Caught on TAPE!

My boys get along for the most part and when they do it melts my heart. I caught them this morning. I'm on the couch reading when I hear

Christian:"Zane, what letter is this?"
Zane: "Ppp!"
Christian: "What sound it make?"
Zane: "Pa-pa"


I listened for a few seconds more and came up with the brilliant idea of catching it on tape. I love the fact that Christian is teaching his little brother. I'm not sure if he has that teaching thing in him or he was just being bossy which you'll see alittle bit of in the video lol. Gosh, I love my sons. Enjoy!



As of today Christian is 2 years 9 months and 7 days old. Zane is 1 year 9 months and 2 days old.

Lent

I'll be participating in Lent. Lent, in Christian tradition, is the period of the liturgical year leading up to Easter. The traditional purpose of Lent is the preparation of the believer — through prayer, penitence, almsgiving and self-denial — for the annual commemoration during Holy Week of the Death and Resurrection of Jesus, which recalls the events linked to the Passion of Christ and culminates in Easter, the celebration of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.


Conventionally, it is described as being forty days long, though different denominations calculate the forty days differently. The forty days represent the time that, according to the Bible, Jesus spent in the desert before the beginning of his public ministry, where he endured temptation by Satan.


This year for lent I thought I would give up smutty books. You know, the books where someone is cheating on there girlfriend, boyfriend, wife, husband, with a close friend then that person ends up pregnant and then dead, then later comes back to life...Bum, bum, bum...those kind of smutty books I want to give up. Which is hard because I love to read smutty books, keeps me entertained thats for sure. But if you've read one smutty book you've read them all. I'm going to give yup smutty books but it doesn't mean I can't read books in general.

What i'm doing to keep my brain "busy"

Right now i'm learning French. Yup, you read right. Its been a solid week and i'm happy to report that i'm not bored out of my mind, YAY! That's all for now, off to watch the Olympics.

Their choice is not my choice in T.V.

During the days in this house its PBS, Disney, & Nick(ugh Spongebob, another post all together) is on the tube.....The sad part is sometimes the t.v. is on just to be on, waste of electricity I know. My boys enjoy watching cartoons for the most part. Me, not so much, unless its old school cartoons like Tom & Jerry which still comes on on Cartoon Network.

I'll start with Dora.

Dora the Explore has never been a favorite around my house (for me anyways). My mom use to watch the boys while I went to work and she turned on the show one day and my boys never looked back. Dora is down right annoying to me and so is her brother/cousin Diego. Its to the point where her voice make me want to throw my t.v. out the window. No Dora, I will not say it louder. No Dora, we didn't do "it" YOU did. Dora, when will you just pimp slap swiper? Hit him one good time and he won't swipe from you again.


Then there's that moment when Dora asks a question or asks the kids to find something andthen silence follows (uncomfortable silence at that)...............................................In the words of my friend DRB "Dora is a lying hoe". If you sing to gators that won't be your friends. They will think (if i were a real gator and if had thoughts) "Oh how nice, a meal & entertainment in a few chomps." Boots, I have no real problem with Boots. I just wonder when Boots will stop being the sidekick and tell Dora "I'm the boss today bitch!" The Map, he/she helps Dora and Boots find their way to whatever destination they need to go that day. Like to a castle to sell love to the fairies or some shit. That damn cursor and its "Boop" sound is annoying too. I understand the purpose of Dora and the educational thought process. But the more I "watch" Dora the more I wish it would be cancelled. Its even more annoying when my boys run around the house arms up yelling "I DID, I DID!" I just remind myself, its just a phase, its just a phase. Their choice in t.v. is not my choice in t.v. thats for sure.

What do I what to be when I grow up....

When I grow up
I wanna be famous
I wanna be a star
I wanna be in movies

When I grow up
I wanna see the world
Drive nice cars
I wanna have groupies

When I grow up
Be on tv
People know me
Be on magazines

When I grow up
Fresh and clean
Number one chick when I step out on the scene


I've been thinking about what I want to do with myself. Not that where I am in my life is horrible. Its not perfect. I feel like i'm not moving towards a goal and i'm in limbo. Going through the day to day stuff. Which again isn't a bad thing...its just not for me. I use to either being in school or working. At one point when I was 19 I was in college fulltime and right after I would head to work at an afterschool program. I remember when I was 20. already moved out and had my own apartment, I had a fulltime job and I took another English class on Saturday, just because, lol. Anyways, with no job again, and the last job being such a disaster, it taught me working in the office and office politics is not for me. I want to be more hands on with things and people, rather than paper. So, here's my list of things I may want to get into as a profession and things I may want to dabble in for fun & experience:

Marine Corps Reserves - No idea how that works with being a single mom
Forensic Science- No idea how to even start looking into getting into the profession

Phyical/Atheltic Therapist-Which would be my #1 but it would 6 years long(full time status) and 50,000 a year for the school... :/

Nurse

Non-Profit something

EMT/Paramedic

Phlebotomy Tech

Business management

I'm ALLLL over the map in my head about what I would like to do.

So random huh?

This is how my head works. Isn't it scary?

The way i see it, I'm still young and before I get too "old" I want to see what I'm capable of. Will I try or even attempt half of the things on that list, I know I won't. But if tried even two, I would be proud of myself. I have so much potential in me and I talk alot about what I want to do. Well, I'm done with talking, I want to DO and be more active in how I want my life to be in the long run.

I can't afford it

I'm getting a new laptop in March. I'm very excited. I've been wanting one for awhile now. I was suppose to get on last year sometime but things happened that I couldn't "afford" it. Yes, I had the money but I put it towards more IMPORTANT things in life. Point of post: Someone said to me "I thought you were broke. How can you afford a new laptop" I in turn, rolled my eyes...people who think they know my finances annoy me. Because I don't shop everyday, or purchase things several times a week doesn't mean I'm broke. It means I'm on a BUDGET! If the purchase isn't NEEDED I usually don't get it.

I never understood why people have an opinion on what I do with my money. I'm guilty of saying "I can't afford it" on more than one occasion, because in a way its true. I can't afford a vacation, a new car, new shoes, or afford to go to a concert. Because its either one of two things: I haven't budgeted for the item accordingly or in reality I just don't want.

In general people must stop living beyond their means. People have to start putting NECESSITIES FIRST. I've always be good with that for the most part. I admitt, I don't shop like I use to. If I do shop without really "thinking" I know I will have to budget & save for the money that I spent.

My point: I USUALLY not buy something until it fits the BUDGET or I BUDGET FOR IT. Case in point my new laptop. It not a swipe of a card purchase. Its i've been saving for 3 months, I'll be selling my old one and the balance of 185.00 is left which I will take from my taxes.

Try learning to wait for things instead of the idea that you have to have something right then and there.

In short I'll leave you with this youtube vid by Kimberly Alyn. I hope you enjoy.

I'm baaacckkk

SO, when I was on a roll with my blog then my laptop charger died on me :(. It took about 2 weeks to find a charger I was willing to pay for. Thanks to ebay, my sister found one for $10.00, which is the right price for me! I'm going to play catch up randomly so, here it is:

• Project Cupid went really. It was fun and my sister was "brought" for $140.00! I'm thinking it was the boobage. Pictures on my Facebook.


• I still haven't recieved my unemployment which sucks because i'm dipping into saving and i hate that. BUT thats what savings is for, i'm glad i have it.


• Yesterday I saw some unexcepted money in my bank account! Wooooohoooo!


• I punched in my taxes, I didn't file yet...but when I entered in the information, i'm getting about $900. Which isn't great, but nit bad either...especially when I hear people saying they are getting 5,000-10,000 BACK. WHO THE HELL IS THEIR TAX PERSON?! Like seriously WTF?!


• Boys and I had a 24 hr bug. Which included throw up and diarrhea...fun times. But we are all better. I'm not into getting other people sick so I cancelled a outing with a few friends. We were going to a comedy show to see Damon Waynes, which by the way I have NO IDEA if he's funny or not. To honest i'm not sure which Waynes it is, there's so many, lol.

Thats all i can think of off the top of my head. Hopefully i'll get my grove back and start blogging regularly again.

Friday Night-Fun Night!

Project Cupid was founded by Amy Blue after her nine year old cousin lost his battle to Acute Myeloid Leukemia only days before his tenth birthday. On February 5, 2010 Red Sky Restaurant and Lounge in Boston, will host Project Cupid's 1st Annual Charity Date Auction to benefit the Jimmy Fund, Inc. and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. The Auction will include 14 bachelorettes and 14 bachelors. In addition to the Auction, there will be an opportunity drawing, a live disc jockey and (maybe!) a love connection or two!

My older sister is one of the bachlorettes and I'm going to support her and the cause. I'm SOOOOO ready to have a good time, drink, laugh, flirt, and be merry...is that bad to say? After all this is for charity......

However, Its not going to be lost on me that i'll be in a room with a handful of "potentials", hahahaha. I've been single of for alittle over a year and i think i'm ready to date again....I think. Atleast i know i'll willing to give it a try. SO here's hoping there are some cuties at the Project Cupid's 1st Annual Charity!

Make up Wishlist

Someone is always posting their wishlist. So, i'll be joining in on the fun. I'll be doing it in themes, and this week's them is MAKEUP!

Maybelline Lash Stiletto Mascara Review

NYX lip and eye liner pencils. The color Expresso to be exact.

Stuido Fix +

MAC Studio Finish Concealer

Forever 21 Blush Brush...which isn't really a wish. I'll be getting it because its only $4.50


NARS Blush in Exhibit A

And that's all! Hope you enjoyed. Next week sometime, its going to be a wishlist for my house!

Black History Month

Today marks the beginning of Black History Month. Did your school participate in the "Pick a favorite or influential African American and write and essay" assignment? I'll be the first to admit I am not as knowledgeable of African American heritage as I should be. Mostly because growing up a Haitian American my mother and grandfather told stories about how the Haitian people took their independence against the French. Being a Haitian American and being a Black African American are two different things. So my I can also refresh my mind about the Black History.

Racism was built on the theory that one race is superior than other.

I know that there is some criticism about even having a Black History Month being just relegated to just one month. As if Black History is the most important history. The intention of Black History is not to exclude all the other races and non black population. The intention and if you look back on it is just to be recognized that we as black people have a history. Because once upon a time Black people weren't even considered as human. If you look back on your grade school and even highschool education European history is the main history that is taught. I know some people may even say that delegating February as Black History Month is reverse racism and if white people had their own month there would be an uproar. I agree to a certain degree. However if you know YOUR heritage you would know that March is Irish American Month, Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in May, September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic Heritage Month and Greek-American Heritage Month in March and so on and so on.

I'm not trying to be preachy but I will say this. No one is going to teach you who you are and where you are from but YOU! Go ahead and feed your curiosity and learn about issues that no one has cared to express to you about YOUR heritage. Go ahead and learn about your ancestors struggles and triumphs. I bet you'll be glad you did.

Help me pick a top..plleeaasseee

Friday i'm going to an event and its not dressy but look your best type of thing. Cocktail hour and fancy resturant atmosphere. Which top would be best to wear? Here are the 3: Honest opinions are GREATLY appriciated!

This Golden top is DKNY New York. Fun fact about this top: I haven't worn it since September 2006 at a wedding and I was a couple of weeks pregnant with Christian :).

And on one side there's a slit and then you tie it which is what the 1st picture is. I also like the sleeves on this one. One that hangs off the with the little flare and the other the lace.

I really like this top. The only thing about the shirt is that its clingy. Which was always an issue for me, but still cute.

Grayish-Sliver top. Pretty simple. Express. The sprakle ring around the neck is pretty. What I noticed about this top is that when I took a picture of myself from the neck up the sparkles reflected off my face...It looked off.

This black top is what i'm leaning towards. Banana Republic. Kinda a plunging neck with the glitter snap around the neck.

I'll tell you why in a bit more detail about the event later on in the week.