Dear Diary,

Diary of a Yankee who's just moved to New Orleans

> > April 30th:
> > New Orleans is fantastic! Just got here and love
> it already. Now this is a state that knows how to live - beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings.
> > What a place! Watched the sunset from Waterfront
> > park lying on a
> > blanket.
> > It was beautiful. I've
> > finally found my home. I love it here.
> >
> > May 14th:
> > Really heating up. Got to 89 today. Not a problem,
> > live in an air
> > conditioned
> > home, drive an air conditioned car. What a
> pleasure
> > to see the sun
> > everyday
> > like this. I'm turning into a real sun worshipper.
>
> >
> > June 5th:
> > Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants
> > today. Lots of
> > palms and
> > gingers. What a breeze to maintain! No more mowing
> for
> > me. NO MORE
> > SHOVELING
> > SNOW EITHER! Another scorcher today, but I love it
> > here.
> >
> > July 1st:
> > The temperature hasn't been below 98 all week, not
> > even at night.
> > Where are
> > those warm gulf breezes we heard about? seems really
> hot.
> > Getting used to
> > it will
> > take a while, I guess. I sure miss my LP
> collection,
> > though. I'll
> > have to
> > remember not to leave anything made out of plastic
>
> > in my car. Got
> > one of
> > those fuzzy steering wheel covers. Cheaper than
> the
> > burn ointment for
> > my
> > hands. I always wondered what burnt flesh smelled
> > like.
> >
> > July 15th:
> > Fell asleep on the beach. (Got 3rd degree burns
> over
> > 60% of my
> > body.) Missed
> > two days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I
> learned
> > my lesson
> > though: got to
> > respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.
> >
> > July 20th:
> > I miss our cat, Tabby. He snuck into the car when
> I
> > left this
> > morning. By
> > the time I got out to the hot car for lunch, he'd
> > swollen up to the
> > size of a
> > shopping bag and just as I opened the door he
> > exploded all over
> > $2,000 worth
> > of leather upholstery. I told the kids he ran
> away.
> > The car now
> > smells like
> > Kibbles and poop. No more pets in this heat!
> >
> > July 25th:
> > Warm gulf breezes, like where?. Hot is hot!! The home
> air
> > conditioner is on
> > the fritz
> > and AC repairman charged $200 just to drive by and
> > tell me he needed
> > to order
> > parts. Only hope for a break in the heat would be
> a
> > hurricane.
> >
> > July 30th:
> > Been sleeping outside by the pool for three nights
> > now. Swatting the
> > swamp
> > mosquitoes that are as big as B-52's. $1,500 in
> darn
> > house payment
> > and we
> > can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?
> >
> > Aug.4th
> > 105 degrees today. Finally got the air
> conditioner
> > fixed today. It
> > cost $500
> > and gets the temperature down to about 90. The
> > electric bill is
> > almost as
> > much as the house payment. And two SUV lady
> drivers
> > almost ran me off
> > the
> > road. I hate this state.
> >
> > Aug 8th:
> > If another jerk cracks, "Hot enough for you
> today?"
> > I'm going to tear
> > his
> > head off. Darn heat. By the time I get to work the
> > radiator is
> > boiling over,
> > my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like
> roasted arm pits!
> >
> > Aug. 10th:
> > The weather report might as well be a darn
> > recording: Hot and sunny.
> > It's
> > been too hot for two #@*& months and the
> weatherman
> > says it might
> > REALLYwarm
> > up next week. And who came up with the statement
> "it
> > may be hot, but
> > at least
> > you don't have to shovel it" should die from heat
> > exhaustion.
> >
> > Aug. 14th:
> > Welcome to Hell!!! Temperature got to 105 again today.
> > Forgot to crack the
> > window
> > and blew the windshield out of the Lincoln. The
> > installer came to fix
> > it and
> > said, "Hot enough for you today?" My wife had to
> > spend the $1,500
> > house
> > payment to bail me out of jail.
> >
> > Aug. 30th:
> > Worst day of the summer. I'm not leaving the
> house.
> > The monsoon rains
> > finally
> > came and all they did is to make it muggier than
> > heck and drove the
> > darned
> > roaches out of the ground. I wasn't aware they
> could
> > fly! The Lincoln
> > is now
> > floating somewhere in the Gulf of Mexico with its new
> > $500 windshield.
> >
> > That does it, we're moving back to the Chicago! where
> > all you have to
> > worry
> > about is getting mugged, I hope this state breaks
> in
> > half and floats away!!!!!!!
>

LOL! Hmmmm...Maybe Gardenhubby and I should have second thoughts about visiting y'all this winter...

Aaaaack! I'm melllllltinnnnnnng....

;o) Kimberley

Oh Lisa, you must have posted this just as I started my new thread. I find it hysterical and no wonder you want to move....... ROFL!!!

awww, come on Kim...you can hang!!! *giggle* Louisa, that about sums up why I want to move..heh heh

Yes, move soon Lisa, if those hurricanes that were predicted all come at once you have to get out of there quick. Seriously, I hope they never come and that the forecasters really have got it wrong this time.

ROFLMAS!!! What a great laugh! Thanks for the belly roll!

ROFL I guess I'll stay up here in the mountains and deal with shoveling all the snow.It sounds pretty good now after reading your post. LOL

Another great one Lisa, I laughed harder with each sentence!!!! Thanks, sue

Lisa- toooo funny!!!

Trish

Good one Lisa - you bring that back this winter when I'm complaining about the -40 wind chills and 13 inches of blowing snow, etc.

Just read this Lisa,sooo funny. Hope things get better doesn't sound like it can get much worse'

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!

Lisa, sounds alot like Texas....just throw Tornado Alley in there and ya got it!

"eyes"

lisa-i was on the phone and burst out laughing as I read!!
too funny