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Along with their kindergarten class, William and Keisha narrated and acted out the birth of Jesus. JT even participated by supplying the hay for the scene which came from our front yard. Our pine tree sheds hay (which I hate because it covers everything).

I videotaped the beginning then I promptly handed the video camera to JT so he could stand closer and get a better shot. I would not be able to stand so long without being in pain so I held baby Alex. And speaking of the video camera… I spent several hours this afternoon looking for my digital video camera. I literally tore apart my bedroom, throwing clothes and other objects every which way. Then I find out that my camera was in the trunk of my car all this time. I am quite thankful that the lens did not crack (or worse) because of the cold weather.

William was a bit shy on stage (he later admitted so also) but despite this, him and Keisha did a great job and I am quite proud of my wonderful twins. For still shots, I only had my Sony Cybershot with me. Unfortunately, those still shots did not turn out well because our seats were a bit far back. On the other hand, I did get a couple of nice shots of my family after the program, including of JT, Keisha and Alexander. I am anxious to print this picture out and perhaps even hang it in the living room.

So overall, I enjoyed the evening and I am thankful that I was able to go.

Question that I am wondering about… Do most schools do Christmas or Holiday themed Programs? I really do not remember performing in one while I was in kindergarten.

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Give copy to each guest that enters your home.

1. Don’t get in line asking questions about the food. “Who made the potato salad? Is it egg in there? Are the greens fresh? Is the meat in the greens turkey or pork? Who made the macaroni and cheese? What kind of pie is that? Who made it?  Ask one more question and I will punch you in your mouth, knocking out all your fronts so you won’t be able to eat anything.

2. If you can’t walk or are missing any limbs, sit your azz down until someone makes your plate for you. Dinner time is not the time for you to be independent. Nibble on them damn pecans and walnuts to hold you over until someone makes you a plate.

3. If you have kids under the age of twelve, I will escort the little moochers to the basement and bring their food down to them. They are not gonna tear my damn house up this year. Tell them that they are not allowed upstairs until it’s time for Uncle Butchie to start telling family stories about their mommas and papas. If they come upstairs for any reason except for that they are bleeding to death, I will break a foot off in their azzez!

4. There is going to be one prayer for Thanksgiving dinner! JUST ONE! We do not care that you are thankful that your 13 year old daughter gave birth to a healthy baby or your nephew just got out of jail. Save that talk for somebody who gives a damn. The time limit for the prayer is one minute. If you are still talking after that one minute is up, you will feel something hard come across your lips and they will be swollen for approximately 20 minutes.

5. Finish everything on your plate before you go up for seconds! If you don’t, you will be cursed out and asked to stay your greedy azz home next year!

6. BRING YOUR OWN TUPPERWARE!! Don’t let me catch you fixing yourself a plate in my good Tupperware knowing damn well that I will never see it again! Furthermore, if you didn’t bring anything over, don’t let me catch you making a plate period or there will be a “misunderstanding”.

7. What you came with is what you should leave with!! Do not leave my house with anything that doesn’t belong to you. EVERYBODY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO A BODY SEARCH COMING IN AND LEAVING MY PROPERTY!!!

8. Do not leave your kids so you can go hopping from house to house. This is NOT a DAYCARE CENTER ! There will be a kid-parent roll call every ten minutes. Any parent that is not present at the time of roll call, your child will be put outside until you come and get him or her. After 24 hours, I will call DSS on your ignorant azz!!

9. BOOK YOUR HOTEL ROOM BEFORE YOU COME INTO TOWN!! There will be no sleeping over at my house! You are to come and eat dinner and take your azz home or to your hotel room. EVERYBODY GETS THE HELL OUT AT 11:00 pm. You will get a 15 minute warning bell ring.

10. Last but not least! ONE PLATE PER PERSON!!! This is not a soup kitchen. I am not trying to feed your family until Christmas dinner! You will be supervised when you fix your plate. Anything over the appropriate amount will be charged to you before you leave. There will be a cash register at the door.

Found this from Brick at: http://www.thehaitianqueen.com/

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I have not written on my blog in over 3 months and there are many reasons for that. I will not focus (too much) on excuses much but instead focus on writing regularly again.

I have been busy with the obvious… raising a newborn and healing mentally and physically myself.  I physically recovered well from my cesarean but I think where I messed up was having two teeth extracted nearly 3 weeks ago.  Mentally, I am still drained.  I had a great deal of pain from the teeth extraction and I am just now able to set the bottle of pain relievers aside.  I definitely should not have done this so close to having a baby.  And if that was not enough, I’m going to have hernia surgery this coming Monday.  I previously wrote about my umbilical hernia while I was pregnant.

Yes, I am definitely crazy.

Alexander has started to sleep all night long but unfortunately not every night.  During the day is when I really think I’m going to loose my mind as of late.  He has started to take little cat naps instead of a true nap (anything greater than 30-45 minutes).  Just when I think I have him asleep to go do important things like EAT, he wakes up.  “Nope Mama, I’m not sleep” and his eyes open wide as he looks at me for attention.  I’m nursing Alexander so I often wonder if his appetite is growing and causing him to be cranky and in turn not sleep long.  Then I dismiss this thought because his weight is just fine.  In fact, for his 1 month visit to the pediatrician, Alexander was at the 50th percentile for all stats: height, weight and head size.

I really should be sleeping at this moment because Alexander is sleep and I can’t count on him to sleep all night long.  On top of that, I took two benadryl because my throat started to feel scratchy and I need to immediately handle any possible cold or allergy symptoms.  I just had to get this post from my mind to the blog… and it feels good.  Good night.

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Happy Independence Day United States of America.  This morning started off very gloomy with lots of rain and cloudy skies.  This fortunately allowed the entire family to sleep in late.  The twins woke up before me… I know because I heard them, but JT and I were able to sleep until 9:15 a.m. and I loved every moment of it.  I had some weird dreams near the end of my sleep, but nothing too disturbing.

Later in the day, we spent the evening with family, had some barbeque and watermelon.  I was surprised to see Keisha eat nearly two bowls of watermelon.  For some reason, William did not like it much.  He claimed to be full, but that is code for I do not want to eat this Mommy.

I would have enjoyed to go down to Fair St. Louis this weekend, but unfortunately it was only two days and as I mentioned it was rainy most of today.  I really wanted to dive into a plate of hot funnel cake and a cup of ice cold lemonade.  Maybe I can get a hold of some funnel cake elsewhere, but the problem is that not everyone makes good funnel cake.  I definitely do not want to drive out to Six Flags just get some funnel cake.  I cannot even ride any damn rides so there is no point in that trip.  What happened to the Fair being at least three days?  Very sad.

William and Keisha really wanted to pop firecrackers, but I had to tell them over and over again that they are just not old enough.  And maybe, just maybe I will let their father have that for them one day.  I much rather watch fireworks from afar with the professionals *sigh*

My husband and I are ending the holiday celebration with the blockbuster hit, Independence Day.  I remember how exciting this movie was to see in the theatre.  I hope that if a day like that in the movie ever goes down for real, that we have people like Will Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Randy Quaid to save the day.

Have a safe holiday.

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Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers, grandfathers, uncles, godfathers and anyone else fulfilling the role of a father.  A special Happy Father’s Day to the love of my life, my husband, my soulmate… JT. He is a wonderful father to our twins, William and Keisha.  And I know he will also be a wonderful father for our little one growing inside of my womb.

I love you.

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Keisha sat in the middle front row and William was directly behind her.  For many of the initial pictures, I could not see William because he stayed right behind Keisha.  Then he later moved around and I was able to capture some shots when I placed the big boy lens on my Digital Rebel.  JT stood to the far right of the audience to capture everything on video.  I have not watched the video yet, but I look forward to seeing it.

Immediately following the ceremony, we had cake (marble cake, not a favorite but it was moist and tasty) and punch, socialized a bit and took pictures.  William did not want to smile in almost all of the pictures. I was only able to get him to smile after the crowd started to disperse.

After we left the preschool, we headed out to Kirkwood to take my brother home (he had to work that evening, despite me telling him to take the entire day off months ago).  Then we drove two hours to Lambert’s Cafe, known as the Only Home of Throwed Rolls.  What are throwed rolls?  Throwed rolls are rolls that the waiters throw at you during your meal… yes, they throw them at you and you have to raise your hands high (and even yell) to get their attention.  Once you get their attention and catch a roll, you better get a grip on it and lay it down on your plate soon because they are very hot.  We never dropped any but I saw lots of people miss the catches or caught and dropped them onto the floor.

I had a fantastic Saturday with my family and I am thankful to be blessed with such wonderful children in my life.

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On Friday, December 5, 2008, the love of my life and I joined in holy matrimony… two souls became one before God, our family and friends.

On Sunday, November 16, JT and I had a drink (mine was Bahama Mama) and a couple of appetizers (fried mozzarella cheese sticks and popcorn shrimp) at Buffalo Wild Wings. The twins were hanging out with their Nana (my mom watches this every other Sunday). After we ordered the drinks and food, JT and I started to have a serious conversation about our relationship.

The discussion was neither positive nor negative but intense and thus my emotions were running high. We talked about the past, present and future… and I was a tad bit overwhelmed while I relived some of these events in the back of my mind. JT then started to talk more about where we were headed as a couple and for our family. Out of nowhere, he asked me the question… yes *the* question. JT asked me to marry him. I was in shock. I paused for a long time to replay the question, as if I did a quick TiVo rewind. Did I hear him correctly? I looked in his eyes. I looked away again. I have no clue how long this went on but it felt like a long ass time. I looked back in his eyes and I said yes.

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The only bad thing… my boo is at work, my bestfriend might not have a babysitter and I’m sitting here in front on my computer. I wanna celebrate, but I’ll wait until tomorrow I suppose *smh*

Or I could look online and see what kind of drinks I can make with Kahlua. That’s the only alcohol I have in the kitchen ;

What’s the deal with the following:

“Fuck a splash page, just enter.”

This is a trend on websites as of late and I’m sick of it. Why is this shit necessary? Just go to your little index.html or main.html, whatever you call it. Just don’t have a near blank page with that phrase which then leads me to your site. Waste of your time and MY time. UGH.

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