Oh yes, fried green tomatoes! I've been craving these since Day One of my pregnancy but could not find any. BIG UPS to my girl Felecia and a family road trip along the Mississippi/Alabama/Florida Gulf coast for curing my craving!!!
Hello everyone. My name is Mrs. S and I am addicted to Twitter. Admitting you have a problem is the first step. That is all...
As I grow older, my Mom and I seem to grow closer. As we grow closer, we seem to bump heads more and more. Does that make sense? The reason we bump heads? As much as I hate to admit it, we are much too much alike. The things we argue about are the same things over and over but believe me it's all out of love. Just wanted to drop in and pay a little homage to my Mom...as a matter of fact, last night, we argued until she hung up on me...she then called back to say "I love you!" and then hung up again. Gotta love her...
Sometimes, I can sit and think for hours. Last night from about 1-4:30am is a great example of "sometimes". Understand, me and the fetus are ok different sleeping schedules already. I crash after I make dinner and spend a little time with my family and sleep like the dead until he wakes me up. So, at about 1am, he did just that...and I was awake...forever...
I talk about it allll the time--the way my life took such a big turn. One day, I was the quintessential party girl who was nowhere near tired of being a rolling stone. I would hop on a plane headed to anywhere after giving I a few minutes of thoughts...everyone was my friend and the world was my oyster. SWITCH. Turn to me becoming a single Mom when I was 28 with someone that I still don't understand what I have in common. With that birth came tears, and struggle, and bitter feelings that shook my shiny world like a snow globe. SWITCH. To me meeting MY Prince Charming, saying "I do!", having 2 more kids and taking on his pre-existing two. Fast-forward to today--35 years old, having my last(I think!) baby, and living the life as Mommy.
Without a doubt, the last 8 years have been crazy...sometimes horrible crazy but often deliriously happy crazy. I love my life but sometimes....sometimes, I feel like I was dropped onto a couch in the middle of my current life from the clutches of a strange bird. Sometimes, I can't help but to gaze around and think "whoah...". When it was me, living my life day to day and throwing all caution to the wind, the only person I had to consider was me. What did I want? How did I want to feel? What did I want the outcome to be? Now, I have all these little people (and one big one) to think for. They see me as the brains of their operation, their leader. They see me as a hero who goes to work, reads stories while wearing the coordinating character costume, and bakes cookies--all in the same day. They don't doubt my actions--ever. They simply praise them and call me the Queen of Everything! If only I felt that way....
No one tells you how to be a good wife or a great Mom...often, you don't get and criticism or feedback...you just feel your way along.
What am I trying to say? Hmmmm... I wish I knew. It's probably just hormones making me feel all of my 35 long years. Or is it?
Good day--it's me and I'm back for good. I've missed everyone so much but am feeling so much better after some well-deserves rest. We have so much to talk about! Whereshall we start?
What is this, you ask? Why it is the President's Award for Educational Excellence and it was presented to Biggest Saditty at his schools awards program on Friday night. Now, those of you who know me know that bragging is not in my thing but this is an exception. Why? Remember, this is the same child that was incorrectly labled as "ADD/ADHD", "mildly autistic", "learning disabled", "slow" and a myriad of other crap . On top of this award being totally unexpected, I was also blown away by both his test scrores and his final grades for the year. It seems like this son of mine took the Iowa test and blew it completely out of the water. Speech and language therapy along with modifications, patience, and prayer have taken us to this point. I can kick myself for wanting to give up in the past! On top of his superb test scores, he finished the year with an overall 97 avereage. Yes, my baby. To ANYONE out there who is frustrated with your child and/or the school system, keep pushing on and praying--any situation can change. OK....on to more pictures...
Biggest getting his Presidential Award from the Principal.
The First Grade Teacher presenting my baby with awards for Math, Science, Social Studies, and Spelling. Gotta work on that reading....
In other school news, we also had the best kind of birthday party (the school party, with no mess at home, no passing out invitations and minimal cleanup)for Itty Bitty who turned 3.
I can't believe this girl refused to stand on the chair....making her poor, pregnant mama bend.....
The birthday girl and her brothers....wow! I finally got them to look all in the same direction at once!
Well, tommorow Middle Saditty (on the right) graduates from pre-K. He asked me if its okay for him to quit school after tommorow because he is tired...says he can just try to find a job....NO WORDS! LOL Pray for me as these graduations are so wonderful and I am usually the parent that just sits and cries thru the whole thing!
As always, there is a message in me for someone out there...not sure who but its for someone. If you occassionally get down on yourself and think that you fail at being a parent--lighten up. Parenting (especially single parenting, remember I have been there) can be a struggle and sometimes, we cme close to throwing in the towel. We feel as though we have no help and that everything in the world is against us and although the struggle continues, joy always begins. When you look at the product of your hard work (yes, your beautiful children), you won't think about money problems, divorce, lonliness, or bad relationships, depression, or any of that stuff. You'll simply see them and how far you've come. If you've had some type of failure in the past or feel inadequate in any way, looking at your kids will make you see that you actually are a winner. Love ya'll! Mrs. S
Okay I am back and I missed you guys sooooo much. I am back for good. Lets see...what do I want to talk about?
I've been feeling quite lousy and to tell you the truth (although I may not ever be able to admit it to them), I could not make it these days without my 13 and 14 year old stepsons. Although I've been yelling at them about behavior and schoolwork for the past 3 years straight, when I became pregnant AND ill at the same time, they silently became my angels. On days when I report to work, I have clean clothes and underwear, my keys and purse are right near the door, and the babies are in the vehicles, buckled up. They know which medicines I take and at what time, what beverage I take with my medicines, and which ones I need to take with food. If I am feeling crappy, I can rest knowing that the babies are clean and combed, have had their nightly story read to them, and the next day's laundry is in the process of completed. Amazingly, since the onset of my illness and my pregnancy, their grades AND behavior have improved and they have snapped into the productive little citizens that I fuss at them to be. They are still kids and we allow them to act accordingly but they help keep my household running smoothly in my time of need.
Although I always thank them, I get choked up when I try to tell them how much they mean to me. Me, the selfish person who said, "I'll never date or marry a man with kids." Me, who had such a rough time adjusting to having them live with us full time. I do not know WHERE I would be without them. God sure has a way of making us eat our words. No matter how bad a situation may seem, if you consider it a blessing instead of a curse, it will truly become a blessing. I love them so much! Yep, I said it because I mean it! I do, I do, I do and I am so excited to bring a baby home to such loving siblings. OK...I am sitting here, crying like an idiot! I am back to regular posting now, so visit often. I will leave you guys with a pic of the pork loin that the 13 year old cooked all by himself while I rested. When I mean by himself, I mean dug thru the freezer, defrosted, stuffed, seasoned and cooked (with the help of foodnetwork.com, he says). Not bad for a kid, huh?
Enjoy and be blessed, Mrs. S
I know, I know! Mrs. S has been missing in action. But the birds are chirping, the danged kids have baseball games and/or practice EVERY night, and despite running all over the place, Spring fever has set in! I have so much to share with you guys and we all have some catching up to do. This will happen soon---after Crawfish Festival! See you guys Monday!
Mrs. Saditty
I have not posted any food pics in a while (and ya'll know I love me some food pics!) and this past Sunday provided an opportunity. I was feeling crappy and the kiddies had growling stomachs. I felt guilty but I had no intentions of getting up to do my normal Sunday dinner. Mr. S was outside fiddling with his motorcycle and after a while, he came in and cleaned himself up. The kids complained to him about how famished they were and I felt even more guilt. But understand, I do the majority of the cooking and these kids always get hot food. I was just not feeling it! We had a fridge full of leftovers and cold cuts and stuff but I guess they've grown used to Sunday dinner. Soon, I heard pots and pans banging around and one by one, the kids came into the bedroom with worried looks, telling me, "Daddy is in the kitchen." None of them seemed happy and with good reason. I hate to hurt his feelings because he sometimes reads this blog, but my husband CANNOT cook. Well, let me correct myself--me makes great onion rings and Smoothies but anything else?? BBBBbbbbleeeeeeeeeeeeeeech! He came into the bedroom to get his computer and went back into the kitchen. He came back a few minutes later and informed me that he was making Sunday dinner using an internet recipe. Of course I asked him to take a few pictures of his progress.
An hour and a half later, he called us to the table. He'd thrown together some Hoppin John (which I've never made and had only eaten once). We all cringed inwardly but dug in.......it was actually pretty yummy! He used my GOOD Basmati rice instead of the everyday kind (he says it was an accident) and canned black-eyed peas. The kids loved it and I can't lie, your girl Mrs. S was slightly jealous. I won't be a meanie and post the pics of him in his around the house Sunday garb, but let me show you a few pics of his work. Enjoy!
Hoppin' John a la Mr. Saditty
Personally, I would've added some celery and cut my veggies smaller but I GUESS he did a good job...LOL... Love ya'll, Mrs. S.
OK ya'll, I have a new favorite show. I was actually thinking of cancelling HBO until Mr. S and I watched this tonight...correction, HE watched Jill Scott, I watched the show. I think I have a new favorite because it is so fun, so colorful, so positive, and shows our people is such a beautiful light! Has anyone else checked this out?
