Hey Mr. Postman...

Dear Blogging World,

Please bear with me as I'm learning all I can about this life...

And someone may need to take me under their wing [any mentors??] to put me up on game...BUT...through observation 

it seems like you're not a REAL blogger unless:

1. You have a Shabby Apple ad on your blog.
2. You're not a 20-something, married, SAHM, photographer, living in the middle of nowhere.
3. You have lots of giveaways.
4. Your blog has bright or neutral color blog designs with ultra white backgrounds.
5. Your Pics are vintage-looking [who wants anyone to know that they'reactually from the present??]
6. Blog post consist of photos ONLY...[who needs words? I just got the memo that readers don't read anyone...they look at photos.]
7. You attend blogging conferences [specifically Bloggy Boot Camp thru SITS]- Speaking of conferences, anyone know of any good one's L.A.??

Dear Hubby, 

I CANNOT thank you ENOUGH for the work you put in this week. You always seem to amaze me...Putting the kids to bed, making their plates, playing with them outside after working on your car and having a full day at church, being my friend, real convos, loving me and buying and prepping breakfast for my sorority meeting...

A slo-mo, solo, standing ovation goes out to you, Babe. <3

[vintage photo - good blogger]

[present day photo - big NO-NO]

Dear Self,

Didn't I say stop staying up so late blogging??...You're still not listening...maybe this week you will.

Dear So You Think You Can Dance [America],

Boo on your life for letting go Amber and Brandon this week, especially after this performance...although votes were based off last week's performances.

Dear God,

I have to thank you for hooking up my marriage this year.  I know things have been shaky, L.A.F.M. [like a freakin' mug], but you have REALLY shown out...I don't know what I did to deserve the goodness that my Hubby has been showing and giving recently...

but all I can say is THANK YOU!!

Dear Amy @ Taking Steps Home,

Girl, you hit it the nail on the head with your interpretation of the "S" word.

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I Gotta Crush On You

Morning Blessings!!

Wanted to share some of the ultra awesome things 

 I'm soooo crushing on this week.

1. These adorable wallpapers for your cellular devices

[haha!...cellular devices...liked that, huh?]

From Enlighten Education, an org that's all about teaching girls

 to become "thinking, confidant young women."

And I'm all about that life so...go get yours and support a spifferrific cause.

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2. SMASH BOOKS!!!!

[Sorry, just felt like I had to shout this one]

So, I guess these are like journals on steroids...

Oh!...or remember Pimp My Ride with Xzibit on MTV??

This is the Pimp My Journal version.

But the AMAZEballs part of this find for me was the Scripture Scraps version 

of the SMASH BOOKS from lowercase letters.

I'll mos-def be sharing this as an activity with my GLOW Girls at church 

as a way for them to get more into the word of God and to help them with memorization.

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3. Fruitful Feet Custom Toms Shoes
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No, that's not a mistake, that means, "No Words."
But, no again, I DO have some words to say:
What is NOT to like about these??...
A. They're Toms.
B. They're SUPER DUPER CA-UTE.
C. I'm ALWAYS down to Rep the King with my gear. 

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So, there you have it...my Current Thursday Crushes and 
Thursday Thoughts for the week.
PLEASE go 'head and share what you're crushing on this week...
I don't care WHAT is it...just share it.
#nojudgingzone


Well, sometimes it is...
if its too far fetched, I may have to judge your whole entire life...
yea, ALL of it.

Un-Wordless Wednesday Vol. 1

Disclaimer #1:

No judging my whole entire life for long it took for me to get this posted...okay?

Thank You.

Lunch with the B-Boys & the Parental @ CPK

Del Rey Lagoon Park, Marina Del Rey, Cali

Glow Girls Beach Trip, Santa Monica, Cali

Disclaimer #2:
No judging for using WORDS in my WORDLESS Wednesday Posts...
Thanks, again.

*Things I was thankful for on Saturday 

*Hubby going to infinity and beyond as he bought AND prepped breakfast for my sorority meeting at the house

*Glow Girl's Creed

*Thee BEST ever: Mary Kay

*How my BeYouTiFul face looked after using Thee BEST Ever: 

Mary Kay

*ONE of the singing groups my Hubby belongs to: 

Redeemed & Blessed

*My lil' brotha from another motha (same heavenly daddy, though)...lookin' like he 'bout to teach some salsa dancing lessons...but we're at church...LOL!...

Get It, Isaiah!!

BeYouTiFul Specific Details

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Guess what, Chica?

[My bad, and CHICOS in case you're here reading, too, then...WHOOT WHOOT!]

You're freakin' irreplaceable!

So, I guess an apology, on my behalf, is called for if you've been thinking of everything imaginable to change about you to become something "better/more pretty/more popular/even more AMAZEballs"

 than you think you already are...

BUT...you're wrong...

there's ABSOLUTELY nothing in life you can do to change [COMPLETELY].

  [Sorry.]

Why become someone else when there's NO ONE else CREATED

 in this W.W.W. [whole wide world] to look like

 BeYouTiFul YOU??

You have some spiferiffic specific details about you, 

specially designed JUST FOR YOU that no one else has...

That's kinda freakin' crazy amazin'.

Okay, who do you know who knew you be before you were born?

[I mean, your mama CARRIED you, but she still didn't really know ANYTHING about you, 

except your sex when that was revealed]

And who knows ALL your deep, dark, & bright, specific, intimate thoughts 

that you don't even write in your journal or tell your BFF?

(you answer): No one.

You're WRONG...

God does.

He believes you're special enough to NOT have any carbon copies

 of you roaming around the earth.

You have some very BeYouTiFul Specific Details 

all mixed together that make you...YOU.

And that's kinda dope, I must say.

MONday = MY Day Vol.1

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Blessed MONday!!

Mon in French is MY.

So, now I like to think of Mondays as: MY Day.

What am I going to do for me on MY Day?...

Today I want to SHINE...

Well, I'd like to SHINE everyday...

But we have to take baby steps sometimes 

just to make a dent of an impact or change in our lives...

So my baby steps will start on...

(you answer):  MONday.

YES...on MY Day.

And today I will SHINE.

How are you spending your MONday??

Partying with:
Monday Meet Up
Monday Madness
Crazy Mama's Monday Blog Hop
#YOLO Mondays

You've Got Mail

Pen...CHECK.

Paper...CHECK.

Envelope...CHECK.

Stamp...CHECK.

Letter writing ready...

Dear Kai, 
Please forgive mommy for our travesty the day before...I sent you to GiGi's (great grandma's) to have your own fun play time with your cousins that are your age...it wasn't a punishment, baby.  I didn't think you were going to cry and carry on for so long...didn't know you wouldn't sleep like you normally do, and instead wake up at the crack of dawn at 5am to sit on GiGi's front porch in your jammies, shoes and hoodie on READY to come back home as she watered the grass...We'll ease our way into your sleepovers better next time.

Dear Internet,

What's your freakin' problem??...You know, it's really not cool to cut on and off within 2-3 minutes apart as I'm trying to write or make comments...No Bueno...Get your life together.

Dear Wonderfully-Made Me,

Go. To. Bed. You stay up too late at night to blog and comment and meet new bloggers...I understand you are SUPER STOKED about learning all you can about the World of Blogging...but you have to get a grip, Girl...

P.S.- Stop dreaming about blogging!!

Dear Sabira,

Thanks for the hook up and for your lovely yesterday...I always look forward to your company.

Dear Weather,

Thank you for getting your life together this week...WAYYY warmer and sunnier than last week. 
Keep it up.

Dear Bloggies (Blog Buddies) & Blessings (my readers),
Thank you for taking the time to just read what I have to say...I can be all over the place sometimes and your comments and readership mean so much...LOVE YA'LL.

Dear Vegas Family Trip,

I can't wait...

Dear Job Search,

Please get better...


Dear Babe,

Thank you for being a hard worker and make-a-way, find-a-way type of guy.  I see you, Babe.  Thank you for your commitment to get the time off this year to make it to Vegas with the family...I was getting a bit Debbie Downerish after the past two years of not having you with us. I'm so geeked you'll be back with us this year...We gotta do it BIG!!

Dear God, 

Thank you for great family and friends...don't know what I would do with them. Thank you for bringing my lesson to me that will teach these middle school aged girls in October at the United Christian Women's Conference. I sure didn't know WHAT THE HECK I was going to pull together and you  laid it out right in front of me. Thank you for showing what I have and to appreciative for it, no matter how much more I want...You somehow bring me back to contentment.

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The Cure

Greetings and salutations, Blessings!!

So, as many of you know, I've been what??...

(you answer): SICK!

RIGHT!...and sounding like who?

(you answer): General Grievous.

Good job, Blessings...you've been paying attention...

or not and are just reading my blog for the first time, 

which is perfectly fine cause at least you're here, right??

RIGHT??

(you answer): riiigghht. =/

Anywhoo, I haven't been able to shake this FUDICULOUS cough...you liked that, huh??

Got it from my new Bloggy, Brooke.

So, one of my nearest (literally...we live like five minutes in walking distance from each other...

okay, maybe 12 minutes) and dearest friends, Sabira, 

who's also at home dying  trying to get rid of her hot mess of a flu, jetted on her scooter to come make a drop of a special secret stash that she RAVED was making her feel "exponentially better." 

No really, those were her EXACT words...I mean, WHO IN THE WORLD says that?!?

(you answer) Sabira.

You're right, Bira does...smh.

Her secret remedy contained all natural supplements: B12, echinacea, vitamin C (no not the one hit wonder singer from a while back that EVERYBODY and they mama played or sang at they graduation...the actual vitamin) and ginger root tea. I didn't have the tea so I didn't take this.

So, me, being the pill poppin' gal that I am, 'cause I CANNOT EVEN DEAL with the taste of liquid meds, took them as advised.  I took one of each pill at the same time at 8:30pm last night and barely coughed since! Even the "cold" is coming out easier than before...

CAUTION:

 If you know darn well, that if you aren't...I repeat: ARE NOT an expert in downing GINORMOUS HORSE PILLS, then this AMAZEballs remedy may not be for you...you see the pics...

the B12 is a non-brainer, but the other two will mos-def send you gagging like you have a spoon down your throat.

So, a SUPER DUPER thanx and "praise God for your ministry" goes out to my, girl, Sabira...

if she wasn't at home dying with the flu, I would've never been able to make any progress getting rid of my horrific cough and snot nose.

So, what are are some of your best remedies when sick??

And if you decide to try this, 'cause maybe your dying like Sabira, or sound like my coughing twin, please holla back to tell me how your recovery goes!

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