coonfest weekend and updates of sorts

our groups shot, taken about 2:30 am on sunday morning....
heather, lorij, cass, lesle, kristin and me (sitting)

the tat... i have been wanting a tattoo for about 20 years now...i waited to make sure that i can live the rest of my life with the art i picked...Dali is my FAVORITE artist and once lauren was born i knew that the hands would be at the time she was born...


the pain...hurt like hell, yes hell! when john started it, i was "oh, that is not that bad." then i started feeling funny, that tunnel vision started and i lost hearing in my left ear, i was soaking wet from sweat and hot...on came the a/c and kristin got me a coke...i started counting the tiles on the floor in the shop...one, two, three, four, five....the whole experience lasted about 30 minutes and i am pleased with the out come. something with meaning, something to cherish and adore, a memory that i shared with friends and that lauren loves it, she blushed when i told her it was the time she was born...

now , just for the itching to stop....but still worth it...

so glad i was able to see friends and enjoy time with them....

heather came from Utah on wednesday, we laughed and talked into the wee hours of the morning. kristin arrived on thursday! wow! she is a hoot....cass came in on friday(funny story ) and lesle on saturday.

i had a great week/weekend ladies! thanks so much!

been busy

first off, Lauren had her annual family Math night at school on the 10th!
it was great. lasted about an hour but we walked away with fun math games
and some flash cards...

this weekend we had two birthday parties that lauren was invited too, we were only able to attend one, due to the fact that both parties were at the same time and across town.so we attended erica's birthday party. she is in to tinker bell and we got her a trunk full of tinkerbell dress up clothes! she loved it.

i am engrossed in another book...stacie and lori both raved about it, yet neither one of them has finished the book....i started it this morning and will FINISH it this week.

the time has come! on wednesday i drive to get my buddy heather from lafayette airport. totally excited about meeting her and enjoying the company.....then friday we go get cassa-undra and lesle will be in friday night! it's going to be a great week for me!

the shack by: william p. young. it's very good right now....

okay leslemora

cliffs of dover 92% notes hit 93,728 score 117 streak

i was surprised! see your guitar playing ass in 12 days

update

lauren's report card......

busy

been really busy and forgot about this blog....bad, LORI!

anyway, my baby girl is pretty smart... she got banner roll again this past six weeks!
way to go lauren! i am so proud of her....and she had perfect conduct and is at a winter's end party at school today! they got to wear their robes and will be having hot cocoa and snacks!

only 12 day till my pal Heather will be arriving for the Coonfest! and 14 days till we pick up cassandra in lafayette! then lesle soon be driving in and beth and shannon too! fun!

there is an AIR SHOW this weekend and i would love to go, depends on if i can or not get the tiller to work, i need to start my garden this weekend....

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mardi gras weekend

we traveled to Lafayette this weekend. for years my dad has invited us to go there for mardi gras, well, this year we went. SO glad we did, a great time we had also.

yes, us cajun's dress up our dogs for the season.

this is probably this Best picture of the weekend...

my dad, tatum and lauren waiting on the first parade to start.

my bro, Harley...aka: bro-man, bling bling...8 pounds of gold.

the loot

no candy, it's all about the beads

it's hard for the guys...one parade down

over all, it was a great weekend...next time, i will pack clothes.

this weather

stinks....yesterday: rain....i love rain but it was a hard nasty, humid rain...
today: overcast and humid as all get out, supposed to rain tonight and start to get cooler again.
then reinforcing cool fronts trough out the weekend...i hope it does not rain on us Saturday at the parades....*crossing fingers*

pigs and more PIGS

so cute! we attended the southwest Louisiana livestock show and rodeo on friday night. we got there hours early to see the show animals...i love looking at the pigs...the sheep and goats were taken home already

what ever day this is....

slack blogger: i managed to master all 5 of my guitar hero games on medium, now on to hard.
that's kewl! i think so anyways.

the deck will be finished next week. that is another kewl thing going on!

(oh, dad!it's 16x 24...)

i am really excited about it too. a place for some rocking chairs...and a beer cooler

23~gas?

look closely...gas? it was 31 degrees this morning..

22~oops

yes, i forgot about posting yesterday.sunday we went to the denny farm. edwina's puppies were out in full force. so cute!or course Lauren wants one, but nope, we have cookie.lol

21~ today

awe! look at that little girl!
now 34... happy bithday to me!

20~ this and that

a birthday card from my houston pal, mona....

i laughed at this mona! thanks a million.

hot cocoa time! this is my pig mug......cute, eh?

19~ pet peeve

phone etiquette!
if you call me i make it a point during my day to return all voice mails.
now if i call you , i am not calling to chit-chat, i am calling about business. if i leave you a meassage on a monday and you fail to call me back, i will call you back tuesday. If you fail to return my call i will call wednesday. now, with that ....clean out your freaking voice mails dude!
when i call you again, "sorry this mail box is full" ! i hate voice mails....


and a side note, yes sir i am calling you again today, and the next day, and the next day till talk to me or call me back, after three months of this, i will talk to you one day! ALEX!

18~ fog

totally bites, driving to work on a foggy morning....

day 16~ ode to a friend

every weekday morning i do the same thing;

update my blog and go check out a few message boards that i am a member of.

Yesterday morning, i did just that, updated my blog and headed over to the boards before the start of my day. but, yesterday i was in sadness, a Internet friend passed away, so sudden.

she was a true scrap booking cheerleader. she spent most of her time in the online gallery, commenting on layouts and in the general scrap booking forums and in the stumped scrappers.

she always had a wonderful eye for colors and textures. she enjoyed time in the Games section also, that's where she was mostly in the afternoon.

she had three wonderful children that she adored and loved deeply. a dear husband that we all prayed for that he would find that job he so loved.

you know, my family thinks i am crazy. i go to far off places for less then 48 hours to visit with these online "people". but you know what they are not just "People", they are friends.

the type of friends you can have for a lifetime. the type of friends that kinda love you unconditionally. yes, We fight and the drama starts, but we still rely on one another...

and to think, some of those online friends will be here in march...that's the awesome part.

so to you my FRIEND, janice N. may you rest in peace.

i pray that your children will mourn and rejoice in your life.

may your dear husband find some peace down the road,

God bless you Janice N. you will be missed.

everytime i see Orange, i wil think of you , sweet pal

day 15 ~ a birthday card

from the most lovely potti h in canada...i love patti's personality, it's just like mine!
thanks potti for the awesome card....

i did not see the "nuts" for about two minutes after i read the card...LMAO!

poor little guy!

day14 your songs

so thanks to lily from down south for a great topic today....what songs do you have on your ipod/MP3? well, mine is a hand me down from fred's neice....it works and i love it...thanks kelsey.

so here is a list of my artist :

wes hutchinson, the afters, the fray, hinder, jessica simpson, switchfoot, fergie, lifehouse,

gavin degraw, nickleback, crossfade, mark knopfler, edwin mccain, goo goo dolls,

justin timberlake, billy ocean, jimi hendrix, abba, fleetwood mac, kansas, heart, eminem,

europe, ike and tine turner, michael jackson, han halen, chris deburgh, paramore, alicia keys,

john denver, ottis redding, survivor, santana, ben e. king, bb king, gloria gaynor, TLC,

don henley, duran duran, del shannon, paul mccartney, the killers, natalie imbrugala,

the black ghost, george michael, ram jam, neil diamond, the charlie daniels band,

whitney houston, tears for fears, cream, elton john, weezer, murray head, johnny cash,

commodores, dolly partin, dean martin, issac hayes, tom jones, rick astley, huey lewis &news,

bobby brown, jim croce, bay city rollers, muse, bon jovi, alanis morisset, dead or alive, AC DC,

def lepard, beyonce, pink, cheap trick, eric johnson, fat domino, frankie valli, guns n roses,

zz top, erasure, rod stewart, steve perry, steve ray, aerosmith, lionel ritchie, hall and oats,

bonnie rait, elvis, wall flowers, carpenters, kenny loggins, pointer sisters, whitesnake, poison,

queen, billy joel, britney spears, irene cara, right said fred.

looking at this list...alittleof this and that...LOL

day 13 = %@^%@$%^#$^

yeah, i was a cussing' fool this morning...What Da hell?

yes, a flat tire on a cold morning.....
luckily, Freddie was off work and i called him at home...
but my this smooth pissed me off, i am at the gas station for 15 minutes, unloading the spare, jack and tire bar...standing out there and NOT ONE he-man stopped to ask to help....
what is this world commin' to?
any way, it's done. drove to the dealership to get another new tire.... and will have my wheels back by 10am....
but the good side, i got to drive mom's truck to work.....i need one of those