Hi there! After an unscheduled hiatus- I'm Back!!!
The reasons for this hiatus are too many to list- just understand that it was one thing after another, with the bottom line being that I had to get a new keyboard. Through the generousity of my Brother- I got one & now I'm posting again!!
At this moment I'm waiting the arrival of a little miss that I will be babysitting today. That is if they don't pull a no show like the other day. Here I am waiting for the arrival- before I know it it 11am & the little one still has not arrived, so I call her mother & she says "oh Shon- I'm Sorry-Blu was supposed to call & tell you that she wasn't coming today- since my sister stayed the night & will be watching her. " So I'm sitting here enjoying my coffee & posting.
Anywhooo the weather is going to be NICE today- close to 70!!! So JStarr & I will definitely be getting out of the house & into the Goregous Sun!
Later~ S
Friday, March 19, 2010
Monday, February 1, 2010
10day Challenge: the Wrap up
Ok, So, I was a hit & a miss on the 10 day challenge.. A challenge it was!! I would forget to post, be too tired to log on and a couple of times I started one then forgot to come back to it to finish & post it. But I am one that likes a challenge- it was ironic that my fortune cookie said the same thing on Friday ;>
With that said I've decided that 2010 will be my year of challenges- I will challenge myself to do those things that I have thought about doing- but have not, such as reading the entire Bible. This thought has popped up in my mind several times over the past few months & after seeing "The Book of Eli" along with my current reading: "The Prayer of Jabez"{ I will write more on this later this week}, I decided that I will challenge myself to do that this month. I will also challenge myself to take better care of myself by getting more exercise & quit smoking {while my smoking is a by-product of my stress- it is still a bad habit that should be let go}. Another challenge that just occurred to me is to be a more loving & supportive person; and to post more consistently!
So, on my Birthday my 3 Sisnlaws & Momnlaw took me out for lunch & gave me great presents~ I was most surprised & touched! We went to The Real Chow Baby & it was awesome, I like the concept of making your own stir Fry combo & I really enjoyed it. So after we ate, SisnLaw starts singing Happy Birthday very loud- & I'm like "Let's keep this to our table- we don't need to alert the whole restuarant", but she keeps on singing outloud & I keep making comments- so it was just a hilarious event! I must say it again, I was really touched that they got together to do this special thing for me on my birthday. I will be mailing my Thank you cards today ;>
My January 2010 was MUCH better than my January 2009- I am truly blessed!
Now it's time to get on with the day. So...
Later~S
With that said I've decided that 2010 will be my year of challenges- I will challenge myself to do those things that I have thought about doing- but have not, such as reading the entire Bible. This thought has popped up in my mind several times over the past few months & after seeing "The Book of Eli" along with my current reading: "The Prayer of Jabez"{ I will write more on this later this week}, I decided that I will challenge myself to do that this month. I will also challenge myself to take better care of myself by getting more exercise & quit smoking {while my smoking is a by-product of my stress- it is still a bad habit that should be let go}. Another challenge that just occurred to me is to be a more loving & supportive person; and to post more consistently!
So, on my Birthday my 3 Sisnlaws & Momnlaw took me out for lunch & gave me great presents~ I was most surprised & touched! We went to The Real Chow Baby & it was awesome, I like the concept of making your own stir Fry combo & I really enjoyed it. So after we ate, SisnLaw starts singing Happy Birthday very loud- & I'm like "Let's keep this to our table- we don't need to alert the whole restuarant", but she keeps on singing outloud & I keep making comments- so it was just a hilarious event! I must say it again, I was really touched that they got together to do this special thing for me on my birthday. I will be mailing my Thank you cards today ;>
My January 2010 was MUCH better than my January 2009- I am truly blessed!
Now it's time to get on with the day. So...
Later~S
Friday, January 29, 2010
Challenge....#9
Ok, So, one more day until my birthday! Feeling So- So right now. Got a Flu mist yesterday & woke w/ a headache this morning. We're taking JStarr to her grandparents to spend the night & Hubby & I will get started on the BDay celebration.
Ok, So, after dropping JStarr off @ GParents- we went & had a nice lunch at Grand China restuarant in B'head { I received a Bday certificate from them}, then retreated home to relax a little { I still hadn't shook that headache}. Later, Hubby & I went to the movies & he made dinner for me: shrimp w/ asaparagus over penne with a vodka sauce. It was totally delicious~ I LOVE it when he cooks for me! So our BDay date nght was a great success~ we shared a bottle of bubbly & just enjoyed the evening ;>
Later~S
Ok, So, after dropping JStarr off @ GParents- we went & had a nice lunch at Grand China restuarant in B'head { I received a Bday certificate from them}, then retreated home to relax a little { I still hadn't shook that headache}. Later, Hubby & I went to the movies & he made dinner for me: shrimp w/ asaparagus over penne with a vodka sauce. It was totally delicious~ I LOVE it when he cooks for me! So our BDay date nght was a great success~ we shared a bottle of bubbly & just enjoyed the evening ;>
Later~S
Thursday, January 28, 2010
The Challenge continues....
Ok, So, I was trying to post last night- but the darn internet was not cooperating! So anyway I wanted to say that I LOVE my President!!!! As I watched the SOTU last night I felt confident that we as a country will work through the negativity & come out on the positive side. I was hoping that he would remind us all of his acceptance speech from November 2008: where he said that the work ahead of us is hard & we won't get through it overnight- but we must work together- that he can't do it alone. I will not accept second place for America! We won't quit! I won't quit! I'm ready to fight even harder for the working & middle class.
Later~ S
Later~ S
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Challenges...Challenges....
Ok, So I was just too tired to do my post last night. For some reason I was tired all day yesterday- so much so that I even dosed off for a half an hour yesterday afternoon- while JStarr played around me. So after dinner, bath & bed- I just didn;t have enough energy to compose a post. I was planning to write about the book that I started reading- that I got from my FathernLaw this past weekend. As I am still reading it- I was reminded of my post on abundance, especially after being blessed with unexpected extra money this weekend. This happened AFTER I was consciously practicing my "Abundance Meditation", which is what I call my daily positive thinking/affirmations concerning all areas of my life- including the finances.
I say that I was consciously doing it -'cause I was constantly stating the affirmation over & over in my mind and aloud- Especially when I would start to worry about paying this or that bill. So with that said, they are working!
OH! I also have been putting into practice the "Mind Convos" that my SoulBro taught me a few weeks back. I've been having this convo via my mind with one of the employer that I currently work with- get the information & money together, so that I can do the work that he needs done. So anyway, I recieved an email from him yesterday stating that he would be sending me the case info & payment in a couple days. I'll continue to have the mind convos with him until I receive this. Since SoulBro told me about this & the success he had- I put it into practice & this too has been working for me with much success. It is a simple practice- it's just like having a converstaion in person- with appropriate pauses for other persons the response and all. This has been really working for me, I've used it with Hubby, an employer last month & one of my sisnlaw.
Well, I think that I've covered alot & this will count aas two posts { unless I have something else to wrtite about later this evening.
Later~S
I say that I was consciously doing it -'cause I was constantly stating the affirmation over & over in my mind and aloud- Especially when I would start to worry about paying this or that bill. So with that said, they are working!
OH! I also have been putting into practice the "Mind Convos" that my SoulBro taught me a few weeks back. I've been having this convo via my mind with one of the employer that I currently work with- get the information & money together, so that I can do the work that he needs done. So anyway, I recieved an email from him yesterday stating that he would be sending me the case info & payment in a couple days. I'll continue to have the mind convos with him until I receive this. Since SoulBro told me about this & the success he had- I put it into practice & this too has been working for me with much success. It is a simple practice- it's just like having a converstaion in person- with appropriate pauses for other persons the response and all. This has been really working for me, I've used it with Hubby, an employer last month & one of my sisnlaw.
Well, I think that I've covered alot & this will count aas two posts { unless I have something else to wrtite about later this evening.
Later~S
Monday, January 25, 2010
The Challenge Continues!
Ok, So, yesterday I missed yet another post ;(- I told you this was a challenge for me! Anyway We went to my BroBro's house for crab legs & merriment. I had a good time hanging out w/ him & his girlfriend { I'll call her futuresisnlaw ;>} . They had Christmas gifts for us- which was extremely generous of them. I will treat myself to a StarBucks this week courtesy of them ;>
Soooo by the time we got home it was time to get JStarr ready for bed & return a call to DramaGirl {more about her later}, then I relaxed with Hubby watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 1 on dvd. That show is SOOOOO Hilarious!!!! We were cracking up for I don't know how many hours! So I had a pretty Awesome day yesterday - even with the calls from DramaGirl.
DramaGirl is my oldest friend- we've been friends since we met in fifth grade, and I call her DramaGirl- cause she is just that full of Drama!!! So she is caught up in this new guy & she is stressing over the fact that they haven't talked/texted every hour of every day since they had the hotel hookup the prior weekend. Do you see what I'm talking about when I say that she is full of DRAMA. The Chick is roughly a few months younger than me- but she is stuck on highschoolteendramastuff. So in one of her phone calls yesterday she told me about why her last relationship finally ended for good & all this other drama the dude's female family memebers & her. DramaGirl had the nerve to say that the dude's momma/auntie/whatever was acting like a child! Mind you, DramaGirl is doing the same thing that she accussed this woman of doing! So anyway I had to pull her card on that one & she did not like that- but I had too- it was too ridiculous!
I am starting a new challenge this week, that will be alot easier then the one post a day challenge- cause this one takes place
in the bedroom!
Soooo by the time we got home it was time to get JStarr ready for bed & return a call to DramaGirl {more about her later}, then I relaxed with Hubby watching It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia season 1 on dvd. That show is SOOOOO Hilarious!!!! We were cracking up for I don't know how many hours! So I had a pretty Awesome day yesterday - even with the calls from DramaGirl.
DramaGirl is my oldest friend- we've been friends since we met in fifth grade, and I call her DramaGirl- cause she is just that full of Drama!!! So she is caught up in this new guy & she is stressing over the fact that they haven't talked/texted every hour of every day since they had the hotel hookup the prior weekend. Do you see what I'm talking about when I say that she is full of DRAMA. The Chick is roughly a few months younger than me- but she is stuck on highschoolteendramastuff. So in one of her phone calls yesterday she told me about why her last relationship finally ended for good & all this other drama the dude's female family memebers & her. DramaGirl had the nerve to say that the dude's momma/auntie/whatever was acting like a child! Mind you, DramaGirl is doing the same thing that she accussed this woman of doing! So anyway I had to pull her card on that one & she did not like that- but I had too- it was too ridiculous!
I am starting a new challenge this week, that will be alot easier then the one post a day challenge- cause this one takes place
in the bedroom!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
2 posts behind....
Ok, So.... I am two posts behind on my 10 posts in 10 days challenge. I knew that this would be a challenge- but I have every intention of completing the challenge, and along comes life! J Starr is teething again, and so she { and subsequently I, } have gotten very little sleep the past two nights, and of course she ( and subsequently I ) have had some not so good days. My little one with her growing pains and Mommy with hers. Anyway, I forgot to do Thursday's post & then I was too tired to do one last night.
So today I am making up for the missed posts by making an outstanding 3 in one post!
Today's Post: I received my NEW glasses in the mail today!! I found this website: zennioptical.com via an article on realsimple.com about saving money; and I ordered a CUTE pair of glasses for a total of $12.95 (including shipping)!! they arrived today just under two week time frame and they look really cute on Moi,especially with my curls! The frame is black plastic w/ clear red accents at the temple. Even Hubby gave rave reviews & alot of compliments~ so much so that he's going to order himself a pair next week. I will definitely order another pair in a different style & color- U just can't beat that price!
Speaking of my curls~ I'm in LOVE with Cantu leave in Shea butter conditioner! It defines my curls while providing a soft hold and a shine that lasts for days at a time. IMy Hair & I just LOVE IT!!!
Friday's post: Ok, So, Friday was spent at the Inlaws house, and I bought the "Mocha Mom's Guide to a Fabulous Pregnancy" with me to give to my SisnLaw who lives just minutes away. This book was a good & easy read for me while I was pregnant. It gives perspectives on various topics of pregnancy & life as a pregnant mocha mom ;>
So we are talking and she says to me: " I just can't believe that I'm Pregnant". So she is in a Shock phase, which I guess you get that when you are not actively trying to get pregnant. Unlike Hubby & I- as we were both mentally ready & financially ready to have a child, so we were actively trying, and it took about 3 months for Us to get the YES. Now we are mentally ready for baby #2- but still working on being financially ready. I'm a firm believer that things happen when they are supposed to, which I said to SisnLaw- it's all about the timing~ the time is now for you to be pregnant. So I know that she is excited & I can tell that her Hubby would like to have a little girl. It would be nice for Janelle to have a little girl cousin to play with over the years ;>. But I think that it will be a boy. Now that I've said it & written it She will probably have a Girl! Etiher way a Healthy Baby and Everyone will be happy!
Thursday's Post: Ok, So, I can't remember what I was going to write about on Thursday, so I'll go with this: I am Blessed with Abundance. Recently [as in all this week] I've been trying to think abundantly, not only for myself but also for those around me & those that I don't even know to be full of abundance & knowing that all is well. This has really helped me in these times of financial shortages, and I know that we all are blessed with abundance ~ but we must choose to see it.
~S
So today I am making up for the missed posts by making an outstanding 3 in one post!
Today's Post: I received my NEW glasses in the mail today!! I found this website: zennioptical.com via an article on realsimple.com about saving money; and I ordered a CUTE pair of glasses for a total of $12.95 (including shipping)!! they arrived today just under two week time frame and they look really cute on Moi,especially with my curls! The frame is black plastic w/ clear red accents at the temple. Even Hubby gave rave reviews & alot of compliments~ so much so that he's going to order himself a pair next week. I will definitely order another pair in a different style & color- U just can't beat that price!
Speaking of my curls~ I'm in LOVE with Cantu leave in Shea butter conditioner! It defines my curls while providing a soft hold and a shine that lasts for days at a time. IMy Hair & I just LOVE IT!!!
Friday's post: Ok, So, Friday was spent at the Inlaws house, and I bought the "Mocha Mom's Guide to a Fabulous Pregnancy" with me to give to my SisnLaw who lives just minutes away. This book was a good & easy read for me while I was pregnant. It gives perspectives on various topics of pregnancy & life as a pregnant mocha mom ;>
So we are talking and she says to me: " I just can't believe that I'm Pregnant". So she is in a Shock phase, which I guess you get that when you are not actively trying to get pregnant. Unlike Hubby & I- as we were both mentally ready & financially ready to have a child, so we were actively trying, and it took about 3 months for Us to get the YES. Now we are mentally ready for baby #2- but still working on being financially ready. I'm a firm believer that things happen when they are supposed to, which I said to SisnLaw- it's all about the timing~ the time is now for you to be pregnant. So I know that she is excited & I can tell that her Hubby would like to have a little girl. It would be nice for Janelle to have a little girl cousin to play with over the years ;>. But I think that it will be a boy. Now that I've said it & written it She will probably have a Girl! Etiher way a Healthy Baby and Everyone will be happy!
Thursday's Post: Ok, So, I can't remember what I was going to write about on Thursday, so I'll go with this: I am Blessed with Abundance. Recently [as in all this week] I've been trying to think abundantly, not only for myself but also for those around me & those that I don't even know to be full of abundance & knowing that all is well. This has really helped me in these times of financial shortages, and I know that we all are blessed with abundance ~ but we must choose to see it.
~S
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