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Me• NaBloPoMo

It’s All About the Blog!

A new month is yet upon us, like seriously where did the time go? For some time I have been thinking about the direction I would like to take this blog in, and although at this time I am not totally sure, I have decided to sign up for the National Blog Post Month (NaBloPoMo) challenge with the expectation that it will help me become a better writer, build a greater blog following, and hopefully reveal to me the ultimate purpose of this blog.

For those not familiar, NaBloPoMo is a self imposed writing challenge that requires bloggers to write a blog post every day for the entire month of November, weekends included. One definition of the word challenge is, “a test of one’s abilities or resources in a demanding but stimulating undertaking”. EXACTLY, while I see this task at hand a test of my discipline coupled with my love for blogging, I also see this as a stimulating experience in which I will have to dig deep for quality topics and find a way to effectively articulate them through written words. I hope you guys are along for the ride with me. I appreciate your support and I am looking forward to your comments (hint, hint)!!

Over the course of the month, you will definately learn more about me, my family, my faith and my aspirations. I plan to really let you into my world, what else will I have to write about everyday. Here’s to hoping I don’t bore you during the process.

See you tomorrow!

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Me• My Babies• WAHM

Mimi’s Mishaps and Musings

This is going to be a new feature on the blog outlining what went right and terribly wrong at the Scarlett’s during the previous week. I figure, you will either learn something new or have a good laugh at my/our expense!

If I am going to be sick…call a maid

Did you know children needed to floss their teeth? I didn’t…$2,000 lesson

When you are not driving your own car, don’t test the gas light (a story for another time)

When following a recipe, even if the directions don’t call for seasoning..season the food anyway

All dishwashing liquid and trash bags are not created equal

Don’t fry chicken wings with a tank top on

When you know the fish is dead, take it out of the bowl, don’t wait until the child sees it belly up #badmom!

No matter how tired you are, take the clothes out of the washer, they’ll smell like mildew if you don’t

Always put washing powder in first otherwise you’ll forget

If you are going to leave your lipgloss in the car, make sure to screw the top on tight

ALWAYS keep a bib on the baby

Make a shopping list, visiting Walmart 7 times in 4 days is a waste of time

Take.blood.pressure.pills.daily 185/107 is NOT a joke ( I know, I need a swift kick)

All changes to my website have been finalized and website should be back up by the end of the week

Looking forward to working with a new graphic design artist to take my T-shirt line in a new direction 😉

In an effort to embrace my natural hair more I did a braid out, and it came out phenom!

The Mr. got tired of how nasty my car was and had it detailed

I got to hang out with my girls…even if the place did look like a daycare center

Despite the fact I didn’t practice piano with Lil Man all week, he went to lessons and played like a mini John Legend

Lil man told me I looked like a $1000 bucks, and that I would look like a million if I combed my hair..Bwahahaha!

I had a martini on Friday night..despite my post here

How did last week treat you?

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Frugal and Fab• Me

They Make Me Feel Sexy!!

A particular thought had been keeping house in my psyche for about the past month or so. After having lil mama a little over five months ago, I have been having an itch to get out more and hang with the girls and enjoy some activities OUTSIDE of the house sans the Mr. and my babies. With that realization came the fact that I have truly neglected to keep my wardrobe on ready so I had been thinking about what I might pick up to throw on for a nice fall evening out and THESE things just kept showing up on magazine page after magazine page, on the music videos that I watch #dontjudgeme, and in store window after store window. The questions in my head then became….

Should I or shouldn’t I…what kind of mother would I be if I moved on this notion

What kind of looks might I get

Am I too old

Where would I go..Would I even get any use out of them

What would my son say…would he be embarrassed

What would would the Mr. think…nevermind I know what he would think

Again…Am I too old

Would I be able to walk in them

Well after all of those thoughts and then some AND the fact they were on sale..I mean like they were trying to give them away and there was ONE box left in my size. I took that as a sign and took a walk on the wild side and bought myself a pair of……………………

SEXY girl over the knee boots. I am stoked!! This picture doesn’t do them any kind of justice. They are suede, they are surprisingly comfortable, and they make my legs go on for days. Will I ever get to wear them..who knows, I’ll keep y’all posted, but I feel like I stepped out of mom zone for a minute and bought something for myself that reminded me of my pre baby and family days and that fact in itself made the purchase worthwhile.

*singing in my 702 voice* WHERE MY GIRLS AT?!!!

What have you bought lately that made you feel good?!!

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Me• mommy

I Think I’ll Run On….

Today is the first day of the last class I need to earn my MBA. I think we all have lived long enough to realize that with the end of a chapter a new one starts. Sometimes we know what’s coming next and other times we are walking blindfolded leaning on faith with a keen ear to the heavens listening for that small, still voice regarding which direction to go. I have no idea what is coming next with the completion of this task but at this very moment I am so proud of myself for starting this process and finishing it amongst all of the tomfoolery, foolishness, and mayhem that reared its ugly head in the two and half years it took me to finish.

See, when I started this journey I had big dreams for my pending MBA status. I would doodle my name with a comma behind it and the letters MBA. I was going to climb the corporate ladder and lead meetings and throw around the fact that I had a masters degree, because at the time the perception of what people thought of those that had an MBA in my mind overpowered the enormous amount of dedication and will power that it takes to start and finish something in the face of adversity and life changes.

That fantasy, la la land that I was living in got dealt a swift kick in the gut when my mother died only four months into the program. She wanted this for me, I started this for her, but somehow she bowed out gracefully before I even got started good. When she left I knew finishing wasn’t an option. There were nights when I thought my laptop might short circuit from the enormous amount of tears that fell on my keyboard while typing assignments through tear blurred vision…I kept typing. At times I was working 50+hours a week, I didn’t eat on my lunch breaks, or I typed waiting on my flights, or muted conference calls typing vigorously at my desk so when I got home they would have my undivided attention..I slept when I found time. I cried some nights when it was 3a and I had to get ready for work and mentally prepare myself for a 2 hour commute that started at 6a…I kept reading. I kept the party going, and tried to never let them see me sweat, and look at me now..I FINISHED!!!

FAST FORWARD….

Soooo….all that jazz about spewing around my accomplishments and putting MBA behind my name is now a bunch of stupidity in my current mind space. I could care less if someone had MBA, GED or STUPID behind their name. What really matters is the G O O D that we put forth in this life in taking care of our obligations, chasing our dreams and helping others. If I want anyone to know me as anything, I’ll put DREAM CHASER behind my name. That garners more acclaim than any level of education, or career accomplishment in my book. Don’t get me wrong higher education is a great thing to have for those who want it, and I have since learned to respect those who have taken the journey for their level of dedication and not the fact that they have a piece of paper or letters behind their name because many start but never finish many things in life independent of educational aspirations.

In ten weeks, I’ll get the tangible representation of my hardwork and dedication in paper form and I will leave it at my mothers grave, and I’ll take the knowledge and start a new journey…right now I don’t know where it will lead me but as the old folks used to say…I think I’ll run on and see what the end gonna be!!!

Mommy, this one’s for you!!!

What have you started and finished in the face of adversity that can evoke a smile and tears at the same time?

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