10 Things I Learned This Week-End

1. I seem to be turning into a crazed neat freak (i may need help)


2. I need to drink less caffeine - My caffeine "come down" is not very pretty.

3. I don't think I could ever give up toasted white bread.

4. I'm definitely a winter girl. For me, there is something inspiring and soul searching about cold, gloomy, rainy weather.

5. Wearing a lot of bangles & bracelets on my arm makes me feel awesome (i like the jangling sound they make)

6. Life is full of so many beautiful little moments -And if you stop constantly focusing on the future and rather savour the "right now" you will have a whole lot more of them.

7. Pepperoni pizza is one of the best midnight snacks

8. Afternoon naps can do wonders for your mood.

9. There is no point worrying about things you can't control

10. I can be bribed with a home cooked meal

Just My Thoughts

Right now I am craving... mint chocolate

Do you think the Loch Ness monster exists? of course

Last night....I had pizza, watched some of the Matrix and fell asleep on the couch for a while.

Song of the week..."Baby, Now that I Found You" by Alison Krauss

Currently I want... a new hair colour, a bigger bookshelf, a Polaroid camera, a pretty dress, a french manicure and a puppy

Today I really feel like reading other peoples words more than writing my own.

chocolate croissant or blueberry muffin? definitely a chocolate croissant

For You......

paparazzi

I'm your biggest fan, I'll follow you until you love me

Papa, paparazzi

Baby, there's no other superstar, you know that I'll be

Your papa, paparazzi

Random Thoughts.......

Bargain shopping always makes me feel so accomplished.

Sometimes a few extra hours of sleep can save the day

If a brownie is labelled "healthy", its not a real brownie

There's a silly little song stuck in my head

Too often I am the only thing standing between me and my dreams. Its time I got out of my way

Life rushes by way too fast for people not to take a camera everywhere they go

"Pravda" means truth in russian

Men and woman operate in very different time zones

What one word best describes your life at the moment? humbling

Laissez les bon temps roulet

Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the French-language term for the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, a traditional day for eating rich foods made with sugar, butter and other fats, and meat. This was because it was the last day before the start of Lent, which in Christian religious tradition was associated with ritual fasting. The term has come to stand for related celebrations, which in some areas take place for several days or even weeks before Ash Wednesday.

Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the most famous Carnival celebrations in the world.


As is the case with many Carnivals, the New Orleans Carnival season has its roots in preparing for the start of the Christian season of Lent. In New Orleans the season consists of parades, balls and king cake parties. The festivities are concentrated for about two weeks before and through Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras in French), the day before Ash Wednesday. There is usually a major parade each day with many days having several large parades.

Carnival parades in New Orleans are prepared by Carnival krewes. The organizers on the krewe floats toss strings of plastic colorful beads, coins, decorated plastic cups, and small toys and trinkets. The krewes follow the same parade schedule and route every year.

The traditional colors of Mardi Gras are purple to represent justice, gold to represent power and green to represent faith. The colors date back to 1872 and were selected by the Grand Duke Alexis Alexandrovitch Romanoff of Russia while visiting New Orleans. In 1892, the Rex Parade theme “Symbolism of Colors” assigned the colors their meanings.

You are the word I am the tune Play me

She was morning

And I was night time

I one day woke up

To find her lying

Beside my bed

I softly said

"Come take me"

For I've been lonely

In need of someone

As though I'd done

Someone wrong somewhere

I don't know where

Come lately

You are the sun

I am the moon

You are the words

I am the tune

Play me

Song she sang to me

Song she brang to me

Words that rang in me

Rhyme that sprang from me

Warmed the night

And what was right

Became me

You are the sun

I am the moon

You are the words

I am the tune

Play me

And so it was

That I came to travel

Upon a road

That was thorned and narrow

Another place

Another grace

Would save me

You are the sun

I am the moon

You are the word

I am the tune

Play me