The weekend in review

This past weekend was a rather busy one. Here are a few things we did.

~Chinese "fued" for lunch on Friday with Pinki. (Gusley's request)

~Biscuits for breakfast...makes everyone happy.

~LAAAAZY Saturday - everyone had a nap!

~Chipotle for dinner! Mommy is one happy camper! Gusley got his "ta-cuu"!

~Jake went bowling!

~THE CIRCUS!!! Greatest Show on Earth - enjoyed by all in attendance!

~Lunch at Hard Rock Cafe - nice treat -Gus slept through the entire meal - another nice treat ;-)

~Fun finds at the used book store.

~Even though this was on Monday, I still think it was a great way to end my weekend/start the week...ZUMBA!

Wildflowers still going WILD!

Road trip happenings

In short, I will sum up why the blog is a little behind. We have logged 6000+ miles in a matter of 7 weeks. YES, you are reading those numbers correctly. Needless to say we are true road warriors!

During one of our recent trips I told Jake we needed to get a journal to keep in the car so that we can write down things that we happen upon while we are on the road. We forgot to get the notebook so I figure I would just blog about our mist recent happening.

Tonight on our way back to TN we stopped in MS for food and gas and as we pulled up at the station there were 3 big dogs laid out in front the station like people greeters! We all cracked up because they never budged. Jake got out to pump the gas and he said one of the dogs got up to cross the street and it looked to the left saw a car coming and turned around and went back to his watcing post. Mom went inside and she asked the clerk about the dogs and she said they have been there for several months. I guess they really like it there! I tried to get a picture but it was too dark and they are scared of people according to the clerk!

Should we have anymore happenings tonight I will make sure to post them!


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Happy Birthday, Sandy!

Happy Birthday, Sandy! Wishing you another year of happiness and good health! Hopefully next year y'all will be on the beach with us!!! Love, l*j*g

14 years....

Happy 14th Anniversary, Danny and Bridgette!! So glad we got to celebrate with y'all!! You two are made for each other and are two very special and influential people in our lives. Y'all are wonderful parents who always make sure to put your children first and it is evident in every way! Thank you for being such great role models to Jake and I. Here's to many, many, MANY more years of wedded bliss!!! Love ya'll very, very much!!

Happy Birthday, Danny!!

Happy birthday Danny! Hope you have a great day and a year full of good health and happiness!! Love ya, l*j*g

More FREEBIES!

Ok, so the log cabin technically wasn't on a trash pile, but a friend of mine saved it from one and she did not want it so she offered it to me! Thank you, Amy!! We have already gotten so much use out of this little cabin!



Now this was on a trash pile. We had been looking for a bigger gas grill, but hadn't found what we were looking for until I looked out the window to see that our neighbor had this at the street. I called Jake and told him to take a look at it when he got home. He did and here it is at our house. Jake cleaned it and hooked it to some propane and all is good and it is ready to grill on! Thank you, neighbor!!

$4.00 will get you this....

So Gus and I went for a walk and we saw this in pieces at someones trash pile. I was not sure exactly what it was at the time, but I saw Little Tikes and it was in awesome condition. I put the chair under the stroller and headed home to get the wagon. I kept Gus in the stroller and pulled the wagon behind me. We got to the house loaded all the parts into the wagon and were on our way. Once I assembled it I was very please with my find! The only thing missing were the bolts to hold it together so Jake headed over to Lowe's, paid $4.00 for 4 bolts and Wha-la! I am a firm believer of one man's junk is another man's treasure and this is proof!!

It has already been used as a desk, dirt digging area, water table and I am sure we will find many more purposes for it!

Swing time!

Not much to blog about today. The weather was perfect. We went to the park. Gus did not leave the swings except to slide a couple times. His gross motor skills are incredible. There are these inverted monkey bar type things that he managed to climb up with Jake and I spotting him to make sure he did not fall through the holes. Truly amazing to watch him play these days. Not to mention there is not much fear so we have to be on our toes at all times!!

I hope the weather was great for y'all! From what we hear, Louisiana has been having some pretty nice weather. Enjoy before the humidity sets in!!

Six Flags here I come...............

TOMORROW, WE WILL BE RIDING THESE COASTERS!!! IT HAS BEEN ALMOST 4 YEARS SINCE I HAVE RODE A MEGA COASTER....4 YEARS TOO LONG!! I AM TOO EXCITED TO BLOG AT THE MOMENT, BUT PICTURES WILL COME!!!! HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND!!!

Fat Tuesday

Happy Mardi Gras!!!!!

Oh when the SAINTS go marching in!!!!

Oh how proud we are to be in that number!!!!!!

Oh my goodness. Hell is freezing over, the second coming of Christ is near....Breesus Christ that is, pigs are flying somewhere, NOLA overcame the high waters from Katrina, I can't wipe the smile off of my face, my dad has finally witness the Saints go to AND WIN the Superbowl...I hope he was on the over (I guess wearing his Cha-Ching shirt and pants has finally paid off), Gus participated in his first ever football pool and he won $25 (Jake won 1Q and mom won the other 2Q's), Jake's uncle has waited his entire life to see this moment, and having been diagnosed with tongue cancer at the beginning of the season all of the wins week after week really kept his spirits up. This is what comes to my mind when I think of what happened tonight. History was made and lets hope that it keeps repeating itself!! With all that said this is a great way to start a new decade and it seems like it is just going to keep getting better!! This day is a day that every Louisianian has waited his/her whole life to see.

Even though we are not physically there in NOLA, we feel the feeling that everyone there is feeling....UNITY. What a feeling! This was the most watched television program ever....107 million viewers tuned in....AMAZING!!


This feels like a dream. It seems so surreal. Here is our night in pictures......

Marley trying to figure out how to get to the balloon....






Haydel's Bakery King Cake shipped from NOLA from Aunt Lisa! Thank you, it was delicious!!




Putting the grie-grie on Peyton Manning....get him where it hurts!

GAME FACE??

Daddy Dat, Mommy Dat and Little Baby Who Dat!!!

Trying to catch the game on his portable tv?? It is analog so it catches nothing....poor child!

He loves his balloon! He has a tight grip on the string at all times!!

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!

A little harmonica playing by Daddy and Gusley!

Sweet Success!!

Believe Dat!!!! Gus slept in this....shirt over jammies! He was precious when he woke up!!

Breesus Christ!!!!

Saints Superbowl Picture

With the Superbowl only 4 days away I thought I would share the New Orleans Saints Official Superbowl picture with my fellow fans!!!!! We are getting ready for the Superbowl here in TN. We all have new Saints shirts and Gusley has two! I guess he will have a wardrobe change sometime during the big game! Aunt Lisa sent him one that says "BELIEVE DAT" and I just finished ironing on a Fleur de lis on a black shirt for him!!

This is an interesting little fact that lots of friends have been posting on FB so I thought I would share it to!

This will be the 44th Superbowl. Obama is the 44th President. There are 44 days from Christmas to the Super Bowl. The Saints franchise is 44 years old. On Super Bowl Sunday it will be 4 years and 4 months since Katrina. The Saints won in 4 minutes and 44 seconds overtime.......Will the score be 44 to 4? Who DAT!

Technology........has come a long way!

Last year I had the basic model cell phone...no camera, no internet. Just dial and text. Gus took care of that one for me......he put it in the toilet and shut the lid! I went without for a while. Then I got a newer phone. One that had a camera! I really liked it. We went canoeing and flipped.....phone got wet and a month to the day later the phone squigged out and quit working. Gi-Gi sent an old phone that she had laying around the house for me to use in the interim. After making a claim with AT&T and getting a new phone shipped to me we learned that it was simply the battery that shorted out. When we get picture mail, we can't open it because we don't have the picture package so we are always left hanging as to what the picture is. Most importantly we couldn't update our FB status.....NOT!! Anyway, the point of this post is to say that I no longer feel like I am in the dinosaur ages and outdated. I really felt out of touch the last time we went home and my niece was asking her mom for a new cell phone, I think she wanted the Impression? She had a perfectly fine cell phone that took pictures and had internet and all the bells and whistles. I had to give her a reality check by whipping out my Nokia 6010 that Gi-Gi sent for me to use (Gi-Gi, don't be offended, I am very grateful that you had an extra and sent if for me. Really, I am, because honestly it doesn't matter to me what kind of phone I have.) Below is the phone that Gi-Gi sent to me!! When my niece saw the phone her face dropped and she was like "Whoa, you are in the dinosaur ages"! and my sister-in-law told me she had a light up case that would fit my Nokia 6010. Just what I needed!!! With all that being said, Jake and I have graduated to iPhones and quite honestly, I am still in shock and amazed by the capabilities of this phone. Everyday Jake comes home and tells me something else the new phones do. It is incredible. Which is why I feel the need to reiterate the title of this post...technology has come a long way!!!

So for the recap....I went from this............................

To this........................................

GOOP

As I sit here watching re-runs of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien unbeknownst to me his guest tonight is Gwyneth Paltrow!! I really like her and am glad I caught this episode as I have learned she has her own website "Goop". I LOVE IT and it is my new favorite website! She shares travel tips, recipes, shopping venues, exercises, etc. Just a very simple site with lots of valuable information. Check it out if you have a few minutes. I have signed up for her newsletter and can't wait to get my first one!

Toodles!

Day 3 of the Cajun Snow Experience...Cajuns get out of the house!

Cha-Ching!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

January 24, 2010 - 31-28 the Saints beat the Vikings to become NFC Champions!!!!!!
Super Saints!!!!

This is a day that every Louisianian has longed for...the New Orleans Saints are going to the Superbowl!!!!!!!!!! We watched the game at Mom and Dad's and we had Gus saying 'touuuu dowwwn'!! He fell asleep during the last 2 minutes of the game, slept through the overtime and all of our celebratory yelling!!!! What a game, what a game!! I had a lump in my throat throughout the entire game and by the end of the game the lump was still there and my eyes were welled with tears!!! This is so exciting and we wish we could have been in the south to celebrate with family and friends, but we called as soon as the game was over and people were ecstatic!! NOLA needed this. It was time for something good to happen in the city and to unite everyone once again and the Saints have done just that! Thank you Drew Brees for acting on your calling to come to NOLA and thank you Hartley for kicking the winning field goal!!! These next 2 weeks waiting for the Superbowl are going to seem like the longest 2 weeks of my life, well except for the last 2 weeks of my pregnancy and the 2 weeks leading up to our wedding!!!!! Who Dat!!

Here is our little 'Breesus' with Dad's Saints yard sign from back in the early 90's! For the Superbowl I will be sure and get a picture of dad in his early 90's Cha-Ching hammer pants (his good luck charm of choice)!! Long live the NEW ORLEANS SAINTS!!!!!!

Who's Gonna Win Dat Superbowl? Dem Saints is!!

We are getting really excited about tomorrow's game! A little nervous too!! We are a little bummed that we will won't be back at our old stomping ground for the game. This is really history in the making!

Our good friend in Slidell wrote a song and made a video to go along with it titled "Who's Gonna Win Dat Superbowl? Dem Saints is!!" It has already gotten 6000+ hits on You Tube!! If you have 3 minutes to spare check it out. I have linked it to the title of the song in this post!!

GO SAINTS!!!!

Freebird

Jake and I just watched the last "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien". I had a lump in my throat throughout the entire show and even shed a few tears, especially when he got choked up. I can't believe the show is over but he did go out with a bang....Will Ferrell with a cow bell singing a very fitting song for the moment...."Freebird" and Conan on a guitar! Whatever Conan's next venture is we will be faithful followers/viewers. Not much to say except that I am very bummed out about this and probably won't, well I won't watch Leno. The skunk had his run. The young crowd wants to see the tall Irish redhead, not the old skunk! Sorry about the rant. TEAM COCO maybe off the air for now, but have no fear he will come back better and stronger! Conan O'Brien for life! Peace!

Who Dat

GO SAINTS!!!!

Who Dat! Who Dat! Who Dat say they gonna beat dem SAINTS!! Who Dat!!!