Kiss My Gumbo was born, January of 2007, as we had just moved from our last duty station in Oklahoma, to our new forever home, North of Lake Pontchartrain. I jumped into the Milblog (Military Blog) scene with the creation in 2004 of “Hooah Wife” (which evolved into Hooah Wife and Friends). I needed a separate place to talk about the new chapter in our civilian lives. This blog became so popular, it was carried on NOLA.com for a couple of years, documenting my many “firsts.” It has always been my, “free therapy” and after a FIVE year hiatus, I’m back and this is my place to talk about anything.
Hubby and I both grew up in MA and met at the University of Florida during graduate school. We both had a love of warm weather and water. When he was transitioning out of the military, looking for a forever spot to raise our family, the New Orleans area came up in the mix. I only drove through the area once with him, but saw it had everything we wanted. We made the right decision and now call ourselves, “Yankees by birth, Southerners by choice.” We love living in the greater New Orleans area and don’t see ourselves leaving anytime soon! Life for me has changed a lot since 10/7 (2023) so you will likely get my 2 cents regarding what it means to be a Jewish woman who is also a Zionist! As for national and local politics…don’t put me in a box…and don’t assume you know what I believe about this and that. I’d like to think I’m reasonable…and if you don’t believe that…at least you will believe that I’m opinionated:)
We are empty nesters now, except for our furbabies (2 rescue dogs and a rescue cat). Our oldest son is in New Orleans, second son lives in BFE Arkansas with our grandpup and our Princess is in NOLA. My days are spent working from home as a contractor (a beautiful thing), consuming all forms of media (online social media, news, podcasts and reading), working out, walking dogs, enjoying good times with friends and family, and being a weekend home project warrior. We manage to travel and need to increase that frequency!