Another hole in the head...

So I've been talking to myself for the last year or so about wanting another piercing - so while in Louisiana I finally did it.

I got my nose pierced! Go ahead swinch up your nose. I love it! Yes it hurt just like someone was shoving a needle through my nose into a cork - yes it felt exactly like that. But I like it so much that the pain was totally worth it.

I think I started to drive the guys crazy talking about it and if I wouldn't have done it they might have forcibly pierced it for me. But they put up with me - what pals.

Here's a pic of me and my pal Johnny Ray. Johnny Ray was ultimately the one who accompanied me to the piercer. I was scared to go it alone. Although he opted out of watching the actually piercing.

Notes from the road..

Well I'm back from working out of town in Louisiana. And I have to say I miss it. Yes I missed my home, family and friends while I was away. But I guess I miss the work environment and my guy friends - that are off and working in Texas for the next 9-12 months. So sad!

Here's some pics off this last trip:

Last week I went into New Orleans to take some after photos of a church we had restored that had been fire damaged. Here's some photos of it - it truly is beautiful. We were invited to attend their 160th anniversary mass. Complete with a mariachi band!



Although it was not all work all of the time. After taking these photos at the church we ventured to the French Quarter for lunch and I some site seeing.

I spotted this old advertisement printed on the side of a building:
This is the box office at the House of Blues:
On our way back from a church that was off of the beaten path we stopped here at these abandoned slave quarters. Scenes from the movie Ray were filmed here. To me it is so amazing and sad to think that these cabins still stand amidst the same sugar cane fields that were harvested so many years ago.

Fields of sugar cane line both sides of the road for miles:

Rows of cabins are in a line just beyond the sugar cane fields:

We drove to Texas one morning - 3 1/2 hours each way. Needless to say I had photo in hand for anything interesting:

And whadya know - Gibson, LA:

I believe this is a sugar cane refinery:
We ended a lot of our evenings with a night cap from here: a drive thru daiquiri shop! O the novelty of driving up to a take out window for a yummy slushing daiquiri. This would so not work in Pennsylvania! They taped the straw to the cup and it was considered a closed container - so strange to this Yankee!
All in all it was a lot of work - but the down time we had was well deserved and spent!

Ahhh peace & quiet...

We just got back from a wonderful week of peace and quiet. There's something really to be said about not having a cell phone ringing and having to drive 2 miles down the road to pick up a signal.

The weather was wonderful, even the one rain day we had was a nice break. We went bike riding - and no I didn't fall off or break anything - thank goodness, sat by the fire, grilled, took photos, watched a ton of dvd's and just relaxed.

We spent the week alone in a cozy little cabin in the woods to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary. Hard to believe it will be one full year tomorrow. Happy Anniversary to us! Here's proof that I finally figured out the self timer on my camera!

Hello from Louisiana!

Louisiana you say...yep working on the road with my company. When I arrived last Sunday we were working in New Orleans and our hotel was located directly on Bourbon Street nonetheless. Here's a pic of it:

I only got to spend one evening on Bourbon Street - wow what a happening and eye opening place that is to be. I didn't take my camera with me when we went out that night...so I have no crazy night life or incriminating photos...hehe. Although here's a photo of a local patron: Yeah I jumped when I first saw him too.

I wish I would have had more time there to explore the Garden District and French Quarter. All of the iron work around that area is gorgeous. Here's a couple pics I snapped the day were were leaving.

So now we are stationed in Houma, LA which is about 1 hour and 45 minutes SW of New Orleans - about 2 hours from Texas. Here's a pic of my office - try not to be envious.

Another week and I start my vacation. Who knows what will be in store for me when I return....maybe Texas.

~m