You Don't Have To Be Old.....

I read the news about the passing of comedian, Patrice Oneal who died Tuesday morning. He was only 41, and we recently loss a great musician, Heavy D at the age of 44, Bernie Mac and Michael Jackson at the age of 50. It had me thinking, wow, nowadays you don't have to be old to die. Remember when our elders live to be well past 75? Doesn't seem to be happening now. Death does discriminate against race, age, sex, or social status. We all have to meet that fate.

In this day and time it's no guarantee to even see the end of the day. We need to live everyday like it's our last with laughter, having joy, and doing positive things. We also need to do our best to take care of our health. We only get one body and when we don't treat it right, it lets us know. Sure there are people that eat right, live right and still get sick, but, we still need to take care of ourselves.

Also, we need to not procrastinate. I came across an article on a Christian blog called It's Time To Do It, http://www.thechristianwoman.com/devotions/time-to-do-it.html It was really awesome to read because I myself, do procrastinate alot and I need to stop doing that and jump in knowing that as long as I have faith in God that as long as I am doing right He will see me through. Can you imagine the things that these men had on their 'to do' list, but never go to it? How many things are on our 'to do' list that we have been putting off of days, weeks, months, years. People it's time to get it together and do it. Like I said before the end of the day is not even promised to us. So as the new year approaches let's get rid of everything negative, hatred, envy, jealously, arguing, dislike, unforgiveness, etc and go into the new year with a new mind set.

I truly look at those that have passed on and I thank God for all that He has done for me and my family, my natural family and my spiritual family. I will always acknowledge Him because I know without Him, there is NO way I would be here. As I look back over my life, I know I shouldn't be here, not because I lived a rough lifestyle, because I never did, but a couple of incidents that happened to me should have taken me out, but I know it was God that blocked it because there is a purpose for my life and now it's time for me to show Him how much I appreciate all that He has done. God has given me great talents, and the saying goes, if you don't use it, you will loose it and I don't want to loose my gifts because I know that they will help many. It's time for us all to get rid of that 'to do' list and just do it.....

Until next post, Be blessed and be safe!

What Cha Gonna Watch?

So three of the shows that I really like are coming on tonite....The Walking Dead, Real Housewives of Atlanta and Love and Hip Hop. My dilemma...RHOA and Love and The Walking Dead come on at the same time, so since The Walking Dead is having a mid-season finale, I figure I will watch it. RHOA will come back on tomorrow or I can just watch it online.  Love and Hip Hop comes on later so I can catch that show as well. I guess I solved my own dilemma...What will you be watching tonite?

I Can't Believe It!

The weekend is over! already! I know I'm a stay at home mom, BUT it seems like the holiday went by so quick! I'm glad that my daughter goes back to school on tomorrow, so that's a plus for me.  I love her dearly but, she gotta go!

I hope that everyone had an awesome holiday weekend.  I hope everyone experienced safe traveling mercy and grace and now it's on to the next one. I don't know but over the past few years it seems like the holidays just aren't what they used to be. Now it just seems like it's just another day off work. The  holiday spirit has been replaced with so much commercialism until the true meaning is no longer valid. It's all about money. So many people get depressed around the holiday because they feel like they have failed if they didn't get a gift or give a gift. I know these are the traditions that we grew up with, but even then there was a true sense of family and love and sharing that love with family and friends. Nowadays it's about outdoing the last year and the year before. Remember growing up, just about every house on the block was decorated, everyone you pass by would happily say 'Merry Christmas!', the Christmas candy and fruit was plentiful and so delicious, and there was food for days! Now, we can barely say anything with the word Christ, the holiday decorations are up by September and they start playing Christmas music and commercials in October. This is just my opinion but I just don't feel the spirit of the holidays the way I used to. I'm still looking forward to spending time with the family, but I know the greatest gift given was the life of Jesus Christ when He died for my sins. I'm eternally grateful and there is no greater gift than that.

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Black Friday....Deals or Death Trap?

Hello again. This is something that has been on my mind and I figured, why not blog about it. I just want to talk about Black Friday, which has apparently been in practice for many years now. It's the day where the stores advertises all of these great deals like 'buy a 3,000 square foot house for $150.00', well maybe not a house, but, I'm sure you get my meaning. I found an interesting read about the origin of Black Friday that I would like to share with you. Here is the link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)

Personally I think it should be called Black and Blue Friday with the all of the fights that break out over easy bake ovens and the last 46" TV (although they only had 10 to begin with). I've heard stories of people who have gotten trampled even killed on this day trying to grab up those items that they want to give as Christmas presents that are going either end up being taken back to the store or sit on a shelf collecting dust. Personally, I would rather snag up some 'black Friday' deals online instead of taking the chance of traffic jams, being trampled or getting into a fight over that 'last' 46" TV and I'm not a violent person. This is a frenzy that I truly want to avoid.

We went to Walmart yesterday and saw some of the items that would be included in the 'black Friday deals.' They were shrink wrapped in black plastic, labeled and had the prices. Now, I'm no math genius but it looked like there was not enough of one item to accommodate all of those people. For example, they had printers on sale, well it only looked like there was maybe 30 or 40 printers to go around. There was no way there was enough to accommodate the thousands of shoppers, so now you'll have people pushing, shoving, fighting, cussing, taking items out of another person's cart (yes, it happens) and I'm sure somebody will get arrested and still won't get the items they were fighting over. People were camping out for hours at these stores to try to grab up one of 20 blenders, and heaven forbid if they wanted more than one...good luck!

So, in closing, whoever you were able to get gifts for, I hope they truly appreciate it, because if you were one of the millions of shoppers in one store, I'm sure you went through hell and desert sand to put a smile on somebody's face, and if you were getting for yourself, I would use it until it just fell apart. So, until next post.....have an AWESOME day and please be safe out there.

Gracious Greetings!!

Good Morning all! I hope that everyone had an awesome day on yesterday. I know many celebrated with friends, family and the most important thing FOOD!! I had a great time on yesterday although my husband had to work, : ( but he did get home in time to enjoy some yummy food that he cooked (love me some him!) and spend time with the family. His mom bought us a beautiful cake to celebrate our nuptials. I have yet to cut it yet, we had plenty of sweets. My friend make a peach cobbler AND a red velvet cake, we also had carrot cake and my daughter made some cookies. Above all, it was a wonderful day. We watched Paranormal Activity 2 which had me on edge! After that I had to watch something funny to kind of shift my spirit--so we watched Steve Harvey's Don't Trip, He Ain't Through with Me Yet. I've watched it a couple of times, but it's still funny.

Now that I've given you a recap of my day, here's my next topic BLACK FRIDAY.....DEALS OR DEATH TRAP?...next post......

Be Grateful......Be Safe!

Greetings everyone. I'm sorry I didn't do my regular posting on yesterday. Trying to get the house prepared for Thursday. All is well on the homefront. My baby just turned over a container of baby food on me, but, it's what babies do. She's going through some emotions right now. She just doesn't know what she wants to do.

Just want to drop a note to say that I am truly grateful every single day for life and breath, family and friends. Although things may not be perfect, they could be worse. Remember just when you think it's bad, there's someone who has it worse. We need to be thankful everyday, because everyday is another chance to do better, go higher, and be greater than the day before. If we look back over our lives, regardless of how they may appear to us now, there is something to be thankful for.

For those that are going to try to catch those 'black Friday' sales, please remember they only have a few of those items they are advertising and none of that stuff is worth getting hurt or going to jail over. So please be careful people.

Also for those that are traveling PLEASE PLEASE be careful out there on those highways, freeways and streets. You will get there, I just want you to get there in one piece. I would rather you be 'Mary Jones' who arrived late than the 'late Mary Jones'. So please be careful. Also for those traveling long distances here is a great tool to use to estimate your fuel costs. http://fuelcostcalculator.aaa.com/

Until next post, I hope that everyone has a wonderfully blessed holiday!