I am disgusted with Ramon the pool boy and my maid lately. Maybe they have found better opportunities (& if you don’t know that they are figments of my imagination- welcome new reader). As a matter of fact, last week I heard a statistic about the unemployment rate in St. Tammany Parish. It is at …
* Today – Friday the 27th – is my 13 year wedding anniversary. Love you babe! To celebrate – we will go to the grand opening of a neighbor’s new gourmet food store – Fidel’s “Northern Kitchen” located on hwy 22- next to the Lampstand in Mandeville. Then we will head over to Covington for …
* CLARIFICATION: The chimps were in NO way insulting – I just thought they were cute:) I was honored to be included in a meeting of the minds, round-table style discussion today. I must have fooled somebody who thought I might have something intelligent to say. But, I had on a new dress (thanks Prima …
Since Ramon the Pool Boy has proved himself to be totally unreliable (ya know I am making Ramon up – right?), I have to turn to a Pool Store for advice. Greg Thompson is my pool guy. He doesn’t come out to the house (but I know he would or send someone from his store), …
* I’m canceling our Disney vacation and am planning on opening my own theme park in the backyard. “Squirrel World” could be the next theme park craze. I’ll create a cute little fuzzy squirrel mascot, charge admission to my backyard and let the world view all the little buggers who are feasting on my dang …
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What can I say – but that was the best $2 (with coupon) I have spent in a long time. We had a blast at the UCM Museum (5 miles North of I-12) in Abita Springs . The curator, John Preble couldn’t be nicer and more patient as the 6 kids poked around his gift …
I fess up, I have 3 kids well out of diapers & never heard of Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. That is…until the other night at #1 son’s baseball game. I’m chatting away and somehow the subject of this miracle potion comes up. I can’t stop laughing at the name and even better…laughing at all the things …
When we moved to Mandeville, for the first time we didn’t have to search for a dry cleaners that pressed BDUs (fatigues to the rest of the world). After trying a few, we stumbled upon Premier Cleaners aka $1.89. We are very happy with the service and the price. It is a mom and pop …