tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226Tue, 10 Sep 2024 04:13:19 +0000life in the Big Easyjobsgardeninggreat seed watchkittiesNew Orleansunexpected surprisesFiShTVaccomplishmentsartconfessionsfishAdventures in HappinessCalling All PhotogsJamie Hayes Devil DollNew Orleans traditionsbirthdaychoresflowers and treesllamas in lipstickBanana LoveBananasBlack Swan AnorexiaDance PartyEveryone Is EqualFundraising for KreweDCMI Love CheeseInspirationKatrina VKreweDCMLouisianaLouisiana FamilyMonkey PeelerMontage MondayMr. ToucanNot Fade AwayPhotographsPhotosSubmit Your PhotosSunday serenityWarWar is BadWhat Are You Thinking?beautybitchescats vs. dogsel chorizoel diablojerksllamas are fabulousmonkey heartobservationspestssoapboxsouthern cookingsunshineworkAdministrative WorkAgent ScullyAhmir Khalib Thompson has SEXy HairAin't No GraveApologiesAustin Texas Benefit BBQAustin Texas MusicBallet is Pretty SometimesBay St. LouisBeing Someone's Office BitchBilly Jean IS JUST A GIRLBrahmsBrahms LullabyBrian DenekeBrother Claude ElyBuddy HollyCalico Jack PresentsCee Lo GreenCee Lo Green is My Boyfriend Right NowChristianityClown MotelClownsClowns are ScaryCommander's PalaceConfidenceCoulrophobiaCrocodilesDads RockDavid MonetteDirty CoastDreamsDrink Your WaterEaster Bunny VacationElton JohnFather's Day 2011Feet First First TimeFiestaWareFind Your SpecialFlintstones VitaminsFlorence and The MachineFoodFun in the SunFundraising MistakesGet Your Guns UpGhosts of Wars PastGirl FridayGiveawayGiving a DamGleeGlitterGnarls BarkleyGulf Coast BeachesGulf Oil SpillHBO "Treme"Halloween Parade BenefitHalloween Rocks My SocksHenry David ThoreauHijab 'n' the CityHinduHome AgainHonkey CatHopeHubig's PiesHuffington PostHuman Beings and MusicHumorHump DayHypocrisyI love Unicorns tooI love llamasI want a dogInc.Irvin Mayfield JrJane LynchJesus Loves ElvisJohnny CashJosh n Allie BlogspotKatrinaKatrina was a man made disasterKel at What the KelKids Done GoneKiller MikeKiss My A$$Knee SlapsKrewe of MusesLester BangsLevees.orgLlamaLlamaLuluLone Star BalletLubbock TexasLynn PerilMake It Right FoundationMe and JulioMichael KiwanukaMix It UpMonday MondayMonday Montage: ConsoleMontage Monday Week 1Music Makes the World Go AroundMusic in New OrleansMuslimMuslims and YogaNOLANPRNew Orleans DemonsNew Orleans SaintsOctoberOffice SpouseOutkast Whole WorldOyPaul SimonPeeWeePentecostal Holiness ChurchPicturesPo BoysPrisonPutting On PantsQueen Lulu the LlamaQuestlove is my boyfriend todayRaider RedRave On Buddy HollyRecurring DreamsRed 7 Night ClubRed RaidersReligion and YogaRhett ScarlettRhythm of LifeRolling Stone MagazineRuby SlippersSacreligeSandy RosenthalSeasame StreetSecond Lining for MemoriesSecret BackyardsSecret CinemaSecretarySecretary: The Rise and Fall of the Office WifeSharingShel SilversteinSmithsonianSnoop Doggy DoggSparkle StyleSuper GroverSuper KenTahoka TexasTchoupitoulas ChallengeTea Party DisasterTea TimeTexas Tech AlumniTexas Tech College of Arts and SciencesTexas Tech UniversityThe Chair is NOT my Son Terrorism SucksThe Kill TeamThe RootsThe Town Hall DevilsThe Writer's PostThursday ThoughtsTomas CotikTraceys NOLATuba GoodnessUse Your SunscreenViolins are PrettyVoodoo Hoodoo That You DoWTAMUWater Safety 101Welcome to the MHDWest Texas AM UniversityWhere the Sidewalk EndsYogaYoga is HaramYogatasticYuni is Awesomeall saints dayalligatorsaustinbakingbeach bumsbear safaribicycle theft in New Orleansbipolarblack catsbrass bandbreaking a mirrorcajun traditionscookingcrossing your fingersdog brigadedogsdownbeatfamilygetting betterhijabknocking on woodllamasman's best friendmental illnessmom and dadmom on safarimonkey talesmusicmusic theoriesmy mom is scared of bearsnaturenerves make me want to vomitode to sausagepeacepoemsprayers for Judyreally hurtrenewrock n rollsadnesssecond linesomedaystealing is wrongstepping on crackssuperstitionsswampsthrowing salttruthunicornsupbeatwalking under a ladderhttp://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger248125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-5982646346975251999Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:51:00 +00002014-09-23T12:51:17.284-05:00 So, I have been on a Billy Joel kick lately.  I don't know what possessed me to type him into my Spotify account, but I did.  It drew me back.  Reminded of a vivid childhood that included creativity and dinosaurs and homemade newspapers.  (Mary always won the trip to Hawaii, by the way.) I had a Mary and  Judy.  They raised us, with the help of our parents, http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/09/for-longest-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-5344554250456232054Mon, 25 Aug 2014 20:05:00 +00002014-08-25T22:47:06.998-05:00A friend of mine posed a question on Facebook today: Who was your favorite elementary school teacher/year?  Everyone commented stating how they loved Ms. So and So and why.  I racked my brain, trying to think of what my teachers' names were, let alone which year was my favorite. The thing is, I don't remember elementary school.  Period.  It's a blank slate.  I've got http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/school-daze.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-7293453222479512244Fri, 08 Aug 2014 12:49:00 +00002014-08-08T07:49:08.395-05:00 As some of you may know, Calico Jack and I have recently acquired a new pet.  His name is Señor Edgar Hernandez Riggs McMillan Williams.  We call him Señor Ed.  He is what's known as a gallo, or rooster (in English). You see, Señor Ed came to us by way of Calico Jack's Grandma Riggs.  (May she rest in peace. XO)  We consider it an honor to have Señor Ed in our http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/rooster-fridays.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-7935972295298209303Thu, 07 Aug 2014 12:30:00 +00002014-08-07T07:30:00.455-05:00bipolarhopemental illnessrenew I have been going through my old posts from years ago on this blog and I realized that I was all over the place with what I was writing.  For those of you who used to read me and have started reading me again, I thank you for not giving up on me.  Seriously, thank you for giving me another shot.  A lot of what I wrote before, which I have subsequently taken down because no one http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-past-is-past.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-8270405691855966366Thu, 07 Aug 2014 10:01:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:09.575-06:00http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/life-surrounded-by-meowing-cat.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-5576989722565137735Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:33:00 +00002014-08-07T05:03:39.250-05:00 Photo from Wikipedia.com Ahhh...how do I even begin?  This book, To Kill a Mockingbird, is probably the single most influential books that I have ever read.  I think it's because of the time when I initially read this book and the message of the book in general. I read this book for the first time as a sophomore in high school.  I had a wonderful teacher in English that year (http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-most-influential-book-ive-ever-read.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-4113174109523563530Wed, 06 Aug 2014 00:26:00 +00002014-08-05T19:27:52.333-05:00 I used to wear red lipstick all the time.  Perhaps it was the dancer in me, but I really liked red lipstick.  Then, something changed.  I can't place my finger on it, why I stopped wearing red lipstick, but I just stopped.  Then, something happened when I started feeling the feels again.  I realized I wanted to be THAT girl again - the girl that wears red lipstick. So,http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/red-lipstick-feeling-pretty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-6741830519518159482Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:36:00 +00002014-08-04T11:50:27.406-05:00Clown MotelClownsClowns are ScaryCoulrophobiaHumor flickr.com It's a thing.  Seriously, it's a condition called Coulrophobia.  My sister Jen suffers from this condition, which I can understand because - CLOWNS WILL EAT YOU!  Did you ever have a clown at your birthday party?  I think we (my brother and I) might have had a clown one time at our birthday party, or someone else's party.  I don't know, maybe I'm making http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/08/fear-of-clowns.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-9192012852556475949Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:39:00 +00002014-07-30T14:40:07.837-05:00 Every neighborhood has at least one. We live in a city where the wild things grow.  The amount of plants and flowers and moss and crazy mushrooms grow with little effort is astounding.  Which is why this particular house makes me shake my head.  You see, the individual that lives at this particular house only plants silk flowers.  They are quite colorful and if you are http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/07/mary-mary-quite-contrary-how-does-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-120228003447560211Wed, 30 Jul 2014 17:38:00 +00002014-07-30T12:38:49.162-05:00So, I decided to change things up around here.  I've had the same look for years and I decided since I'm giving this another go, I should start fresh with everything.  New is good!http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/07/new-look.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-7201283635988672971Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:46:00 +00002014-07-29T09:46:44.577-05:00 Hi there!  Remember me?  I remember you.  You were my confidantes and my companions and this blog served as my platform for expressing all the things that needed to be expressed when I (we) first started this adventure in the Big Easy.  So much has happened and in turn, so much has changed.  My husband Calico Jack and I are older and wiser and older...and more http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2014/07/lets-try-this-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-711610978603577655Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:35:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:08.883-06:00 Every morning I hear "co-chonk, co-chonk, co-chonk"!  It's the neighbor's little boy riding his pogo stick as he is waiting for his mom to come out of the house and take him to school.  I think he has excessive energy and needs to work some things out before he goes to school.  Or, he just really loves his pogo stick.  I never had a pogo stick when I was a child.  It http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2013/03/pogo-sticks-roller-skates.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-4228365880773431375Sun, 24 Mar 2013 17:07:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:07.298-06:00 So, I had crazy dreams last night.  Perhaps it was the pickle I ate before bed.  I dunno.  Anyway, I had this terrible dream that I somehow was burned on the left side of my body.  My arm and my neck and my back.  I think I was wearing a wedding dress and I caught fire and had to drop and roll to put it out.  Then I was left with these huge blisters that I put http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2013/03/dreams-and-nightmares.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-6710511332309947648Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:06:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:08.586-06:00 We live in New Orleans (duh).  It's on the Mississippi River and we are surrounded by all these different sounds and sights and smells.  Calico Jack and I were talking last night while we were making dinner and we heard police sirens blaring a couple of blocks over.  He made the comment that it was comforting to hear those sounds and I agreed.  There is a police station justhttp://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2013/03/sounds-of-city.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-6784024391828663611Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:23:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:08.671-06:00 I haven't blogged in quite some time.  After some encouragement from a friend, I have decided to come back to the old blog and give it a go - again.  We'll see how this works out. Things lately have been kind of dull.  I am not working right now, but I'm in the process of finding a job.  I have to say, praise for all the stay at home ladies in the world, but I am http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2013/03/life-and-such.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-85217281494957316Mon, 08 Oct 2012 04:00:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:09.704-06:00all saints dayblack catsbreaking a mirrorcajun traditionscrossing your fingersknocking on woodOctoberstepping on crackssuperstitionsthrowing saltwalking under a ladder October is a time for spookiness and superstitions.  I know that I always get excited during this time of year and like hearing ghost stories and the history of what we know as superstitions in our society.  Ghost stories aside, superstitions can come from something very mundane and common place to a sign of the times in which these superstitions were created.  It is always http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/10/october-black-cats-superstitions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-5760417908956699138Thu, 23 Aug 2012 18:13:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:08.028-06:00 Kev and I live in a house that was built in the 1920's.  It's an olllllldddd house!  That means that lots of things need to be repaired - like all the time.  Our neighbors downstairs had their ceiling cave in because of flooding and now that they have had that fixed, the workers are working on the gutters outside.  I love the architecture of this old house.  There http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/fixing-it-up.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-3612096152641899580Tue, 21 Aug 2012 19:50:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:07.040-06:00 So I went and "made groceries" today.  For those who don't live in New Orleans, that means that I went to the grocery store.  I had to pick up a few things so Kev and I don't starve for the next couple of days.  While I was there, I stopped at the fish counter to pick up some salmon.  I'll call him the Fishmonger, because that is what his position is in actuality.  http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/at-market.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-1611510610219505780Mon, 20 Aug 2012 17:13:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:05.772-06:00GlitterKrewe of Museslife in the Big EasyRuby SlippersSmithsonianSparkle Style I love sparkles.  Call me a four-year-old, but I love all things shiny.  Perhaps I'm like a bird, but it brightens my day when I can look at something shiny and glittery and happy.  It reminds me of being little and watching "The Wizard of Oz" and seeing those Ruby Slippers.  Those are some amazing shoes - seriously.  And what woman doesn't own at least one pair of http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-ruby-ness-of-it-all.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-7479111398151616044Fri, 17 Aug 2012 17:57:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:09.185-06:00DreamsGleeHome AgainHopeJane LynchMichael KiwanukaRecurring Dreams Flaming June - Frederic, Lord Leighton   I keep having a particular recurring theme in my dreams as of late.  It started a couple of months ago - I am trying to finish up one of my educational degrees and I have enrolled in the last few hours of classes that I'm supposed to finish in order to graduate.  I am attending all of my classes and doing what I am supposed to do to http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/dream-little-dream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-2466352422114427523Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:55:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:06.415-06:00 This summer, I had the distinct pleasure to go on a cruise to the Hawaiian islands with my family.  My dad treated us all on this trip to paradise where we sailed on a cruise ship and got to experience some of the most beautiful sights a person can experience in his or her life.  It was truly amazing and beautiful. You see, my dad had just retired from his job as a R.N. for an http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/paradise.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-3255863956482109015Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:09:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:06.800-06:00    Elliott Smith - Somebody That I Used to Know We all have people that we have come into contact with in our lives that we no longer are "friends" with.  It pains me to think about the number of people who have come into my life that I no longer communicate with, but I think it has to do with a passing of time and people changing personalities.  It http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/used-to-know.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-455452576983038541Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:53:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:07.642-06:00I took almost a year away from blogging.  Call it a sabbatical but this past year has brought about many changes in my life and I didn't need to air out all my dirty business to everyone in the blogosphere.  Perhaps it would have been cathartic to have this still be my outlet, but I had no words.  Gone.  Just gone was the tone and excitement that I had experienced giving you ahttp://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2012/08/its-been-while.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-3124962484769534219Thu, 20 Oct 2011 17:59:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:06.757-06:00ApologiesconfessionsI suppose you could say I have a very hard time letting things go.  Not material things as much as spoken words, but it kind of feels like I've been running up stairs to get away from the pain of negative words my entire life and that is an approach that I have employed for way too long.  It turned me into someone who thought she was a nice person, but in actuality was angry and bitter http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2011/10/living-in-tree-houses.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6627997689799786226.post-14630260146957423Thu, 20 Oct 2011 01:53:00 +00002019-12-12T16:05:05.623-06:00 My friend Alison made me my own android self!  Get yours at androidify.com I've been struggling with my schedule.  I have never been a big eater in my life, until I met my husband.  He still says he wants to win a food eating contest but I honestly worry about his health after the Tchoupitoulas Challenge Incident.  He taught me it was okay to enjoy food.  I think we http://monkeyheartdiscourses.blogspot.com/2011/10/trying-new-schedule.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0