AMERICAN IDOL SPOILER!!!!!!!

DAVID IS THE WINNER........I PREDICTED IT...........IT HAS COME TRUE!! DAVID IT IS!!

Mama ain't playin'

Looks like Mama is planning to make him stand out there for awhile!

Ought to be a pretty good lesson, one not easily forgotten! Don't you think?

He doesn't look very happy either like, maybe the lesson is already working?

Now this is a mom you don't mess with....Maybe you don't agree, if not......go visit some other happy blog.......

I wish there were some more mom's out there like her!

Mama AIN'T PLAYIN'!!!!!

Thanksgiving Casa de So Dak!

Bringing us back to November......I told you I was trying to play catch up!

This past Thanksgiving, Bruv came out from Denver to stay with us! Yipee! I love it when Bruv comes for a visit! He is a really good cook, he tells me I am a good momma, the boys really love him, and he and Mister get along very well.

Extra bonus is....he loves to go shopping......we went out shopping a found some great things....all for ME! Plus he bought me a cashmere scarf.......what a groovy brother right!

We did it up very traditional this year....cuz I am zany like that! Last year we had a New Orleans spread.......yum....Red beans and Rice.....bread pudding.....yum.

Hope you had a good feast! I know it is May......but this food needed to be shown!

Appreciated!

Here is my latest TOOT. If you are a teacher....and you taught my child this year....then you are the recipient of this lovely little ditty, for teacher appreciation week.

We don't give enough credit sometimes to the sacrifices our teacher's make. They are grossly underpaid, and most of them, are fully committed to the success of our children.

Here is one of the many reason's I love teachers........

I am bringing you back with me to the third grade. My teacher was Mrs. Michaels......young, beautiful. She had an assistant, named Mrs. Thomas....also beautiful, also young, pregnant.

We had been learning about the Mayflower, pilgrims, Thanksgiving. I grew up with a single mom, we did not have a lot of money....I didn't really feel sorry for myself, just the way it was...plain and simple. So, often we went without some things.

It was a big celebration we were having with the other third grade classes, opening the dividers, we were going to have ourselves our own Thanksgiving, like had been shared with the Pilgrims, and Native Americans. Each student was asked to bring an item to share, large enough for 12 students. Sadness.......I asked, and it just wasn't an option. I didn't have the heart to tell my beautiful teacher I wouldn't be bringing anything, so.......I didn't. I just hoped to blend in....go unnoticed.

Then the announcements began......

"Thank you so much Shawna, for sharing with us this bread."

Then another...

"Thank you so much Carl for sharing with us these grapes."

This continued on down, with each child beaming at their thanks....and the item they brought.

Tears.....and sadness were about to overtake me.......

I wonder if I could throw up......and go to the nurse.......

Then....my beautiful, kind, amazing teacher held up a bag of oranges, and announced....

"Thank you So Dak for sharing with us these oranges."

I thought I would die of adoration........She connected eyes with me, and that was it.....we never spoke of it.

I moved to a new town one month later. I moved 14 more times before I graduated from High School.

I NEVER forgot Mrs. Michaels.

I looked Mrs. Michaels up when I was about to graduate from High School, I wanted her to know what she meant to me, and let her know I had made it all the way. She was pretty easy to find, she was still teaching at the same school.

Would you believe.......she came to see me graduate......what an outstanding individual....THAT is one of the many reasons I try to appreciate teachers every chance I get.

Don't ever forgot how important you can be to a child, we are all teachers.....just take a second to notice.

Happy Mother's Day.

Trying to catch up.....

Where to start.....Sorry, with the whole dropped off the face of the Earth thing. I will try to get back in the swing of things.

So......besides Hockey, this is my crowning achievement for the month of November, Fash turned 4!

I bought this Spidey pinata ......thought he looked ridiculous, and he needed to be adjusted.....so, I ripped off his stickers, covered him in tissue paper.....and painted him to look a lot less ugly.

Ahhhh.....here he is.

Happy 4th Fash! We definately sported some super hero's this year, here are the results!

This is his best little buddy....they take their job seriously!

How cute are they....I mean really, wouldn't you like one of these fellas coming to your rescue.

They are about to take off from this crazy place, there is some super-heroing to take care of!

Stand tall my good man...stand tall!

Looks like they are about to take off in flight, doesn't it!

I also made a Superman cake....but don't know how to hide Fash's name off it.....so, you don't get to see it......Sorry!

May you each have a Superhero in your life!

Have you seen SoDak?

I think she is hiding......

I am going to go and find her, and bring her back here...you wait, she will show.

It's hockey season.....

It is hockey season at my house.........which pretty much means, we eat, breathe and dream hockey. I mean that almost as literally as I can.......

Eat....we eat lightning quick before hockey practice....then eat a quick snack of ez-mac after....if there are games we have the ohhhh so healthy diet of hot dogs, corn dogs, walking tacos, hot cocoa, and Pepsi......then bed.

Breathe....my house smells like a hockey rink, between Mister being on the ice for his team, three days a week, Sass skating for his team three days a week.....along with Mister coaching his team......Fash once a week skating practice, with Mister AND I coaching kids age 3-6 how to skate.......Open skate two nights a week, and games all weekend that we watch......we pretty much breath in the lovely odor of hockey.

Dream....My boys.....all three of them dream of the next moment they can get on the ice......I dream about it, as I am the Hockey Associations Treasurer and constantly reminded of the things I should be taking care of........so my friends, that is where I have been.....and will be.........at the Hockey rink.