I hope I dont look or act my age (thank goodness I try not too).. Lived in Texas for two years, then back to Michigan and now I am in New Orleans....Whew.... Everyone here is so nice, must be the sunshine.
I have two great kids, Gary Vinnay Jr, 22 and Kati Vinnay 21. I love sports (GO TIGERS let's do it again) and of course the Red Wings, saw them win the Cup and meet alot of players, memories I will never forget. LET'S GO RED WINGS !
Some fun facts for everyone now that I live in New Orleans....LOL
THINGS I HAVE LEARNED LIVING IN LOUISIANA :
1. Possums sleep in the middle of the road with their feet in the air
2. There are 5,000 types of snakes and 4,998 live in LOUISIANA.
3. There are 10,000 types of spiders. All 10,000 live in LOUISIANA plus a couple no one's seen before.
4. If it grows, it sticks; if it crawls, it bites.
5. Onced and twiced are words.
6. It is not a shopping cart; it is a buggy.
7. Fire ants consider your flesh a picnic.
8. People actually grow and eat okra.
9. Fixinto is one word.
10. There is no such thing as "lunch". There is only dinner and then there is suppa.
11. Ice tea is appropriate for all meals and you start drinking it when you're two. We do like a little tea with our sugar!
12. Backwards and forwards means "I know everything about you."
13. Jeet? is actually a phrase meaning "Did you eat?"
14. You don't have to wear a watch because it doesn't matter what time it is. You work until you' re done or it's too dark to see.
15. You don't PUSH buttons, you MASH them.
YOU KNOW YOUR FROM LOUISIANA IF:
1. You measure distance in minutes.
2. You've ever had to switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day.
3. You use "fix" as a verb. Example: "I'm fixing to go to the store"
4. All the festivala across the state are named after a fruit, vegetable, grain, insect or animal.
5. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
6. You know what a "DAWG" is.
7. You carry jumper cables in your car...for your OWN car.
8. You only own five spices: salt, pepper, tony chachere's, tabasco and ketchup.
9. The local papers cover national and international news on one page but require 6 pages for local gossip and sports.
10. You think that the first day of deer season is a national holiday.
11. You find 100 degrees Fahrenheit "a little warm".
12. You know all four seasons: Almost Summer, Summer, still Summer and Christmas.
13. You know whether another LOUISIANAN is from as soon as they open their mouth.
14. Going to Wal-mart is a favorite past tim= known as"goin' Wal-martin"or off to "Wally World"....Mall Mart.
15. You describe the first cool snap (below 70 degrees) as good Gumbo weather.
16. A carbonated soft drink isn't a soda, cola or pop...it's a Coke,regardless of brand or flavor. Example: "What kinda coke you want?"
17. Fried catfish is the other white meat.
18. We don't need no stinking driver's ed....if our mama says we can drive, we can drive.
19. You understand these jokes and forward them to your friends from LOUISIANA (and those who just wish they were). Not EVERYONE can be a LOUISIANIAN, it's an art form and a gift from God.