Weird Faces

Apartment Decorations!

I decided to spend the holidays here at home this year :) so I decorated a little. 

True Love

Picture Fun!

 

Bootz Is Ready to Party

LMAO

Too Much...Just Too Much

Not necessary. I know what goes into a toilet...my kid (if I had one) knows what goes into a toilet. 

NOT....NECESSARY

Black Friday 2013!

SO this Black Friday was amazzzzziiinnnng! I planned for 2 weeks and it was WORTH it!  Everyone was teasing me "girl you're doing too much" "girl you're really serious about this huh?"  But I got every item that I wanted except for the Sound Bar.  Which was one of the items that I really wanted most, but I knew it would be hard to get it.  Still, I am so happy with my Black Friday shopping spree! 

WALMART: $76

TARGET: $88

TOYS R US: 57

Back to Volunteering

Okay so I need to get back to this volunteer plan. I'm always so quick to lose focus! I missed half of September and all of October. So I need to start November off right. I'm going to try to find a new site since the BSP isn't in need of help right now, it seems. I'm thinking National Cares may not have the best hours available but I'll check into that too. I'll keep ya posted!

Splinter Cell PLAYS TOO MUCH!

Okay so this level is rigged. I completed the entire Pakistani Embassy through non-lethal kills so that I could beat that challenge.  At the end, it told me I didn't do it! That's crap - I used nothing but:

• sleeping gas
• crossbow with sticky shockers
• proximity shockers
• hand kills

Those are all non-lethal, right?? I'm going to look this up online and try again before I go to work. Arggh

So Drunk...Telling Secrets

LOL okay, so I should be out doing something wild because I'm drunk but I was watching Footloose and that shit changed my vibe lol. I wanna dance now. I want to straight dance - like .... square dance. I think I can though, if I try real hard. I'm on POF right now and this white guy asked me what I was doing, I told him I was watching Footloose and he was like "whats that?"  I thought all white people knew about Footloose. Thats like a black woman never seeing waiting to exhale! I'm starting to wonder if he is white afterall.  If he isnt white, he loses all cool points. Anyway...I was thinking about...someone...and "yeah I still love him." lol figure out who I love - no I'm kidding - that would be a waste of time and would take too long. I'm going to get another drink. Just had to pop in and talk about Footloose right quick

Taking It WAY Back. Song of the Week

RANDOM DUDE: "Wassup, can I get your number?"

THE GIRL HE IS MACKING ON: "Yeah"

No way would it be that simple today to get a phone number! lol
Anyway
Boy bands were the ish back in the day! Romeo was fine as hell. He should have been the face of the group, mhm. I don't know if its inappropriate for me to talk about how much sex appeal they had at 12 or whatever age they were because I'm 28. I know that we are the same age, technically- but still...I'm talking about 12 year olds having sex appeal - ew lol
I LOVE how simple songs were from our lil groups back in the day. We had the right idea back then :

"I don't mind what your friends say about me. I don't mind. You can do anything you wanna do." Do what you wanna do, not what your friends think you should do. 

"People wonder why I do the things that I do for you. They don't know, baby I really like the way that you make me feel." - Its just that simple

But

Isn't this the truth!

SO happy =D

Saw mom and my friend Carl this past weekend :) 

It was great to be back home even though it was a short, one day thing. I missed my city and didn't even realize it. It definitely made me reconsider moving back home.  But I'm not surprised...being around people that love you will do that to you. I wonder if I'm ready to go back...I feel like there's two things that I still want from this city and I don't want to leave until I have them. 

My brother and his girlfriend came to visit me a couple of weekends ago. I can't believe it took 3 years for him to visit lol but it was so well worth it. It was great to show him why I love Chicago so much and how I've been doing. His girlfriend is great. I think she is the one girlfriend he has had that compliments him in the ways that he needs. She protects him and looks out for him the way that he deserves. I give my stamp of approval =D

Still Cooking - Now its Healthy :)

Bored At Work

Bored at work Day 1

Bored at work Day 2

Definitely didn't expect to wake up to this lol.

Bootz couldn't sleep in my bed so he made his own. I can respect it. :) YES - I have a bed now - no more sleeping on the couch. LOL

The hardest level that I've ever played on Splinter Cell. Took 1 month to beat WITH help from people online and in the building. No joke. 

Look at how cold these snipers are - shot me in the balls while I was laying on my back, dying out! I'm about to play right now -addicted- 5am gaming. smh

BWAHAHAHA what is NOT funny about this! LOL

Body Changes

I lost weight, I lost weight. Ta da magic I lost weight. :)  

I've been so inconsistent with the gym that I didn't realize how much weight I was losing. I was getting big too - just kept eating...don't know what my problem was. Anyway   I lost weight, I lost weight. Ta da magaic I lost weight. :)  

BEFORE - when I was getting fat

AFTER - when I started working out

my outside gym (working out at the lakefront)

how could you not want to workout here

Goal 1: Motivational Speaking - High School Students

8.2.2013 - So today I took my first step toward completing this goal. I reached out to Black Star Project and set up an appointment for orientation on Monday!

 8.5.2013 -My orientation was great and I love the BSP! They have so many volunteer opportunities that I'm interested in and I can't wait to get started. My first task is to promote the Back to School parade that is upcoming on 8/24. I'm planning to walk in the parade and also take pictures. The other event that I am attending this month is a Community PTA on 8/17.  This event allows parents and the community to come together to discuss the improvement of academic and social outcomes for Black students.  I'm more or less sitting in on this event so that I can see what its like but maybe one day I'll be able to contribute. I'll keep you posted as I go!

8.20.2013 -I started my first day of volunteering today! I did data entry and completed my task successfully :).  I decided to volunteer every Tuesday morning (for 1 hour) before work.  I missed the PTA on 8/17 but I'll attend the one they have next month. I'm excited about this parade and taking pictures!! I can't wait :)   

8.25.2013 -The parade was amazing! I had such a good time photographing the event and I also made a few new acquaintances that I can link up with for volunteering and photography down the road.  I can't wait to go back to the site on Tuesday to show them the pics! Below are a few that I took :)

 

 

8.27.2013 - Today was not very effective with volunteering today but I did get to share the photos with the organization members. They were pleased with the results! Now I am just waiting for the next opportunity to do more.  Maybe I can look into the Saturday University now to tutor kids :)

9.3.2013 - Today I did more data entry but this one took more time to understand than to actually complete. It was still productive. I'm ready to take it up a notch though and do something else with the organization!

9.12.2013 - Guess who is now a published photographer because of this event-me! I received a request to use my photos from the event in an article with the NY Amsterdam News. I feel great :)

http://amsterdamnews.com/news/2013/sep/12/dedicated-fathers-step-lives-youth/

New Project!

I am so excited to start working on my new project!  I figured out what was holding me back with getting my goals accomplished and now I'm going to get to work on them.  I am dedicating 6 months - 1 year on each goal, while focusing solely on that goal and everything that it entails!  Now, I don't have any particular order in which I want to attack these things so I'll just go with the flow on that part.  I'll scratch them off as I go and will highlight the one that I am currently working on.  I'll blog about my experiences as I go.  Needless to say, most of these things take years to master but my goal isn't to master any of these things but to just immerse myself in them to accomplish the smaller goal. ;)

• interior design
• extreme coupon volunteer project
• relearn the saxophone and join a band-church/secular (subway playing)
• write a book
• fiction
• motivational
• start a blog or YouTube channel
• create a social networking site
• become a race advocate
• create a mobile application
• make documentary
• join a magazine staff
• take my photography to the next level
• waitress job (don't ask lol)
• relearn french
• become a pool shark
• learn to skate
• motivational speaking
• high school kids headed to college
• minority focused

Serving Tables

You know what I would really like right now? To quit my job and serve tables at a mediocre restaurant.  I know it sounds ridiculous but I miss service work - without having to really use my brain. lol. If I could go to work and move around a lot without thinking much, I would be extremely content.  Stocking shelves, busing tables, anything that doesn't require much thinking is what I'm open to right now.