NOLA Navy Week: Enjoy & Volunteer

March 15, 2012

Huge huge huge event coming up in New Orleans. NOLA Navy Week is coming up April 17-22nd – WOOT WOOT!!!!. Tall ships, Blue Angels and more – this is pure awesomeness if you ask me! In April, 2012, New Orleans will host the United States Navy and the 47th Operation Sail event. We are the [...]

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New Orleans: VA Building Homeless Center

March 5, 2012

According too this WWL article and this Republic article, The Veterans Administration is spending 6 million dollars to build a homeless center in the new VA Hospital in New Orleans. Yes, homelessness among our veterans from older and now younger generations is indeed a problem that needs to be eradicated. From The Republic: Southeast Louisiana [...]

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SNL: Real Housewives of Disney

March 4, 2012

I’m a huge real housewives addict – my guilty pleasure. Saturday Night Live’s Real Housewives of Disney skit had me laughing hysterically. Lindsay Lohan was even good in this one. One of their best skits in a long time! Join Jasmine, Belle, Cinderella, Snow White and Rapunzel for hilarity!

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Universal Studios Vacation: Mardi Gras Break

February 23, 2012

I have to admit, that in this family of 5, nobody likes Mardi Gras more than me. I would be at a parade every day if my family agreed. Now, we had already been to several parades when my hubby suggested we head out of town for a few days and skip the final weekend [...]

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Good Deeds: Leftover Gift Cards

February 16, 2012

When I saw the trailer for Tyler Perry’s Good Deeds, which releases on February 24th, I could tell it was a nice “warm fuzzy” story. From time to time we all need a wake up reminder how wonderful life is and how important it is to give back. I was contacted by their PR company [...]

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Getting Ready for Mardi Gras

January 27, 2012

I can’t believe this is going to be my 6th Mardi Gras season here. We just re-financed out home, and “permanent resident of the greater New Orleans area” has a nice ring to it! Coming out of my fog from my dad passing, I realize I have so much to do to get ready for [...]

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Caregiver Void

January 20, 2012

Caregiver: a person who provides direct care (as for children, elderly people, or the chronically ill) Void: an empty space; emptiness My father passed away peacefully in his sleep on January 8th, 2012 as a direct result of Alzheimer’s Disease. For the 6 months leading up to his death, we took him into our home [...]

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Mensch

January 13, 2012

Not sure how it happened, but somehow my entire life I have been blessed to be in the presence of many men who could unequivocally be called a “Mensch.” So…what is a Mensch you might ask? Jewish Healing pretty much sums it up by saying: A mensch literally means “a person” in Yiddish, but figuratively [...]

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Memories Linger On Forever

January 9, 2012

For the past 6 months, I, along with my loving husband and 3 wonderful children, had the honor of caring for my father, Sherman Marcus on the final leg of his life journey. Alzheimer’s Disease is difficult, but we all made the best of it each and every day, spending quality time with him, smiling [...]

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Hospice, Dying and Smiles

January 5, 2012

We are all going to die – how, where, why and when are the unknown we live with from day to day. Dying naturally does not have to be depressing, sad maybe (if you choose to see it that way)…but not depressing. This is why we are reminded over and over throughout our life to [...]

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