First, some blog bling. During the throws of Mardi Gras (heh, I made a funny), Tara R. from If Mom Says OK bestowed this award on my blog:

and just the other day, MomBabe over at The Bingham Diaries gave me this award:

I am not good at acceptance speeches. So I’ll quote Sally Field accepting her Oscar, “You like me; you really like me!!” And I really like that you like me! Thank you both so much!

Now for something completely different.

While riding the streetcar last week, I noticed there was a bit of trash on the floor. The distinct bright yellow caught my eye. Upon closer look of the Hubig’s pie wrapper, I noticed a St. Joseph’s altar lucky bean next to it:

In New Orleans, even our trash is interesting!