NOLAnotes
@nolanotes.bsky.social
Mom to @rougarou and wife of @surlybuddhist, poor souls. Practicing law in Louisiana, where we pride ourselves on our superior Civil Law system over the rest of the country’s “common” law. Screaming into the void. #nolasky
When you spend the day being traumatized by your family and your evening healing from earlier family trauma… you appreciate the joyous bits as they come.
May 14, 2025 at 2:17 AM
When you spend the day being traumatized by your family and your evening healing from earlier family trauma… you appreciate the joyous bits as they come.
When you aggressively clean your bread box (not a euphemism), you may be stressed the eff out.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
May 2, 2025 at 9:42 PM
When you aggressively clean your bread box (not a euphemism), you may be stressed the eff out.
Exhibit A:
Exhibit A:
In over 2 decades of practicing law and getting daily tax law updates, never have I seen anything like this. Watching SCOTUS closely on the USAIDS case to see if they apply brakes to this runaway train of an administration.
February 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In over 2 decades of practicing law and getting daily tax law updates, never have I seen anything like this. Watching SCOTUS closely on the USAIDS case to see if they apply brakes to this runaway train of an administration.
When mahjongg and Carnival merge, it’s a winning combination! I’ll be MIA for a while….
January 18, 2025 at 7:44 PM
When mahjongg and Carnival merge, it’s a winning combination! I’ll be MIA for a while….
At thr JCC’s mah jongg tournament holding my own….
January 12, 2025 at 6:12 PM
At thr JCC’s mah jongg tournament holding my own….
Speaking of my epic knitting, I finished my first *color block project* today. Sometimes I impress myself!
January 2, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Speaking of my epic knitting, I finished my first *color block project* today. Sometimes I impress myself!
How it’s going in NOLA…
I feel like a frog in a pot of water slowly coming to a boil…
I feel like a frog in a pot of water slowly coming to a boil…
January 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
How it’s going in NOLA…
I feel like a frog in a pot of water slowly coming to a boil…
I feel like a frog in a pot of water slowly coming to a boil…
This is more my style. Statues of cats. I get it. Cats are godlike and should be idolized. 😀
December 2, 2024 at 2:52 AM
This is more my style. Statues of cats. I get it. Cats are godlike and should be idolized. 😀
The step ladder isn’t shown but it was there too. I swear they were prepping to paint this wall.
December 2, 2024 at 2:23 AM
The step ladder isn’t shown but it was there too. I swear they were prepping to paint this wall.
At first glance, I thought that was a crawfish. You can take me out of Louisiana but….
November 28, 2024 at 9:14 PM
At first glance, I thought that was a crawfish. You can take me out of Louisiana but….
I think I discovered the periodic element for the Po Boy…
November 23, 2024 at 7:28 PM
I think I discovered the periodic element for the Po Boy…
I finished my Fall Leaves Garland. I am not hating it. Need to zhuzh up the rest of the mantle with thanksgiving decor…
November 10, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I finished my Fall Leaves Garland. I am not hating it. Need to zhuzh up the rest of the mantle with thanksgiving decor…
A friend turned me onto the Merlin bird app and by golly do I enjoy it! With all this rain, all the birds have something to tweet.
April 10, 2024 at 7:51 PM
A friend turned me onto the Merlin bird app and by golly do I enjoy it! With all this rain, all the birds have something to tweet.
An Easter trifle is nothing to, eh, trifle with… I want to face-plant into it.
March 30, 2024 at 10:02 PM
An Easter trifle is nothing to, eh, trifle with… I want to face-plant into it.
When your Asian market soup comes with its own snap-into-place fork!
March 14, 2024 at 4:56 PM
When your Asian market soup comes with its own snap-into-place fork!
Haydel’s 2024 ceramic king cake dolls: Arthur Hardy (so cute!) and a MG stand (that does not stand on its own 😕).
January 6, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Haydel’s 2024 ceramic king cake dolls: Arthur Hardy (so cute!) and a MG stand (that does not stand on its own 😕).
Sun is having her wisdom teeth removed and I have an hour or so to fret… so as best I can to not fret, I knit. At a minimum it helps drown out the crappy music playing as I say to myself “knit knit knit yarn over knit knit knit…”
December 27, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Sun is having her wisdom teeth removed and I have an hour or so to fret… so as best I can to not fret, I knit. At a minimum it helps drown out the crappy music playing as I say to myself “knit knit knit yarn over knit knit knit…”
My grandfather had this in a kitchen drawer. When he died, I was the only one who’d ever found it and asked him what it was: a vintage cut crystal vase that was in old (1930s) cars. It was the original air freshener! Had to buy a vintage bracket and voila! Makes for a fine tableau.
December 26, 2023 at 10:32 PM
My grandfather had this in a kitchen drawer. When he died, I was the only one who’d ever found it and asked him what it was: a vintage cut crystal vase that was in old (1930s) cars. It was the original air freshener! Had to buy a vintage bracket and voila! Makes for a fine tableau.
Greetings from Jacob’s Andouille in LaPlace. Tasty smoked meats? Yes please!
December 22, 2023 at 5:21 PM
Greetings from Jacob’s Andouille in LaPlace. Tasty smoked meats? Yes please!
Young Belizaire still holds a grudge. And he likes the taste of falcon—says it tastes like chicken 🍗
November 26, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Young Belizaire still holds a grudge. And he likes the taste of falcon—says it tastes like chicken 🍗