A Mile a Minute: The World of Mrs. Saditty

Happy (and exhausted) Halloween

  Lets see....I've been to work, to the Union Hall, to the Children's Shelter to pass out candy, and to the grocery store...NOW, I get to take the babies trick or treating....fuuuuuun. Then, I was crazy enough to volunteer myself to go to a party and compete as part of an Alice in Wonderland group. IF that damned Mad Hatter calls my phone one more time, I will push her azz down a deep hole. Sleep seems sooo far away. I am living for the moment when I get to pull into my driveway, exit these clothes, put my two M&Ms and firefighter to bed, and wash off this makeup until next year. Will share pics of the kids later. Lord, gimme strength!

Haywire: Help Needed

As many of you know, my Blackberry recently went haywire and deleted all my emails from my handheld as well as my desktop mailboxes. I was in the process on working on a few things with several of you and would like to check in with a few of you. If you usually hear from me and have not OR if you and I were working on something, please email me asap as I no longer have many of your email addresses. Thanks!

Happy Birthday Mr. S

35 years ago, God blessed the world with you. Husband, father, best friend... You are everything to us. Without a doubt, today will be one of the best days of your life...it's the least we can do. I love you!

Happy Birthday, Mr. Saditty!

35 years ago, you made your grand entrance into this world. you're a wonderful Dad, husband, and best friend. Today, without a doubt, will be one of the best days of your life! So sit back, relax, and enjoy what the kids and I have planned. We love you!

DIY Sunday

Before: An ugly and nasty side drainage area good only for storing trashcans. After: A pseudo Japanese Tea Garden/Multipurpose area. Less than $200, and the whole Saditty household pitched in. Project completed 30 minutes before the Saints game began! Family life is so sweet.

Palate Nostalgia

As my Louisiana readers know (Hey Ali<holla at me!>, Dreamy, GoB, etc!), we have about 10 months of summer and the minute people here feel the first chill in the air, gumbo and soup goes onto the stove.

MrS took me back to when we first started dating. In order to be able to take me on a nice date on the weekend, he would eat whatever during the week in order to save money. He actually called it "Ramen Noodle Love". After a few weeks of dating, I noticed an abundance of Cup 'O Noodle in his paltry Baton Rouge pantry. We met in November and I can remember that in early December, I showed up to meet him and instead of being dressed to go out to dinner, I had bags in hand and was prepared to make dinner. I made him Roasted Tomato Soup with meatballs and tortellini with some grilled prosciutto sandwiches. He 'yummed' thru the entire meal and never mentioned it again until a few nights ago. The minute he felt the first chill in the air, he talked about the first time I made him soup. I took this as a clue and dashed over to the market. Hearing the kids slurp it up and hearing MrS's "yums" instantly warmed my heart up. And here is a reincarnation of that first soup...I present roasted tomato soup with meatballs and tortellini and a grilled prosciutto sandwich. Enjoy!

Birth Order

Last year, I read an extremely interesting book on birth order. It was true to life for my siblings and I. I recently pulled it put and read it again--so true of my kids! I am a middle child and so is Middle Saditty. the traits are amazing. anyone ever read up on/studied birth order?

Home Improvement Phase I --Roof Complete!

The roof at 2146 is completed! Big ups to my girl TIH who encouraged me to seek the expertise of the brown brothers from South of the Border. I had doubts about them but choose to ignore the hems and haws of negativity and am I happy I did! they brought their own dumpster (meaning no disposal fee for old tiles and materials) and finished 3 days ahead of schedule and nearly a grand under their original estimate (yes, they were honest and charged me even less than originally agreed upon). My insurance inspector came by to view before releasing depreciated costs orignally held and was amazed at the quality job in such a short time. The brother who we originally wanted to use (we support Black business, or at least attempt to) called two days ago to ask if we still needed a new roof. WTF? Oh, did I mention that the brown brothers also hung two doors and gave me an awesome estimate for my new addition? Ole'! Icy cold Budweisers all around!

Alllll I Need is a Sink

I appreciate a wide variety of product choices but why am I married to an indecisive man who tells me, "I like the one that you like." Did I ever say that I hate home improvement?

I Heart Mr. Saditty (Sometimes)

My phone rang, waking me out of a heavily medicated sleep (we'll talk about that later). Mr. S wanted me to watch out for the FedEx guy. I dragged myself to the sofa and did just that. When the delivery guy finally came, the package was addressed to me. The gift receipt read, "Just Because..... " awwwwe. Then I read on..."Your broke husband cannot possibly get any broker. Enjoy a fruit of my blood, sweat, and tears.." ONLY Mr. S, ya'll. Only him. LOL