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Did Ya Miss Me?

Yeah, I have been real janky about blogging lately. Not sure why, can you believe I didn’t have much to say, okay actually I had too much to say and for some reason the words wouldn’t come. No worries, I am back on blogging schedule becuase I just know you all look forward to reading my randomness!!

In other news:

Addison is sleeping better. I was beginning to feel a little undone with the lack of sleep I was getting.

Spring has been rearing its bee-u-tiful face lately. Delightful, but I am not fooled. I know cold weather is coming back around. For this reason I can.not wear sandals or any full spring attire. In the words of my mother, ” this is pneumonia weather, put on a jacket.” I can’t officially change over my gear until it has been consistently warm for at least 3 weeks.

Went shopping this weekend  for a few spring items. Found a few things. I am surprised at how cheap I have become. I have to rationalize everything before I buy it. I suppose that’s a good thing.

Divinitee is coming along. Not as well or as fast as I would like, and that would be because of my continuous lack of discipline. More problems with the printer, hopefully will have shirts mailed out this week. Sometimes I wish I had a business partner to hold me accountable, the thing is they would have to be ’bout their business and a drill sargeant and then I would probably get mad and tell them to kick rocks because this is “my” business. Y’all pray for me, I feel so defeated because I just can’t get it together. *sigh* or maybe it was the lack of sleep…or my son’s recent non stop talking binges..speaking of

OMG, Jesus please be the YKK on a zipper for Adrian’s mouth. I love my baby, yes I do but the talking has been NON STOP the past week. I mean NONSTOP. It’s like his eyes and mouth are connected by a string. When he opens his eyes in the morning it doesn’t shut until his eyes close for the night. I just figured out how to record on my phone and if I can figure out how to upload on here, I will let you all hear so you don’t think I am exaggerating. He is out of school the next two days, we will spend LOTS of time outdoors.

Enough.

How are you? I missed your comments on my brief hiatus. What’s going on in your neck of the woods? How’s the weather where you are? How are your babies? Made any strides in fulfilling your dreams? Read a good book lately? Something, tell me something….Calling all lurkers…Calling all lurkers!

Love Y’all!

Family Life Marriage Me My Babies

An Unlikely Love Story

*cue Mary J. Blige and Method Man “All I Need and loop in your head as many times as necessary to get through this post*

Once upon a time in June of 1998 I met a guy named A.D. Initially I was not impressed, he grew up very different from me and being as shallow minded as I was at the time I wanted nothing to do with a freshman college student who didn’t own a car, or who grew up in the mean streets of Miami, Fl. At the urging of a mutual friend of ours that actually went to high school with him, I agreed to ONE conversation. As cliche as it sounds the rest was history!

We dated from June 1998 to August of 1999. We decided to go our separate ways and rekindled our relationship in December of 2002. Amazingly during that time I never saw him more than two times and we lived in a very small town but people always said he would ask about me. We agreed to give it another shot prior to my graduating from college and moving from Tallahassee to Charlotte. 

He graduated in 2003 and joined me in Charlotte

 We lived in Charlotte for a year and a half before moving to Atlanta. About a year after moving here we got engaged..Woot Woot!!

 Then a week later we discovered I was pregnant…After all those years, our luck ran out!

 

 

 Shortly before Lil Man was born we got married at the courthouse.

You see my boy..Peace up, A town down

We had our own little family 

Shortly after our trip to Disney in Summer 2009, We decided it was time to add to the roster

 

All of this because these two people fell in love….

Moral of the story is, if you haven’t found your “love” yet be patient and overlook the material things. If I had stayed hung up on the fact that he didn’t have a car and grew up in the projects this post would have never been!

Happy Valentines Day!

Week in the Life Of

A Week in the Life Of….

I have been thinking about my mother alot lately. Not in a sad way but just wishing she was here for me to grab a spot at the bottom of her bed, curl up and fire off all of the randomness in my head and get her honest opinions. She has been gone nearly three years. Maybe it is high time I go and visit her grave, which I have never been back to and get a few things off of my chest. Might be good for the soul.

This week I have also found myself in my thoughts about my next steps. I go through this every month or so. Within the span of a week, I have thought about going back to work, looking into freelance writing, mapping out my next steps for Divinitee, along with a plethora of other things and not in that particular order. What’s next? What am I supposed to be doing? I have tossed these scenarios around and around in my head and have yet to get a clue. In my thoughts I have come to the conclusion that I feel disconnected from God. I am not a Bible verse spewing individual but it is no clue if you have been here long enough that I am a believer.

At one point these thoughts would have never taken hold, because I always believed that God had the ultimate control in my life and whatever I was supposed to do, or wherever I was supposed to be He would make sure it came to fruition. This place of turmoil and unrest is not of God and I need to fix it. Its a process but I need to take the first step and start reading my Bible more and drawing near…I need to be able to hear the still small voice above my ramblings. I need to spend time with Him daily in the morning before I start my day and get back to a place of resting in Him. This is placed at the top of my to do list. NOTHING will get started daily until I take out this time. Its important and I need it.

Sooo..I am waiting in the carpool line to pick up my son the other day when I heard “Order My Steps” on the radio. I haven’t hear that song in For.ever. I took that as a sign that God is telling me to chill out and let Him do the directing..I think I will!

Do you ever get all loopy and crazy about what you are supposed to be doing? What is your remedy or safe haven from your own thoughts?!

Family Hair Lil Mama Lil Man Week in the Life Of

A Week in the Life Of….

This will more than likely become a weekly feature where I outline all of the normal, crazy and just down right foolishness that I may encounter during the week. Please note: MY week runs from Sunday to Thursday. On Fridays I do nothing…other than change diapers, and pick up from school. With that being said….    

Last weekend we travelled to Tallahassee for my stepdaughter’s birthday party. Glad to say everything went well. Who said blended families can’t work out…although at times our “situation” seems more like a pureed family. Geesh, there has to be a cut off..I’ll give deets sometime next week.    

I got a mani, pedi AND my eyebrows waxed..that’s EPIC    

My son’s teacher sent home a note stating that the children MUST address their valentines. I’m thinking she didn’t give thought to the fact that preschoolers write very slow and and with 20 envelopes to address that could become a day long task. We’re starting on Saturday, we should be done by Thursday.    

Tuesday, I straight up needed a do over. But that’s not how it works. What I don’t do is wallow in pity…and that’s all I’mma say about that.    

Wednesday, I received a PSP from Klout. Woot Woot, I got Klout!  I’m moving up in the blogging world.  

After practicing piano everyday last week with my son ( something that I NEVER do) he got to lessons today and played like he had never seen the music before. *sigh* Not to mention she gave him his recital music. OMG..I think I am going to have to take lessons just to practice that piece of Mozart with him.    

Addison : Sleep :: Oil : Water….testing your SAT skills! In a nutshell Addison is back to not sleeping. She is teething again.    

Adrian has somehow managed to put a hole in FIVE pair of jeans..FIVE. Some of the jeans have holes in both knees. I hate to send him to school with holey jeans but we dont’ have it like that. Headed to Walmart this weekend for some knee patches.    

HOLEY MOLEY

 

I have an astronomical amount of hair and getting it done professionally is at least $80..nope, no funds for that so I have tried many products that didn’t work but I came across Shea Moisture’s Curl Enhancing Smoothie. OMG, this stuff worked wonders on my hair. I picked it up from Target for $9.99 and I am hooked. All of the below pics were taken after my hair has been like this for a week…be forewarned the Mr. and I were being playing photog and model, nevermind us!    

twisted nightly

 

     

                                                                      I take down the twists and VOILA    

    

    

     

Say hey to Lil Man..he wanted to get in on the fun!

 

How has your week treated you?!!