LaFell's TD catch lifts LSU past Auburn 26-21

Watched with PB and a couple of his friends. What an awesome win for LSU.

Silly Photos from Port Royal after the game

Photos are of PB and Sean

Market with a Mission

Saturdays off are so nice. Stroll over to Main Street Market (PB accompanied)with the goal of purchasing a watermelon. I was craving it. I scored the last one, seedless too. A little on the small side, but watermelon! After getting home and settled to watch ESPN Gameday (live from Auburn - hosting the LSU Tigers tonight at 6:45), I cut into the not-so-ripe watermelon...jeez! Still was yummy, just a little let down.
Oh and I picked up the ball chain I ordered a few weeks back for my typewriter key letter "J".

Halloween is in the bag!

So, I never even thought about it...but apparently SK looks like a VP candidate when she is wearing someone else's glasses. Funny! We decided last night that she would go as SP for halloween and I will go as pregnant teenage daughter. We will win EVERY contest in town.(JHB in pic too!)

This is SK normal looking.......

Hair

Very ironic how I blog about needing a hair cut and in ONE day my hair comes up in five separate conversations...some not so complimentary too! The girl who waxes my eyebrows said, "Girl! When are you going to cut that hippie hair?" DS said, "JK, you need to wear your hair up, it looks much better that way!" Grrrr, I know! I need a hair cut!!! I am sure my mom is giggling on this one. Her general comment is..."You need some layers or something, it is just hanging there, Jennifer"

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Wednesday

was so productive! My first routine feeling day in a while and I got tons of work knocked out. Although I was only in the office from 8:00-10:00, I managed to eliminate almost every bullet on yesterday's to-do list, mostly from the car via email while driving or quick stops at CC's to use their internets to view artwork, thank ya

PS - 225, thanks for lunch yesterday too! It was quite yum

tired today

I feel lately I can't tell a difference in these sometimes. I have been working a lot, having fun when possible and rarely at home. I need to make some adjustments. Since our "Saturdays are mandatory" mandate at work almost two months ago, I feel like I haven't handled personal business...shopping, paying attention to mail/ bills, laundry, eating properly, laundry, cleaning, personal appointments (I need a freakin' haircut so bad; I look as though I am attempting to channel Crystal Gail), did I mention laundry? Since I only had a couple of hours of sleep, I guess I am just cranky and wanting to complain. I feel like I need two whole back-to-back days off, one for rest and one to get some shite done! Keeping my fingers crossed for this Saturday and Sunday, LSU plays away....might be a possibility. AND I don't feel any sense of "normalcy" has returned to my life since the hurricane. I have not re-established my quirky routines yet. Tonight was an attempt with a trip to the gym for the first time in three weeks (OMG, that was tough), followed by a few errands and a trip to my moms, dinner at home, hot bath, bed clothes on before 9:00 and hopefully sound asleep soon. Oh, and now that I have put a few groceries in the fridge following the extensive power outage, I will have coffee at home in the morning for the first time in weeks as well! That makes EVERYTHING better.

My Hood

Spanish Town unveils signs
DENNY CULBERT
Three markers unveiled Saturday morning highlight Spanish Town’s important place in Baton Rouge’s history.

The first sign, placed at a yellow stucco house on the corner of Spanish Town Road and Seventh Street, marks the location where Rev. George Byrd founded Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church 136 years ago.

“History is something that all of us ought to be more conscious of,” said Rev. Charles Smith, who became the pastor of the church in 1964. “We are not just creatures of the present, we are products of the past.”

Addie and Femi Euba, professors at Southern University and LSU, respectively, bought the house in 1992 without knowing that the church had formerly sat on its spot.

Effie Carter, the Realtor who sold them the house, was among the 20 members of Shiloh Baptist who came out for the ceremony.

“I didn’t know the house they bought was the old site for the church,” Carter said. “I’m glad I came this morning.”

Another marker was placed at the Lakeland Street home of Dr. Carl Austin Weiss, the man who allegedly assassinated Huey P. Long. The third marker will be installed on North 8th Street, to mark the location of the former home of LSU band leader Castro Carazo, composer of “Every Man A King.”

The signs were made possible through the Spanish Town Civic Association and a donation from the Society for the Preservation of Lagniappe in Louisiana, said Bill Good, chairman of the civic association.

The markers are identical in design to 104 existing signs made in 1970s by Anne Woolfolk White. Four of those signs were placed in Spanish Town before the city-parish administration discontinued the marker program in 1982.

A member of the original historical marker committee, Baton Rouge author Charles East Sr., helped proof the text on the latest three signs.

Spanish Town “is one of the greatest assets that we have here in East Baton Rouge Parish,” Mayor-President Kip Holden told the gathering, his voice rising over gusts of wind from the outlying bands of Hurricane Ike.

PS - Article is from Advocate.

See Sunday's Post "Pay It Forward"

There are four types of people in my world:
1. Those who do not read my blog.
2. Those who read my blog and don't comment (this group seems to increase in number daily).
3. Those who read my blog and comment.
4. Those who read my blog and do something WONDERFUL with it.

I spent the better part of my morning finishing the shipping project with Jonathan from the UPS store. He met me at my office, we loaded his truck, went back to his store, packed boxes, labeled them, packed his truck again, drove to one of my stores and unloaded. He emailed me an invoice so I could have AP cut a check today. When I stopped by this afternoon to deliver the check, Jonathan told me he was just contacted by someone in his corporate office...my blog had been forwarded to them. I am glad to know the "higher ups" were made aware of his kindness and willingness to help. If it is a regular reader, thank you! I was going to write a hand-written note to both him and the corporate office, but renforecement via internets is always nice too.

PS - Flower is photo gift for sweet person for passing it on.

Ha!

Cam has played this song the last two times I saw him play and I thought the lyrics were pretty entertaining

sundays are for music like this....

Keep It Loose, Keep It Tight by Amos Lee

What'cha Know About by Donavon Frankenreiter (sorry for spanish subtitles, only clear audio i could find)

Oh by Dave Matthews

Shes Only Happy In The Sun by Ben Harper

Angel by Matt Nathanson

Astair by Matt Costa

Pay It Forward

In a total distressed state, I walked into the UPS Store on Government Street on Thursday. Completely frustrated and aggravated I decide I would price (and pay for out of my pocket) a rather extensive packing project for which I was told to "get creative". John, store owner, could sense my {insert whatever emotion here} and offered to not only reduce the price significantly but also to pick up the equipment to be packed, pack it at his store and deliver it to the place it will be picked up (delivery project, not shipping)! He went on to tell me he had a rather intense day the day before and was relieved when someone came to his aid. He felt it was his turn to do something nice for someone. I was the lucky recipient. Thank you, John. You saved me from a complete panic attack! Several of my blog readers know just how close I was to reaching my breaking point that day from phone conversations with me...

Yip Yip Yip

"The Mexican" a.k.a. Cousin Will is coming to stay with me today..

OMG, game 2 is past us! What a long day!!! One that started at 6:00, out of the house by 7:00, set-up and ready to do my marketing jazz at LSU Tiger One Villiage for 9:00. Going out the night before wasn't the smartest! Although the company of Green Bean, Nat Rat and Printer Boy was quite nice, Friday's before a home game might be better spent at home cleaning, doing laundry, blogging etc. Upon arriving, I find out that the two crew members who volunteered to work for my marketing event today had both bailed. I text anyone and everyone in my phone looking for some back-up. As always, Green Bean came to the rescue. I could not have done it without her! My event today was to demonstrate how our pizzas can be cooked on a grill....ummm, one problem...I have NEVER grilled ANYTHING in my life. Panic central until Bean arrived to save the day, she had at least two grilling experiences under her belt. The day was ok, good brand building for us, grilling did not go that great as we were still getting wind gusts at 5:00PM. Even with sand bags holding down the legs of my tent, the wind kept threatening to take it. All of marketing materials blowing around littering campus. Craziness. We made it though. Green Bean left a little before 6:00, I packed and sat...and sat...and sat. The rest of my crew was elsewhere selling pizza by the slice. I could not abandon my gear nor could I get my car to pull it into the loading area until after kickoff. Too many pedestrians. Matt B, my sales associate with LSU Sports Properties, pulled up on a pimped out John Deer golf cart (the type that is a flat bed truck with two seats up front) and offered to load my things with me and drive me the distance to my car! Cheers to Matt. We loaded up the Deer and took off at a snails pace, still too many peeps in the skreets. Decide to text message the crew letting them know I had a ride and not to worry about me, but thought I would be nice and offer my assistance to them after car was loaded. They accepted. DANGIT! I could have been home before kickoff too. Now am finally home! After a very long, hot shower I will watch a combo of LSU vs North Texas and USC vs Ohio State while sipping on the biggest Vodka 7 known to man. Peace to Sunday Funday!!!!!

Oh and Cousin Will is staying with me tomorrow...giddy-up!

for my girlzzzzz

red star happy hour and happy's with nat rat and green bean on Friday...

After a bad day, this made me laugh

A Facebook Group was created recently "SJA Class of '93 15 Year Reunion" in which the discussion board thus far is chat about where and when. Kat C. posted...


It doesn't have to be anything fancy. We can just meet at a bar or something. Jennifer Keen... you are the BR socialite! What do you think??

am I? When did I gain this title?

Goodbye Gram

While Hurricane Gustav prep day and storm day were the traditional hurricane party style, the days following were quite different. My Gram's retirement home issued a mandatory evacuation on Wednesday due to failing generators. We transported her to my mother's house (running box fans on generators) but it was too uncomfortable for an elderly person to endure. A Friday phone conversation with Uncle Richard resulted in a decision to move Gram (hopefully temporarily) to his house in MD on Sunday. Plans were made for he and my Aunt Beth to fly to New Orleans and I would meet them there with Gram so she could fly back with the two of them. We also decided not to tell her until 30 minutes before departing, hoping it would keep her anxiety level low. I am hoping to see her soon, after the threat of Hurricane Ike has passed and whatever else is lined up behind him (haven't seen a weather forecast in a week). Family photos at home before leaving and at the NOLA airport...

Gustav night at Boyd's...and the day following

Mini Bar set up on Boyd's trash can


Rhodes being very persistent with the starting of a bonfire while standing in the rain


Finally! A fire!!!!!!!!!


GB and Rhodes on the journey home from Boyd's (and we broke curfew the first night...shhhh)


GB leaving for Birmingham to work in the shelters of New Orleans evacuees the morning after the storm...meanwhile, Rhodes and I had just returned from a quick road trip to Hammond, LA for ice and other essentials becasue SOMEONE (not mentioning any names) told us they had full power in that area


Justin arrives at my apt after my early morning Hammond-BR commute. He appears to be ready to party but in a panic because he failed to purchase a car charger for his fancy new iphone. I quickly remember that word on the street was FM had power just a few blocks away...text message him to ask if we can steal power long enough to re-charge Justin's phone, arrive and are offered a car charger (loaner style for and iphone from FM - wow, that was quite kind). Justin drove the flooded streets from FM's to my place and we wait for Erik.



after Erik arrives...we walk to Houndogs. They had power and alcohol!!! Wednesday brought the return to work and a panic to find gas (the lines were five and six hours long).

Gustav cont...(yet again)

Photo taken from my car about 7 hours before the eye of the storm passed. Where are all of my weather/ wind/ tree down photos??? I took a ton!

Gustav cont...

i have too many emails and voicemails to return so using blog to update all that my family and i are safe and so are all of my friends i have been able to reach...thank goodness! lots of peeps without power still but RED STAR has it and internet so it will be home base for a few days or weeks.

oh and i will post photos when i have more time...