The Labor Day cook-off was a huge success! Go see the pictures!!!
Oh gee, where is Dick Clarke when you need him? Do we need to have a ball drop each Katrina Anniversary? Since everyone and their grandmother who thinks they are somebody special will be in town, maybe good ole’ Dick can make a party out of it – New Orleans style. I can see it …
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* Look what is growing in my backyard. Well technically it isn’t growing in my yard, but it hangs over my fence. Does this mean I get to eat the bananas? *We went to GB’s Patio Bar & Grill at 8117 Maple 861-0067 in the Riverbend area for lunch. For a change it was cool …
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 …
Of course you do is the appropriate answer. And since your passport isn’t ready and Priceline doesn’t have great deals on plane tickets to Afghanistan, I have a better way for you to “virtually” be a part of this!!! Let me explain – Sunday morning, I get up (no hangover – yay), insert the coffee …
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This letter was sent to me by my good friend in Canada. It appeared in the Calgary Sun Letters Section today: A total of 52 murders occurred in Toronto this year and it’s only July! The victims included innocent women and children. Before the year is over, the number will undoubtedly pass 66 — the …
No sillies – not evacuation buses. I have been working hard to make things happen – but at the same time – the opportunities in Louisiana seem endless! I have been on a good luck streak since we moved here in January and hope it never ends. Ya- S*%T happens – and it will -but …
* 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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I spent the day with my 9yo and a group of people who love their country! It was my first trip to Baton Rouge and I have so much to share. Operation America Rising took place all over the US today and I am proud to have been a part of it! I will write …
I am proud to announce, that a new blog is alive (barely – needs more work) and ready to organize and inform you how to support the troops today! In all my spare time, I have taken on the role as Community Team Leader (CTL) for Louisiana, for an organization I am honored to be …
* My business partner drove me around the “Garden District” today. We had another organizing job Uptown and honestly – there is no change in color or huge lines or signs that say Uptown, Garden District etc… I guess I can actually say I have seen the real “Garden District” now. Yes, drool was coming …
Mechanics from the A Company, 1-77 Armor, Maintenance Team (click to see picture) Your mail means a lot to them! Please take 5 minutes out of your day to write a Thank You card & have all your friends write one too. Drop them at any Buick, Pontiac or GMC dealership before Memorial Day. For …
A military expression that will never leave me. “Bloom where you are planted.”
OK, so I am sort of outed (not that way). My name is Greta Perry, and I am a military blogger and political junkie on my other blog, Hooah Wife. I prefer to keep my military opinions separate from Kiss My Gumbo (which millions of people receive daily in their inbox – snicker). But when …