Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras

Ash Wednesday is Here

Ash Wednesday is Here

Get Your Ashes

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday

Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, arrived with lots if cold and rain in Northern Virginia. Here's a pic of Jack standing beside our new 2011 Buick La Crosse. He and I enjoy the heated seats and he loves his heated steering wheel on these cold days.

Look At This

Look At This

Another Valentine bear has arrived. This one is from Dr. Jackson my last principal at Franconia Elementary School. Isn't he cute. I'll call him Jackson. So here is Darlene and Jackson. Jackson came with a bouquet of spring tulips and iris and a box of gourmet chocolates. Wow!

Thanks so much Dr Jackson. How sweet of you to send these things to me.

Did You Have A Good New Year's Eve and New Year's Day?

Did You Have A Good New Year's Eve

And New Year's Day?

Jack and I watched the ball drop in New York City.

We also watched 6000 ping pong balls drop in Old Town Alexandria.

We saluted 2012 with sparkling grape juice and were in bed by 12:15!

Few More Pics Of Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving

Hope everyone has a safe journey to their destinations for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Enjoy the weekend away from your jobs. This is the weekend that kicks off the Christmas season, so I eliminated all my regular songs on PLAYLIST and brought up the Christmas songs. I may add more Christmas songs later.

Say Thank You To A Veteran Today

Say Thank You To A Veteran Today

Today is Veterans Day all across American. If You know a veteran, go up to them today and thank them for serving in the military. And remember all those veterans who have served and have died. God bless them all.

Still Decorating For Christmas

Still Decorating For Christmas

Still changing from fall decor to Christmas decor and while we are decorating we are listening to the TV politicals discuss the republicans running for president. I can't ever remember such a diverse and unusual group of republicans running for office either at the state, congressional or presidential level. Interesting but a little bit strange too.

Change Months/ Change Decor

Change Months/ Change Decor

Whew! Busy! Busy! Soon as October and Halloween are gone it is time to change decor. Quick! Put away the fall and Halloween decor and start to decorate for Christmas because these days Thanksgiving means not only giving thanks but the beginning of the Christmas season. So on Monday Jack and I put away this wreath and started pulling out and decorating the house for Christmas. And with the time change and the darkness beginning around 5:30 P.M. it is really nice to see the twinkle of holiday lights around the house.

Our Three Favorite Halloween Visitors

Our Three Favorite Halloween Visitors

Our grandson Jack Aidan as a dog with his parents as super heroes.

Take a look.

Hope everyone had a memorable Halloween.

Have A Great Fourth of July Celebration!

Have A Great Fourth of July Celebration!

The flag Jack is looking at is the American flag

that we used during the time of the Spanish American War.

I like how the white stars are grouped on this flag.

So different from our flag today.

We saw this flag in a museum in Norfolk, VA last year.

Father's Day Celebration At IHOP

Father's Day Celebration At IHOP

Jack Aidan helped Grandpa discover what was in his nicely wrapped gifts.

There were new blue summer shirts from Jennifer and Terry.

And in the pretty bag

were two Harry Potter movies for viewing from Jeanine.

I Got A Fruit Bouquet For Mother's Day From Jeanine

I Got A Fruit Bouquet For Mother's Day From Jeanine!

Thank you, Jeanine

Yum, yum!

I Got Flowers For Mother's Day!

I Got Flowers For Mother's Day!

Thank You, Jennifer, Terry and Little Jack Aidan!

Happy Mother's Day!

Happy Mother's Day!

Enjoy!

Happy May Day 2011!

Happy May Day 2011!

Time is surely flying by. I can't believe it is already May 1'st!

Guess What?

Guess What?

We Got Snow Last Night!!!!!!!!!!!

Not really.

Happy April Fools Day!

This snow was from our big 2009 blizzard here in Virginia.

Now you go fool someone.

Mardi Gras is Over, Lent is Here

Mardi Gras is Over, Lent Is Here

Lent is here. Fat Tuesday is history now. But I want to show this photo of another famous New Orleans restaurant chef. The bearded man in the photo above is Paul Prudomme who is the owner and head chef of The Commanders Palace Restaurant in the garden district of New Orleans. Jack and I ate there in 1982 and still remember what a special treat it was.

We also remember the New Orleans food festival for the fourth of July in 1982 where famous New Orleans chefs prepared under tents food for large crowds of hungry folks. This is where the above photo was taken. Paul Prudomme and his restaurant crew fixed the most delicious stuffed crepes. Yum, yum! We loved them.

Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans

Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) in New Orleans

This is another great place to dine in a town that has dozens of great food establishments. This is the outside of Antoine's Restaurant in the French Quarter of New Orleans. It has been serving great French style food since 1840.

After you have eaten at Antoine's you can head to Cathedral Square in the French Quarter and feed the pigeons like we did with our daughters back in the summer of 1982. The "pigeon man" enjoyed selling bird seed to the tourists to feed the pigeons.
Here's another way to work off those Fat Tuesday calories. Do a little Hambone dance. This young man back in 1982 was teaching our daughters how to do some Hambone. What great memories for Jack, I and our daughters.

Don't you wish that you could relive a vacation event from the past? I do.