December 2009

Gone Fishin’

December 30, 2009

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and Santa left you exactly what you wanted under the tree.  If not, I’m sure you can find your hearts desire on eBay now…  one man’s unwanted gift is another man’s dream… We are in Cocodrie Louisiana now enjoying some fishing.  My sister-in-law told me that she doesn’t much [...]

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Jingle Bells, Aussie Style

December 23, 2009

Do you remember the original Jingle Bells song?  “Dashing through the snow, On a one horse open sleigh”? Well, like all the other traditional Christmas Carols, that just won’t do in Australia.   A couple of enterprising Aussie’s have adapted Jingle Bells to a more realistic interpretation of the Australian Christmas celebrations.  Enjoy! If you are [...]

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The Famous “Can Of Peas”

December 22, 2009

I know you must be wondering about the “can of peas” I’ve mentioned as a necessity at my family’s Christmas table… Many years ago, before I was even born, my Grandmother (and probably her mother before her) always served peas at Christmas dinner.  She demanded that her kids eat peas for Christmas dinner, but not [...]

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Christmas Picture Day

December 17, 2009

There is a famous old chestnut in showbiz coined by the great WC Fields… “Never work with children or animals”…. Unperturbed, this morning, we packed up the kids with their fancy Christmas frocks, gave them the famous “mommy spit bath”, and headed in to Portrait Innovations for some Christmas photos.  We take the girls in [...]

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Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

December 15, 2009

My absolute favorite Christmas carol is Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.  Even when I was a little bitty girl climbing up on Santa’s knee to tell him what I wanted for Christmas, I loved this song.  And, no one does it better than Bruce Sprinsteen and the E Street Band.  The Boss’ version of [...]

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Christmas Dinner in Australia

December 14, 2009

Years ago I received an email titled “You know you’re from Louisiana if…”, and although I don’t remember most of it, one part has stuck with me all these years.  “You know you’re from Louisiana if while sitting around the dinner table, you discuss all the meals you’ve ever had and all the meals you [...]

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Dreaming Of… Some Smoked Cajun Sausage

December 12, 2009

I know, you thought I’d be Dreaming of a White Christmas along with Bing.  Not sure if Bing would have sung about smoked Cajun sausage as it just doesn’t have the same ring to it.  Truthfully, a White Christmas is about as rare in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as it is in Sydney, Australia. Of all [...]

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“In a Sunburned Country”

December 10, 2009

An excellent Christmas gift idea.. Bill Byrson’s In a Sunburned Country is one of the funniest books I’ve ever read.  It is laugh out loud, wet your pants funny.  So much that you may not want to read it on an airplane for risk of embarrassing yourself by choking and spitting your drink all over [...]

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Y’all Hunt?

December 9, 2009

Continuing our count down to Christmas, this is a story from Christmas past that still gives us a chuckle today… A few years ago now, The Aussie and I were celebrating Christmas in Baton Rouge.  It was Dec 23, and we still had quite a few items left on our Christmas shopping list.  So, we [...]

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Jet Lag and Things That Go Beep in the Night

December 8, 2009

We made it!  We are here!  We are tired!  We are cranky!  We have jet lag!  Uggghhh! Last night, after finally getting our2 jet-lagged girls off to bed, we were all woken up by a beeping noise.  I tried best to ignore it, but sure enough every 10 minutes, the beep would happen again.  The [...]

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