While everyone else is posting their BlogHer 10 recaps, I will now be sharing our trip to Northern Wisconsin.
(Yes, I had a ticket and was supposed to go to BlogHer but didn’t have it in me to leave the kids behind so, 2011, it’s BlogHer or BUST!)
So, instead of BlogHer 10 in NYC, we did GetawayHer 2010 (lame name, I know!) and enjoyed taking in some sites around the beautiful state of Wisconsin.

Our vacation really began on Thursday the 5th when the Hardworking Hubby and I dropped off the kids for 2 nights with his parents so we could spend some time alone together. You see, since Tatertot entered the picture in March 2008, he has never spent a night away from us. He’s spent the night away from home before, in a hotel room, with us but never anywhere without us, so I think you can understand how big of a deal this was for us.

After leaving the kids, we went out for lunch at a local diner and enjoyed each others company and the silence.
OH!
MAH!
GAWD!
It was sooooooooo quiet!!!

We ate.
We paid the bill.
We left.

Not once did we have to pick up crayons or clean up after a kid.

Following lunch and a quick stop home, the Hardworking Hubby and I checked into a local hotel, on the other side of town.
I know, lame right.
Stay at a hotel 15 minutes from home.
Why did we do this?
1. We both wanted to get out of the house for a night, without any kids, homework or housework.
2. We wanted to be close to home in case the little dude freaked out on Grandma & Grandpa while we were gone.
3. Who wouldn’t want to enjoy relaxing in a king size bed or a huge whirlpool tub with a 42″ tv across from it?

We checked into the hotel at precisely 3:00 and fell in love when we walked through the door.
It was just what we needed.
And did I mention it was quiet?
And we got to sleep.
Uninterrupted.
Not once did a kid come poke at me to ask me for something.
It was tranquil.

Now, we didn’t stay cooped up in the room all day and night.
We ventured out for some burgers at Culver’s and back later for some ice cream.
We were too lazy to go anywhere else.
We just wanted to relax.
And that we did.

We were both out cold by 10:30pm and back up at 6:15am and in the breakfast room eating by 6:20am.
It was nice.

After we ate breakfast, we did what any other parents of 3 would do when staying in a nice hotel without their children,
WE SLEPT SOME MORE!
3 more hours that is!

After we checked out at Noon, we ventured home.
We both had homework to finish before departing the following morning with the kids plus I had to finish packing and get the van all loaded up.
We did however, venture out to dinner at Tom, Dick and Harry’s.
I even wore a dress.
Dinner, was AMAZING!
It was only our second time at TDH.
The food was even better than I remembered from our first visit.
We started with the TDH Combo Platter.
Everything on it was unbelievable.
My favorite besides the deep fried pickles was the Bruschetta Margharite and pretzel bites with bacon and beer cheese dip.
The platter had increased in size since our last visit and we were quite pleased.
Every bite was delectable.

From there we ordered our meal.
I had the Packerland Pretzel and Beer Cheese Burger (which I had also enjoyed during our last visit-picture below)

(picture taken during last visit)

and the Hardworking Hubby ordered the TDH Brunch Burger.
He said it was the best burger ever!

Needless to say, we both had a FABULOUS meal, Thank you Tom, Dick and Harry’s!

After our excellent meal, we returned home and then went our separate ways as I had decided I needed to drive out to Seymour to take these pictures:

From there it was home to pack and load the van before squeezing in a few hours of sleep.

More to come!