Mardi Gras

Wow cp! We're on the same wavelength! I've been working on Mardi Gras stuff today for the nursing home. I do the newsletter and some of the activities, so I've started planning.
Also, did you know--
January is:
National Soup Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Popcorn Day is Jan. 19
Dont' forget Groundhog Day Feb 2
Don't forget Groundhog Day Feb 2

The next time February will begin on a Friday is 2036.

Any other tidbits of info you'd like to know? I'm full of 'em. Well, full of something...:roll:

Wow cp! We're on the same wavelength! I've been working on Mardi Gras stuff today for the nursing home. I do the newsletter and some of the activities, so I've started planning.
Also, did you know--
January is:
National Soup Month
National Oatmeal Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Popcorn Day is Jan. 19
Dont' forget Groundhog Day Feb 2
Don't forget Groundhog Day Feb 2

The next time February will begin on a Friday is 2036.

Any other tidbits of info you'd like to know? I'm full of 'em. Well, full of something...:roll:

DD, you crack me up. Are there 2 Groundhogs now?

DD, you crack me up. Are there 2 Groundhogs now?

Seen the movie Groundhog's Day?

Seen the movie Groundhog's Day?

My life in a nutshell.

My life in a nutshell.

Mine too honey. :roll:

I love tidbits of useless information.

I shall remember this.

Dont' forget Groundhog Day Feb 2
Don't forget Groundhog Day Feb 2

:roll:

Poor little IBD, this day is also her birthday,

you know I should have realized what day it was when I was giving birth. The contractions just kept coming and coming and coming.....

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now back to thread topic, I can not believe MG is so early this year either. We put up our decor today to get ready. Anyone going to New Orleans for the festivities?????

IBD, one of my son's birthday is April 1 which of course is April Fools Day
DD, I love parades don't you? You are such a source of info.
Ok, this coming Tues. I am going to Jacksonville for a couple of weeks (remember I didn't go a week or so ago) my cousin fell on New Years night and fractured something in her foot ..doc told her to stay off it for several weeks...only problem with that is her husband has cancer and is an invalid. (feeding tube and all) so I'm going down and take care of both of them and walk the dogs and scoop poop (I've NEVER done that before)

Oh but I did put my wreath out with green,purple and gold!

OH one more thing, when I do head back home from Jacksonville I'm coming by the beach (I hope)!!!!!!!!!Maybe!It would be just unthinkable to drive by on I10 and not head south. Now which Is the best way if I'm coming from the east?

Seen the movie Groundhog's Day?

That movie was my idea, and I'm still bitter about it.

IBD, one of my son's birthday is April 1 which of course is April Fools Day

I was supposed to be born on April Fool's Day...but I wasn't, which is funnier...

Dang, Nohall,I looked at the calendar your were 11 days late!!

Poor little IBD, this day is also her birthday,

you know I should have realized what day it was when I was giving birth. The contractions just kept coming and coming and coming.....

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

now back to thread topic, I can not believe MG is so early this year either. We put up our decor today to get ready. Anyone going to New Orleans for the festivities?????

IBD-that's Sunkist's birthday too!!! We were both in labor on the same day----20 something years apart!!!

I changed my myspace page today for Mardi Gras...take a look. Sunkist helped. I could have never figured all that out by myself.

is early this year! Feb 5th! So that means an early Easter. Also this is a leap year. (can you tell I'm bored and its too cold to go outside and play?)
So the parades will be starting in just a few days or so?

Technically the Mardi Gras season starts on the 12th night after Christmas, the first day of the religious season of Epiphany. The date for Easter is computed via various algorithms, such as Oudin's. Then Ash Wednesday is 46 days before Easter, and Mardi Gras is the day before that, so that's how it's computed.

This is one of my favorite assignments to give to my beginning computer science students in spring semester, that is, for any given year, compute the date for Easter and the date for Mardi Gras.

I have a Mardi Gras wreath, too.

Today was the first day of Carnival, the beginning of the Mardi Gras Parades. I'm going to wait another week to decorate though.
I not fond of early Mardi Gras. The cold can change the mood of it all. That and the fact that Superbowl Sunday is February 3rd....Doesn't look like I'm doing Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year. Perhaps Baytown Wharf? Anyone else going to be there?

Here's a link to the Parade Schedule if anyone is doing NOLA...

http://www.nola.com/mardigras/parades/

Today was the first day of Carnival, the beginning of the Mardi Gras Parades. I'm going to wait another week to decorate though.
I not fond of early Mardi Gras. The cold can change the mood of it all. That and the fact that Superbowl Sunday is February 3rd....Doesn't look like I'm doing Mardi Gras in New Orleans this year. Perhaps Baytown Wharf? Anyone else going to be there?

Here's a link to the Parade Schedule if anyone is doing NOLA...

http://www.nola.com/mardigras/parades/

Well, I'm ready for an early Mad Grass. I bought some great andouille from Cocoon's (better than what I get via mail order from Paul Prudhomme's "K-Paul's" restaurant at 1-800-4KPAULS). Can't find Camellia red beans at the Publix here any more , but I will just substitute a generic brand of red beans. I have boatloads of beads and masks, and a white, a gold, and a black baby Jesus for the King Cake, so I'm good to go.

Laissez les bons temps rouler.

Now which Is the best way if I'm coming from the east?

When we drive to the beach from Tallahassee, we get off I-10 at Exit 85 (DeFuniak) and head south on 331. This is the fastest route to Seagrove for us -- by at least 20 minutes.