Happy Mardi Gras! Obviously this Jewish girl doesn’t even live in Louisiana anymore, so Mardi Gras doesn’t mean much to me now. But Athena and Abram came over last weekend, and we started reminiscing about the children’s parade in our hometown, and it was enough to make me feel nostalgic. Grandma and Aunt Carla used to take all the local grandkids ( Read more... )

I'm probably too old to still be making New Year's resolutions, and usually I don't, but I did make one for 2016. It was to stop using my phone in bed - they've done a ton of studies on how this is Very Bad for you - and so far, I've mostly stuck to it! I usually check my phone one last time before getting into bed, but once I'm actually in bed, I ( Read more... )

Can you believe Rebecca went to two Mardi Gras parades this weekend? I hadn't been to one since 2007! I actually almost went to three, but I got the time wrong on the dog parade on Saturday and most of it was over when I arrived. The atmosphere there was kinda crazy, and I also made the huge mistake of driving instead of biking, and parking was a ( Read more... )

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I had a very quiet weekend here. On Sunday, I went over to JC & Co's and copied some songs from their iTunes library. Mine is now back up to 172 songs, down from the about 600 I had before the virus hit. I did not participate in any of the Mardi Gras festivities. I've never been a big fan of that holiday, but today the weather was so nice and warm ( Read more... )

Mardi Gras isn't a holiday that Sara and I are big fans of. We both work on the parade route, so we have problems with traffic and unruly parade-goers wanting to use the restrooms. Fortunately we were both off for Fat Tuesday yesterday, so we skipped the insanity, stayed inside, and ordered pizza. It literally rained on the parade here, but I could ( Read more... )

Today is the last Friday before Mardi Gras, but while driving down the main street this afternoon en route to the bank, I still wondered why all the stores and businesses were putting barriers up in their parking lots. It didn't click until I was sitting in temple, and the lay leader announced that we would have an abbreviated service (Yeah right. ( Read more... )

A Mardi Gras parade rolled right by where I work on Friday, but there wasn't a big crowd out for it, which gives you an idea of how cold the weather has been here. (When people in Louisiana don't show up for a Mardi Gras parade, that's cold.) And when I walked Sable after I got off work, steam rose up from his pee! I spent that evening at Grandma's ( Read more... )

We kept the pilot light in our heater on all winter (my uncle had to show me how to light it three times before I finally got the hang of it), and a few days ago, I blew it out, thinking the cold weather was over for good. Of course that very night, the temperature suddenly dropped, and the next morning our apartment was chilly and I had to turn ( Read more... )

Well, Rebecca is spending Mardi Gras in France this year, and she celebrated it by doing... nothing. I did a lesson on it with my students about it, but for some reason, the students I had today (who are usually very good) were rather apathetic and uninterested - probably because this is the last week before the February vacation. I'm hoping to ( Read more... )