Momentous events such as your 30th and 50th birthday, 25th and 30th and anniversary and weddings should be celebrated in style. Planning such celebrations to be memorable and a success takes time and patience. Will you have a large or small gathering? Will you have the celebration at your home or rent out a hall? Overall, I do not care to organize large events, but I do love to pick out invitations.

I look forward to celebrating my 25th anniversary with JT one day. I dream that we will have a huge celebration with all of our family and friends from not only our home town but also across the states. We will send out some beautiful invitations well in advance… and I will find a way to stick some butterflies in there. By the time I celebrate my 25th anniversary, I may even have grandchildren. Wow… let me stop day dreaming. I do not want to make my children grow up any faster than they are.

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1. Do you take vitamins and if so, what?

Yes, I take Women’s One a Day.

2. Do you make an effort to eat healthy, or you eat whatever you feel like eating?

I pretty much eat whatever I feel like eating and that has to stopped. I am working on make more healthy decisions for my lifestyle.

3. What two types of food do you have a hard time staying away from?

Potatoes and breads.

4. What are two food items you refuse to eat?

Artichokes and sardines.

5. Are you pleased with your daily diet or do you think it could be better?

As I mentioned in the previous post, I believe it could be a whole lot better.

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I would love to lose about 25 pounds. Getting motivated for a weight loss routine is extremely difficult. I know that the diet can be done, but I have found it to be very tiresome to work full-time, come home, take care of the children and exercise on a regular basis.

Myfitnesspal.com is an excellent free service that provides assistance with your diet and fitness needs. If you create an account on the main web page, then you can look forward to receiving a free calorie counter Who doesn’t like an outstanding free service?

After you create an account, you will notice that you can create an online free diet journal to keep track of your goals and weight loss. Other features with your free account include tracking meals and exercise routines quickly and easily. If you are concerned that your diet plan may not coincide with with the structure of Myfitnesspal.com plan, then you do not have to worry. The website’s services assists you with counting calories, carbs and more for any structured diet plan.

If you are thinking about your own dieting plans, please strongly consider setting up an account for yourself. By maintaining the online diet diary, studies show diet journals help weight loss. Through your account you can also monitor your food dairy intake. With the free calorie counter, it will monitor the nutritional contents of what you are eating and how you can make better food choices.

I am having a pretty difficult day. I received some bad news, that I may write about tonight or later.

But in the meantime, JT is being supportive and having that support from your signficant other always helps. I came up to my room to have some alone time. Keisha came upstairs shortly after me. I kind of sighed to myself because I wanted my alone time, but I still let her come in my room. She was playing with my hair then she said, “Mama, you make me happy.”

Well there you go folks, that is Reason Number 397 of why I love being a mother.

I had to scoop up my heart from my bed because it simply melted everywhere from that one.

I guess I can put off my alone time for a bit.

I made a decision about four weeks ago to stop putting chemical based relaxers in my hair. After nearly twenty years of relaxing my hair, I now realize that my hair and scalp deserve better. I have now eliminated the Motions, Dudley or whatever other brand name of relaxers is available from my old hair routine. I am now working toward deep conditioning my hair once a week and reducing the amount of heat that I apply to my hair. It may take a long while before my virgin hair (non-relaxed hair) grows out enough so I can cut the remaining part of my relaxed hair.

A few years ago, I lost a patch of hair near the top of my scalp. I was devastated and could not determine if it happened due to stress, the relaxer or both. Thankfully, I had a good hair dresser who was able to style my hair and hide the bald patch while my scalp healed and hair grew back.

I wondered at the time, would I ever get a hair transplant if I loss too much hair and it never grew back or I loss so much hair that I could not hide it. I would strongly a hair transplant if the patch was larger and never grew back. I did not know that there were many women who received hair transplants, until I came across Dr. Shapiro’s Hair Institute site. His company provides hair transplants with a unique surgery for women and men. If you call 1-800-799-HAIR (4247), you may be eligible for a free consultation today.

I should have went with my first instinct and said no. Recently, someone volunteered me for not just one, but two responsibilities in a group. She basically called me out in front of everyone and said, “Rashaan can do it.” Damnit. Damnit. Damnit. I felt that I had no other choice but to say yes. And that I did. It’s not that I can’t do it… the problem is that I do not want to do it. My mind is so preoccupied as of late and I am getting forgetful again.

I think that this was the first time that someone ever volunteered me for an activity. And it will not happen again.

I am waiting to hear some news this week. I really really really hope to receive a call that I am waiting on.

We went to the library this evening and it was not fun at all. First of all, the weather was gloomy with a light drizzle. Second, many people were gathering for an event. The cast from Ghost Hunters were having a presentation in the public library main hall. I had never seen so many people gather in the library. We did not go see the Ghost Hunters. Our family went on to our regular itinerary… or at least we tried to. All of us seemed very moody, maybe from the weather or from having a long day at work and school. Plus JT and I have a lot of things on our mind these days. Other than picking up two Robert Jordan books, the weekly library experience was uneventful for me.

Other than that, I am fighting a cold. You know how you feel it coming and your body is fighting hard against it, trying not to give in. My colds usually start with a sore throat, then nasal congestion followed by coughing. I am trying to fight it off with vitamins (I bought a new pack of Womens One a Day) and Green Tea (gotta love those antioxidants). It does not help that I have a meeting tomorrow morning and a potluck at work. Ugh. I feel like crap.

Be very cautious when you receive such emails because these are scams and not from Bank of America. Always be aware of who the sender is. In this email you see that the sender is from update@yahoo.com. Bank of America does not use Yahoo to send emails. Also, Bank of America generally does not send such emails.

Here is the fraudulent email:

from Security Center
reply-to update@yahoo.com
date Sep 28, 2007 5:16 AM
subject *** Bank Of America Security Notice ***

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During May, I bought a lot of things from local stores in preparation of travel. Bank of America suspected fraudulent activity on my account because of the large amounts of purchases. As protection, my account was frozen. I received an email that said I had to call to verify my account, but the main difference was that I had to call not click on a funky looking link.

The bottom line is that, if you ever receive emails asking you to verify a bank account or any other account that involves money. Do not click it. Call your institution to inquire if you are a victim of a phishing scam.

Week 246

Say … and I think … ?

1. Las Vegas :: Spring training for work. I have learned a lot during training over the last two years.

2. Linus :: The peanuts character that always carries his security blanket.

3. Struck :: By lightning… scary. I hope that I never experience that.

4. Movie :: I hope that JT and I are able to go see a movie this evening. We would like to see Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married? It looks like a fantastic movie.

5. Anxious :: I am very anxious about two things in my life. I try to stay calm and pray about it, but easier said than done.

6. Bandit :: Early 20th century bank robberies.

7. Picks :: I used to use picks on the twins’ hair, but I found that wide and fine tooth combs work a little bit better. I suppose it really depends on the hair style that you have.

8. Lasso :: Cowboys and cowgirls come to mind.

9. Dinner :: Last night we had baked catfish fillets, rice, glazed carrots, salad and garlic toast. Yummy.

10. Bargain :: I love to shop for bargains and use coupons whenever I can. Stores that allow double coupons, I love you even more…

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