Cool! I won!

One of the items I bought a chance on for $5.00 at the St. Jude auction was a year's membership at The Grove golf course, which is about 7 miles north of me. I have sort of stopped playing golf because I got spoiled in Texas when I lived across the street from the country club where I was a member. I guess I will have to play some this year since I have a membership now. It would be a shame to waste it. I don't even know what its value is.

I can't stop!

Last year at the local St. Jude auction, I won a $750 video camera on a $5 ticket. Naturally, this year I have bought $325 worth of chances for all kinds of good things. Except for the $100 chance on a car, all the others are $5 or $10. I could possibly win a nordic track, a year's golf membership, John Deere mower, golf cart, utility cart, generator, touch screen computer, camera, 4 wheeler......lots of excellent stuff has been donated for this cause. I'm hoping for more good luck this year. I don't mind spending money on this because St. Jude is my favorite charity. Last year we raised more than 3/4 of a million dollars. That's unheard of for a town this size.

Praise God!

I took Dad back to the oncologist today after having a 6 week break. His lung x-ray is still showing nothing new...no reason to get a CT scan. Doc is very happy and really feels like he did some good with Dad's treatment. He really did. Dad calls it a miracle. We don't have to go back for 7 weeks.

An open letter....

 

Dear Al Gore,

Today it snowed in the United Arab Emirates for the second time in recorded history. WTH!

We partied like a rock star!

Once again the Mardi Gras Ball was a huge success. We had 425 folks RSVP to come and I think they all came. Today, after going to see about Mom and Dad, I came home and cooked cabbage, squash and cornbread. Good stuff. It's a good thing I like it since the Januvia isn't working to keep my blood glucose in check. I'm going to keep taking it until my samples run out and see if it eventually kicks in, but so far, I'm not impressed.

Busy, long day!

Today was decorating day for the Mardi Gras Ball and since I have a friend who is royalty this year, I was at the site by 9 this morning. She has 5 tables and we had to get all these tables decorated, which is monumental. Mardi Gras Ball tables have crap all over them..all sorts of trinkets at each seat. It's gawdy, but it looks pretty at night. The ball is tomorrow night. I don't really like this fru-fru part of Mardi Gras. I'm in it for the parades and casual parties.

More meds!

I hate taking medicine, but today I got yet another one added. My doc added Januvia to the metformin that I already take 4 of every day. He did give me some samples to try and if they help to rein in my blood sugar, then he will prescribe a med that is a combination of these two in one pill. I hope it works well because taking less pills would make me happy..

Just a thought: Why is gas still going up while a barrel of oil continues to drop?

Just another thought: I would bet money that the people who were covering every square inch of the national mall left their trash everywhere, but we won't hear about that!!

I love a good book!

Lately, I have been frustrated with my reading. First, I failed at finishing The Shack. It was just too "out there" and I lost interest about half way through. Still haven't finished. Maybe someday....

Next, I was intrigued with all the hoopla over the Twilight books, so I bought the first one. Read about 2/3rds of it, but just haven't picked it up to finish it. Once again, it was just too "out there" with the vampire thing.

Now, I am reading Bold Fresh Piece of Humanity. Now, this one I will probably finish. I like true books.

WooHoo!

Today I had my first eye exam in about 3 years only because my primary care physician's office made the appointment for me. As a diabetic, I am supposed to have one every year! I have 20/20 vision (because I had a CK procedure 3 years ago), there is no retina damage from diabetes and I have just the slightest beginnings of a cataract, which is very common. I'm happy with this report.

Cold week!

Where the hell is Al Gore when we need him? I'm guessing he's hiding under his desk in denial. Global warming is such a farce....totally fabricated by some morons who just believe whatever the left tells them. History shows that the Earth's temperature varies naturally. Right now, I'll bet it would be hard to find anyone in the US who isn't experiencing record breaking cold temps right now. Tomorrow, we get ours. I would be happy with some snow, but there is no moisture in the atmosphere. I went to the grocery store for Mom today, so she can just stay inside for the next few days.

Monday, I worked in Mom and Dad's yard all day mulching leaves. It was a beautiful day and down below all those leaves was pretty green grass. It will die now, but it was pretty.

Tonight I am going to help work on making palm trees for our Mardi Gras Ball, which is next Friday. I'm not one of the ones who gets a room at the hotel and drinks all night, but those who do have a great time. I may have a couple of drinks, but not enough for any impairment. Those days are soooooo over!

Let the good times roll!

Yesterday was our first parade that we rolled in, but we only took the small children's float. We unveil our big float in our local Minden parade and that's not until Feb. 7th. We left at 9 and got back home at 5, so it was a long day, but a fun day. When we got there and started hanging our beads in the float, it was really cold and unconfortable, but by the time we rolled at 1 the sun was out and the weather was perfect. We also discovered a well kept secret in Shreveport, a hole in the wall restaurant called Herby-K's. Best hamburger and REAL onion rings I have eaten in a very long time.

I hate shopping!

Who knew that buying a watch could be so difficult? I guess I am rather picky, but I have three watches and two of them died. I have an expensive Croton brand that I have had 20 years. It's my dressy watch and I haven't even taken it to see how much it would cost to fix it. Another is a Guess moderately expensive watch that I did take to see how much it would cost and it wasn't worth fixing. The cost would have been too much for a 20 year old watch. My other one is a $25 pink watch and it runs fine, but it just doesn't match much. I thought I could find a cheap watch that would fit loosely and had a big face with numbers easy to read! Didn't happen! I finally bought these two at the Fossil Outlet store.

The food gods smiled today!

Yesterday morning, before the monsoons, I went to Mom's and picked collard greens. Today she cooked them, fried cornbread, made sweet potatoes, and I cooked a pork tenderloin to add to the feast. That was soul food at its best. Tonight I found some Zummo's boudain, cooked and packaged back in my old stomping grounds in Texas, and it was awesome. North Louisiana knows nothing about boudain, so to me that was a treasure. Now I am topping it all off with Dreyers vanilla bean ice cream topped with chocolate syrup!

I deserved all that goodness because all the in between time was spent gathering income tax stuff. I had lots of charitable contributions and a really lot of out of pocket medical expenses. I sure hope they help!

It's Mardi Gras time!

Tonight opens the Mardi Gras season and what am I doing? NOTHING! I am just too lazy to go to 12th night which is the official opening....well, after the opening mass they had this morning. Twelfth Night is when all the royalty from all the krewes is introduced. It's Mardi Gras informal attire, which means our decorated tux jackets and blue jeans. It was 82 degrees here today, which just makes me mad! I like cold weather during Mardi Gras season plus it's freakin' January.....it's supposed to be COLD! This is our logo this year. I love it!