My Heritage and Racism
Current mood: cultured
Category: Blogging

..Hey! Been a hot minute since I wrote on this, but I have wanted to do so  for a long time not only to post a little PSA, but just to put my thoughts into words.  I think at some point that I did touch on the racial stuff, but if I did, I felt it was time again to share something that I feel strongly about.  I PowWow twice a year with the Chickahominy Indian Tribe. It's what my children are part of, and the closest affiliation to me being part of my own heritage.  I am proud to take part in this and share the pride of my children growing and learning about a heritage that is rightfully theirs and documented for them in their future. 
 
What I do know is I probably have more ethnicity in me than most. What I am proud of is to know Just HOW much I am part of the Melting Pot. I know that I have African American in me, I know that my ancestors traveled over on the Bering Strait and settled here before the Ice Age, I know that my Native Ancestry is from Alaska, North America and even Mexico. I am proud! I learn more each day and it's what I will teach my children to teach their grandchildren.  It's what makes lil ole me.  Im even happier that I don't look like George Washington! Martha was totally in it for the Status Quo...Kidding!!
    Who here is really THAT white? Not me. Im not even considered a Caucasian. Im Amerindian and Asian, if I had to be classified. I have a drop of caucasian somewhere in there but majority Im a big ole conglomeration of ethnics, my peeps did the horizontal dance with the best of cultures. Im sure if you had your own DNA analysis taken, you may be shocked at just what flavors are double dipped in your blood line too!

Below are some cartoons that I think you will see are pretty obvious in its meaning, but even more thought provoking. I feel the cartoon deserves some attention.  Im not sure if this is the original artist, but I snagged it from his page, it's on many Tshirts at the PowWows and if you go to this website you can even get aTshirt (like I did) to support an end to racial stereotyping.
I remember questioning this as a young girl, it just never made sense to me, the whole mascot issue of animals, an Indian Chief as a Mascot?  Like a Bear, or Wild cat, or Dolphin, is the Indian Chief --a proud warrior, been be-littled down to that of an animal?  I guess my thinking is this:
 Now everyone claims their Native Ancestry. Truth is, there  probably is 'some' truth to it.  But only over the last couple decades anyone indirectly affiliated with a tribe wasn't so proud to claim that heritage.

 In the 1800's Native Ancestry wasn't 'popular' it wasn't looked upon as pride, as it is today.  Matter of fact, the land our ancestors owned was ripped from them by the white man.  They were betrayed and murdered.  Journals from this time named humans, my ancestors, Native Americans as 'Savages' "less than human." Because they had their own language in their own land that the white man stumbled on and stole, outnumbered and forced off of their lands to another place they had to claim as a home. Those who did not want to lose their land, homes or be moved intermarried to Whites and Blacks.  You were better off being Mulatto than Indian.

In the early 1900's  Walter Plecker took over the census in Virginia and was making sure that NO races mixed and if you were the registrar and allowed a marriage, you could face serious time in prison. He was so anal that he had it down to surnames in certain counties and if your  name was this, you were considered a mongrel, not of pure caucasian race. So you had better hope that you were working in the field and had a light skinned person answering your door when the Census taker came knocking or you just might lose your land or home.

I  dont know everything about history and am wrong bout lots of stuff, but I do know the things that I have read. It's sad for me, because although I know about my heritage through DNA and stories told by my ancestors, I have no documentation on file that ties me to my tribal affiliations or even to a 'race' classification other than 'white'. My point, If you are black, you can claim African-American heritage even if there's no proof of this, no questions asked. But go to a tribe that you are told that you belong to, and you better provide some proof. Not to mention, the stereotypes of well you don't 'look' like this or that, your skin color isnt that color or your hair isn't this way or your eyes are shaped like this or that.... So after digging a little deeper into my own roots it made me mad to learn about what has been done to my own people. What really upsets me is the fact that my ancestors had to lie about their heritage just to survive, just to hold close what was dear to them and not lose their worldly belongings,  When they were here FIRST, now all that's left of this legacy is facts based on my DNA.

Well now that I have just laid it out for ya, I hope that you check out the sites and consider the wealth of knowledge at your fingertips on the great ole www.
Papayatik -Peace
 

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Happy New Year!!
Current mood: blessed
Category: Blogging

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
 Wooh, what a night. So I kinda had a totally different New Year. As a general rule,
I usually don't go out on the Eve, primarily because I have to find a sitter, and I don't like being out there with all the drunks on the road, even if I am one of them.
 So this year, one of my friends and I were talking, she and her husband, and kids weren't doing anything (like us) so I invited them over. Then I talked to my sister Carrie and she just moved here to the Kentry and asked her to come on by if she wanted.
 Carrie and I love to sing (doesn't mean we should, we just do) and I have Karaoke on the xbox.  So I was excited over the fact that we were actually 'doing' something, even if it was at my house and not with dance floors, disco balls and a DJ.
 Earlier in the afternnoon, a girlfriend of mine called and asked what we were doing. I told her just having a couple people over and invited them.
 Okay, so given the fact all of us have kids, let's do the headcount....
7 adults, 9 kids!!! We were a little out numbered!!
 So I made all kinds of things that kids love that go straight to their bloodstream. Why didn't I just do veggies? Im kidding, they weren't THAT bad!
 Not so bad for last minute stuff though! I made meatballs, we got Little Caesars pizza, chips/salsa, a Chocolate Torte Cake from BJ's, I baked chocolate chip cookies, I dipped chocolate and white chocolate strawberries, sliced apples. Not so bad for whipping stuff up in a flash.
 That being said. WHO can make things without tasting them? Not any chef I know. So YES. I blew it. I ate Chocolate. Ya know, the worst part, was I felt guilty and felt like I really blew my diet (which I did royally) BUT today is the first day Of a BRAND NEW YEAR and I WONT cave to the chocolate cravings now.
 New Me, New Year!! We Karaokeed, played the Wii, ate and listened to kids sounding like they were coming thru the ceiling! It was a good time, well until Doug got a case of the bubble guts. He turned white as a sheet and headed out to the van. Jamie and Tommy had left out earlier, Doug and Kimberly were heading out because he was sick, So we suggested they leave the kids with us and they headed home. Carrie won't far behind them and we had minutes LITERALLY! until the ball dropped. I ran in, grabbed my pots and pans. One for each kiddo, 5 pots, 5 big spoons. We counted down, 10, 9...the kids were truly anticipating clanking the pans, 3, 2, 1!! HAPPY NEW YEAR they all screamed, they beat on the pans like drums, they opened the front door and all 5 screamed out HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Yes, we are hillbillies, sorry if you are my neighbor!
  So that bout sums it up.Im sitting here, chill, looking out my back window at the
sun blanketing over the bare trees, water topping over the pool cover, and the pain in my butt squirrel gliding on my railing like Fred Astaire stopping briefly to look me in my face while he nibbles on his findings.
 Im not a new me, but it's my Resolution to work on ME. Everything that ails me, Im getting to the bottom of it, and fixing it. Starting with my relationship, whether it is gonna be quits in April or I decide to work it out. My body will be a temple. I will eat better, work out and take better care of my health.  I will be closer with GOD, and in MY heart, I know where that is. I will be a better mama to my kids. I will be a better daughter to my parents. I will try to work on severed relationships, because I have been praying for a more forgiving heart than what I was born with.  All in All, my objective is to be Fabulous and not sweating the truly small things that wouldn't matter anyways once Im pushing up daisies.
  Im so glad that I had friends to share last night with and I am thinking of doing it again next year and that way having more time to invite more of my friends.
Happy New Year to everyone!!!

 



 

Currently reading : Fibromyalgia For Dummies (For Dummies (Health & Fitness)) By Roland Staud Release date: 01 October, 2007

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Hello Im here, minus the Chocolate
Current mood: Goofy
Category: Goofy Blogging

It's been 6 days since my last chocolate. Days 1-4 I detected a little moodiness.
I think I am getting better now.  If at least one thing about my crazy (and not like Wild and Caa-razy either) neighbor, she is
at least BOOK smart. She did tell me that if (because I crave sugar) I get over the next few days I won't crave it. It is true. I am not craving it. I am sitting around with everybody in my household eating Chocolate Milkshakes at 11pm, Hershey Kisses, Dove chocolate, Reeses cups, you name it, Im not interested. It's in my face but Im not aggitated over it, much.
 I don't know how strong I'd be about it if there were Chocolate covered Cappucino beans lying around, or chocolate covered Almonds either. I just know me and my V8's are working out nicely and I am sticking to the oatmeal, in hopes of it working on my Cholesterol. We shall see at my next dr visit.
 Nuff bout that! So I got some plans for the New Years! Surprise, Surprise! I never do anything. It's always same ole same ole, WHICH don't get me wrong it's okay, Im with my kids, Im off the streets, no drunks, at least in my way on the roads. But I got some new Karaoke tunes. I need to get the code so that I can unlock all the songs you gotta pay for online, THAT I can't even access, sucks.
 Im admitting Im a little hoarse today, since I earned several outfits and opened up many new coliseums to sing in. NOW that's fun. not. In just a dork and broke, so I karaoke at home, poor kids....
  So tomorrow will be a New Year. Im hoping that the New Year will begin with Sunny skies, 80° weather and it stays that way until Fall. That's right. My poor bones can't handle anymore cold weather. I put up with it until today, but tomorrow, Im a ready for warmth on my toes, opening my pool, heading down to my camper at the Bay. What else you need in life?  Got my get away ready to go!
 I guess I didn't say what my Resolution would be did I? Hmm. I guess I will have to blog about that one at a later time.
 I have been watching Seasons 1 and 3 of The Office. Truly the Best show on TV. After reliving that, I would so LOVE to be on set with them. I think they would run me off from laughter. If you  have never seen it, I might ask what planet you dropped in from, but if you really haven't, you must watch it!
Until then....
 If I don't blog anymore until after Jan1, Happy New Year me!!! Make it a great year!!! Happy New Year to anyone reading this too

Quote:  (The Office)
[during a "Diversity Day" exercise; Angela is wearing a sign on her forehead that says "Jamaican."]
Kevin: Hey.
Angela: Hey.
Kevin: You wanna go to the beach?
Angela: Sure.
Kevin: You wanna get high?
Angela: No.
Kevin: I think you do, mon.

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Blah blah blah and Merry Christmas!
Current mood: artistic
Category: Blogging

So Hey there....Been a minute since I wrote. Been keeping busy with Holiday Decorating, getting Christmas taken care of and really just reflecting on this year.
 Seems like so much has gone on in my world and I feel almost like I've been in a time warp all year long. Cobwebs still cluttering things and emotions and feelings all in uproar, feels like they are turned off and on like a switch.
 One positive in all things is that I finally found out that I'm not a hypochondriac. That's a plus.  What I figured out is that I'm not dying of a brain tumor (to my knowledge) or I don't have Parkinsons or MS, at least that I know of. At least I have some answers that take the guess out of me thinking that I'm dying of some unknown deadly disease.
 I have Fibromyalgia. I have only heard of it a couple times, and that was through a friend of mine she has it. I bought my Fibro for Dummies book and am reading on it. I am learning mucho on this. Good thing, and Im waiting on my insurance to get back on paying for Lyrica, so I can begin taking the meds for it.  In the meantime, it's me and muscle relaxers in the evenings or a good stiff drink.
 I guess this really is where I need to learn how to deal with Stress. That is a life learning skill that I have yet to master. I dwell on things that I can not change. I harp on things in the past that have hurt me and daydream about things that made me happy.  It's life and I just need to focus on the here and now and what I can do to make things better.
 It's the first year (since I can remember) that I haven't been down or blue this time of year. It started right about when all the beautiful bright leaves started falling to the ground. Looking like death. But we had some really warm weeks, which kept me up and I have just worked really hard at NOT letting the bad stuff keep me down this season. I can't wait to see my kids open Santas presents! This is what is keeping me in the spirit, and I think too, trying to get closer to GOD.
 I'm in tune and have always been, to a degree, but I guess I'm praying a little more. For forgiveness and understanding. For wanting what I can't have and why things are they way they are. They just are. I'm learning to adjust and I'm realizing more and more that there is a silver lining with every dark cloud and that I don't know what is in store for me tomorrow but I know it's gonna be good and that one day I will be rewarded for some of the things I have tolerated and put up with and THIS is why I am ME and blah blah blah.
 I'M so sure you needed to hear this! AND I wont be the downer!
So I don't know if you notice this or not, but I am really trying to say on the subject.  Kudos girl.
 All the b.s. aside in my life! I want to wish everyone who reads my boring burbs a Merry Christmas and Hope ya get everything you want underneath your tree!!
Hugs, Kisses and assmacks!
Katie

 

Currently listening : The End of the Innocence By Don Henley Release date: 19 June, 1989

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Happy Birthday Margaret!
Current mood: loved
Category: Life

I want to take the time to celebrate and remember my Grandmother, Margaret Barlow.  Today is her birthday and she would be 74 today. This lady lived her life, singlehandedly raised 4 children, and managed to raise even some of her grandchildren.  She worked her time at Philip Morris, retired and enjoyed her family, shopping and poker at her house and down at her river place.

I miss her infectious laugh, her witty sense of humor, her naturally giving nature.  Never one to come out and say "I love you" but showed it in her actions.  A woman so full of life and in pretty good health up until cancer over came her.

I know you are with each and every one of us and I know you know that you are missed beyond words, but I also know you are in Heaven and you walk with Jesus as he walked with you on Earth.

I love you, and miss you so much. Happy Birthday Margaret!!



Happy Birthday Darling, by Conway Twitty.

Hello darling, happy birthday
I've decided not to give you a present this year
In fact I think it's about time I took some things away.

I'd like to take away the suspicion
That I know clouds your world at times
By giving you some faith to hold on to, honey
Whenever your hand is not in mine.

Happy birthday darling, I've no present, no fancy cake
But I hope I'll make you happy with everything I take.

I'd like to take away some of your lonely moments
By spending more time with you
And I'd like to take away some of those so, so kisses
And replace them with ones that really say, I love you.

And I want to take away the doubt
You sometimes have about my love
By showing it more, much more than I've shown you lately
And then if someone should ask you
What I got you for your birthday
Well you can say, why he didn't give me anything
But he sure took a lot of things away.

Happy birthday darling I've no present, no fancy cake
But I hope I'll make you happy with everything I take.

Happy birthday darling I've no present, no fancy cake
But I hope I'll make you happy with everything I take.

Happy birthday, darling...

Currently listening : 25 Number Ones By Conway Twitty Release date: 24 August, 2004

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Stopping to realize a gift from GOD
Current mood: grateful
Category: Life

Sometimes life just hits ya upside the head, sometimes the things that are most important are right in front of your face, but you just don't realize it.

If you have ever seen my collage of pictures, you will notice one of them is my pic of me holding a Dragonfly.  Apparently, these lil critters loved me and I must admit I have grown a little attached to them myself.  So, I really noticed that there was 2 to begin with, then 3, then 4. I would lay out in the pool and it seemed as soon as I would get in the pool, my little Dragonflies would be scouting around and come directly to my toe. Just perched up on it.  Soon enough, the Dragonfly would come to my finger. I would lift it up and it would hover a second and land right on it. It would sit there until another dragonfly would come by or until I got tired of holding my hand up.
 I learned that they only live about 3 to 4 months, so this went on about this long.  Eventually, the kids even got the experience of my dragonfly landing on their finger.  We took pictures just for proof!  So that's not really why Im writing a blog.  Pretty interesting, but not really that much blog worthy.

 Most any of my close friends know (probably the only ones to read this) that I have been going through some personal issues.  At times during this I have felt so alone and just clueless. I have felt like I have been played a fool for years.  Over the last 6  months of my lil separation some soul searchin' has taken place, some guidance from the man upstairs and just some realization of who I am and where Im not going has come into play.
  One of the people I wish to GOD I had in my life right now to talk to about this is my Grandma, Margaret.  I miss her and I miss her presence. She was such a strong woman and I truly always want to be as strong as she was in her life.

 I have been sick this week. I went to the Doc yesterday for them to tell me I have Sinusitis and Seasonal Allergy which is kicking my asphalt. But it's still not what this is about. So I guess I decided to clean cabinets today. Why? Who the hell knows or cares, but Im cleaning out stuff.  Well in my cleaning, I come across a shot glass (my grandma used to collect) and inside was this little crystal Dragonfly (yes it was!) that was at her house when she passed and we packed her things up, I kept this for myself.  It had been broken so I put it in one of her shot glasses and stored it with my cups before moving to this house. 

Here it is. Here I am, crying, thankful for the wonderful gift that I was given that II nearly missed!!  I know she has been right here with me during this. My sign. The funny thing is I named my dragonflies, saying to my kids that it was Margaret.  It really goes to show that we sometimes have so many things going on that we truly don't catch the simple yet most important things in life.
  Now see? That was so share worthy!!
And with that, Im outty. Gonna finish this mess that I created!
Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Currently watching : That ’70s Show - Season 7 Release date: 16 October, 2007

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What Im doing in bed right now
Current mood: dorky
Category: Blogging

Hey Whats uuup. Nothin just cole chillin. Fo Real.
Im really finding anything I can to avoid going and jumping on the eliptical.
 I want to NOT feel this way, but I do. So I figured I gotta come up with something
ingenius to write about.... yeah....still thinking....

I think once school starts back up that I will get back into the swing  of things. It's just been blah for me for a while now. Not complaining, just saying my work out activities have been stagnate.

Still thinking of a company to start up. Ovaries still pinging this morning. No sunshine out yet. Im  hungry and I have to pee.  Im still hours ahead of my tribe even beginning to stir.  So why can't I get up off my round mounds and work em out? gumption. I have none right this moment. I think I will start Weight Watchers.
Can I do that mid week? Or should I go buy out the store full of chocolately goodness and start on Monday next week?

So zeTurtle and I are going tomorrow to do a lil shopping and hit the new Japanese place I have been dying to go to. IT'S Gonna be sweet. EVEN if just to get out and just do some turtle time. It's been a moon since we hung out so I am really happy about it. I hope they have great Sushi so then maybe the next time one of those damned surveys ask me about liking sushi I can say yes.

Well I guess I will get off this and attempt something constructive. Hope yall have a good day and send some sunshine over this way while your at it!
 
Quote:
Mike Damone: First of all Rat, you never let on how much you like a girl. "Oh, Debbie. Hi." Two, you always call the shots. "Kiss me. You won't regret it." Now three, act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. "Isn't this great?" Four, when ordering food, you find out what she wants, then order for the both of you. It's a classy move. "Now, the lady will have the linguini and white clam sauce, and a Coke with no ice." And five, now this is the most important, Rat. When it comes down to making out, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.

Currently watching : Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition) Release date: 02 November, 2004

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Liz tagged me, so here I am!
Current mood: bouncy
Category: Quiz/Survey

Liz tagged me so my turn, and you are IT!

Rules: Someone writes a blog with seven weird/random facts about him/herself. Then, at the end of the blog, he/she tags seven people by listing their names. These people then need to write their own blogs with seven facts about themselves and these rules stated clearly. It is also required that you leave a comment on the new tag-ees pages, telling them they have been tagged and that they should read your blog (though I'm sure they do already). If they got guts they will do it!

Ready? Go!

1. Im not as anal about my teeth as I should be

2. I have a big time Lazy eye, that you really can see when Im tired or drinking lots of hooch.

3. I am extremely outgoing, although not as much as Keywestie, Im envious!

4. I am a proud mother of 3 beautiful gorgeous healthy children!

5. I am artistic and musically inclined, but am illiterate in math..

6. Im a history buff!!

7. I have an awesome sense of direction

Im not tagging, but if you want to do this let me know, I will come check ya out!

Peace!

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What Im up to
Current mood: busy
Category: Life

And good morning to you! So today, right, I get up, I do 10 whole minutes on the beast and all of my Windsor Pilates band exercise.  I cleaned (for the umpteenth time) this nasty assded Jacuzzi. I cleaned my shower stall and ran a load of laundry. Im bout to *after this great blog* wash more, change all the sheets in the hotel rooms, just kidding and attempt a super market.
 Lemmee go back to the first part. I have been slack. Slack since April on my workout. Seems my life went to the wayside and so did my gluts, so Im back on board with half a vengeance and will hopefully get off these crummy 8lbs that are tugging at me and not so sexy.

 Next. I do clean. It's true that I might have let some things go, but I am catching it all back up. BUT, that being said, When I first moved into this house a mere 2 years ago, this hut was a funky mess.  INCLUDING my Jacuzzi.  The first time I ran my tub of water and hit the jets, I liked to have died.  It literally was full of black and brown particles. Like somebody took a pack of cigarettes and crushed them all in the water.  Sorry, I like my tobacco rolled tightly in paper, not sprinkled out like flower petals in my water. 

NONE the LESS. I have NOT been using the bathtub, but cleaning it in hopes of just one day to get a clear bath. No such luck.  It's ok. I have ideas for a new bathroom anyways and if so, that one is history...

  Did I leave anything out? Oh. Grocery store. And vaccuum the pool. Hickory nuts are dropping like crazy and Im about to hunt me a squirrel. Yep kids, it's that time of the season again!
  OH and for those of you that love the Seafood Ravioli at Olive Garden,well it's no more. Gone. BUT. ..Carrabba's does! A lil FYI trivia for you to chew on...

   Lionel wont stay off my mind today. Once, twice, Tree times a mady, ok that was Eddie Murphy doing Buckwheat. Or did I invent that song Idea? I don't know. I just dont things seem to run together in my head...

 Im still having a hard time dealing with the fact that I am 35 years old. 5 years from 40. I can't turn back clocks. I can't afford major plastic surgery. I have to compete with 20 year olds.Or not so much compete, but you know that's where the competition is... I heard this from a lady that was 10 years older than me when I was in my 20's.  I didn't get it. I do now. How depressing. I still got my character, *kudos GOD* and chic sense of style.

 yeap Im due a night out for some serious dancing. You know? I get thru the end of my blog and Im thinking what the hell was I just writing about. Is this what really goes on inside my head? Am I that danged boring? Would I be perceived as an airhead? I gotta get rid of the junk food. I have no control. I see chocolate, I put chocolate in my mouth. Puff puff give. Ok... Im stopping..

 NEWSFLASH: Silverback Gorilla spotting in my hood. Cutting grass.
Oh well, let me get. I gotta get some work done. Yall take it easy and be good!

Movie Quote:
James Carter: Why didn't you tell me you had a bomb in your mouth?
Lee: I did.
James Carter: No you did not!
Lee: I said "mmm!"
James Carter: What the hell is "mmm!"
Lee: mmmboom!
 

Currently watching : Rush Hour 2 (Infinifilm Edition) Release date: 01 June, 2004

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Getting old and seeing the error of my ways....
Current mood: chipper
Category: Blogging

D to the I to the A to the EeeeM.  O to the N to the D to the pearls of love. I CAN NOT GET THAT SONG OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!I think it started yesterday with Keywestie calling me diamond girl in a comment. But I woke up this morning and that song just WONT leave my head!!!

I am writing, because of 2 reasons. 1. I haven't in  a moon and B. My creative juices must get restarted.  Im having a brain drout. Maybe I just haven't had anything real interesting to talk about, or you know FO SHO I'd have written.

I do wanna say that teens need to be with ADULTS in public. Have I gotten old? Has it been that long? Im thinking, was I completely annoying at that age? Ok. So we go out to Newtown last night to eat at California Tortilla. In the complex is the movie theatre.So, there's a sleu of teens waiting, not eating but taking up the tables at where we are trying to find seats for my tribe.  This one girl, she irritated the crap outta me. She was all of 14, wearing an "I love my hubby" baby T, the tightest jeans you could find with a Fido dog collar around her waist. There was about 16 boys standing over away from where we sat and she made it a point to walk over right up in the middle of them and just say a one word liner, to be noticed.;  Then she comes back over to where we sit to report to her 10 year old girlfriend.
  I have kids, one especially a preteen that is about to become this and a 3 year old that lately is dropping the EFF bomb on me, neighbors and PLEASE GOD, not in church today... and Zoe just knows better. They don't need to hear that mess.

 Ok, yeah, maybe I have grown up, maybe I expect more out of my kids. That girl flagged every boy down that cruised past her. She said to one boy, "Hey, why you walk past me and act like you don't know me. How bout yo cousin told me you don't act like you know nobody no more?"
 Then her grandma (I guess) walked up to her and she was all "Yes maam'in it." I guess she has respect at home, but it SHO aint being ba-rought out in public.
 
It's time for me to open a business. Again with the creative juices. They just aren't flowing. I am trying. My pic of me jumping in the bouncy tent? I had this ingenious idea of buying a few of these and opening a business to do promotions at events. I spoke to the guy and he might not have been the best person to talk to about it. He is a newbie, since April and didn't think it was all that it was cracked up to be.  Seems like it was a lot of work and more importantly, seasonal.
 Im still thinking the restaurant business can work, and don't have to worry with a daycare for my kids. I will put them to work.  Zoe on the cash register, Jeyce busing tables and Ry on dishes. Lil sweatshop going on. Keepin' it in the family. IM Kidding! Don't go calling Social Services on me.

Well, I suppose I need to get off this so I can hit the shower and head to church.  I hope ya'll all have a great day, Fo sho!

For you Keywestie...You said the other day you loved when I used to put quotes in the end of my blogs....

Mable 'Madea' Simmons: Joe. Did that thing just push you?
Joe: Sho did. She don't know about us. We Baptist. We tear this place up.
Mable 'Madea' Simmons: Girl, I will set it off up in here. I will do a drive-by in this church. She don't know me. You better be glad you at church. Jesus just saved your life, Hallelu-yer!
Milay Jenay Lori: I'm tired of dealing with black people. Always late. And ig'nant.
Mable 'Madea' Simmons: She don't know me. I'm a straight-up thug. I shot Tupac. Yes, I did. We was arguing over a parking place. I didn't kill him, though. No, that wasn't me.

Currently listening : Diamonds and Pearls By Prince & the New Power Generation Release date: 01 October, 1991

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