When asked his thoughts on Roe vs. Wade on a recent trip to tour the devastated areas of New Orleans, President Bush said, "I don't care HOW you get those people out of the city next time!"
When I told this joke to some online friends recently, they had to read it a few times. I didn't realize they would have such a hard time "getting" it! Katrina, the flood, and countless stories of rescue and survival are still prominent topics in the New Orleans newspaper and around town. I even have two "coffee table" books about it already! LOL!
Saturday, January 14, 2006
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Card Toot!
My card was printed in the newspaper on Christmas Day! The New Orleans' Times-Picayune put out a call for readers to send in Katrina related Christmas cards and I drew one up. What a fun surprise!
Sunday, December 11, 2005
Surgery Delayed
After two days of doctor and hospital visits, EKGs, Xrays, talking with the anesthesiologist, lab work, etc. Julie gets a call about some scheduling conflict...not enough time for the procedure...only two neurosurgery ORs...other doctor scheduled first and gets priority...not enough ancillary hospital workers...shortened OR hours since the hurricane...blah, blah, blah! Seems that OR staff can make more money pulling out sheetrock! Seriously...that's what we were told! Julie had prepared herself and is not taking this delay very well as you can expect!
Friday, December 2, 2005
Great Stories Of Humanity
* In the Kireka slum outside Kampala, Uganda, hundreds of women earn about $1.20 per day pounding rocks by hand into walnut-sized pebbles for sale as construction material. Hearing of Katrina, 200 of them began a drive to raise money for the hurricane victims. They raised $900, and were so overjoyed at being able to make this gift that they held a celebration, complete with dancing. Their story is in today's Times-Picayune.
* In a similar vein, this story was reported here about 3½ weeks ago: St. Lawrence Church in the Watts section of Los Angeles took up a collection for Katrina's victims. The normal parish collection is $6,000; the special collection raised $7,000. But most touching was the gift of one woman. On the special-collection envelope, she wrote, ""Para las victimas del huracan, no traia dinero pero esto debe de tener algun valor. Es de todo corazon." ("For the victims of the hurricane. I did not bring any money. But this should be of some value. It is with all of my heart.") Inside the envelope, she placed her gold wedding ring.
* In a similar vein, this story was reported here about 3½ weeks ago: St. Lawrence Church in the Watts section of Los Angeles took up a collection for Katrina's victims. The normal parish collection is $6,000; the special collection raised $7,000. But most touching was the gift of one woman. On the special-collection envelope, she wrote, ""Para las victimas del huracan, no traia dinero pero esto debe de tener algun valor. Es de todo corazon." ("For the victims of the hurricane. I did not bring any money. But this should be of some value. It is with all of my heart.") Inside the envelope, she placed her gold wedding ring.
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Now Hiring!
Fast food establishments like Rally's are paying $10/hour. Wendy's has a weekly bonus of $125. Burger King has a $600 sign-on bonus. Houston's pays $13/hour. And no one can find workers. It's crazy!
But the shortage means that Brendan and his friend Josh landed a little part time job with a high-end electronics dealer looking for help. No big checks for two 14 year old kids, but at least they have something to do with themselves in the afternoon since the school they now attend has been platooning since the storm.
But the shortage means that Brendan and his friend Josh landed a little part time job with a high-end electronics dealer looking for help. No big checks for two 14 year old kids, but at least they have something to do with themselves in the afternoon since the school they now attend has been platooning since the storm.
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Kevin's Rash
Kevin, 5, was sick on Sunday...didn't eat or drink or get off the couch practically all day. So I kept him home Monday. He complained of a few itchy spots but I just assumed they were mosquito bites. That night he comes into our room complaining again, I notice several blotches,and it dawns on me that he has 5th's disease. (There I am at 3:45 googling and reading about his textbook case.) I kept him home one more day but this morning I gave him antihistamine and sent him to school with a rash and a note since Fifth's is no longer contageous once the rash appears. I'm reading that this rash could last up to 3 weeks! THREE WEEKS! I hope not!
Thursday, October 6, 2005
Masked Men In City!
We took a lot of depressing pictures last weekend when we went into New Orleans. Started out uptown where my sister works taking pics of marked homes , etc. then little by little we realized that nothing was really off-limits…..so…..loaves of bread in hand, we made our way to City Park on a mission to feed the ducks! But the ducks and geese were nowhere to be found! They probably figured out how to use those wings of theirs and headed to a better place. Anyway, after taking pictures of Chris’ school in the park, we caught sight of these two fellows:
There were actually three of them…..little babies with momma nowhere to be found. We fed them the only thing we had…bits of bread. They were being very cautious but hunger got the best of them and they devoured it all. So CUTE!
There were actually three of them…..little babies with momma nowhere to be found. We fed them the only thing we had…bits of bread. They were being very cautious but hunger got the best of them and they devoured it all. So CUTE!
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