Tuesday, March 31, 2009


Why is it, that when I think about what I want to say on the blog, when I sit down to write, the words never come out right? If I could have any dream career, it would be as a writer, but sadly THAT will never happen.


Anyway, I am feeling a little melancholy today...had a rough day at work yesterday, need to do some soulsearching and then Tanner had a HORRIBLE baseball game. I won't bore you will all the gory details, but Tanner's team is in last place, they have won 1 game....this is Tanner's second year as a "major" and on a losing team. The way it is "suppose to" work is that when a team has a losing record one year, the next year they get first round picks at the draft (they play on majors for two years) and their team is suppose to have a better season. Anyway, as is with anything, there are ALWAYS politics...and lo & behold his same team is losing again!!! I know how frustrating it is for the kids, coaches & parents - we had to watch our boys lose their confidence, their will to even want to play last night- they lost 16-0....it was hard to watch.


Tanner is usually a very confident, easy going boy- but last night he had a full meltdown...crying, screaming (you get the picture). He was going to quit the team, they sucked, he sucked, etc. He is like me, he holds all his problems in & then sometimes you just have to let go- you end up saying things you don't really mean. Needless to say, we won't allow him to quit and after he calmed down, we went to dinner, (I wasn't cooking after that episode) and he decided that he needed to walk over to Big 5 for a new batting helmet (his was cracked & the ump made him use another in the game yesterday - that was the start of his insults... ;) )!!!


This morning he talked about how he was having batting practice today & maybe he should start wearing his batting glove....I told him "whatever works to get you out of the slump"...he just laughed- I think he will be okay...

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

My little girl turned 9!

I cannot believe she is 9 already....she is posing in one of her new outfits that she got from Grandma T. She REALLY
wanted those pink hi-tops with rhinestones on the side....she loves them!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

This boy...


*pitched for the first time in 3 years and struck out at least 3 batters in 1 1/2 innings....

*makes me proud

*makes me want to pull my hair out

*is growing up too fast.....
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Friday, March 13, 2009

Cheese Fondue

A few weeks ago, I made cheese fondue and it was really good...we dipped french bread and apples into it. We had a ton left over (since the kids really didn't like it so much) and the recipe was from a gourmet magazine, so needless to say the cheese that it called for was EXPENSIVE. I found this recipe on Rachael Ray's site and it looks easy, plus it doesn't call for expensive cheese...but it doesn't have the wine in it like the other had ;).

This recipe is only for two- so it will be perfect for Mark & I...can't wait to try it!

Recipe from the Rachael Ray Show...
Date Night Fondue
Fondue is a great way to spend a romantic night in with your honey and stretch a buck at the same time. Prepare the fondue below along with one sirloin steak (don't worry, one is plenty). Serve the steak thinly sliced along with some blanched asparagus and roasted potatoes and watch your food – and fun – last the whole night.

Ingredients
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
A few dashes hot sauce
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1/2 pound shredded extra-sharp yellow cheddar cheese

Yields: 2 servings

Preparation
Place the yolk in a mixing bowl and reserve. Place a heat-safe fondue pot or a medium saucepot over medium heat with the flour and butter, cook for a minute, then whisk in the Dijon, hot sauce and milk.
Right before the milk comes up to a simmer, turn the heat down to medium-low and add in the cheese, slowly stirring in figure-eight motion to melt.
Once all the cheese has melted, remove a ladleful of the hot cheese mixture and whisk it into the egg yolks to temper the yolks, then whisk the egg yolk mixture back into the hot cheese mixture.

Cheetah

On Saturday, Riley and I headed down to Fallbrook for Isabella's play....she was a Cheetah in The Jungle Book. It was a really great play, put on by CYI. Isabella did so good with her dancing & singing! Riley was so sad when the play was over and she now has watched The Jungle Book video twice since last Saturday. She says Isabella's play was better than the movie!
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Friday, March 6, 2009


Here is my first attempt at re-covering some old chairs we had....isn't the before picture just lovely? These chairs are 14 years old, they are from our first dining room table set.

And here is the after...not bad, if I do say so myself. I only have two chairs left from the set, so I didn't need much fabric. I went to JoAnn's and I found this really pretty fabric, but it was $29.00 a yard (which was all I needed). I almost bought it until I went to their sale section and found the above fabric for $7.00. I thought that was much better to buy since I wasn't even sure how it would turn out. I bought a few more things that day, so I wasn't paying attention to the price of the fabric. I was thinking though, that it seemed awfully cheap...well the fabric was $1.00, I covered both chairs for .50...how is that for thrifty? :)
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Mammoth

(isn't this place gorgeous???)


We were lucky enough to go skiing last weekend in Mammoth. Larry got (for free) a beautiful townhome in Juniper Crest, that you could actually ski/walk to the chair lift! It was so nice and I don't know if we will be able to not compare everything we stay in from now on. Thanks Mom & Larry!

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Monday, March 2, 2009


Has anyone read this? I am almost done with it and I cannot put it down! It is so good!

I seriously have been crying & laughing at the same time while I was reading it!