January 12, 2025

I Heart Faces Photo (Purple)

Here is my picture for this week’s I Heart Faces Photography Challenge. The theme this week is purple. Here in South Louisiana I had to choose between this picture and photos I have of everyone in LSU gear. In the end, I chose this one because I really like the way the color purple is […]

Wordless Wednesday 7/21/10

When this green sprout showed up I thought it was a weed and almost pulled it. A friend said she thought it would grow into a sunflower and to my surprise this flower is now in my garden!

5 Ways to Help the Gulf Coast

The media spotlight on the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is dwindling, but the cleanup is far from over. The health of the Gulf of Mexico and it’s wetlands heavily impacts America’s domestic energy production, the seafood industry, international shipping, and the region’s culture. They don’t call Louisiana a Sportsman’s (or sportswoman’s) paradise […]

New Orleans & The Saints, Why the hype?

These are “strange and beautiful days” in New Orleans. It is hard to describe the recent events that have impacted this great city. From the lowest of lows and the highest of highs this city has endured. The five year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina is fast approaching and for many the memories of August 29, […]

Wordless Wednesday 7/14/10

My goal in life is to be as good of a person my dog already thinks I am. ~Author Unknown

Chick Click Carnival @ SITS Girls

This week I am participating in the SITS Girls Chick Click Carnival. It’s designed to encourage bloggers to interact and get to know one other. Let me start by introducing myself. I am a mom to 1 son and wife to a military contractor. By trade I am an ICU nurse and an adrenaline junkie. I […]

Bananas Foster – Recipe

There is a new show on the Food Network called “The Best Thing I Ever Ate.” On the show, celebrity chefs from the network talk about the best food they ever ate in a specific category. It got me thinking. If I had to choose the best food I have ever eaten in my entire life […]

Fluerty Girl Helps Gulf Coast – Update

On April 20, 2010, an explosion rocked the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico. On the rig 11 men lost their lives and many were injured. The explosion triggered a massive oil leak 5,000 feet below the waters surface. Currently, the oil is effecting every state on the Gulf Coast. It has […]