that is crazy that she is playing with that for so long. She finally turned towards me and I busted out laughing. I guess there was a green marker inside the airplane. Whooo hooo was that fun. I was laughing so hard, she just stared at me, then she started to laugh and clapped her hands. I just had to snap a couple pictures to show her mom how much fun we have. Thanks for looking. She is napping right now, so I am going to get her some new toys, they probably won't be as fun, but maybe a little safer. Don't be mad Lori, cause she may still have a little green on her hand.

Charlie and Karady

Charlie loves when Karady comes over to play. We have been watching her for 3 weeks now, her normal daycare is gone. She will be back next week. We will miss her. She is a very smiley baby. She loves to talk. She always watches where Charlie is. Yesterday, she was laying on her back, she rolled over to her tummy and sat up all by herself! YEAH!!! She hadn't done this yet, she is getting so big. It is fun to watch her do new things. She is going to be one busy little girl. She notices everything. We are so glad that she was able to stay with us. We had so much fun.

Harvest Salad

I have had a few people ask for the harvest salad recipe, so here it is.....please try it and let me know what you think, it is good, trust me.

2 bags romaine lettuce
1 honeycrisp or gala apple, peeled and diced
1 pear, peeled and diced
1 cup shredded swiss cheese
1 cup cashews
1/2 cup craisens

Dressing:

2/3 cup canola oil
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 cup lemon juice
1 tbsp red onion, chopped fine
1 tsp dry mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1 tbsp poppy seeds

I usually make the dressing in the morning or the night before. Each person can put their own dressing on, then the salad doesn't get soggy; especially if you have leftovers.
let me know if you like it

pinochle

hello all
thanks to the Bismarck pinochle group for inviting Paul and I to sub. We always have a great time and have such good food. I made a harvest salad. I was a little nervous to bring it because it is definitly a different salad. I told Paul on the way up there to be sure to eat a lot so it wouldn't look like so much was left. Everyone had some and most people got the recipe. There wasn't any left. I love this salad and it did taste so good. Thanks Jackie and Bruce for inviting us to your house, we always have fun with you guys. "I laugh too much with you! Have fun in Orlando and be sure to let us know if you need to give up your condo some year. I guess I should mention that I didn't have a great pinochle game, but it did get better. Bruce and I, after the first 4 hands were -88 with 3 sets...the next 4 hands, I had 157 with no sets...hmmmm, maybe Bruce and I don't have the chemistry. So sorry Bruce, maybe next time

Happy Birthday!!!!

Happy Birthday Grandma Kathy. Today is my mom's 62nd birthday. We want to wish her a very happy birthday and many many more. I always feel bad that we don't live closer to my mom and family to celebrate birthdays. It is really hard for us to get home so often and we just can't get home for each birthday. The boys sent grandma a big bouquet of fresh flowers in bright colors. She was very surprised and loved them. I am glad that she loved them, it is fun to send a surprise and just make her day!

Tonight is my monthly scrapbooking with the girls. I am so far behind. I don't always get too much done when we get together, I tend to chit chat too much....imagine that! We had a great dinner provided by Cassie, thanks so much. I NEED the recipes. I am working on August of 2004, isnt't that sad. I am almost 5 years behind. Someone once told me that you do not want to catch up because then you won't have anything to scrap, I guess I won't have to worry about that. Gotta go do some scrappin'
talk to you later.