Life

Well, haven't posted in a while and I'm sure not too many look at this. Online journal that while it's out here it's not widely read.

The election outcome was what I was hoping for. Finally we can start to repair our image to the rest of the world. I have hope for the country again. :)

Well Crossroads with Def Leppard and Taylor Swift premiered Friday. That was awesome to watch. When I first heard about them collaborating I kind of cocked my head to the side and said, huh...I'll have to see that. Man it was so awesome. I love it when country and pop/rock get together and it's done right. I don't know too much Def Leppard because I was rather young when they were out, but who doesn't know Pour Some Sugar on Me?? That's one of the best hair band rock songs of all time in my book. :-D All the versions of Taylor's songs on there were fantastic. It elevated them to another level I think. Particularly them doing Should've Said No and then it leading into Pour Some Sugar on Me! If you can catch it...DO IT! It is absolutely killer!

http://www.cmt.com/videos/shows/cmt-crossroads/316192/cmt-crossroads-def-leppard-and-taylor-swift-6-shouldve-said-no-and-pour-some-sugar-on-me.jhtml?id=1598841

A Letter to the Red States...

Dear Red States,

We've decided we're leaving. We intend to form our own country, and
we're taking the other Blue States with us. In case you aren't aware,
that includes California, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Minnesota,
Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois and all the Northeast. We believe
this split will be beneficial to the nation, and especially to the
people of the new country of New California.

To sum up briefly: You get Texas, Oklahoma and all the slave
states. We get stem cell research and the best beaches. We get the
Statue of Liberty. You get Dollywood. We get Intel and Microsoft. You
get WorldCom. We get Harvard. You get Ole' Miss. We get 85 percent of
America's venture capital and entrepreneurs. You get Alabama. We
get two-thirds of the tax revenue, you get to make the red states pay
their fair share.

Since our aggregate divorce rate is 22 percent lower than the
Christian Coalition's, we get a bunch of happy families. You get a
bunch of single moms. Please be aware that Nuevo California will be
pro-choice and anti-war, and we're going to want all our citizens
back from Iraq at once. If you need people to fight, ask your
evangelicals. They have kids they're apparently willing to send to
their deaths for no purpose, and they don't care if you don't show
pictures of their children's caskets coming home. We do wish you
success in Iraq , and hope that the WMDs turn up, but we're not
willing to spend our resources in Bush's Quagmire.

With the Blue States in hand, we will have firm control of 80 percent
of the country's fresh water, more than 90 percent of the pineapple
and lettuce, 92 percent of the nation's fresh fruit, 95 percent of
America's quality wines (you can serve French wines at state dinners)
90 percent of all cheese, 90 percent of the high tech industry, most
of the U.S. low-sulfur coal, all living redwoods, sequoias and
condors, all the Ivy and Seven Sister schools plus Stanford, Cal
Tech and MIT. With the Red States, on the other hand, you will have to
cope with 88 percent of all obese Americans (and their projected
health care costs), 92 percent of all U.S. mosquitoes, nearly 100
percent of the tornadoes, 90 percent of the hurricanes, 99 percent
of all Southern Baptists, virtually 100 percent of all
televangelists, Rush Limbaugh, Bob Jones University, Clemson and the
Universityof Georgia. We get Hollywood and Yosemite, thank you.

Additionally, 38 percent of those in the Red states believe Jonah was
actually swallowed by a whale, 62 percent believe life is sacred
unless we're discussing the death penalty or gun laws, 44 percent
say that evolution is only a theory, 53 percent that Saddam was
involved in 9/11 and 61 percent of you crazy jerks believe you
are people with higher morals then we lefties.

Peace out,
Blue States

(The secession starts as soon as we win on Nov. 4th, and there is no truth to
the rumor that we need Todd Palin to tell us how to pull it off!)

Politics

John McCain is such a DOOOOOF! And Sarah Palin is quite simply out of her league...completely!

Ok...that's all for now! :-D

Obama in '08!

Oliver

Well, tomorrow our little man Oliver graduates from his puppy school class. I know it's corny, but he's done well and I'm proud of him. hah! I know, he's a dog, but the little guy is like our child. He probably has no idea how good he's got it...yup...we're totally wrapped. He's going Sunday to get his haircut. I'll be so glad for him to have a haircut. I always want to keep him clean and crisp looking...right now he's really shaggy. We played out in the yard this past weekend and I got some updated pics of him:



Well, that's all for now. I actually have to do some work here...yeah I know...boooo :( oh well, I do get paid to do stuff. heh :-)

The republican party is nothing more than a group of hypocrites that want nothing more than fame and power. They have no real desire to "change" this country. I've never really supported the republican party, mostly in part because I was raised in a very democratic household. As I left home and after I got married, I really became more of an independent when it comes to politics. I definitely lean more democratically, but I'm not a die hard democrat. There have been democratic candidates that have irked and upset me just like republican candidates. However this year, it is my firm belief that this country needs change. Many people my entire life have said "our children are our future". Indeed I believe that to be true and the future of this country needs change the way things are fundamentally done. It's very clear by the last 8 years that we have dug ourselves in a hole that we cannot get out of, or if we can, certainly not quickly or easily.

After hearing John McCain's speech last night, it reconfirmed what I've felt all week about the republican party. While McCain didn't take as many slices at Obama as his colleagues did earlier in the week, he did make slices...and I quote:

"I'm not running for president because I think I'm blessed with such personal greatness that history has anointed me to save our country in its hour of need."

News flash McCain, in case you haven't noticed, you are BEHIND in the polls and taking backhanded slices at your opponent who has done NOTHING to presume he was entitled to the democratic nomination isn't going to help your case.

However, let me move on to the more infuriating things this week that have really prompted me to post this blog. Let me just start by saying that Governor Palin made a great comparison during her speech Wednesday night. And I quote: "The only difference between a hockey mom and a pitt bull is lipstick". She's certainly right that she's a female pitt bull...and hopefully you'll get what I'm implying here...if not, she certainly has already earned her reputation in my mind as being a bitch. Governor Palin is extremely strong on "Family Values" and abstinence. In my personal opinion, I think teaching only abstinence in schools is foolish. I support teaching abstinence to kids, however if you educate kids on sex, the number of STD's and unwanted pregnancies will reduce. I don't think you are doing your children a service by just telling them not to have sex. This makes me think of the phrase "give a man a fish and he eat for a day. teach a man to fish, he eat for a lifetime". Educating an individual on anything sex or whatever it may be will make them better off in the long run in my opinion. Secondly, the fact that her 17 year old unwed daughter is pregnant does not bother me. As many have said, things happen. I understand this. What has upset me greatly is these right winged conservative higher than mighty people have seemed to embrace, welcome her and her family with open arms. I think we all know that the extreme right wing conservative indivduals would completely rip anyone else to shreds if this were their child. I can say without a doubt had this been one of senator Obama's daughters, they would have completely raked Senator Obama and his entire family over the coals and burnt them beyond all recognition. Yet, instead with Gov. Palin and her family, suddenly "it's ok" and they "understand" that things happen. What a load of BS this is. Roland Martin, contributor to CNN made a great statement:

"She is a teenager who chose to have pre-marital sex, which I thought many of these same evangelicals deplored based on biblical reasons."

"it's clear that abstinence-only didn't work in her own household. So, should she and her supporters re-examine their position."

And lastly going back to Gov. Palin's 'strong family values', seems to me with strong family values that means that you put your family first above all else. That being the case, it seems to me that having FIVE children, one of them being an infant, and on top of that and infant with special needs, you would make them your primary focus. In my opinion accepting the offer for vice presidential candidate is placing your carrer before your family. I'm certainly not an individual that thinks women have no place outside the home. I'm all for women working, but if you choose to have a family, or even if you don't, a person with strong family values I would think would devote as much time as humanly possible to her children, even if that ment sacrificing something in your career. Secondly to this, to knowingly put your daughter through intense media scrutiny, certainly doesn't seem to be putting your family first. Gov. Palin knew she along with her daughter would be completely mauled by the media over this. As an individual not knowing the details of things, just an outsider looking in, it doesn't seem to me she had any regard for her daughter with this decision. Her daughter is now the poster child for unwanted pregnancies.

My friend Chuck summed up my feelings about the republican ticket this election year and their convention...

1. If having served in an executive office counts toward experience to be President of the United States, then Sara Palin has more experience than McCain, Obama, and Biden put together.

2. I have to admit that I am amused by the speeches during the Republican convention about change and reform since their party has been the party in power for most of the past 8 years.

3. Continuing this train of thought I've also heard a lot of talk during the Republican convention about how the Democrats "spend spend spend" yet in the past eight years we have huge deficits where once we had a budget surplus achieved under a Democratic administration (I will add that to achieve this, Clinton and Gingrich were able to work together).

4. In her speech tonight, Palin mentioned how Harry Truman did not have a lot of experience when he ran for Vice-President. True, he was only a Senator, he had never held executive office.

5. I need to hear more about this, but in her speech, Palin stated that she rejected federal money for the "Bridge to Nowhere", when in fact she did accept it. An earmark project due to the Republican Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens.

6. It has been said in several speeches that McCain is his own man, yet he has changed on several positions like offshore drilling. McCain who was once the maverick has embraced the core values of the Republican party, some of the values he used to stand against.

7. I find it hilarious that neither Bush nor Cheney are at the convention. It is funny the same people who cheered for Bush on his satellite speech, are cheering for the reform from the very policies he has initiated (except for the tax breaks, they won't reform that).

Yes, we all know the republicans believe that if they give big businesses that they will so honestly and fairly pass those breaks onto the consumer...BAHH!!! yeah right...that's the biggest load of BS if I ever heard such.

8. Just because Alaska borders Russia, does not give the governor of Alaska "foreign policy experience".

9. Being commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard does not mean that the governor commands the troops in Iraq, once a unit is activated it becomes federal (as in Iraq, not in a state natural disaster situation).

I'll close with this. John McCain's record speaks for itself. If your enjoying the hell hole the economy and overall this country has become, then cast your vote on Nov. 4th for him. He's your man.

The goings on

Well, it's been almost an entire month since I've posted. Eh, I'm not sure there are too many people reading this though...so I wasn't too worried. lol. Though life's been busy this last month. Jer's business is booming and we're gonna actually have a garage soon!! :) It's strange how it came about, but I'm banking that how things occured is a blessing in disguise. :) I won't know what to do with a garage. Maybe store my lawn mower in it and keep it charged all the time, that way when the lawn needs mowing, I don't have to make sure I plan to charge it and whatnot.

Well, Oliver is growing like a weed!!



He's still small, relatively speaking, but much bigger since we got him. He's pushing 6lbs now. He still thinks that midnight is a great time to want to play with mom and dad. ::sigh:: he's a little fella and doesn't know what night time is. I never imagined I'd love this little guy this much, but he really is like my child. I know, it's silly, but he is. Petsmart is one of my new favorite places. lol!!

Well, I went to a new hair dresser and went in just thinking I'd get the split ends trimmed, but I took a plunge and let her do what she thought would look best on my hair and I got it cut shorter. She didn't do a bad job on it, I just now know for sure I like long hair. :) It actually takes me longer to get ready now cause there's more layers to fix and whatnot. It was probably good for my hair to loose some of the length so it can grow back healthy, but I do miss the length. Here's what it looks like most of the time:



Well, that's about the extent of what's been going on in the Clos house lately. :-)

Greetings from the beach

wow...I can TOTALLY get behind this kind of relaxation. I'm here at Atlantic Beach taking in the sea salty air and loving every minute. I've really discovered I like fishing...with the exception of actually having to take the fish off the line once you've caught it. hah!



The house we rented has a dock and we've done some fishing and crabbing. :)



It's so relaxing to sit out there with the pole in your hand and iPod going with some good music...or even without the iPod. It's so quiet and peaceful. Speaking of my iPod...I was able to get and load the new Sugarland CD in it before I left. Man, I'm REALLY loving this new disc of theirs. Jennifer kept talking about how 'organic' it was and I see what she ment now. It's a bit of a different sound, but not that different from their previous stuff. It's quite nice. So back to the vacation, so far we've caught a few crabs, but only 1 was a keeper. hah. Wow, I just looked up at the sky and it's so pretty. ::sigh:: well time to go enjoy more of this great weather and relaxation!! More pics:

Beautiful Eyes

Ok.  So Taylor has a new disc dropping tuesday: Beautiful Eyes.  it's re-releasing some new versions of old songs and also has 2 new songs.  Check a preview of it out below!  I love Taylor and maybe you will too :)  

more boredom

wow...I'm terribly bored here without my hunny.  Oliver is keeping me busy though.  :)  I'm sitting here while Oliver sleeps watching Hogan knows best. lol.  Jeremy would be dying right now.  But hey!  The TV is ALL mine! hehe!  I'm excited about tomorrow!  I'm going to my best friends house to hang out with them and go swimming!  :)  ::sigh:: time to go find something else to watch.  :)

Boredom

Well, Jeremy just left for his trip to meet Sig from the Northwestern boat from Deadliest Catch. For some reason I'm incredibly bored! We know that I'm ridiculously bored because I am here listening to Conway Twitty's Tight Fittin' Jeans and then there's Neil Diamond. Trust me, these are the kind of songs that just crack me up. I by no means am a Neil Diamond fan...LORD NO! But Sweet Caroline and America are songs that just crack me up! and to watch people perform these songs in karaoke is even better! Takes me back to when me and my best bud Sherri went on our cruise! We went to the karaoke bar nearly every night...and this dude did a few Neil Diamond songs...great entertainment! Now it's David Allen Coe!!! What an outlaw! hahahahah!

"well, i was drunk the day my mom got out of prison
and i went to pick her up in the rain
but before i could get to the station in my pickup truck
she got run ned over by a damned old train

chorus:
and i'll hang around as long as you will let me
and i never minded standing' in the rain
no, a' you don't have to call
me darlin', darlin'
you never even call me
well i wonder why you don't call me
why don't you ever call me by my name"

My newest love in life...

Well, I've now got a little man in my life that I simply love and adore. It's my new shih tzu puppy Oliver. :) We got him over the weekend while we were in South Carolina. We've been talking about getting a puppy for a while now and we wanted a little small dog. Oliver seems to be adjusting well to us.

Waxing or Waning?

LOL! Ok, so this past Friday I decided I would give into peer pressure and curiosity...I got my eyebrows waxed. This was quite an interesting experience. Mom's told me for years I needed to wax my eyebrows, and if I hadn't been in a salon and it had been more than what I paid, I'd have never done it. I really didn't know exactly what to expect. The wax actually felt kind of good when they put it on, it's just when they ripped it off, that's when it hurt. MAN did it sting. As you can see by the picture below, my skin was in total shock and NOT happy! hah! And believe it or not, I had to be out at a bridesmaid luncheon about 2 hrs after I did this! lol! :) I doubt I'll do it again, but I can say I'm glad I did it! heh! :)

Weighloss Drugs

Lord if you are considering taking any weight loss drugs, I'd advise reading the article below first. This particularly applies for the drug "Alli" but I'm sure most all drugs of this kind have the same effects... ROFLMAO!!! I could hardly contain myself while reading this.

Alli Side Effects In Layman's Terms
by Jeff Kay

Alli is a new over-the-counter weight-loss pill which, predictably enough, has proven to be a massive best-seller from the moment it became available. The drug, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline, reportedly works by blocking the absorption of excess fats by the body. And folks are waddling, not walking, to their local drug stores for a chance to start on the Alli "program."

As is the case with most drugs, Alli comes with a risk of certain side effects. Or, as they're known on the company website, treatment effects.

A person is reportedly limited to 15 grams of fat per meal, and if they go over (or even if they don't), there's a significant chance they'll find themselves out behind a shopping center somewhere, crying and clutching a wad of horrifyingly soiled undergarments, searching for a place to ditch it.

As best as I can tell, anyway...

Since a lot of this stuff is couched in language that is technically truthful, but very carefully worded, I've taken it upon myself to go through the list of side (treatment) effects and warnings, and translate it all into layman's terms.

I'm no scientist or doctor, and don't pretend to have any special knowledge. I'm just a person who's fairly good with words and reading between the lines... The highlighted phrases below are direct quotes from the Alli website, with my translations in between.


Undigested fat cannot be absorbed and passes through the body naturally. The excess fat is not harmful. In fact, you may recognize it in the toilet as something that looks like the oil on top of a pizza.

Here the drug makers are trying to soothe the nerves of the skeptical fatty, by speaking their language. Pizza is something fatties understand, and a big part of the reason they’re interested in Alli to begin with. Pizza is good, pizza is reassuring… even when it’s flowing from your ass like molten lava.

The website mentions seeing the undigested fat in a toilet, but that’s clearly a best case scenario. You might also see it on the tops of your shoes, across the hood of a car, or way up the shower curtain, near the loops.

The fat passes out of your body, so you may have bowel changes, known as treatment effects.

Bowel changes. Notice how they phrase that? It means stuff will be happening the likes of which you could never have imagined. It’ll be like a daily Dean Koontz novel inside your underwear.

You may get:

gas with oily spotting

You’ll be farting Wesson oil straight through your Dockers…

loose stools

and having violent chipped beef explosions...

more frequent stools that may be hard to control

all the time, with a sphincter that can no longer be counted as a friend.

Eating a low-fat diet lowers the chance of these bowel changes. Limit fat intake in your meals to an average of 15 grams.

The McDonald’s Big Mac has 34 grams of fat, and the Burger King Whopper has 40. Eat either of these while taking Alli, and you’ll very likely be transformed into a diarrhea cannon.

Learning how to manage treatment effects is an important part of being successful with alli. Here's how to take control:

Start trimming fat from your diet now, even before you begin taking alli. Then pick a day to begin taking alli, such as a weekend day so you can stay close to home if you experience a treatment effect. Make the timing work for you. If you're getting ready to travel or attend a social event, hold off on starting with alli until the event is over

Blowing liquid feces down a row of bridesmaids, for instance, could be viewed negatively in certain circles. Further, an unexpected bout of the power-squirts while riding “The Bullet” at the county fair might not ingratiate you with your friends. Or anyone on the fairway. Or the folks in the parking lot walking to their cars.

While no one likes experiencing treatment effects, they might help you think twice about eating questionable fat content. If you think of it like that, alli can act like a security guard for your late-night cravings

You see, when you think about it, shitting yourself is actually a positive.

You can't "save fat grams" from lunch and "spend them" at dinner. Spread your daily fat gram allowance of 15 grams on average per meal over the whole day

Cheating can lead to embarrassment, tears, and the introduction of a frantically constructed toilet paper crack-wedge in the bathroom of an Applebee's. It’s simply not worth it.

You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathroom. Until you have a sense of any treatment effects, it's probably a smart idea to wear dark pants, and bring a change of clothes with you to work

Until you get the hang of it, you should probably take along a rolling suitcase full of brown clothes everywhere you go, while taking Alli. Luckily, however, turd-colored clothing is in this season; turd is the new vomit.

If co-workers ask about it, there is no shame in telling the truth. You might be surprised how understanding folks can be if you simply say, “I dress like this to conceal the poop that's constantly soaking through the seat of my pants.”

You may not usually get gassy, but it's a possibility when you take alli. The bathroom is really the best place to go when that happens

Showboating is not recommended.

You can use a food journal to recognize what foods can lead to treatment effects. For example, writing down what you eat may help you learn that marinara sauce is a better option than Alfredo sauce

In addition to a handcart full of extra pants designed to camouflage your anal leakage, it might also be a good idea to carry a schematic and information wheel, so you don't repeat past mistakes and have a treatment effect halfway up your back.

I hope this information has proven to be valuable.

"Special Comment"

Dad, this one is for you.

::Begin rant::

If you're at all conflicted about who to vote for in the fall, watch the video below. This is just one sliver of why NOT to vote for John McCain...

This man is NOTHING more than a carbon copy of George W. Bush. The country has arrived at the gates of hell in a hand basket and if you wish to actually plunge down into the never ending pits of hell, proceed and check the box on your ballot in November for senator John McCain. As for myself, the only thing that is keeping me from SERIOUSLY looking at moving out of this country and denouncing my citizenship is my mother, father, brother and his wife, my 4 nieces, 2 nephews and two more nephews on the way in addition to Jeremy's parents and brother and sister.

::end rant::

Day with Chloe!

Holy cow, I'm not sure I believe it still but my brother is finally going to get a son! :) We found out Saturday that their 4th child is finally a boy. After 3 girls, he's finally getting a boy! :) We are all so very excited about this! :) Finally my mom can buy boy clothes! hah! :) Saturday was our 'special' day with our oldest niece Chloe. We had such fun taking her to Marbles museum and also the museum of natural science.




Our day with Chloe was lots of fun! Our trip to Marbles was fun. They had a station set up where kids could dress a boy or girl on paper with fabric scraps and whatnot. So as Chloe was making hers Jeremy got in on the action. He created a little doublet and pants. LOL! Jeremy starts his training young! lol!!!!

Vacation 2008: New Orleans!!

Boy was this fun! I'd been to New Orleans once before in 2004 for Mardi Gras. I had a blast then, but man this time was SO much fun. I think it might have been more fun than the last time. The last time we were there we did the Mardi Gras thing with parades and all that. We hit Bourbon st but it was really crowded it was hard to really move. This time, while it was definitely HOT HOT HOT (and humid) it was less crowded and the city wasn't on party mode 24/7. Not to mention this time we had 7 days instead of the 3-4 we had during Mardi Gras. We saw many many funny shirts while we were there. One of which was just too good not to take a picture of it. Not worthy really of purchasing b/c it's not the kind of shirt I'd actually wear, just something to document! heh!

Anyhoo, the rest of the trip... We definitely did some drinking on this trip. There were many things we did besides partied though while we were there. :) One of the first things we did was go on a swamp boat tour of the bayou. We got to see what it looks like out there and the one thing I was hoping we would see, we saw plenty of! :)










We even got to hold one! :)



The food down there is incredible. We had some WONDERFUL meals. The restaurants are really incredible there, and I'm sure before Katrina there were even more that were beyond description.
One of the places we went that I TRULY enjoyed was Brennan's. They are famous for their breakfast, so that's what we went for there. I think I absolutely adored everything I put in my mouth there. I started off with fresh OJ, which was just delicious. Then I had some coffee. Then for the food, I started with simply perfect strawberries that were sitting in double cream which when I ordered it, I thought it was just whipped cream, but this was actually not it. It was just sweetened cream. When it arrived, I wasn't sure about it, but as I tasted it, oh my was it incredible! The next thing I had was our 'main course' - Eggs Benedict! I'd never had this before but it sounded delicious. Eggs, ham, bread, hollandaise sauce, ::sigh:: that was just heaven. :) We ended our breakfast/brunch with dessert. Jeremy had bananas foster and I had chocolate layer cake. Needless to say after this meal we didn't eat again for QUITE a while. :) While I'm on the subject of food, while down there this time we got the opportunity to go to a cooking class at the New Orleans school of cooking.

This was a class where we observed the cooking of jambalya, gumbo, pralines, and bread pudding. So essentially we watched someone cook a full cajun/new orleans style meal. :) Man was this good. The woman that was cooking for us and showing us all how things were done was a hoot. She had such a wonderful personality and was full of all kinds of stories. She was a native of New Orleans. When she was done cooking we got to eat what was cooked and man was it good. We also got copies of the recipes of the food made. I think my favorite was the gumbo. Jer and I definitely plan to try out some of the recipes. :)

Still on the subject of food, we got to go eat at the place where Emeril Lagasse got his start: Commanders Palace!

The food here was amazing. While Emeril is no longer the executive chef here, the food was outstanding, and it was great to get to see where he got his start. :)

Another place we ate while we were down there was the Acme Oyster House.

This was an awesome great place for seafood. Jeremy had oysters, raw and chargrilled. I actually tried an oyster shooter and a chargrilled oyster. The chargrilled oyster wasn't too bad. With the seasonings they had on it, really made it taste kind of good. Now the oyster shooter, eh, that's probably not something I'll do again... at least not anytime too soon. heh :) Jer got some crawdaddies and they are 'kind of' like shrimp, though there eating a bit differently. You can get stuff with just the meat of the tail which is really tasty! But you can also get them whole, yes, heads and all. They look like little lobsters. hehe! So Jer got some and we decided to try eating them the way they do down there. "Suck the head and pinch the tail". Which is really what you do. The head was a bit weird, but the tail meat was delicious, though it's way too much work for so little meat. :) Here's how I documented our experience with this! :)

Our final food stop was the Cafe Du Monde. ::sigh:: The famous cafe au lait. Half coffee, half steamed milk. For those who like creamy coffee (such as myself) this is just heaven in a cup. They have this awesome coffee with chicory. Without milk/creamer and sugar, the stuff is probably the strongest coffee you'll ever have however the way that Cafe Du Monde fixes it is perfect for me. Add some sugar and it's simply divine! Then you add a plate of their famous beignets (which are really just fried dough or DONUTS!) and I'm not sure you could make me happier. :) Everyone knows I simply adore donuts!!

I'm pretty sure this draws our food journey to a close. In fact my trip is almost done. One thing I failed to mention earlier was while we strolled down Bourbon St, we stumbled upon a karaoke club. So of course we went in. What's better than watching people do karaoke when alcohol is involved. ha! :) So after a drink, I gathered up the nerve to go up there myself. I ended up doing 2 songs by the end of the night. Both were great fun and here's documented proof of it:

And wonder of wonders, there is actually documented video footage of me karaoking! If you'd like to see that, feel free to visit my youtube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/abclos

Well, in conclusion, the most recent vacation to New Orleans was a total blast and I can't wait to go back! Maybe next time we'll have some of our friends with us to enjoy and share the fun! :)

Fun Fun Fun

Well, I stumbled across this somehow, but it looked like total fun! :) Not sure how often I'll blog, but you can now hear about my adventures and fun events, heh! :)