Cenla Focus – About Town

About Town Andrea and Donna I am off for the summer, but I came in to work while Vivian is at Grandma’s house, to help out my employer.   I was flipping through the Cenla Focus and saw my picture…hahaha.  This totally cracked me up.  I knew the photographer was buzzing around but I didn’t know [...]

Smart Couponing

1,100 boxes of cereal? 20 jars of pickles?  Who needs all that?  To hoard it?  To give it away?  Neither of these are good reasons to spend 6 hours of my precious time planning for a strategic strike.  Multiple transactions?  NO WAY!  Not only would that make me grumpy, it would make the sales clerk [...]

Easter Pictures 2011

This is definitely one of the best times to have an old house…iron fences, columns and nice backgrounds galore for pictures. Vivian took all of the pictures of me and Steven.  She did a great job.  She is going to be a great little photographer when she grows up.   She is reading this as [...]

“House of the Leaning Pole”

Has a certain ring to it!  We have kicked around ideas for a good name for our house.  We have also thought about renaming our house versus naming it by last name of the original owner.  BUT, I think “House of the Leaning Pole” is definitely descriptive. Everyone knows where my house is…its the one [...]

All is right again….

You might remember my post about suffering a shock from receiving a $4,700 utility bill which, thankfully, turned out to be a clerical error.  This  month I suffered an equal shock by receiving a $110 utility bill which was NOT a clerical error!  Thank God!  Such extremes!  Hehe…. The $110 utility bill is not very [...]

Alexandria’s Natural Wonder!

I bet none of you knew about one of the greatest natural wonders in Alexandria!  This natural phenomenon occurs about 3 times a year and is quite consistent.  What am I talking about?  A water geyser!  Of course! Friday I arrived home and received a knock on my door from the mailman who told me [...]

Spring is in the air!

Oh my….this is usually the time of year that I dust my blog off and then tackle about 10 projects at the same time.    This year is no exception.  I have accepted the nomination of Vice President of the Historical Association of Central Louisiana.  Thank you for your faith in me.  Among some of [...]

Antique Show in CENLA!!! April 8 and 9!

There will also be a showing of our local vendors with their goods for perusal and sale.  Please support this event! Andrea

Things you never see in Central Louisiana

1. Icicles 2. Ice (unless its in a tall glass of tea) 3. Frozen trees Its cold!  Ok all you Northerners…stop laughing at my post!    I want summer…I want the beach…I want to go to Mexico on a cruise!!!!!!!!! Andrea

Things to do in Cenla

I am sitting here at work, on a very cold day, surrounded by several space and gas heaters and what comes in the mail?  The City of Alexandria’s three month event calendar.  I was considerably cheered when I read the events which will commence from now through March.  My favorite picks (the ones I circled [...]