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Gone Elfing

Prior to Friday I had been a bad little elf. Not one gift had been purchased, not.one. I can honestly say I am in the Christmas spirit but the urge to shop has failed to hit me this year. However, there is nothing like a good deal to put a little fire under the tooshie to get out and get moving. I came across the deal Walmart was having this weekend where you purchased the Wii for $199 and got a $75 gift card back at the time of purchase. Just what I needed!! Headed out Friday night to count it..3 different stores before I was able to find one, and then it was on and poppin’ swiping card here, there and everywhere!!

Sunday, filled the gas tank up and hit the road in the Milf mobile headed from the burbs to Atlanta to finish up the shopping that I started on Friday. Went to the mall and scored some awesome deals on clothing for the children. Got the Mr. a nice pair of sunglasses that he asked for and got toys for the children. The back of my car was full and I felt satisfied with my purchases especially for the minimal amount of money that I spent. Then the foolishness set in this morning and I started to think that I needed to head out and get more “stuff”.

Foolishness, I like everyone else gets caught up in the ideal that the meaning of Christmas is to have the bottom of the tree overflowing with presents that they won’t play with. I have decided to pick up a few more items to include books, a crayola crayon maker, the Michael Jackson game for the Wii and a beginners sewing machine for my stepdaughter and that is IT for the children.These typed words as my witness. I don’t want to them to get the idea that Christmas is all about the gifts..so cliche but true, these children are horribly spoiled, toys here and there all during the year. I am currently searching to see if there is a place where all of us can go to volunteer so they can really understand how blessed they are, because based on the words that come out of my son’s mouth I think he believes he’s entitled.

The truth of the matter is most of us are in much better positions to provide for our children than our parents were in providing for us. The hard part is drawing the line between satisfying our need to feel validated in going a step above our parents and just being flat out excessive.

I couldn’t help myself..we got the moves right?!!

Did you lose your mind buying gifts this season or did you keep it conservative?! Be honest!

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It’s Me Again!!

Yes, its me again. I know I already posted today but in hindsight, I think I may have disrespected the blogging game a bit. There are rules and principles to this thing and one thing I am huge on is respecting others. In my earlier post here I mentioned that I had read many blogs that contributed to my desire to do a random things about myself and my life. I went back to edit the post to include some but some were still left off so I decided to do another link back post.

While putting together that initial post Lil Mama was hollering and trying to gnaw the power cord so I was trying to hurry and finish and I failed to properly link back to all of the lovely ladies whose blogs I read that fueled my desire to write such a post. So now that Lil Mama is napping I have some time to go back and do this the right way..Here you go. Now have at it. Go read!!

I have made it easy for you. The links go directly to their random things posts. If I left anybody off, charge it to my head and not my heart!

Just Another Day with MrsTDJ

Don’t Get Excited…its Just Me

Shaken Not Blurred

Chronicles of Pookah’s Mom

Being Mrs. Jones

New Mom in the Windy City

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Me• Mimi

What You Wanna Know Wednesday!

Lately I have really been enjoying the random facts posts I have been seeing on other blogs, some of the most frequent ones coming from Shaken not Blurred ,Rose’s Daughter and Don’t Get Excited.. it’s Just Me. Its always a good thing to see how much you have in common with other people. At the end of the day crossing all color lines, religious barriers, geographic regions we are all people and its fun to see what makes others tick or sick. So without further adieu 31 random facts about me and my life….

I am 31
I’ve been married for 5 years, and we got married at the courthouse.
I graduated from Florida A&M University..that’s where I met the Mr.
I finished my MBA last Sunday…Can I get Woot Woot!
I watch music videos ALOT..as in right now Usher “Let it Burn” is playing
I love reality television The trashier the better. Twitter gets my commentary on Sundays. Follow Me!
My son plays the piano really well, despite the fact I only practice with him the night before his weekly lesson
I really wish I could dance
I long to be really neat, and keep a perfect house..but I haven’t figured out how to make that happen
I am starting to like cooking…a teeeeeny bit
When I close MY room door everyone in this house knows what that means. LEAVE ME ALONE
I love nail polish, and to make me feel like a laaaaady I paint them once a week..sometimes
If I don’t have a shopping list, I will walk around the store aimlessly wasting time
I hate pumping gas, I will drive until 2 miles to empty..pointless, I still have to pump it
If I have to buy alot of stuff from Target I will make two trips. SEEMS like I didn’t spend as much $ that way
I.am.Beyonce’s.biggest.Fan
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation is one of my favorites..the sled scene *dead*
I really do think I am as fly as I was in college..probably not
All of the folks I know that continuously complain will be cut off in the new year. Fix it and move on
I am a breastfeeding mama
I like “hood” music..I try not to listen when the kids are in the car
I drive a mommy car…I call it the MILF mobile
Mr. drives a fast car, I don’t drive it that much. When I do I turn up the T.I. and put the peddle to the metal sans babies
I love the Mr. He’s from Miami, Trick Daddy Miami. He’s overcome alot and still keeps it real when needed but he sure can fool you when he puts that suit on…when he takes it off #thuglove
I want an iPad
I despise washing dishes, although it seems like that is all I do
I like folding warm clothes that smell like fabric softener
Community service is soo important. I fell off after having the baby, next year back on it
I used to care what people thought, but now I could careless..Like it? Great. If not..I’ll holla
I used to wear name brands, Gucci, Fendi you name it. Now if its Xhilaration or Mossimo I’m good with it!
I am the HAPPIEST I HAVE EVER BEEN..Life is good

There you have it, 31 one random facts. Have anything you want to share?!!

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Lil Man• Parenting

Quiet as a Church Mouse

…children are to be seen and not heard. Can I get a virtual show of hands from those who were raised with that mantra. Let me do one better, remember going to visit the nice lady’s house and before you got there your mother told you not to accept anything and the lady insists on cutting you a piece of pie, you get the *side eye* from your mom but head to the kitchen hand in hand with the nice lady anyway. Yeah, those were the days.

So my son, has started talking back…at five. Must.get.the.last.word. So much to the point that we are having to devise a strategy. I do believe in discipline but not for everything #newagemama. When I was a child, I was very opinionated and outspoken but my mother shut that spirit in me down every chance she got. She was old school, she laid down the law and it was so. As a teenager, screaming back and forth was the name of the game. I was disobedient, and retaliated to her not listening by doing exactly what she told me not to do. There was never a discussion only screaming matches that fell on deaf ears for both her and I. As far back as I can remember I always felt like she never listened to me, until I became an adult and then still not so much.

Some believe children should only do as they are told, and truly don’t have a voice. Well maybe its the rebel in me rearing its ugly head again, but whenever I raise my voice at him, its almost like I hear my mother yelling at me, and I don’t like it. I have been thinking, and will discuss it with the Mr. maybe instead of silencing his need to be heard, we will create an enviroment conducive to him getting his point across and then as civilized parents and not screaming people we will attempt to explain the logic in what we are telling him to do. Maybe if he understood why he needs to go to bed early, or why its not cool to push the baby’s swing as high as it can go with her in it (true story) he will refrain from naughty activities and think before he acts.

Yes, he has quite the personality and the mouth to back it up

No, I’m not joking, I’m for real. Are you implementing a “new fangled” approach to discipline or are you keeping it “old school”. Have you dealt with this? I’m interested in hearing your method. We don’t judge around these parts..the mic is open!

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