After a five week gap with no true home games, the Saints return to the Dome for a Monday night game against the Green Bay Packers. (Note to NFL front office asshats: Playing in London, England does not count as a home game to the hometown fans ( Read more... )

weelisa asked for Christmas content. She's got it!

Now which of these adorable purses should I take shopping on the day after Thanksgiving? Juannie bought them for me.


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My mom and I went to the Audubon Insectarium in downtown New Orleans on Thursday afternoon. We took lots of pictures in the Butterflies In Flight exhibit. We could have stayed in there all day except that it was very warm to keep the tropical denizens happy.

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That's what Juannie said to me when we woke up on Wednesday morning ( Read more... )

The time changes in most states in the US. We get an extra hour of sleep.

I am fighting extreme nervousness as I wait for Tuesday's election to finally happen. I am hopeful that we will spring forward as a nation after 8 years of backwardness.


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There is a group of egrets that live right behind my house. They are so majestic. I'm always happy to see them in the evenings when I walk Bess and Rocky.


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I've always known these lovely ladies as Banana Spiders. The males are very small and nondescript compared to their more sizable and colorful mates. The official name for them is golden silk orb-weaver. We made friends with many of them on our trip to Red Creek in Mississippi. This was the largest of the bevy of beauties we encountered.

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This anole was trying to avoid the insidious backyard paparazzi but I'm too quick with the click.


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