A guilty pleasure

I should actually be ASHAMED to put this out on the Internet, but I have the most shameful little guilty pleasure. I have "fallen in love" (said in quotes, just in case The Boo reads this and thinks I'm actually serious!) with Zac Efron! LOL! Yes, the lil guy from HSM. I have watched "17 Again" far too many times! I hang my head in shame (as I resist the urge to watch the movie yet again!)

All grown up!

Today I feel like a "real adult"!
I got dressed for work, made my lunch--which included NOT a juice box, but a Crystal Light single pack to add to my water!, grabbed my purse and work bag , put on my comfortable shoes, and headed out the door! Before I headed to class (I'm in training for work), I went and grabbed a hot chocolate with creamer--what?! I still don't like coffee like that!
I even said out loud "Work bag?! Wow!". I'm 30 and that's crazy to me!

That's it!

All the newness!!

So...it's been a few months since I've written anything!
There is so much newness in my life that it's a little crazy!! I attend a new church--have been for about 6 or so months! I think I already posted about that! I am now THIRTY!! WHOO HOO !! I have a new boyfriend!! (Well, he's an old friend and he's not so "new" anymore, but...for the purposes of this posting, he is!) WHOO HOO HOO! I'm about to have a new position at work--hopefully!! Life is good...despite IT ALL! I'm thankful to God that He has sustained me in the midst of various maddening situations!

I'm sure that I'll have plenty to post about in the upcoming days, weeks and months!!
Stay tuned!!

The Devil Wears Prada

I promise that I've seen the movie about 50 times--I own the DVD, so it's not too ridiculous a notion that I've seen it that many times!
I love the movie--and the book, too, actually! The movie is part of the reason that I'm "into" fashion now! I snickered as I wrote "into" because I'm not into it like that. I'm more of an undercover fashion lover. I'm on the fashion down low! LOL! Anyway, I love Meryl Streep's look in the movie. She was HOT the entire time! My favorite outfit is when she's wearing the black pantsuit with the white shirt and red belt & necklace. Hmm...summer is approaching. I need to figure out what my "summer look" will be!

What's up all?

So, I haven't blogged in a minute!! I don't think there is anything too new going on with me! I'm still on the countdown to my 30th birthday!! Yippee!! I can't wait to celebrate!! Also, in 2 years, I've lost almost 45lbs. Wow...that's unbelievable! It seems like I talk about weight loss a lot now...especially considering I wasn't interested in it at all! But I'm proud!! What else? I'll probably be going back to school in the near future...to teach special ed! And I still want to finish my culinary arts degree...so I've got some school in my future! Um, yay?! I need to get back on my modeling grind! I had lost my mojo for a minute, but it's back!! So...with spring here and summer not too far behind, I'm going to actively be looking for some opportunities! I have realized that I don't to hide my gifts and/or talents anymore!! So...I'm going to be very busy--as usual--in the next few, well, rest of my life!! :0)

PS That reminds me...I need a vacation!! Vegas, anyone?!

Nothing new

So...it's February 10, 2009! Wow...where did the time go? I have 143 days left until the big 3-0! I'm pretty excited about it, actually! Everything I say or do now is usually prefaced by, "I'm almost 30..." or, "I'll be 30...". I don't have anything ultra exciting to say or share but it had just been a while since I'd blogged!
I'm still loving living alone. I'm still shedding pounds and proud of it! I'm still modeling...but I need to get back in front of the camera or something! I had an audition on Sunday and it was interesting! I'm trying to get a promotion at work and I believe God's time for me to have one, so I'm excited about that!! Um...that's pretty much it!! Until next time I feel like rambling about nothing...

A CHANGE is HERE!!!

Today is November 5, 2008. As of almost 12 hours ago (I started this at 10:55am)...the 44th President of the United States of America will be former Senator Barack Obama!! Yesterday--since it was a HISTORIC moment, I want to be able to re-tell as much of it as I can--I wore a beige button down shirt and denim capris with my beige "Eskimo" boots and a black Old Navy long sleeve jacket to pick up my mother. She and I went to vote together. She had on her beige and black jacket, with black pants and white tennis shoes (sneakers for those of you who prefer that word!)

My mom was carrying a little black umbrella! I picked her up on my lunch break from work and we drove the two minute drive fron her house to the JCC on Park Heights Avenue to vote together! I was so excited that morning that I had already cried when my friend Aly texted me and said she'd voted, just after 7am. I was proud that my mom chose to go vote with me. She told me that she hadn't voted in years! She was determined yesterday, however, to make her voice heard and we went together!! I could tell she was a bit nervous because everything was so new. The last time she'd voted, you had to use paper and pencil! While we waited in the very SHORT line--our polling place has three precincts in one room but our precinct had the shortest line! Thank God for that...I WAS on lunch!--we both received our "I voted" stickers! We were proud! When we were done voting, we both kept smiling a wide "can't wipe it away" grin! I dropped her off and came back to work proud that my voice...and my mom's voice... HAD been heard! I had been praying for Senator Obama, his family and friends and even his campaign employees! I knew that this time, our country would get it RIGHT!! I literally had no doubt that he would become our very next president!!

In fact, I wasn't even keeping up with the numbers originally because I had no worries! When I got in the house, I was watching "Whose Wedding is it Anyway?". My mother called me at 11pm...and I knew what that meant! It meant that a CHANGE WAS HERE!! I answered and she said "oh my goodness! He won!" I could hear her smiling her beautiful smile through the phone! I know her "I'm so excited that I don't know whether to laugh or cry" tone and she definitely had that tone going on when she called me!! I remember thinking "he'll make a wonderful speech" but then, apparently, the peace must have really taken over! I fell asleep soon after and didn't wake up until 3am! By then, I saw that I'd had 6 text messages! I turned to one of the channels that I knew would tell me the GOOD NEWS and saw it...saw that the next President will be Barack Obama! The tears immediately started spilling from my eyes!! Lord have mercy!! A change IS here!! The excitement for me is two-fold! I am excited as a Black woman in this country! I definitely thought I'd be older than 29 when I saw the first non-White president elected! But I'm also excited because I know this is indicative of a spiritual shift that God has ordained for this time!! Never before this moment has my anticipation for great things been so paramount!! I don't know what will happen next!! But I'm thrilled about the future!