This week's tea party heads to Louisianna, also known as the Big Easy. Heidi is going thru a pretty rough time and needs some cheering!
A few of years ago, we drove down to New Orleans and went to the Cafe Du Monde and ate some delicious beignets! Yummy!!! I thought I would try to make a Mardi Gras mask card, including confetti. I used glossy accents on the eyes and even cut and curled some black paper for eyelashes! I used lots of stickles too, sorry they just don't photograph that well. But I am sure you get the idea. Here's the best joke I found online...
Pierre and Boudreaux was flying Cajun Airlines to da Mardi Gras. Boudreaux was flying da plane, and Pierre was in da back foolin wit da cargo equipment an stuff.
Da plane hit some turbulence an started bouncin around and Boudreaux got knocked unconscious. Den da plane start driftin. Pierre come run up to da front an Boudreaux was sprawl out all over da steerin wheel.
Well, Pierre don't know nuttin bout flyin an he start to get panaky. He grab da microphone and holla "May Day! May Day! Dis is Cajun Air Line 90210. Boudreaux, him knock unconscious an I don know nuttin about flyin dis plane!"
"Dis is da control tower," Someone answer. "Don you worry a bout nittin. We gonna splain how you to land dis plane, step by sep, ah gar-own-tee! Jus leave anyting ta us. Fus, how high yu are, an whas you position?"
Pierre thought a minute, den say, "I'm five foot ten an I'm all day wa to da front of da plane."
"No! No! No!" answer da tower. " What you altitude, an where you location?"
Pierre say, "Man, rat now ah got a po attitude, an ah'm from Thibodeaux, Laweezeeanna!"
" No! No! No!" came an exasperated voice. " Ah needs to know how many feet you got off da groun an how you plane in relation to da airport!"
Pierre, he start to panic by dis time. He say, "Countin Boudreaux's feets an mine togedder, we got fo feet off da groun an I don beleieve dis plane related to you airport!"
A long pause-----de silence was deafanin.
"All we needs to know, whoo you got insurance wit?"
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Tue, Nov 05, 2013 @ 7:36 PM
Aaaaack! Kathleen this is sooooooo cool! Love your colorful masked reveler and all of his festive accoutrements. Everything is just so fun and sure to bring Heldi joy. Your story gave me a good old Mothermark snort. Really. Thanks for that!
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Sun, Nov 10, 2013 @ 7:42 AM
Kathleen, you get the all time prize for the best card and funniest story EVER! This card is very cleverly crafted and the write up is absolutely the funniest thing ever!!
I actually have 8mm black and white film of my paternal grandmother sitting at the Cafe du Monde in 1948 sipping black coffee and looking so sweet. My grandfather was taking the film. Oh how I love your card and story. Hey, and that new photo is pretty nice too *wink* You looked marvelous in uniform. Thank you for your service, Kathleen. <3