{"id":2093,"date":"2007-10-21T21:01:00","date_gmt":"2007-10-22T04:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/21\/morning-in-mandeville\/"},"modified":"2007-10-21T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2007-10-22T04:01:00","slug":"morning-in-mandeville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.coldspaghetti.org\/blog\/2007\/10\/21\/morning-in-mandeville\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning in Mandeville"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhmCjMAaI\/AAAAAAAACyU\/N0A25W_zq_8\/s1600-h\/IMG_5534.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhmCjMAaI\/AAAAAAAACyU\/N0A25W_zq_8\/s400\/IMG_5534.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124007413443985826\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>We rolled out to Mandeville bright and early this morning.  Paul had some stuff to do &#8220;on the north shore&#8221; and we decided to make a family outing.  The kids and I found the park on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain and played while Paul finished up the job.  We were home by 11am.<\/p>\n<p>The most exciting part was crossing the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lake_Pontchartrain_Causeway\">World&#8217;s Longest Bridge<\/a>.  The spring punch was in my pocket, just in case.  But it actually wasn&#8217;t as frightening as I thought it would be&#8230; maybe I&#8217;m mellowing?<br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwiuijMAcI\/AAAAAAAACyk\/LEZJeDMT1Yk\/s1600-h\/IMG_5551.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwiuijMAcI\/AAAAAAAACyk\/LEZJeDMT1Yk\/s400\/IMG_5551.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124008658984501698\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhlCjMAXI\/AAAAAAAACx8\/KnvO7Bq2DsM\/s1600-h\/IMG_5514.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhlCjMAXI\/AAAAAAAACx8\/KnvO7Bq2DsM\/s400\/IMG_5514.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124007396264116594\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/>My kids seriously need a haircut.  Can&#8217;t get away with growing it out with their straight locks.  Poor Kate is going to need a seeing-eye dog if we don&#8217;t act soon.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhlijMAYI\/AAAAAAAACyE\/MQDcljj-kqw\/s1600-h\/IMG_5516.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhlijMAYI\/AAAAAAAACyE\/MQDcljj-kqw\/s400\/IMG_5516.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124007404854051202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><br \/><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhlijMAZI\/AAAAAAAACyM\/i6Jian40ntw\/s1600-h\/IMG_5522.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhlijMAZI\/AAAAAAAACyM\/i6Jian40ntw\/s400\/IMG_5522.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124007404854051218\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Beautiful morning &#8212; calm water &#8212; and lots of fish.  I demonstrated the <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=pFTjeaDlxDI\">Bert-and-Ernie approved fishing method<\/a> and made Will&#8217;s day (not to mention surprise myself) when a big fish leapt out of the water (the method involves calling &#8220;<span style=\"font-style: italic;\">heeeerreeee, fishy fishy fishy!<\/span>&#8220;)  Apparently, it works&#8230; the fish kept jumping!  Will was THRILLED.<\/p>\n<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhmSjMAbI\/AAAAAAAACyc\/QY_-QrVCRlQ\/s1600-h\/IMG_5539.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_NeoZjZL4Y_c\/RxwhmSjMAbI\/AAAAAAAACyc\/QY_-QrVCRlQ\/s400\/IMG_5539.JPG\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124007417738953138\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We rolled out to Mandeville bright and early this morning. Paul had some stuff to do &#8220;on the north shore&#8221; and we decided to make a family outing. The kids and I found the park on the shores of Lake Pontchartrain and played while Paul finished up the job. We were home by 11am. 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