Side jobs…

Pulled from the TrashI know, I know…you are probably rolling your eyes just like my husband did and wondered “Why in the world would anyone want THAT?”   I seem to get a lot of those comments.  It really isn’t anything new to me.  It seems that I have always been a little odd and, according [...]

Journal Excerpt from Recent Philippines Mission Trip

                For all of my friends who asked how the trip went, here is a small excerpt from my journal.  More information to come. Day One – Bacolod City, Handumanan Village, Negros Occidental, Philippines Today Teena Orrola picked us up at the airport, it was nice to finally [...]

Thanks, thanks, thanks!

I would like to thank all of the different persons in Alexandria for all of their hard work in helping clean up Gustav’s mess!  Thanks to the City, law enforcement, utility companies in and out of state, AT&T, insurance companies, local churches, neighbors, etc.  You all did a great job!  Gustav devastated the area and [...]

Alexandria Business Highlight

812 3rd St Alexandria, LA 71301 (318) 619-9622 http://www.finnegansalex.com Finnegan’s Wake pub, co-owned by Shannon Nolan and Galen Bohannon, is a perfect example of what the buildings in downtown Alexandria can look like.  This building, beautifully redone and preserved, sits directly across the street from the once illustrious Bentley Hotel.  The inside is a sight to see [...]

Sarah Palin Myths

This is a good read.  I found it on another blog.  It is the researched facts about Sarah Palin.  Enjoy! Fact or Fiction about Sarah Palin Andrea

Gustav Clean Up in Alexandria Louisiana

Well, we chopped up the “beast” tree that completely covered my back yard.  It is good to have family members who own chainsaws.  All ya have to do is make one call and you have three people show up with chainsaws!  Boys and their toys.  Thanks Pops, Mom-in-law and Tay tay!  Here are the pictures [...]

Gustav Aftermath

Well, you see the picture below of the dumpster.  Here is the same picture, except with a pecan on it!  Lol. I have more detailed comments on my other blog at: www.cenlahistory.wordpress.com but here are some pictures of what our backyard looks like now.  If the dumpster were not there, my car and my brother’s [...]

Gustav Aftermath

Here are the pictures of the area around our house.  The power is back on!  Yay! We had power for a long time last night.  In fact, we felt like a beacon on a hill — everyone around us lost power around 7 or so, our lights shone bright until about 9:30.  I thought that [...]

One Pecan Down…

No sooner did I hit “enter” on that last post did one of the pecans come tumbling down.  It took out my car and my brother’s truck.  Luckily, we had that large dumpster in the backyard and it took most of the brunt.  If it would not have been there, my dad’s Blazer would have [...]

Gustav and Cenla

Well, instead of working on the long list of house projects, I am sitting indoors, watching the weather and hoping that the two very old pecan trees that are in very close proximity to my bedroom, do not collapse on my house!  We had the above dumpster delivered so we could start demo on the [...]