This is mostly a fun blog that's not too deep. Don't wanna be getting all serious and stuff!LOL But living on the Gulf Coast changed quite a bit after Hurricane Katrina...and I'd like to start documenting some of my memories weekly. Many little known things stand out in my mind. Please feel free to comment on your own memories if you'd like. These are things we will be discussing with our grand kids one day so I'd like to keep my memories in tact. You know, the "I remember back in the day" sort of things.
Many people lost their homes and were displaced after the storm. We were one of the fortunate families that did not. But, we lost our school, church, grocery stores, gas stations, library...I could go on and on...but one thing everyone shared that was not lost was their perseverance. We have come a long way baby...
A year after the storm, my oldest son, Patrick, started 7th grade at St. Stanislaus in Bay St Louis. The Bay bridge was still out so we would have to drive the LONG way around to get him to school. It usually took about 45 minutes to get there and 45 minutes back. Needless to say, your whole day was driving. They ended up putting a temporary ferry in Pass Christian for people and cars. Looking back, I now think, "how cool was that?" Being able to ride in your car, on a boat, rolling your windows down to feel the breeze, you could even get out of your car if you wanted to. Sometimes we would drop Patrick off at the ferry with some other St.Stanislaus boys and they would ride on top of the ferry and drink coffee (a rare treat for a tween)! My younger kids especially liked it. They loved riding on it and when we had to wait on the ferry we would get out and walk on the beach. I know they will look back on "those days" fondly when they are older.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Breakfast Po-Boy
Last weekend when visiting Steph, her neighbor Margaret brought over the best breakfast sandwich. This is one recipe I plan on cooking alot! It is so good and easy. It would be perfect for a brunch pot-luck too since it is so easy to transport.
Thanks so much Margaret!
Breakfast Po-Boy
Rolled Ground Sausage
Po-Boy or French Bread
Grated Cheese
Scrambled Eggs (optional)
Brown saugage and drain
Spread saugage over bottom half of lightly buttered bread
Sprinkle grated cheese over saugage
Layer scrambled eggs on top
Put top of bread on and wrap in tin foil
Bake @ 350 - 375 until cheese is melted
Cut in slices
Enjoy!
Thanks so much Margaret!
Breakfast Po-Boy
Rolled Ground Sausage
Po-Boy or French Bread
Grated Cheese
Scrambled Eggs (optional)
Brown saugage and drain
Spread saugage over bottom half of lightly buttered bread
Sprinkle grated cheese over saugage
Layer scrambled eggs on top
Put top of bread on and wrap in tin foil
Bake @ 350 - 375 until cheese is melted
Cut in slices
Enjoy!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
Helpful Hints
I am also going to start posting helpful hints weekly. Of course, having 4 kids, I have been around the block a few times. If I haven't seen it, done it, had it or been it, then I know somebody who has! I have often been referred to as"Martha Stewart" on crack (thanks Steph) so be warned that my hints and tips arr probably not the norm. Maybe I'm more like the redneck "Martha Stewart"...I do love me some duct tape!LOL I have been made fun on occasions for taking it to the beach!!:-) But you gotta admit, when in a bind...duct tape can just about fix anything!
My hint for today is a new one. I have been cleaning the house like a fend, trying to get rid of all the sicky germs. I was refilling the anti-bacterial hand soaps in the bathrooms when I came upon an empty one and had a brain-storm!
NOTICE: this one is for people with young kids that are old enough to start trying to wash their own hair, but young enough to waste you ENTIRE bottle of shampoo thinking it is bubble bath!
Fill your empty hand-soap pump bottle with shampoo! Tell them only two pumps per shampoo! If you have boys that don't need it all that sudsy, you can even dilute it some with water to save money. I filled mine up today and can't wait to let them try it out tonight at bathtime!:-)
My hint for today is a new one. I have been cleaning the house like a fend, trying to get rid of all the sicky germs. I was refilling the anti-bacterial hand soaps in the bathrooms when I came upon an empty one and had a brain-storm!
NOTICE: this one is for people with young kids that are old enough to start trying to wash their own hair, but young enough to waste you ENTIRE bottle of shampoo thinking it is bubble bath!
Fill your empty hand-soap pump bottle with shampoo! Tell them only two pumps per shampoo! If you have boys that don't need it all that sudsy, you can even dilute it some with water to save money. I filled mine up today and can't wait to let them try it out tonight at bathtime!:-)
Bar-B-Q Roast Beef Sandwiches
Easy Peasy Recipe
I am going to start posting recipes weekly. They will vary from being frugal, healthy, easy or just one of my favorites. Being a family of 6, we rarely eat out, even at fast food places. It is just too expensive. So that means I or my hubby must cook almost every night. I have a few staple recipes that I couldn't do without. I will start sharing them being the sweet and sharing mommy that I am!!LOL Actually, most of them came from my Mom. She is the pioneer semi-homemade chef. Sandra Lee has nothing on her! I have tried to cook from scratch, and sometimes I do...I have been trying to impersonate my Grandmother's homemade biscuits for years, to no avail. But usually I cook semi-homemade myself. It is just easier and usually taste just as good...
Today's recipe is super easy, taste great and very quick to make. It is one of the few meals the whole family will always eat.
Bar-B-Q Roast Beef Sandwiches
1 or 2 cans Armour Canned Roast Beef (I think Dinty Moore makes one too)
Bar-B-Q sauce of your choosing
Mayo
Hamburger Buns
Pre-heat oven 350
Drain can of roast beef
Stir in pan over med heat
Salt & Pepper as needed
Slowly stir in Bar-B-Q sauce (you can put in more sauce to make it go further)
Spread Mayo on Buns
Fill Buns with Bar-B-Q Roast Beef and toast in oven for just a few minutes
That's it! Perfect Roast Beef Sandwiches in less than 15 minutes! I usually serve with Ruffles and Ranch Dip:-)
I am going to start posting recipes weekly. They will vary from being frugal, healthy, easy or just one of my favorites. Being a family of 6, we rarely eat out, even at fast food places. It is just too expensive. So that means I or my hubby must cook almost every night. I have a few staple recipes that I couldn't do without. I will start sharing them being the sweet and sharing mommy that I am!!LOL Actually, most of them came from my Mom. She is the pioneer semi-homemade chef. Sandra Lee has nothing on her! I have tried to cook from scratch, and sometimes I do...I have been trying to impersonate my Grandmother's homemade biscuits for years, to no avail. But usually I cook semi-homemade myself. It is just easier and usually taste just as good...
Today's recipe is super easy, taste great and very quick to make. It is one of the few meals the whole family will always eat.
Bar-B-Q Roast Beef Sandwiches
1 or 2 cans Armour Canned Roast Beef (I think Dinty Moore makes one too)
Bar-B-Q sauce of your choosing
Mayo
Hamburger Buns
Pre-heat oven 350
Drain can of roast beef
Stir in pan over med heat
Salt & Pepper as needed
Slowly stir in Bar-B-Q sauce (you can put in more sauce to make it go further)
Spread Mayo on Buns
Fill Buns with Bar-B-Q Roast Beef and toast in oven for just a few minutes
That's it! Perfect Roast Beef Sandwiches in less than 15 minutes! I usually serve with Ruffles and Ranch Dip:-)
My Best Friends!
I had the best time this past Labor Day weekend. I got to see both of my very best friends! Brian went to the ballgame in Memphis, so I rode up to Jackson with him and visited with my best friend/twin cousin, Melissa and my best friend Stephanie.
Having your girlfriends is so important, especially for crazy maniac mommies who always need someone to vent too! I am so fortunate to be blessed with all of the friends who are in my life. But these two gals have been with me thru thick and thin so I am dedicating this post the them!!
I was so happy to see Melissa! I miss her so much and I hate living so far away from her. But no matter how far we live away from each other, we always know the other one will drop whatever they are doing to be there if the other needs them. My mom and her dad were twins so we always refer to each other as "twin cousins" and that pretty much sums it up because we are way more than just "cousins". I have lots and lots of stories from our youth, but I'd have to start another blog to write them on...they wouldn't be appropriate for my "mommy blog"!!LOL We always laugh when we are together and no matter what we are doing or where we are...we have fun everytime we are together.
My best friend Stephanie is my friend who I've always been pregnant with, except for Brendan (she sat that one out!:-) We met when I was pregnant with Patrick and she was pg with McKensie. They are now 15 years old! It is hard to believe it has been almost 16 years ago that we were young mommies-2-be, so naive to motherhood! We would lay up in the bed daily with her little dog, Fee, between us, imagining what it would be like to be a mother. Boy, that does seem like ages ago, me without kids?? I can't even imagine that now. I actually credit Stephanie for getting me pregnant with my 4th child, Brady. Credit is a nice way of putting it, I really refer to it as her cursing me or putting a hex on me!LOL It is just such a funny story, (and when I say funny, I mean strange, odd, weird haha). It's just that Stephanie has never been pregnant with out me. Patrick and McKensie were 4 days apart. McLain and Katie were a few months apart. So when Stephanie got pregnant with Wyatt, I laughed and joked and made fun of her getting pregnant again! We had both just lost all our weight from the kids so of course I dogged her out telling her she was gonna gain weight again! We went to a St Paddy's day parade and I called her and told her how much fun we were having and that I wished she was there!! I know I am a mean friend!! (she knows I love her) Brian made fun of Warren, laughing at him. I swear Stephanie must have gotten a voodoo doll and impregnated me because it wasn't a month later....I was PREGNANT! I guess the little fella was meant to be because I was planning to get my tubes tied in May and got pregnant in April. Of course now he is the apple of my eye, but it was quite surprising at first!
I really am fortunate to have these wonderful people in my live. I love them very much! They have both always been there for me, but they really pulled thru for me after Hurricane Katrina and I appreciate all that they did for me and my family so much! There was many a late night phone call during that time period and I thank them both from the bottom of my heart!
Having your girlfriends is so important, especially for crazy maniac mommies who always need someone to vent too! I am so fortunate to be blessed with all of the friends who are in my life. But these two gals have been with me thru thick and thin so I am dedicating this post the them!!
I was so happy to see Melissa! I miss her so much and I hate living so far away from her. But no matter how far we live away from each other, we always know the other one will drop whatever they are doing to be there if the other needs them. My mom and her dad were twins so we always refer to each other as "twin cousins" and that pretty much sums it up because we are way more than just "cousins". I have lots and lots of stories from our youth, but I'd have to start another blog to write them on...they wouldn't be appropriate for my "mommy blog"!!LOL We always laugh when we are together and no matter what we are doing or where we are...we have fun everytime we are together.
My best friend Stephanie is my friend who I've always been pregnant with, except for Brendan (she sat that one out!:-) We met when I was pregnant with Patrick and she was pg with McKensie. They are now 15 years old! It is hard to believe it has been almost 16 years ago that we were young mommies-2-be, so naive to motherhood! We would lay up in the bed daily with her little dog, Fee, between us, imagining what it would be like to be a mother. Boy, that does seem like ages ago, me without kids?? I can't even imagine that now. I actually credit Stephanie for getting me pregnant with my 4th child, Brady. Credit is a nice way of putting it, I really refer to it as her cursing me or putting a hex on me!LOL It is just such a funny story, (and when I say funny, I mean strange, odd, weird haha). It's just that Stephanie has never been pregnant with out me. Patrick and McKensie were 4 days apart. McLain and Katie were a few months apart. So when Stephanie got pregnant with Wyatt, I laughed and joked and made fun of her getting pregnant again! We had both just lost all our weight from the kids so of course I dogged her out telling her she was gonna gain weight again! We went to a St Paddy's day parade and I called her and told her how much fun we were having and that I wished she was there!! I know I am a mean friend!! (she knows I love her) Brian made fun of Warren, laughing at him. I swear Stephanie must have gotten a voodoo doll and impregnated me because it wasn't a month later....I was PREGNANT! I guess the little fella was meant to be because I was planning to get my tubes tied in May and got pregnant in April. Of course now he is the apple of my eye, but it was quite surprising at first!
I really am fortunate to have these wonderful people in my live. I love them very much! They have both always been there for me, but they really pulled thru for me after Hurricane Katrina and I appreciate all that they did for me and my family so much! There was many a late night phone call during that time period and I thank them both from the bottom of my heart!
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
The BarbieDoll House 2nd Generation
When I was a little girl, I would play with barbies for hours. I had the coolest barbie doll house and my imagination would run wild. Katie has not been into barbies the way I was, but I am hoping that is about to change! When my parents moved this summer, I found my old barbie doll house in the attic...of course I had to bring it home with me! Too many memories to part with. Sure, it might be a little pseudo-seventies, but they don't make 'em like that anymore! I have threatened bodily harm to anyone who damages it though...just the thought of Brady trying to climb in it or jump on it gives me chills!
Me with my brand new barbie doll house on Christmas morning.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
***NEIGHBORHOOD GARAGE SALE***
Saturday, October 3rd 2009
Old Savannah will be having a neighborhood-wide garage sale. Each person will have their own sale at their own individual house. That way everyone will not have to pack up and move all their stuff. If you and a neighbor want to combine sales, that is completely up to yall. I know personally, I have way too much stuff to be moving all over the place.
We will also be having a Lemonade Stand that the kids will be heading up. Please let me know if your child would like to participate. All proceeds of the Lemonade Sale will be going to the National Children’s Cancer Society. We would also like to donate a % of the garage sale profits to them. Please give me your input on how much yall would like to donate…if we should have a set percentage or should we just let people donate whatever they wish…all ideas and advice welcome.
I do not know the cost of putting the ad in the paper yet, but I am sure it will not be much if we all chip in as well as chip in for the lemonade stand. I will let everyone know how much when we get a total count. I will also be calling Home of Grace to schedule them to come pick up un-sold items.
If you want to participate in the Garage Sale, please e-mail me @ christiewlogan@yahoo.com
Thanks Everyone, I’ll be in touch soon!!
Christie Logan
Old Savannah will be having a neighborhood-wide garage sale. Each person will have their own sale at their own individual house. That way everyone will not have to pack up and move all their stuff. If you and a neighbor want to combine sales, that is completely up to yall. I know personally, I have way too much stuff to be moving all over the place.
We will also be having a Lemonade Stand that the kids will be heading up. Please let me know if your child would like to participate. All proceeds of the Lemonade Sale will be going to the National Children’s Cancer Society. We would also like to donate a % of the garage sale profits to them. Please give me your input on how much yall would like to donate…if we should have a set percentage or should we just let people donate whatever they wish…all ideas and advice welcome.
I do not know the cost of putting the ad in the paper yet, but I am sure it will not be much if we all chip in as well as chip in for the lemonade stand. I will let everyone know how much when we get a total count. I will also be calling Home of Grace to schedule them to come pick up un-sold items.
If you want to participate in the Garage Sale, please e-mail me @ christiewlogan@yahoo.com
Thanks Everyone, I’ll be in touch soon!!
Christie Logan
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