Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

By   1:35:00 PM   1 comment:

So I have not noticed an increase in Subway commercials on TV or radio but obviously they are there much more than I see. Little Man has started singing the "five dollar footlong" song all over the house. It is quite amusing.
Now since he know his numbers by sight he also and given us some laughs in the last week. We were driving down the street by a Little Caesar's pizza and there was someone holding a sign that said something about $5 pizzas. Little Man from the back seat yells "Look mom five dollar footlong!"
Now I really don't think he even knows what a $5 footlong is. So I explained to him it was a sandwich that costs $5.
Later in the week we visited the Babies r' Us by the Tacoma Mall. There is a Circuit City going out of business over there and again there was someone on the side of the road wit a 50% off sign. Little Man from the back again yells "Look five dollar foot long!"
Now when I see the commercial on TV which I have only seen one time I let him know and he comes in and dances and sings to it.
I think I see a Subway commercial in the making!

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Tales of Tanya - Week 31

Tales of Tanya - Week 31

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So I have blogged about my pregnancy in a while!

I am technically 31 weeks but the baby measures at 33 weeks. So she is predicted to be around 8 to 8 1/2 pounds.

Yesterday was my baby shower. Thank you to everyone who came and even those who were not able to come. Thank you for the great baby wishes!

Here is a current belly shot. Man looks like I swallowed a beach ball!!

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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I went to elementary school at Sherman Elementary in Tacoma. It was a typical six years at school.
In Kindergarten I had a male teacher whom did not really know what he was doing so it was an interesting year. I attended all six years with my cousin Jaime.
We were more like sisters as we were only born 8 days apart. We had our share of sibling: rivalry in school. During elementary school we were not even allowed to be in the same class together! I remember once we were in 4th or 5th grads and we both were in the nurses office at the same time. We weren't sick. We ended up getting sent back to class because we were kicking each other from the beds we were laying in! Since I attended Sherman the school has been torn down and rebuilt. So nothing is the same! Both Little Man and Little Princess will probably attend the new Sherman Elementary.
My favorite teacher in elementary school was Mrs. Rosamond. I remember farting during library class once. I was so embarrassed but the librarian told everyone to look up a book on bodily functions!
We had a play while I was in elementary school of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." I don't remember what part I played.
I also recall a talent show where me and some friends dances to the song, "Walk the Dinosaur" by Was (Was Not).
New Kids on the Block was the cool band while in 5th grade too!

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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In elementary school we used to go camping all the time with grandma. She had a whinebago and we traveled all over the area. Many places were within a couple hours driving distance. One of our favorite places to camp was "Turtle Town." I don't know if that was really the name of it but it had a GIANT turtle right in the front. It was about as high as a one story house. It could have been smaller too because I was so small at the time we went there. We loved to climb on it. We also camped a lot at Deep Lake Resort. As in the name it wa a very deep lake. It was next to Millersylvnia State Park. This was a great park. They had a play ground, peddal cars, paddle boats, and a mini golf course.

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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When I was in late elementary and early middle school my grandma had a small house on Anderson Island. We used to go over there on the weekends and sew and play around. It was a small house more of a cabin. There were two bedrooms. One had bunk bed sand the other had two double beds next to each other. One day I was chasing my grandma's cockapoo, Bruno, around the house. It was set up in a circle. If you had all the doors open you could literally run around the house in a circle. So I was chasing the dog, then the dog would chase me. Running completely around the house meant jumping from one double bed to the next then down to the ground. And down to the ground is exactly what I did. It was my ankle. They took me to the fire department which was completely volunteer. They did not think it was broken but wanted to send me on the next ferry back to the mainland for an x-ray. We made a lot of people mad waiting in the ferry line. It was a holiday weekend which meant you normally had to wait in the ferry line for a couple trips just to get on. The fire department made sure we were the first on the ferry. We went to the urgent care on the mainland and they determine by x-ray it was just a bad sprain and gave me crutches. One the way back on the ferry. I was caught by the same fireman who helped us out on the island, hoping down the ferry line on one foot. He was not happy with me!

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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The day I graduated from high school we had rehearsal at the Tacoma Done in the morning. my friend and I had gone to rehearsal and were on our way back driving through downtown. We had our music blasting! The guy next to us honked at us and started pointing down. Being the teenager I was I thought he was telling me to turn my music down. So I gave him the bird. Then he did it again. I then rolled down my window and he told me I had a flat tire! So feeling like and idiot (which I deserved) I pulled over into the McDonald's parking lot. My friend called her dad who came to pick us up but I did not want to leave my car there. So she went with her dad and I waited. Luckily my dad came with Fix-A-Flat and we took the car home just in time to get ready for the graduation ceremony and the party afterward.

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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Christmas 2007. This was it the year Little Man knew who Santa was and what he brought. He was so excited and I think Justin and I were even more excited. The night before we waited for him to go to bed then we went to work. We assembled an art easel that Santa had brought and set up a couple other gifts unwrapped for him. We took a picture of our masterpiece and headed to bed. The next morning we made sure we were up before him with the camcorder in hand to record his reaction. We woke him up to tell him Santa had been there! We turned the camcorder on and lead him in to the room with the tree and gifts. "Where's Santa" he asked. That was it, where's Santa? Don't you see all the gifts that appeared over night? Nope just where's Santa.

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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When Little Man was potty training we found that he would do great if we offered a reward. We started to offer one jelly bean for potting and two for pooping in the toilet. After a while he caught on and would go potty a little bit just to get a jelly bean. So we tried to find something with less sugar to encourage him to continue to potty train. My mom found sugar free jelly beans. It was Codeman's birthday in 2007 and Little Man had his share of the sugar free jelly beans for the first time. We were all enjoying the pool and we were also teaching Little Man to not go to the bathroom in the pool. At one time we had gotten out and I told Little Man he had to go to the bathroom before reentering the pool. So into the bathroom we went. There was Little Man standing in front of the toilet going to the bathroom and out came a fart, and much, much more. I yelled for "The Aunt". "Ah crap" she replied. "Yes, all over the floor and the wall and your shower curtain." She quickly came in and assisted in the cleaning effort and told Little Man that Codeman had done it more than once before. Who knew that sugar free candy was a laxative!

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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Now you have to forgive me because my stories will not necessarily be in timeline order. I will skip around a bunch!

One of the best memories I have of my mom was baking homemade cookies with her. We baked cookies quite often. I remember one time, I was in elementary school and we were making cookies. At the time we had a dog named Buttons who always got in trouble for chewing on things and peeing on the floor. I was standing on a chair mixing the dough and my mom had gone downstairs to do a load of laundry. I had to go to the bathroom SO bad. But I did not want to miss anything and wanted to keep stirring the cookie dough. I hoped down on the floor and pulled my leotard aside and peed on the floor. When my mom came back upstairs I told her that the dog had peed on the floor as I continued to stir the cookie dough!

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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My mother and father both had large families. As I said in my Tales of Tanya post my mother was one of 7 children. She was born in Pensicola, FL. All of her siblings were born in different states except two were born in New Mexico.
My father was one of 6 children. He is one of the middle children. He has a brother who when you put them side by side they could pass as twins, yet they are several years apart. When my son was younger and the two of them were together he would get confused on who his Papa was. Up until he was about 3 he called them both Papa. My dad often will have someone come up and start a conversation with him and not know he is not talking to the right person!
My dad grew up in Tacoma. My mom grew up all over with her junior and senior year here in Tacoma. My father is a home kind of man. He does not want to move away. Most of his family still lives in the Tacoma area. When my dad was growing up he had an Afro (spelling). It was GREAT to see that in their wedding pictures.
My mom told me that her littlest sister was the flower girl at her wedding. Their colors were light blue and yellow. My stubborn aunt refused to wear anything but her bright red patten leather shoes. My mom even bought her a pair on Christmas recently to remind her of her stubbornness. It was really funny!

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Tales of Tanya

Tales of Tanya

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I get many e-mails and comments from my readers that they want to know more about me and my story. So starting this week I will blog once a week about me. My life past and present.
Tales of Tanya
My name is Tanya. I was born in Tacoma Washington. My family on my dad's side are Cherokee Indians and come mostly form Oklahoma. My mom's side comes from England many, many years ago. My great, great, great, great grandfather was a piano teacher and his wife was a music teacher.
My oldest living ancestor that I personally knew was my great grandmother who lived into her late 90's. She made hand painted porcelain items. I have many of her pieces in my home from plates to trinkets containers. All of them are very precious to me and my family.
My other great grandmother lived to her mid-90's. She lived in Bremerton, WA. She passed away when I was about 3-4 months pregnant with my son. In her house they found a baby quilt that she had hand quilted. Today it hangs in our nursery.
My grandparents had 7 children. Her first was given up for adoption. She found me via a genealogy site several years ago. We have kept in touch ever since. My grandmother will not talk about it which is her right. But I was glad to gain an aunt and uncle and a very talented cousin!
They moved quite often because my grandfather was in the Army. My grandmother stayed at home with the children. My mom is the second oldest child.
My mother and father married in October over 20 years ago. I was the first of two children. My mom said if she were to have had my brother first I may have never been born!

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