My Love ~ Grandma Ruby

It has been too many years since your body left us. I know spiritually you will always be here. I still smile when I think and speak of you. I learned from you while you were living and since you've been gone. I'll never forget the stories you shared, your cooking /baking and your kindness you showed. You were an awesome Grandmother, the best...I can sum up how I feel about you in two words...Ruby RULES!!!

I love you, continue to rest in paradise.

Your Grandbaby,

Sonya

It's Mardi Gras / Fat Tuesday

It's time to party it up, and ....eat!!

Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday. It is also known as Mardi Gras Day or Shrove Day. It is a day when people eat all they want of everything and anything they want as the following day is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a long fasting period for Christians. In addition to fasting, christians also give up something special that they enjoy. So, Fat Tuesday is a celebration and the opportunity to enjoy that favorite food or snack that you give up for the long lenten season.

Nowhere on the planet is Fat Tuesday celebrated more than on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The day is celebrated with festivities and parades and of course much food and drink. While in New Orleans, a big tradition is in wearing Mardi Gras beads and giving them to others. And tradition requires that if a guy gives a girl some beads, she has to do something for him.....this can be just loads of fun...

- Sonya