The Move

Jeff & I drove from NOLA to Phoenix last Thursday...got here Friday night. Packing up the house & still trying to get to see all the kids & grandkids, not so easy lol. Packed all day Sat. & rearranged the sheds so all our stuff thats not going to NOLA has some place to go that I don't have to pay for :-) Jeff & Dani helped some....but really most of it I had to do. Neither one of them knows what I want & or need to take lol they'd just mess it up & then I'd have to do it anyway! We're done now & ready to head back, but I'm sick today & have no wish to travel that way :-).

So we got to see all the kids....OK not Tom & Diane (bummer).......& all the grand kids *great big smile* Corrine came down to visit & we went to Teri's for dinner on Monday, was great...got to visit & play with grand kids. Dinner was good too! Jeff & Jo took Mikey out to see the Harley & next thing ya know all the kid are out there & want to sit on it :-) Everyone got a turn....Mikey loved it, going vroooom vrooom lol, Madi thought it was great till it started :-(, Carter, Landon, then Craig....Everyone had fun...Was sweet to watch all the little ones with Pops & his bike, kinda made me think of my dad with all my girls & his bike...how much they loved spending time with him. Got some good photos , will post them later.

Tuesday Corrine went home...I love seeing my sister!!! More packing *ugggg*

Wednesday was more packing & Landon's baseball game....Was a great game! & a great time spent with the kids, Jo came with Ree & Ryan too!! Gave the boys the footballs, Madi her tutu, Ree her pearls...got to visit more with the girls & even Deb :-) Jeff took Craig & Landon for a ride on the bike....looked like they loved it. Just like their momma did!

Thursday....more packing I think I'm getting close to done woohoo. Trisha came over after her DR.s appt. We went out to lunch & had a real good visit!

Friday sooo busy, last of packing, get the truck license transferred for the lady who bought it, baseball game for Craig, Jo's for dinner after!!!

Got up sick this am so Jeff did last min packing into shed...cleaned carpet....I went back to bed. Got up w/ headache double uggggg! just finished loading up the trailer & gonna be on the way home soon....Really looking forward to it! I miss the kids, grand kids, & friends...but really love NOLA.

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras has been one heck of a great experience so far....The parades are awesome, some of those floats are super elaborate, and so are the outfits. Business has been real busy too, which I always love lol. Jeff & I went to the Saints Victory Parade last Tue night, about froze to death, but it was super cool to see the whole city out for their "boys"...I have watched the people here for years & since Katrina it's been all about being victims, & how they survived the 'storm' , Sadness & hardship was all over their faces....since the Saints started winning & they knew they had a chance at Super Bowl, faces started changing....no longer were they the victims, now they are winners cause of 'the Boys'. I think this city needed something great to happen to it just to get over being victims of a storm from hell. So many people lost so much & now it's all about what they have & were they are going......all because of a winning football team!!! Amassing what can & will make people look at things in a different way!!! I love the fact that these people, who are so friendly & will take you into their lives & give everyone a chance & have had such a hard time these last years, finally coming out of it emotionally.
They still need help rebuilding, but now they all seem to have tons of hope, which seemed to me to be lacking for alot of them. I also love that I was here to see this awesome change to NOLA & her people!!

For us it means parades & never seeing Brenna....21, first Mardi Gras, boys chasing her everywhere....no wonder we never see her lol....maybe after Mardi Gras is over lol. Even Jeff likes the parades & beads....OK honestly he likes the parades & the women flashing to get beads from the balconies..PIG lol. We went to the French Market to day & he pigged out on New Orleans food while I shopped woohoo for both of us...

Business has been nuts, work all day on Bourbon...tons of customers. Then over to Royal to work till midnight...also with tons of customers...Mardi Gras is good for the wallet :-)
It's all over on Wed. so life should get back to what New Orleans considers normal...abbynormal lol.

Saints nuns....


Jeff giving some little girl a lift so she could see the floats going by.....

Long time no Post

Been a long time since I posted...Been real busy working & trying to establish myself here in New Orleans, the city is full of good readers & standing out is not an easy thing. But some how in the last few months I have managed to do so....

Last week the store I work at on Royal got a call from a 5 star hotels conceeair ( & yes I know I spelled that wrong) about me! Wanting to know what kind of readings I do, how much I charge & availability!! Apparently I had read for 1 of their guest who then went back & raved about the reading (woohoo) & wanting to have someone to send other guest to they thought they should get the whole scoop from Damon! Travis ( the Conceeair) also called & spoke to me after talking to Damon & since then I have been super busy.....Travis also spoke to other hotels & sent them to talk to me today at the store I work at on Bourbon.....again WOOHOOO!!!! This is a very good thing business wise, especially in a town full of people who do what I do!!!!! I think I'm the only person in New Orleans who reads faces so that's a real big plus too, I can offer something that no one else has. The only draw back so far has been 3 days running of double shifts! I have got to make sure I take at least 1 day off & stick to it no matter what! But I'm having fun & this is kinda good for the ego LOL.

Walking alot here...most everywhere actually. I'm not loosing any more weight but firming up alot now! Had to buy new boot as I wore one pair out in the last 3 months LOL. Any excuse to get new clothes or shoes is a good thing I think ;-) The Pugs have all gotten in better shape too...even Lily has lost weight lol.

Brenna's getting her GED & looking for a job. Hard to find one of those no matter where you are & for someone with on experience it's even harder but she'll get one sooner or later & in the mean time t least she's trying! She's making new friends & getting out of her shell & that's a real good thing!!

Jeff's doing Physical Therapy & hating it, but it's helping him so he keeps going. The weather is finally starting to warm up so may be he can start going fishing soon & that will surly make him much happier lol. In the mean time he plays poker on line, walks the pugs, comes & sees me at work & sometimes even cooks dinner lol.

Soooo Thats how things are going right now in NOLA....Hows things in your world?