I'm Unique!!

I know some of you are saying so we all knew that already, Heidi. We all know that you usually are bopping along to your own drummer. And I have been all my life. This one time at church camp, (do you get it?) I received a mug that says "viva la differance" and that fits me pretty much to a T. But I'm not just talking about that. Today I received an e-mail from my friend Carrie N. called How Many of Me and you guessed it there is only me named Heidi Tressler. There are 3,116 people with the last name Tressler. Eleven Brian Tressler. I am of course, so glad that I am married because if I didn't I would be one of 71. Oh and get this of the people in the U.S.A. named Heidi 99.9% are girls. Would really hate to be that .1% growing up wouldn't you. Now the boys they have 1 or fewer with there name. I think that is because they are under 13. The website asks that by the way. Another thing that I found funny about the name Brian - 99.86% are boys. Sorry to all the girls named Brian. Oh and Shawn if you read this - your name has the lowest percentage of the name being used for a male at 89.29%, I really thought this would be lower for you. Dad there are the most of you at 518. We all pray that they don't all have your personality, or your secret keeping ability. Nicole I was out here updating just for you so I looked you up too, there are 528 of you!

I'm off to bed it has been a busy night. Supper of Godfather's Pizza it was fundraiser night. Wal-mart where I left my list at home and forgot half the things I need by Friday. Stories and bed for the boys, but Campbell read I just had to help with the unfamiliar words. I did the prep for dinner tomorrow night. We are having Sausage Noodle Casserole. I'll tell you if it is as good as the original recipe Sausage Rice Casserole later this week. Then I cleaned up my mess from the prep work and did my greasy dishes. So night all.

What does Basic Mean to You?

Question for you all. . . What does basic mean to you? Let me give you my example. I have these long sleeve tees from Express that I love. They don't hug to close to your body, they are long enough that you have the illusion that they are covering your bottom. But they cover the crack problem that so many of us seem to have lately. I love low rise jeans but come on I do not need to see plumbers everywhere I go and some people don't even try to cover it up. So back to my example, these tees are from Express and are called Sexy basic Crews. I went into Express on Monday to get more colors and they didn't have them in the store. So I thought they are probably on line. Nope they don't have them this year. If they are called basic wouldn't you think that you can find them at least for more than one season? Basic to me means they are a staple and they will continue to have them until they have a year where they don't sell one single tee. Basic to me is Campbell's Cream of Chicken soup. I don't cook but I always have one can of this in my pantry. Now I have to look for another place that carries longer tees. The ones where I can tuck them in to my pants and they not fly out when I sit down. Any ideas?

Oops forgot the bloopers.

Jamison please look this way.

Okay this one was Campbell

Hey Mom Look What We Have Now.

Just for you Mom. But I have a feeling it will take us a while to get organized enough for Jamison to have a room all his own.

Picture Alert

So Saturday morning I bribed the boys (Jamison didn't understand this concept as you will see.) with breakfast at Micky D's if they smiled for 357 pictures. Okay. . . I know I did this wrong but we didn't get out of the house until 8:30 and Mickey Ds stops serving breakfast at 10:30 so I had to make a consession. I want to use one of them for Christmas cards and I had a feeling it would take a while. We headed out to Prairie Park. (Thanks Terri) I had scoped out spots the day before when I took a walk out there. Of course when I took a walk it was cloudier so I couldn't forsee all the sun angle and all that they take into account as a professional. I'm learning but could use some classes. I have 3 or 4 that I need to decide from. Then we have to drop Brian off at the airport to pick up his parents van and meet him out at their house. Twenty minutes after we get there he finally shows up. He couldn't get out of short term parking. (wish I was a fly in that van at the time.) The boys are having a blast piddling around so we let them roam. Jamison wants to have a ride on the motorcycle so Brian gets it ready and they head out. Then Campbell wants a ride. While Campbell is having a ride Jamison heads into the garage and pulls me along in there because he wants something out to ride. When I finally figure out what it is (the 50 motorcycle) I have to say no. I am going to have problems keeping a rein on this one. But while one was riding I was taking the others picture and I think they turned out pretty good. What do you think?

Who Are They and What Did They Do To My Boys?

Something funny is happening in the Tressler household this week. I'm getting a little suspicious that aliens take over the boys at night. Case in point 1. Campbell is like me go to bed late and become a bear when it is time to wake up in the morning. So imagine my surprise when the last few nights he has been announcing "Mom its 8:30 aren't you going to put me to bed?" Case in point 2. A usual night goes like this: Me "Jamison time for bed." Jamison as he runs around the kitchen island. "No mommy No!" Then I take him to bed crying until we start reading THE book. This week Jamison has been either falling asleep in the living room by 8:00 or he goes into his bedroom and hollars at me to bring his blankets. He doesn't even care if he has THE book read. By the way THE book is Thomas and the Naughty Diesel. He likes it because the naughty becomes good. He is still working on that himself. He didn't get a time out for pushing today. First time all week I think.