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Are You for Real? 2007-05-28 14:04:00 Last night my darling Babe and I walked the expensive aisles of our nearby grocery store for some snacks for our Blockbuster night while the kids were with their nana. Babe decided on Funyuns and fruit punch, while I chose the huge box o' Hot Tamales I so crave. As we approached the check-out counter I spotted Janet Jackson on the cover of Us Weekly magazine and I got pissed. I mean I felt warmer
Way Overdue 2007-05-31 13:19:00 I have been a little more on edge than usual and aside from my hormonal fluctuations I know why I'm so out of sorts. It's been quite some time since I had a nice, lengthy break from my family. Of course Babe and I have had a weekend here and there or an evening or two sans children, but sometimes what a girl needs is a chance to renew her mind, enjoy the scenery, lunch with a friend and maybe
I Need this - WHY?? 2007-06-06 15:27:00 **If you are male, you will want to skip this entry, trust me. You have been warned.
Month after month after month, since I was 11 years old, I have been "blessed" with good ol' "Aunt Flo", "Aunt Mary", whatever "aunt" you may refer to her by. I personally choose to refer to 'her' as "My Period" because she is no family member of mine. But the names, over time, have changed.
When Babe and I
What's a First Grade Mom Look Like? 2007-06-06 12:19:00 Wow, the school year has come and gone and my Jay is finishing up her kindergarten year as we speak. When she started kindergarten I felt I had wasted five years of her life being a depressed, up and down just to be up again mother to a child who deserved so much more of me. Stability is a great trait to have as a mother, wouldn't you say?
Well I can't say that I wasn't the same mess I've Read more:First
, Grade
Just Not Feeling It 2007-06-06 11:53:00 If you read my blog on any sort of a regular basis you probably noticed how very few entries I had in May. I suppose the only way to explain this would be that I was "Just not feeling it". I had no interest in writing, not really, and there was nothing that intrigued me enough to sit down and blog it out. So there you have it. Somehow I couldn't come up with much more than the 11 entries I Read more:Feeling
Am I Alone? 2007-06-08 13:10:00 Previously I have written about my struggle with depression and mentioned how I feel alone when the "darkness" creeps into my life. I felt as though God had left me alone in a dark tunnel and turned His back on me. Well, there are still days when I feel that way, like God gave me this like a challenge for me sort through and investigate on my own so that I can come out on the other end where
Gimme A Break 2007-06-11 22:22:00 My best friend knows me better than most people, but although I know that it still surprises me when I tell her something and she hits the nail on the head. Recently I told her about my depression issues and how it affects me and my family and what did she have to say?
"You're too hard on yourself."
That was what "Maleda" said to me, and I've thought about it over and over since I first heard Read more:Gimme
, Break
Not Good Enough? 2007-06-16 20:13:00 When you were a child what did you want to be when you grew up? Only recently did the answer to the question come to me and it's funny because I'm living out my childhood dream. When I was young I wanted to be a "housewife" and writer. Although I am still working out the kinks in my writing, I'm on my way and I've been a homemaker for about four years now.
So why didn't I want to be a doctor, Read more:Enough
How Young is too Young? 2007-06-15 10:40:00 How young is too young? How old is too old?
It's funny because in recent years more women are waiting to have children. Waiting until they complete their education, establish themselves as professionals, find "Mr. Right", or backpack through Europe, many women wait until their 30s before trying to conceive and many of those same women continue to have children into their early 40s. It's this
It's Time for Change 2007-06-19 19:22:00 I am my father's child, no doubt about it. When I was growing up my dad would rearrange furniture pretty regularly at our house. Even the smallest change seemed to make the world, er, house, appear so much better. Now he's 50 and still rearranging like he works for an HGTV interior design show. I'm no different and sometimes, not nearly as often as dad, I just have to make a change...or ten. Read more:Change
When the Living is Easy 2007-06-18 20:21:00 It's summer time and although I was dreading it before Jay finished school for break, I'm awfully glad it is here.
The thought of two arguing children in the house ALL day long with me constantly feeding and referreeing them was by no means appealing. It would be so hot outside that we wouldn't be able to get out for a break from each other and these four walls, I would just want to run as fast Read more:Living
Tired of it All 2007-06-24 16:20:00 I recently decided that we, as women and mothers, put on this front like we have it all together. You've probably said it yourself, "other moms just seem to have it all together, what's wrong with me?" Just yesterday my sister, who happens to be alone in raising her children right now, said that the moms in the 'single moms' playgroups don't have the same problems that she struggles with, like
My Little Dancer 2007-06-29 14:51:00 Finally, finally, finally. Jay is finally taking dance classes at a nice school nearby. I say finally because my baby girl has been gyrating to Beyonce since she was a year and a half old, for real. She saw B on a Grammy performance in 2003 and the rest, as they say, is history. So since then I have wanted to encourage that love for dance by putting her in dance. It's such great exercise, she's Read more:Dancer
I See Manic People 2007-06-28 21:45:00 Not unlike Haley Joel Osment in "Sixth Sense" I seem to have the same knack he had for seeing dead people, only I see manic people. Recently Shannon, someone dear to my heart, discussed her feelings of needing change and yet another time in her life when things just weren't right, weren't clicking, and the only way she would survive this would be to change everything (good and otherwise) about Read more:Manic
Time to Color 2007-07-04 13:52:00 We have lived in this house for about a year and a half now, and I am ready for change. I am ready to paint the town, er, bedroom green. It's time for Jay to have the glam-girl room she deserves so I want to splash shades of pink all over her bedroom walls and frill up the place to her liking. The playroom needs to scream "KIDS", not mumble "this is where we stash the toys", so I want that to Read more:Color
They Like it...They Really Like It! 2007-07-04 13:47:00 In my old(er) age I have taken to cooking. I started with baking, which I do enjoy but until I figure out this high altitude bit, I’ll leave that to those much more experienced than I. But as of late, cookbooks have become a favorite. And if you know me, you know good and well that I stay as far from a hot stove as I can, or at least I used to. Cooking always looked like too much work to me,
So...What do you do all day? 2007-07-04 13:37:00 When I was pregnant with Nas, I was sitting with a few working moms and a woman who didn’t have kids but was employed. It was kind of early in my work as an at-home mom so I wasn’t as prepared for the ridiculous comments they hurled my way as I would be now. Have you ever had someone cut you off at the knees leaving you speechless and completely at a loss for a great comeback? Well, I’ve spent
Newest Goal to Date 2007-07-11 13:55:00 Things have been a bit tedious in my quest for weight loss, but I'm not giving up...at least not yet. Instead of getting down on myself about nearly two weeks of eating any and everything under our roof, I have set a new, long-term goal. It's a good one, it's a doozy, but you know what? I deserve it. I'm a good mommy, a darn good wife and I deserve whatever it is in life I see fit to desire
What would you change? 2007-07-11 13:29:00 Often Babe will ask me if there's anything in my life I would change. Initially my answer always revolves around finishing college so I can have the freedom to write for whomever without having to beat (and I mean BEAT) the door down because that degree holds power...for some ungodly reason.
Looking back, my first response to his question would be to have had children a little bit later, like
It's That Time Again 2007-07-14 08:42:00 Boy oh boy, is it Saturday again? Last weekend a good friend of mine and I decided we'd try out a step aerobics class at our local recreation center. We were both so excited to do something for ourselves, especially with our goal of losing weight this summer. That excitement soon diminished when we walked in and the instructor asked each woman to grab two (two?) steps. Now, call me old-school, Read more:Again
Plain Jane in Every Way 2007-07-13 23:46:00 So I've started cooking and I lo-ove it. There's nothing more therapeutic for me that doesn't require pen/paper or a laptop than whipping up a fabulous meal or dessert. Lately I have spent a lot of my online time looking high and low for yummy recipes and one of the sites I enjoy is Cooking Light. This has only been as of late because Kraft Foods' website has gotten a bit redundant for me and Read more:Plain
How DOES She Do It?? 2007-07-18 14:08:00 As I sat at the McDonald's Playland while Nas ran laps around the play area and Jay squealed her infamous joy squeal, I noticed a woman I see out and about around town quite often. I know her story only because she attends the church we do and when I asked where I could donate Jay's gently used clothes they told me about her. Tracy is a married mother of seven children. She takes her kids out
Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired 2007-07-17 22:41:00 Lately I have been so tired that a nap is no longer a luxury but a necessity. Even when I'm getting my coveted 8 hours of sleep I wake up dragging my butt around the house like I had spent the entire night and wee hours of the morning partying like the young bucks. I'm not sure what is up but I'm so sick and tired of being sick and tired and no one having any answers for me!
Once I was tested
I Love the Gym?? 2007-07-17 22:15:00 It's been hellaciously hot in the Mile High City so my morning walks would have to exhaust me before 7 a.m. or I'd have to huff and puff my way through 2 miles in nearly 75 degree weather. That may not be a big deal for a workout buff but I cannot commit to something that gets me all heated and do it in the heat. Nah, not my thing. So I whined and complained about not getting my workouts in
I'm going on a trip and I'm bringing... 2007-07-19 21:44:00 Did you ever play that game on a road trip? Ah, fun times with the fam are remembered whenever I hear kids playing this game. No, but really, I'm going on a trip and I seem to be forgetting everything I planned on taking! I mean, I was supposed to buy earrings today, like fake gold and silver hoops, forgot 'em, I needed to get a pair of red flip-flops (I live in those things!) while at Target...
Pretty in Pink 2007-07-27 13:39:00 While I carried my little soccer kicking daughter inside my womb I was almost positive I would have a bouncing baby boy. So when I saw my chubby, pink, slanted-eyed baby girl I was stricken with the pink frillies.
Unknown was our child's gender until delivery so Babe and I decorated her room in all things Baby Looney Tunes: cute, sweet, gender-neutral. Had I known she'd be a girly-girl would I Read more:Pretty
Dependent Woman 2007-07-26 13:05:00 Today I realized that "timid" Natalie does still exist and I need to help her become one with "I got this" Natalie, the Natalie I like so much better. From the time I kissed my family goodbye to embark upon my "me time" with family in the Midwest, I felt alone and it scared me.
"What if I forget the companion flight information?"
"Where's the 'bridge' Babe was talking about, what if I can't Read more:Dependent
Goal Update 2007-08-01 14:12:00 As of today, August 1, I am still working toward my weight-loss goal as stated in "Newest Goal to Date". So I figured it a good time to update you on my efforts. I'll update again in about two weeks. Here goes:
Starting weight: 212 lbs
Current goal weight: 199 lbs
Current weight: 210 lbs
Time allotted: 11 weeks
Time left as of 8/1/07: 7 weeks
Avg loss/wk required to meet goal: 1.56 lbs/wk Read more:Update
Preschool Jitters 2007-08-10 21:07:00 Jay starts the first grade on Monday. As if the idea that my daughter will be away from me for about 7 hours a day, 5 days a week isn't painful enough, Nas will start preschool the week after. Typically a kid born after October 1st doesn't get to go to preschool until he is 3 years old, so he'd have to wait until October 30th to even register anywhere! Luckily Jay's school offers a Young 3's Read more:Preschool
Writers Read 2007-08-16 14:25:00 Somewhere along my way as a journalism student I read, "Writers
write." And I hear it echoed over and over again in a dark, cobwebbed corner of my mind whenever I start to wonder why I'm still stuck. I feel like I'm literally between a rock and a hard place when I try to picture my life as a writer and too many questions get me questioning what God may have in store for me and the talent He
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