Like I’ve said before, if I had a dime for every time I hear the word “Katrina,” I’d be a mighty rich woman. Then again, if I played the Katrina drinking game – I’d be comatose! Beer dude where are you??? Maybe he will be hanging out with all the “look America I am a …
Better get the evacuation plan at least…planned!
“Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier.” ~Colin Powell~ Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it. ~Bill Cosby~ We should recognize that on the day that we are born, our glass is half …
My dear friend Tammy, from Charlotte County Florida, has a 3 year Hurricane Charley anniversary post up that should be visited!!! Natural disasters can happen at any given time. The pictures taken by her husband Ben, are pretty spectacular.
I was leafing through the latest issue of Time at the Rouse’s checkout stand. Certainly there would be some breaking information about “Bat Boy†in it. I was very disappointed that he wasn’t featured in this issue, instead I found this great piece about New Orleans and the Corps of Engineers. Honestly, if someone gets …
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I just read this article & as much as I can understand and feel the frustration of the people directly effected, I am also feeling that no matter what the corps does – they are the enemy. You can only scold a child so much before it become ineffective, you have to praise them once …
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I am standing on the 17th Street canal interim closure structure (aka flood-gates) Oh boy am I going to get some fun Google hits from this title. I bet you were all wondering where I went on my “super-secret” field trip? Let me back up a little first. We are all sick and tired of …
After I posted my brilliant piece yesterday of “possible” National breaking news, regarding the eroding levee picture that is all the rage these days, the hamster kept running. This morning I went back to National Geographic and looked at the famous picture in its’ interactive option. When you zoom out,you see a boat in the …
This is a little speriment: Sanjaya, American Idol, Anna Nicole Smith, Dannielynne, Don Imus, Global Warming, Larry Birkhead, Howard K Stern, pet food recall, Hurricane Katrina, Britney Spears, Bush. Just performing a little Google/Technorati Experiment today. Anyhoo, doing very well here with direct hits to my blog. Just trying to gather up a larger, quality …
The biggest problem my family faced when moving to Mandeville, LA, was to find a house we could afford with an insurance policy that wouldn’t make us pay 2 “theoretical” mortgages. Why should anyone care so much about insurance beyond their own? I will give you a Greta style post, with points drawn from my …
Hubby ran into an old Army buddy of his who happens to be dating a local gal. We were invited over to her adorable house in Metairie today. She still has some post-Katrina work to do – but is feeling at home and I adore the local flavor used to decorate her house. I can’t …
I just drove child #2 to school after his morning of a “pretend stomach ache” to avoid who knows what from his new school. I decided to drive by the neighborhoods in Old Mandeville where I truly wanted to buy a house. We were considering a house 4 blocks back from the Lake that did …