“Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.” ~W. C. Fields~ Thanks St. Tammany Parish for giving the kids a day off school today (some sarcasm inserted here) . One son will get bonus points for going to the polls with me. Actually – I think it is good for them!

Yesterday was a very traumatic day for me. I accompanied 43 – 6th graders (trauma enough) from Lake Harbor Middle School on a field trip to Mandeville Junior High, where they will attend next year. I felt bad for all the kiddos I was with because the other 285 – 6th graders attending, were from …

Recently, in the Times-Picayune, we have had headlines about people in the school systems getting arrested for “inappropriate & sexual” contact with minors. I will put my humor aside for this post and would like to give big kudos to everyone who is helping taking these predators down. There is the Destrehan band teacher in …

I can only speak from my personal experiences with this topic and I can only speak about Mandeville, St. Tammany Parish (the Northshore or North Shore), but thought it was worth sharing. For the past week, I have been house shopping for my parents. They live in the same house they bought when they got …

No sillies, no beer for school parties (but, boy, would it have been nice to have today). Remember, our kids are brainwashed to think alcohol is a drug after Red Ribbon Week (that is a whole other post). Today, all 3 rugmonsters had their school Christmas parties (they did the dreidels earlier in the week). …

It is 7:30 AM on a Saturday and why am I awake? Oh well. Got the coffee, got my computer and am watching “Chulo the Stupor dog” chase Lovebugs. He may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but he wakes up every day wagging his tail, ready to conquer the back yard and …

I have a folder on my desktop called “cool stuff for blogs.” Usually people send me stuff, but sometimes I surf for fun and find them. I was in Cafe Press, surfing for New Orleans stuff and came across this: And get this…it was designed by someone who calls themselves “The Anti-Northshore Alliance.” Puhleeze! I …

Yesterday was a field day for “armchair mayors” discussing the Mayor’s speech. Whateva… It is so much easier to stand in the sidelines and say what you woulda done or said better, but fun to pick it apart (fess up …you know it is). I’ve heard so many dollar figures bounced around this week that …

It seems Mayor Nagin’s office is making some PR efforts to help NOLA. Buhleeve you & me, I would love to think of him without the photoshopped Wonka hat – really I would! If he has done anything right (& I’m sure he has) since the storm – it ain’t making the news! Listen up …

Mandeville Elementary School had a fantabulous themed day today, “Louisana Day.” Each 3rd grade classroom decorated a t-shirt with Mardi Gras bead designs and a different medallion stamped on it. My son’s class had Tabasco sauce & chili peppers hanging from the painted beads – way cute! The rain didn’t even damper the afternoon one …