Metro New Orleans DISers - check in!!! - 03/2009

[shovan]

Morning Y'all,

Lorie, Did that tortoise shrink?! What a coincidence with the dress! That sure made for some great pic moments. Sienna just gets prettier & prettier.

Julie, Prayers for good health & wishes for a good trip!

Jenny, That accident is awful!

Jenny & Bethany, Kristina, I do think I'll have A on Monday. PM me with details please. Jenny, 10:00! Woo girl you are gonna make me work hard early in the morning!

Kat, Love the pics!

cajunmommy, Enjoy the strawberry farm, hope y'all don't freeze! DH brought home some Ponchatoula berries yesterday, so yummy!

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Sheryl- I'll PM you this evening. I realized I have about 1000 things to do on the computer tonight so I will be around lol.

So at work they were going to give me a smart board but then they gave it to somebody else. Reason given? "You are going to Louisiana." wth. And they told me in front of some of the kids. I had not said anything to them about the possibility of me not coming back. What a mess. Basically all the rooms in the school have one now except for mine. I'm not kidding. When I mentioned it to another teacher, her comment was "well, that's the way it should be." Whatever.

Only 6 hours left in the day. Woot! Then no kids tomorrow!

 

[Ms Marigny]

Hey y'all!

I had another Dr checkup this morning- all is well, I'm only measuring one week ahead now- thank goodness! That was scaring me a bit! In the meantime, DH took DD to the farmer's market and bought shrimp and the most deliciousstrawberries. I would have MUCH rather gone to the farmer's market than the Dr's office- stepping on that scale now is just depressing!

Kathy- What a cute couple! And she is gorgeous! I couldn't help but notice those super tall heels though- I'd kill myself in those! (gosh, I sound old now, don't I?) Was the picture taken in your yard? Such a pretty background...

Lorie- What a cool set of pics - same tortoise...no way! My gracious, she has grown. Too funny about the similar Gymbo dresses. OH, and not to be an enabler, but if you ever make it up this way, a Gymboree outlet opened last week at Tanger in Gonzales. I'm actually sad my boys are outgrowing their sizes. I'd usually only buy on clearance, but that stuf wore like iron!

I know, I couldn't believe it was the same tortoise! I recognized the petting zoo lady from last time and asked her if it was the same one- it is! She said they only have one big tortoise and his name is Tank.

Just a little FYI for ya. There is a new Gymboree OUTLET at Tanger in Gonzales.
I had a field day there last week. Very good prices!!

Woo hoo- Thanks for the Gymboree outlet info y'all! The prices at the outlet are way better than the regular stores- I may have to take a road trip out that way...

We leave for the airport right after Rie gets out of school. This morning, I'm off the have the ultrasound that will tell me if I need surgery. If y'all don't mind, would you say a prayer or send good wishes that the implants are ok? Thanks!!!!

Have a great trip! And sending well implant wishes your way!

We did have a big accident with about 5 of the parents .

One parent turned left into Global and didnt see a SUV coming in the other lane . The SUV hit the parent, flipped over it and hit 4 more cars all with parents in it. It was pretty bad, horrible for the people in the SUV but our parents came out for the most part ok. The people in the SUV were ejected, not sure of the status. Im really thankful our kids didnt see it, the buses had just turned in and so the kids missed the whole thing.

That sounds horrible! I'm glad the kids didn't see it at least- I know that would have been very traumatic!

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

We leave for the airport right after Rie gets out of school. This morning, I'm off the have the ultrasound that will tell me if I need surgery. If y'all don't mind, would you say a prayer or send good wishes that the implants are ok? Thanks!!!!

Have a wonderful trip and enjoy some of this nice weather. Prayers said Julie that everything is ok with the implants.

Lorie glad to hear everything looks good for you and the baby.

 

[TigerKat]

Hey y'all!

I had another Dr checkup this morning- all is well, I'm only measuring one week ahead now- thank goodness!

Kathy- What a cute couple! And she is gorgeous! I couldn't help but notice those super tall heels though- I'd kill myself in those! (gosh, I sound old now, don't I?) Was the picture taken in your yard? Such a pretty background...

Great news Lorie!

I said the same thing about her heels! No, my yard looks NOTHING like that. Those were taken at Mariah's house.

Not sure if y'all remember Lauren (FormrCastMbr) my BFF from the WFD thread. She's the one who was having her baby during our NOLA meet last month. She has popped in here occasionally, if you do remember her, I'm asking for prayers for her and her family. The family has decided to let her brother Charlie pass today. He has cancer and apparently last night the tumor burst and he's severely bleeding internally and is on a breathing tube.

 

[ilovejack02]

Woo hoo- Thanks for the Gymboree outlet info y'all! The prices at the outlet are way better than the regular stores- I may have to take a road trip out that way...;

Let me know when you come, Ill meet you and we can shop and do lunch.
There is a stride rite outlet too.. I LOVE it, I cant believe I used to pay full price for his shoes at the mall. I also have been known to hit the Gap outlet pretty hard for Jack too.

Tanger is ssoo much nicer than it used to be. Several upscale stores have moved in.

 

[Grumpy's Wife]

Oh Kathy that is so sad. Prayers said for your friend and her family.

 

[kmores]

Lori, she's darling!!!!!

Kat, your son is very handsome!!!

We leave for the airport right after Rie gets out of school. This morning, I'm off the have the ultrasound that will tell me if I need surgery. If y'all don't mind, would you say a prayer or send good wishes that the implants are ok? Thanks!!!!

have fun and prayers for you!

It was fun, I would like to go back. Oh my it was soo cold and windy!!! It was colder out there than at home.
Lots of the kids didnt have jackets, we had kids crying it was a mess. The place made a mint off of parents buying sweatshirts. All the parents were digging in cars for towels and blankets and extra clothes. I think we finally got all 100 of the kids dressed lol.

We did have a big accident with about 5 of the parents .

One parent turned left into Global and didnt see a SUV coming in the other lane . The SUV hit the parent, flipped over it and hit 4 more cars all with parents in it. It was pretty bad, horrible for the people in the SUV but our parents came out for the most part ok. The people in the SUV were ejected, not sure of the status. Im really thankful our kids didnt see it, the buses had just turned in and so the kids missed the whole thing.

YES btw.. Im just answering as a read LOL.

we are going to GWC 4/18 possibly...hope the parents are all ok as well as the non parent friends.

Great news Lorie!

I said the same thing about her heels! No, my yard looks NOTHING like that. Those were taken at Mariah's house.

Not sure if y'all remember Lauren (FormrCastMbr) my BFF from the WFD thread. She's the one who was having her baby during our NOLA meet last month. She has popped in here occasionally, if you do remember her, I'm asking for prayers for her and her family. The family has decided to let her brother Charlie pass today. He has cancer and apparently last night the tumor burst and he's severely bleeding internally and is on a breathing tube.

prayers for her too

 

[kmores]

well we got some surprise tickets for the Hannah Montana movie sneak preview or something tonite! so i am taking G and 2 of her friends...she knows we are going to A movie but not which one...and she would never dream this one cause it isn't out yet... her friend will blow the secret once she gets here though...hoe my head can handle it...still not feeling too good from earlier

ACK Bethany is going to be here TOMORROW!!!! woo hoo woo hoo!!!

 

[ilovejack02]

Kathy.. let Lauren know lots of prayers being said for her family.
Hugs for her!

 

[shovan]

Kat, Thanks for letting everyone know about Lauren. Please let her know our prayers are with her. It's so sad & I feel so bad for her.

Lorie, I'm game for a road trip to Tanger!

Jenny, Are you a go for Monday?

 

[arminnie]

Kathy - so sorry about Lauren's brother. It is a difficult situation. You'd give anything to get them back and yet nothing would be worth the torture to the sick person to hang on. I've been in a couple of situations like that with different relatives.

On a brighter note - the prom kids all look terrific. Really - they could be models.

As for the $5000 dinner - there were LOTS of drinks. No bar lines here and they seemed to be able to make anything. Lots of people passing around the really expensive little "bites" like shrimp.

We had some kind of "fou fou" salad and then our main course which was very, very good beef. I was getting full by this time and quit eating. Lots of wine on the table.

They dismissed us and I thought "What no dessert?" Well they had these dessert trays of wonderful stuff that was passed around. My favorite was the pieces of chocolate cake on a stick covered with toasted meringue.

I flew to DC from New Orleans and Bobby Jindal was on my plane - sitting in coach like everyone else. He spoke at the dinner that I went to. But I didn't get my dinner tickets from him or anyone else in LA.

I'll tell a story on myself. I went to an inauguration ball in this building a few years ago. I only had 2 drinks and could barely walk (and believe me I am used to drinking in nola.). I think each drink was about 8 ounces of gin. I did manage to get back to my hotel - but don't remember much of that night. I would barely touch any alcohol this go round. That building and their bartenders scare me.

My sister is leaving for Hawaii this Sunday on a 5:45 am flight. She will end up spending the day in LA waiting for her next flight but our nephew can probably come have brunch with her. Dad and I will drive about an hour and a half to my aunt's home. I love those cousins and their children and now a few greats.

I went to the dentist very early this morning. I stopped at the grocery store out his direction (new and big). It was like there had been an explosion of little old ladies. I thought this cannot be coincidence, and sure enough when I got outside there were 2 buses from senior homes in the parking lot.

I think it's funny to note the demographics of a grocery store. Today was definitely really old people's day. The grocery shop that I normally use in my neighborhood is predominantly middle and upper middle income blacks mostly in their 30s and 40s I'd guess.

Some of those old people were a bit scary - I thought we might have a mini-riot at the electric scooters.

 

[FloraFauna]

Kat, I will pray for Lauren. I feel so bad for that family

A few weeks ago, I was telling you about my daughter Erica and her math problems in school. We hired a tutor, and she has been to 2 sessions with her. This has helped a lot. The teacher put a problem on the chalkboard and Erica was the only kid who got the problem right, so the teacher gave her an extra point. I asked my daughter if the teacher was surprised, she said she didn't say anything. At least she got an extra point, and I am happy for that I think it has also built her confidence.

 

[TigerKat]

I haven't really read back but wanted to thank y'all for your prayers. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to call Lauren. The saddest part is that Charlie has a young daughter, I want to say 10 or 12. This has really hit me very hard.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I haven't really read back but wanted to thank y'all for your prayers. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to call Lauren. The saddest part is that Charlie has a young daughter, I want to say 10 or 12. This has really hit me very hard.

 

[Terry36]

Man I came home and napped on the couch for 2 hours. Whew I guess I was tired!

A few weeks ago, I was telling you about my daughter Erica and her math problems in school. We hired a tutor, and she has been to 2 sessions with her. This has helped a lot. The teacher put a problem on the chalkboard and Erica was the only kid who got the problem right, so the teacher gave her an extra point. I asked my daughter if the teacher was surprised, she said she didn't say anything. At least she got an extra point, and I am happy for that I think it has also built her confidence.

Good for Erica.

I haven't really read back but wanted to thank y'all for your prayers. I'm going to wait until tomorrow to call Lauren. The saddest part is that Charlie has a young daughter, I want to say 10 or 12. This has really hit me very hard.

to you, Lauren and her family!

 

[lori1043]

hey gals!

Kathy- the pics are gorgeous, they look sooo good. I agree with Lorie-no heels for me over an inch or maybe 2. I am a comfort gal. And when I was in HS, DH was the same height as me , so I couldn't wear heels!! He is now 5ft 5in, and I am 5 ft 2.5 inches. I guess we literally grew up together!

Lorie-Sienna is simply gorgeous! What changes!

Kathy, again- I am so sorry for you and your friends loss-what a sad thing, soo sooo sad.

Some of you know from FB that DH finally let DD9 get her hair cut off for Locks of Love. She has asked for years. 2 nights ago she wrote su each a note and left it on our pillows....asking fornus to let her donate her hair...so we complied...

pictures up soon. I gotta download them to photobucket first.

Lori

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Some of you know from FB that DH finally let DD9 get her hair cut off for Locks of Love. She has asked for years. 2 nights ago she wrote su each a note and left it on our pillows....asking fornus to let her donate her hair...so we complied...

She is beautiful on the INSIDE too!

Big THANK YOU to Google Maps for their fantabulous directions....

And wolf shared her garden a bit ago....here's mine...

 

[Terry36]

Bethany I luv your garden....you got a green thumb girl.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

Bethany I luv your garden....you got a green thumb girl.

Awww, thanks!

That plant on the right in the 2nd picture (with the yellow stripe on the pot) started out as one leaf. I had sold my car and was at my friend's house before she took me to the airport to fly out here when I moved around Memorial Day in 2005. I was sad to be leaving, and I grabbed one leaf from her plant, put it in a ziplok bag with a wet paper towel and now it's getting pretty big!