2017

I'm making changes...........

More jewelry making!

Jewelry Making

SO I just started a new hobby... One lazy night on the couch, I was watching Shark Tank. One lady came on and she wanted money for her homemade jewelry.. I immediately got off the couch and went to Walmart around 10pm and picked up a small jewelry starter kit and a few tools.. I returned home and started to create a necklace!! I then went to Michaels Crafts yesterday and bought some more beads to create some jewelry pieces! I'm so excited to get started.. 

This is my very FIRST homemade necklace!! What do you think??? 

I wrote a children's book!!

The book is titled MR. FISH.. More to come...............

Holiday Party!!

SO, I planned a Holiday Party for my coworkers about a month ago.... I totally forgot to send out a reminder about the date and the date is TODAY!!!! How could I have forgotten something like this? So anyway the party starts at 5pm and most people forgot about it so it should be interesting to see how many folks actually arrive... I didn't even decorate the meeting spot this year smh.. Last year, I was on point with everything!! On top of all that, it's raining cats n dogs outside.... I will update my post later..

***** update*****

9 people showed up lol

Message to the guys...

Guys, when you want to get to know a girl, you should take her OUT.. Don't invite her to your HOUSE on the first night, and don't invite yourself to HER house at any time.

Don't be a bug a boo and don't be nosey. Invite her to the museum, dinner, race track, a picnic, things that will allow you to know who she is and what she wants....

NEVER make perverted comments to get her attention because this shows that you only want ONE thing and if you really like her, this is not how you want to start the relationship because you may not get very far.

A lady wants to hear you compliment her and how much you want to spend time with her.. What the ladies don't want to hear is how much you make and how big your car is.. The ladies want to know your expectations with her and what you're going to do in order to achieve your goals.

Be yourself, relax, and have a good time!

The Interview

People, people, people.. Let's talk about interviews!!!

When you go to an interview, PLEASE look your VERY BEST!

Research the position you want
Practice your interview with someone
Have some strengths memorized
Go to the location the day before
IRON clothes well
Comb your hair!!
Eat a good breakfast (before you get dressed)
Be at least 45-60min EARLY
Take a breath mint before you interview
Think before you speak
Speak clearly and don't stutter
Avoid saying "uhhh, umm"
Make good eye contact but don't look like a weirdo
Try to avoid stating any weaknesses, turn those into positives
SMILE!! This shows your positive attitude
Don't sound rehearsed, it looks like its not genuine

BE VERY SPECIFIC of what the panel is asking you. If they ask you, "Tell us about a time when...." Then do exactly that. Never be so general, it sounds as if you're making it up and you can't pull from an actual experience.

Most of these statements above are probably very common sense however maybe not to all..

The very best advice I can give is to relax and be yourself and every time I did that, I got the job I wanted.

GOOD LUCK!

Quick hair vid

My Different Looks!

My Nail Designs

GET A LIFE!!!

Here's a thought, DO YOU... I'm not saying be selfish, I'm just saying find other ways to make yourself happy and not engrossed in someone else's life. When you have a life of your own is when you will find happiness. If you're married or single, kids or no kids, this works both ways. For me, I noticed I was a much happier person when I stopped caring about someones whereabouts and who's calling who, and when. Once I found out how much I enjoyed swimming, you can't keep me out the pool! And since I also love to write, I started using my motivation to work more on my book and songs. I enjoy lots of quiet time to myself to work on things I enjoy doing. I even sit at Starbucks now for a couple hours on my day off to type more in my story but it's the most peaceful and non-stressful time for me! I started coordinating monthly birthday bashes for my job, reading and teaching more to my kids, experimenting with nail designs, started taking a makeup course, and finally seein my girls by getting out the house and having FUN!

Speaking from my own experience, I feel like I've been sitting around for years with my eyes closed to the rest of the world. What a difference it makes to have a life that I enjoy and not worry about things that I have NO control over whatsoever. God will take are of me and my family, as always.

Why stress over things that are out of your contro? WHY? Life is too short. People are gonna do what they wanna do and whenever they wanna do it, God will take care of it.

2013 NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION!!!

I want to know what your New Years Resolution is for 2013! Did you break your 2012 resolution? Was it to lose weight, save money, start a business, what?

WHAT DO YOU WISH TO CHANGE in 2013??? if anything?

Okay well mine for 2013 is to lose weight and pile up some savings for me and my family. Be more active!

Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me Video - ARTISTdirect Music

Justin Bieber - As Long As You Love Me Video - ARTISTdirect Music

I LOVE THIS SONG... =)

Sandy Hook Elementary Tragedy

Parents drop off their children at school and go to work, thinking that their kids will be in a safe place until they return home. 

You never think that a coward shooter will come into the school and start shooting kids!!!

What kind of person could do this? 

Let me ask you, have you asked your kids what they would do if something like this happens at their school? Do you and your kids have a meeting place in case of any kind of emergency? Do you have a backup plan in case you're not able to get to your kids? Do you have a code word for you and your kids for them to relay that something is wrong? 



These types of crazy incidents are too close to home and I'm sure there will be more. Be prepared as possible, talk to the school and your kids. Make sure they are prepared as well.



Those families are in our prayers.

The Lost Diary

This blog isn't complete but I will go ahead and start it..... Enjoy!
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This subject is sensitive to my heart.  You may call me crazy if you want but I miss my diary so much.

For my 12th birthday, my Aunt bought me a red diary that had a key to open. The outside of the diary was red with a white lace design. On the inside of the book, I wrote my name and the date, January 11, 1989.

In this diary was my whole life.  Every day, week, month, would be something new. I remember so many things that I wrote, and even my friends wrote. At 12, my diary wasn't too much detail. I wrote about things that got me upset, things that made me smile, situations at school, etc.. I remember one story when I was in 8th grade, and met a guy named JOE. Someone told me that he wanted to be my boyfriend. From that point on, I felt so nervous around him because he was very cute, tall, smart, very outgoing, and liked me!!! Well, one day he asked me to the school dance and of course I said YES!!! My mom dropped me off at the school in my cute blue dress, my hair had such cute curly rods, and my black flat dress shoes. When I walked into the gym, I saw a lot of girls dancing and most of the guys holding up the wall. I kept looking around for Joe but I didn't see him. But, I did see one of the guys that I was practically best friends with, John.  He was always around me, we always would sit next to each other in our classes, and he would make me laugh so much! Needless to say, I spent the rest of the dance night with him. He got me some punch, he slowed dance with me, we sat and talked for a bit, we had the best time together. By the end of the dance, I was like "Joe who"??  John gave me a peck on the cheek before I left and I felt so happy about the whole thing.  Monday morning at school, Joe comes to me and says sorry he couldn't make the dance on Friday. I told him I had the best time anyway.

As I moved up to the 9th grade (14yrs old), that's when the book started to get a little interesting.   I was getting older and more into my feelings, and concerned about what others thought about me and how I looked/dressed, and got braces!

Ninth grade was awesome actually.  I joined the pom pom squad which was the best group ever.  I felt so cool, being part of a great group of girls in all ages of high school. When I was in middle school, I was in a dance group called "Dance Company" which was great also but a smaller group. They prepared me for high school poms. As soon as I got to high school, I instantly made friends with a girl named Candra, who was in most of my classes.  We would walk the halls together and everything.

I wrote about the roller skating rink and who would be up there, who drove me and my BFF (Shay), what song was on the radio and what we had on. I would even write about when we were so pissed off that neither of our parents would drive us to the rink! The nights that we stayed home from the rink felt like our life was ending as we knew it. I mean, it was the most depressing 3hrs of our lives, from 7pm to 10pm. lol... After 10pm, we were fine and back to normal.. We were just crazy teens I guess. The nights we did get to go skating, we had our guy friends  meet us up there, who we met AT the rink.

The skating rink. WHEEL-A-WHILE was the place to be, every single Friday night. If you didn't show up on a Friday night, you were lame. (In our 15yr old eyes lol).  You had to have the cool skates, the cool jeans, the cool jacket, the cool shirt, the cute hair. Everything had to be on point.

I wrote about my first real crush, my first kiss, my first everything.  That book was my life.

One day when I was 17, I came home and my diary was broken open!! OMG!! I felt so violated!! There were things I had written that nobody knew, things that were so personal to me and it was the way I got things off my chest. So I found out that little 10yr old brother had broke open the diary and had read it already. Talk about UPPPPPPPPPPPPSETTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!! I told my mom that he had read it, and he even started asking mom what some of the things meant that I wrote. Do you know I'm the one who got in trouble for putting certain things in my diary? I could not understand this whole issue and how I was getting talked to when my brother had done the crime!!!

Anyway, I got over it.  After he broke into the diary, I just kept it with me at all times. I started writing about my job, my first day,etc.

TGi Fridays

So I'm at the bar and I notice so many people on their phones, texting, just like me I suppose.. lol... Anyways, it's funny cuz we go out to have a great time with friends but then we sit on our phones and text the rest of the world and others who aren't with us! I think it's hilarious... We tweet, text, and Facebook while we're suppose to be out havin fun with friends. Not saying anything is wrong with this cuz we ALL are guilty of it!
Technology allows us to get away with this and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that! Text on folks!!

Starbucks is crack

What is your favorite Starbucks drink?
Do you drink it every day?
My favorite drink from Starbucks is the Venti Vanilla Latte.
I probably drink it way too much, like Monday through Friday.
I also like my Venti White Mocha or a Grande Caramel Frapp
I know this may sound crazy, but I think Starbucks is really crack.

LOL

Five Below - The Coolest Store

Okay, Five Below!! Please someone give credit where credit is due! This store is probably the coolest store with the worst advertising... I had never heard of this store until maybe a year or two ago.. When I go in there, I totally forget what the hell  I came in there for, just like the grocery store.

For those of you who have never been inside Five Below, you are missing out!! There are board games for all ages, nail polish, makeup, pillows, AWESOME kid books such as Guinness World Records, cool math & science books, Oh oh oh and let me tell you about the phone/ipad/ipod accessories!!!!! I had the Kindle Fire so I went to FB to get a case for it, now I have the Kindle Fire2 and I was able to get a stand, sleeve, earphones, and iPhone case. Each item was $5 and under.. They also have iPhone 5 stuff as well and everyone knows if you go to the mall to get accessories, you're paying $20 or MORE, easily.

Click here to check it out!! www.fivebelow.com

The coolest store with the coolest prices!!!

"ME" Time

Sometimes you need "ME" time.. Actually alot of times you need your "ME" time. When you find time by yourself, uninterrupted, you find out more about yourself, you can find out what you really want to do, you can actually hear yourself think. For me, I'm on the internet alot so I read about things that I love or am interested in.

One thing I've always wanted to do is open a Doggy Daycare! Now, this will obviously cost a great deal of money, so I know I need to find a way to earn or raise money to do this. Now, this is a very long term goal but I'm just letting you know what I'm interested in.

Below is a link that I came across as something I want to do in my area but first, I need to be certified in dog training, kennel operator, and would help if I was a vet tech. These are the things I need to research.

saraslittledogs.com

Let me know what you're interested in, find a link and add it, let me know your first step in how you plan to move forward.. Networking is a big part of getting started in which your OWN attitude and personality play a HUGE role in that aspect (which is a whole nother blog lmao)! <--- coming soon....

Anyway, dont ever think your goals are unobtainable becz I believe that was my first issue... I use to want to be a veterinarian but after I found out how much school was involved, I totally gave up..Now, I see old friends on facebook who are doctors and attorneys and I'm like DAYUM!! I shouldn't have given up. Now, I push my 2 boys to do their very best in school and outside school!! Keep them busy!!!!!! My mom yells that important fact all the time and she's so right!

I know I keep jumpin topics but I just say whats on my mind.

So anyway, comment, give feedback, share stories!!

Winterland Program

Sitting in the audience waiting for my son to perform!! What's messed up is that I had no idea he was going to perform until tonight.