My Birthday

Greetings Love,

Yesterday was my birth-day, Yayyyyyy!!!

You want to take a guess on how I spent my fabulous birth-day???

Go head, I'm waiting...

Ok, Times up....LOL

I took my boys to the movies to see "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" That movie was great, I really enjoyed it, it was mad cool, and the creator for that movie gets brownie points from me and my boys also.

My 6yr old sat next to me with his box of popcorn, little fruit snack and an icee which was the wild cherry flavour.

My 9yr old and my lil brother sat next to each other, smacking on nacho's...LOL

My husband decided that he didn't want to come with us, and that he was tired, I was a little upset, because I was thinking..."Dude"...it's not about you, it's about me…Like hello...it's my birth-day!!!!

I let it pass, and we gathered our things and we lefted the building...LOL

Well, after the movies, my boys were like...Mom, What's next? I said....Yall are not hanging with me all day for my birth-day...LMBO

Anyway we got back home, and my cousin and her boyfriend called and wanted to treat me to some wine for my birthday, and they came over, we talked, and drunk wine, while the children were in their room playing they games.

I enjoyed myself, I got a little tipsy I can say, and they left. My husband and I watched TV for a little, or the TV watched me, because I went to sleep. My husband was watching "Clockers" I think that's a Spike Lee movie, but anyway I didn't like it, and I think that's the reason why I fell asleep.

So, I made it out of my 30's and I'm feeling fabulous as hell!!!!

I look forward to my 40's and all that it has to offer me, which is going to be OUTSTANDING!!!!!

You know, 40's is the new 30's...Ha… That's what I told my aunt, but I'm 40 and I feel like I'm 25!!!! I'm so much wiser, I'm stronger, and I'm everything that I am...

I'm peaceful, I'm happy, I'm loving, I'm outgoing, I'm fun, I'm smart, I'm sexy, I'm smart, I'm spiritual, I'm delightful, and I'm so much more! LOL...

I'm everything GOOD, I'm everything GOD says....I AM!

Until Next time,

Live, Laugh, and Love

Good Day All!

Well, it's been a long time, a very long time…..I'm sorry, your girl been going through some stuff and I'm working it out.

It's all good, God got my back!

So, I'm in the process of looking for a job or shall I say I'm looking for some clients for my new business.

My temporary job have ended, it lasted for 4months. I pretty much liked this past job, I enjoy being an Assistant, and that's why I came up with the idea of being a Virtual Assistant. The reason why I choose to be a VA is because I can work from home.

I really want to work from home, and be there when my boys come home from school. I would have their snacks and Dinner ready for them, and we can go over their home-work.

I just really want to work from….PERIOD!!!

I really want to work for myself…PERIOD!!!

While working at this last job, I kind of felt like they didn't appreciate me, I worked hard, I was very friendly, and I was very helpful, and whatever they needed something done, I never hesitated to do it!

I put a lot of energy into these Companies that I worked for, because I work as if I'm working for God! I think they didn't appreciate me, so I just simply made the decision to work from home, to work for myself, and still work as if I'm working for God, but in my own business.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

So, I'm in the process at this very moment, on working as a Virtual Assistant from home.

I set my own hours…

I set my own pay…

It's my business, I set everything up according to what I want, so if any of you, or if you know someone who is looking for an Assistant or in need for one.

Please let me know, my business is still in the first stages. I'm working on the website, business cards and everything at this moment.

I'm also working on a blog for it as well, so look out for it.

My email is delondaburns@yahoo.com

Please send me an email if you looking for a VA or if you know someone who needs a VA (Virtual Assistant)

The services that I'm offering are….

Wordprocessing...

Data Entry…

Answering Emails…

Answering phone calls…

Travel Plans…

Online research…

Making Appointments…

Send & Receive emails…

Prepare Mailing (including Marketing materials, holiday cards, thank you notes, & Etc.)

Customer Service…

Make online purchases…

Pay bills…

Manage Contacts…

Transcribe Voicemail messages…

Bulk Mailing…

Schedule Interviews & Other appointments

Personal Concierge services

So, those are the services that I'm offering, and I'm also working on my Travel Business from home as well, look out for that also!

Your girl is pretty busy; I'm really trying to work from home, and for myself.

I'm really tired of working for other people, and working for temporary services, it's really a pain, at least for me.

So, I'm about to start blogging more often, and I hope you guys haven't totally wiped me out or shall I say…Deleted me!!!!

Look for me to be blogging on the regular, I promised, I pinkie promise…LOL

Until, next time

Peace & Blessings

Brown Sistah

Happy New Year!!!!

Peace & Love to you all,

I am wishing everyone a safe, and A Happy New Year!!!
I'm being very lazy at the moment, but please come back tomorrow, so that you can read my goals for 2011, I have a lot that I would like to accomplish, but I will only be posting a few, for the month of January, as a matter of fact, I think every month, I will be posting new goals, please leave your commits, and suggestions. I'm looking forward to positive feed back, if you will.

Until next time,
Blessings

Ok, I'm really back this time!!!

Greetings Love,

How is everybody doing? Fine I hope, Well Thanksgiving will be here soon, and I can't wait to eat some stuffing, I mean I want it right now, all that other food they can keep, but I only want some good ole stuffing...LOL

I never cooked a holiday meal, not once in my life, but since I'm in the process of moving into my own place, I will try and cook something for Christmas.

I want it to be something different, basically I'm tired of the same traditional holiday food, I think I may look and search for a good vegetarian holiday meal to prepare since I plan on becoming vegetarian soon.

My family and I will be moving to our new apartment on December 1st, and I can't wait! We were suppose to be or should have relocated to Atlanta this year, but something happen, which delayed our move. I haven't given up on the move totally, but we delayed it until Spring of 2011!!!

What my husband and I wanted to do was to continue staying with my mother until Spring of 2011, so that we can save money, and also to keep us from constantly moving, I got tons of books, and I'm not in the mood to keep transporting them books from location-to-location, I mean I don't really move them, my husband do, and he have a bad back, so it's not good for him either.

Ok, so my mother for half of this year were saying she wants her own place, and all that crap, but the thing was neither I or my husband were financially able to move out on our own yet.

We prayed that God would bless us with a full-time job, so that we could move into our own place, and we were going to be out, we couldn't wait. My mother is a depressed person, and she have like these crazy and different personalities that we can't deal with. My girlfriend said maybe she's Bipolar or something, I don't know, I just wanted to move.

Ok, so moving on, God have blessed me with a great job,and I love it!
I was like ok, we can move now honey,(that's what I told my hubby) I was referred by a family member about a basement apartment in her building, looked at the place, liked it, and we got it!

My mother is in the process of moving also, we are all sharing a 3-bedroom apt, and she's looking for a 2-bedroom and so am I, but guess what?

She haven't found a place yet, and we have to be out of this place by December the 5th, time is counting down!

Ok, since I would say.. around May of this year, she's been plaining to move, (my mother)and leave us here, she have packed, called people about apartments, and all that good stuff, but really... she never saved money to move, and we signed the lease again. Let me say this also, about once a year, she gets bored and wants to move, she will find something wrong with her apartment and will move. My grandmother say she's not stable...Anyway...

The thing with my mother is, when she's depressed, she wants to make everyone around her depressed as well. It worked on my husband, but not for me, I believe in God, and I have faith that he would pull us through, and he truely did!

My husband have been stressed already, because he wants to work, and be the provider for our family, he's been looking for a job for awhile, so that automatically made him depressed. God has blessed him with gifted hands, this man can repair, and build anything, so we are in the process of starting a small business, using his skills.

Like Madam C.J. Walker once said..."Don't sit down and wait for opportunities to come....Get up and make them"

Ok, back to what I was saying...My mother was thinking that she could move in with my grandmother & brother, while saving her money to move into her own place, but guess what? My grandmother don't want her there:-(.....So,

She looked at me, and said...Im'ma live with you until I find a place, and I looked at her and said...No you're not!!....Yall should have seen her face...LOL

Can yall understand why I said no? Again, half of this year she have been stressing about wanting her own place and wanting us to move out on our own, making it very stressful for us, and knowing damn well my husband and I have been trying to find jobs, and I was working part-time, paying half on just about everything I could, we provided our own food, and we cleaned up! I mean my husband did stuff for her, my brother wouldn't and still will not do, everything she asked him to do, he will do it! She talked bad about my husband to my brother, and my grandmother, she even told me, that she's moving, and my boys & I can come, but not my husband, it was a mess, but God pulled us through child, Amen to that people!

Now look at her, yall should see her (I wish you could see her) she is very depressed now, yall don't understand, how she stressed us out with her different personalities, her threating to move on us, and look who needs who now, you see God don't like ugly and he sure ain't crazy about pretty!

I know she's my mother, and I love her, and I would pray for her, but I can't live with her any more. I'm not depressed, and I don't want that spirit around me or my family.

Although, she is a Gemini, and I here that they have many personalities (sorry Gemini's) I can't deal with that, it's a energy drainer, and I'm not dealng with it!

So, let me ask you...

Would you allow your parent to move in with you for awhile, even though she/he basically made your life a living hell while living with her?

I want to hear from you...Talk 2 me!

Peace & Blessings,
Brown Sistah

I'm back!!!

Well, look for something from me soon, a lot have been going on with me lately and I will be posting it real soon. I'm sleepy at the moment, so check me out tomorrow peeps!




Peace & Love!

Howdy Partner!

Where have you been? Some may ask.....

Well, I been working 3rd shift again and I know I posted before, that I will never work another 3rd shift again, but brown sistah needed some cash...LOL

I'm still at the same Company, which is Bank of America as a Processing Clerk again, I don't understand why they laid us off in the first place, just to call us back 2months later!

Christmas is slowly approaching, or should I say...It's approaching fast!
I haven't done any shopping and really I don't plan on doing a lot of shopping, because that's not what Christmas is about, I'm not about to be out there spending all my money or the little money that I have.

Look out 2010 is around the corner, Do anybody have any goals or plans for the new year?
My Goals are for 2010 will consist of me...

1. Releasing some weight and start eating alot more healthier. I need to get rid of alot of weight, I will not tell you how much, but it's more then 30lbs!

2. Fitness, Along with eating healthier and releasing weight, I have to include fitness.
I have a treadmill, so I'm going to work out at least 4-5 times a week for 30-45mins. I'm also interested in starting some kickboxing class and swimming.

3. My family and I will be relocating to a new city in March or April and we all pretty excited about that and actually I'm in the process of planing that now. Hopefully, the job I'm with now can transfer me, since they have a Company there also. My goal is to be moved by June 2010!

4. I will be starting college in 2010, I haven't really decided what school yet, but It's between two schools and they both are located in the new city, in which I will be relocating to. My goal is to choose the school and enroll for Summer or Fall 2010

5. My Book, yes I have a couple of books in my head, but I can only do one at a time and for now, I will start with The Book for African American Families. My goal is to have half of the book written by July 2010!

I can go on with the goals and plans that I have for 2010, but I have to start with what I have written above, but I forgot to mention, that my number one goal should have been, my number 2 goal, because My #1 goal is to continue working on building my relationship with God, that is like before EVERYTHING!

I will continue to attend church regularly. Prayer, I will continue and forever will be praying daily, but more than once a day or only when I need him/her, I will be more active in my conversation or prayer with God, I will included him in everything, I mean everything, because it's not about me, it's about him and what he wants for me.

Daily Bible read, I was reading a book and it's called The Purpose Driven and the author says that, if you spend at least 15mins a day, reading the Bible, you would have read the entire bible in a year. So, I have 15mins a day and really more time than that to read the bible, but I don't.
I can say that I spend about 15mins reading the Bible about 3-4 times a week, so I have to make it a priority to read it at least 15-20mins on a day to day basis.

Do anybody have any more idea's I can use to work on building a more loving relationship with our God? Please share it with me.

Well, that's it for now folks, but I promise to do better with my posting.

I basically be on facebook alot, so if anybody interested in being my friend, please leave a comment and I will get back with you!


Peace~Love~Happiness

Pretty Brown Sistah

What a Sunday?

My Sunday started out with me waking up at 8AM, I normally wake up or I set my clock to 7AM, but it didn't happen this morning, but that was ok, everyone was still asleep (thank God) I have to get up early, before everyone so I can spend time alone with God.

I say my prayers, I read 4 verses in my bible, sometimes I write in my journal or I'm writing a Dear God letter. I'm also reading The Purpose Driven book which is very good, sometimes I don't get a chance to do the journal writing because my children wake up.

I iron my clothes and my children clothes for church, they ate breakfast and we were out the door. I didn't eat because I'm on a week fast, from 6am-6pm, I might stretch it, I really don't no, but looking at my situation, I need to fast for 6months...LOL

Church service was over at 2:15pm, which ran over 1 hour and 15mins, which was fine with me, because I love my Paster and I love being in church.

I'm still working on my husband going, but he says he's not ready,ummm ok, I'm just going to keep praying for him and I'm guessing one day he will show up. My mother also, she makes so many excuses not to attend church, either she didn't have nothing to wear or don't feel good and when she throws that one in, I come home from church and she be up cussing people out.

I'm not making excuses, I'm going and my children are going also, I been slacking on my teen, he haven't been either, but I told him today, you going next Sunday, rather you like it or not.

I got home from church and I cooked, I fried some good ole chicken, I made green beans, and some garlic & herb potatoes. There were some lefted over biscuits from breakfast this morning and I heated them up and served them as well.

My husband full and so are my children and I must say...I am also!
You know what happens when we get full, you got it!

We get sleepy, but I didn't fall asleep, I cleaned my bedroom, put on some good ole clean sheets for my bed as well as my children, helped my 3rd grader with some home-work and I listen to him read.

At last..I got them ready for their bath, we added bubble bath and tons of toys!
I allowed then to find the under wear of their choice and also their pajamas and they was all set, now in my head they should be sleepy.....NOT!

It was 8:15pm when they got out of the bath tub and they asked or begged me to let them stay up for a little while longer, so I allowed them to stay up until 9pm, in which it's around that time now as I type this and guess what...


My 4yr old is sitting in the same chair with me, he always likes to sit wherever I'm sitting, mama spoil baby...lol....
And he fail asleep, he don't like to fall asleep alone, he always has to be by his mama. My 8yr old don't care, he's mama big baby, he don't need me to fall asleep, because he knows he's to big anyway and this little one (the 4yr old) just don't know he is about to start being a big boy also.

That's something I have to break him from, he's getting a older and he's old enough to be able to sleep without me near him.

I'm restless now and seeking some peaceful time, I'm on my way to take a hot and relaxing bubble bath myself, so I will talk 2 ya later!

Until next time,
Peace, Love, & Happiness!
Pretty Brown Sistah

2-2-2

So, My temporary assignment has ended Monday morning, because I was working 3rd shift and I'm kinda glad because I use to get soooo sleepy working that 3rd shift, I use to get so sick, to when I be came extremely sleepy, to the point to were it felt like I was going to vomit, my stomach use to hurt really bad, that was really strange to me. I told my recruiter no more 3rd shift for me, but if it pays right, I may consider it...LOL

When you have no funds coming in and you have a family you have to take care of, yes I will consider it. Especially in my situation that my family and I are in, man I will take anything:-)

I guess you are wondering about the 2-2-2 and I need to play that in the lottery..LOL

Well, as I posted on here before, my family and I we share an apartment with my mom, it was never permanent only temporary. We never set a date or a time frame on when we will move apart, but I did say once I get a permanent job and my husband get a permanent job, either or, we will move. The job situation been kind of challenging, I have been finding temp. jobs, but at this moment I need to clarify to my job recruiter to look out for me something permanent.

Just about every job we see for my husband or even myself at times, you need a car, because it's in the far suburbs and we don't have a car. My step daughter is considering giving us a car, but haven't heard anything back yet, I believe the car is getting repaired.

But anyway, so we are living all together and my mother, being the true Gemini that she is, gets in her depressed moods and like every 2-3 months decides she's ready to move away into her own, like I'm not ready to move away from her, it's just that it's been hard trying to find a stable job and that's whats keeping us staying together, I'm ready to move, my family and I need our own place and space for that matter, we are living ok here at the moment, we're not really uncomfortable, we are not stacked up on top of each other like sardines, we have 31/2 bedrooms, my childrens room, is inside my bedroom, so they have they own bed.

Our plan was for us to stay together, until I or either my husband or the both of us find a permanent job, then we will (hubby & I) keep the place we are in right now and my mother move out into her own place, like a 2bedrm for her and her adopted son.

But, every time she gets in a (I don't no what to call it) I will call it strange mood, she have a change of plans, it's like every 2-3 months she tells me, she's moving or going to move, what I'm angry at is, she never sticks to our plan, I understand she wants to move out into her own and it's only far, but my family and I are not stable to move, we have no money, no job to move and I understand that she is entitle to move and we are grown and we are not her responsibility, but if she's going to move, move and stop talking about it, I guess I'm upset about her switching personalities, one day she wants to move and then the other day she goes and say things like, I wouldn't leave my grand children. She needs to Stop flip flopping!

I hope yall can understand what I'm trying to say, because, I'm kind of confuse on her motives, since we been living in this apt, which it's only been 1yr and let me say this about my mother, she have a history on moving, she gets bored and just pack her stuff and move, like she is rich, my grandmother says she is unstable and really she is, I'm just so upset by her, she will find some minor things wrong with an apartment and get mad and be ready to move and my husband tells her that, she will never find a perfect place, not even if she buys her a home, something will break down, so I guess now this is one of her bored moments, but she don't understand the effect she puts on us.

It's always a time, either I'm working or my husband is not or either, he's working and I'm not, either way, who ever is working, we pay half of the bills and our half of the rent and pay the majority of the food and at this moment neither one of us are working yet.

So I don't understand why she decides now, she wants to move again and right now, she packed up half of her stuff and she don't have a dime saved to move, our lease is not over yet, she's walking around here talking about what I can have of hers and I just look at her and me, being the person, I can be at times, I just give her one of these looks like...are you kidding me and she will walk away, she told me the other day that I can have all her dishes, I was on the computer and I turned around and I told her... you are really getting besides yourself, you need to keep your own dishes, you only get a Social Security check, you are not rich, beside I have dishes still packed of my own in the garage, I don't want your dishes.

I think she is crazy and I do understand that she is my mother, but shit the truth is the truth and I'm sorry, but what I'm going to do is pray for her, because I understand her wanting her own place, because I really want my own also, but we keep telling her, the way the government is working, they can easily cut her check and she will not be able to take care herself or a place of her own and really right now, she's not really able to live comfortably, a 2bedrm apt. here in Chicago is 700.00 and up and some don't come with utilities and she only receives 1000.00 a month, but she wants to do it on her own and she is my mother, I can't stop her, but what I do know is, when my family and I move into our own, she will never be able to move with me, I'm sorry but she can't, call me mean, but I haven't even begin to tell yall the things she does, that we have to put up with, I'm all about positivity and she's not, I don't like to gossip, she does, I like helping and feeding family, she doesn't and that's to name a few things, so I wish her well.

So, as of right now, my husband and I are quickly looking for a job, like we always have been and our lease is up in a month and she wants to be moved by the end of our lease, which puts us in a jacked-up position, jobs are not rolling in the way it use to be, but I will continue to pray and trust and believe in God, I'mma just roll with the flow, I told my husband he have to work hard for his family, he have to take care of us, we don't have time to be playing this is serious and even if she decides to change her mind again, I'm still leaving, because I can't deal with the flip flop, even if I have to take my kids and go to a Shelter, I'm leaving and I'm serious.


Back to the 2-2-2, the other day, I told my hubby, that we need 2 jobs (One for him and one for me) We need 2,000 bucks to move into us an apartment and have a little something extra and last but not least a 2 Bedroom apt.

Our goal is to have this by Nov 1, 2009, Do you think we can achieve this goal?

Through God, all things are possible!

I need yall to pray for us, I'm expecting a break through and not a break down!

God is so good and what ever happens, God is still Good and I will continue to praise and worship him.

I'm getting sleepy now, so until next time...

Peace & Love,
Brown Sistah

Random thoughts...

Ok, so I been MIA for awhile, Let me tell you, working this 3rd shift got my energy down and although I been working this shift for about 6 weeks, I still can't get use to working these hours, I just can't. I heard that the temps for this assignment is over Sept. 18 and to tell you the truth I'm happy, but also sad, sad because I will miss the money, but happy because I don't like the hours.

I finally got me a cell phone it's really cute, I love the color, it's a cranberry color and actually it's my cousin favorite color, but now it's becoming my favorite color, I'm thinking about using this color for my bedroom, once I move into my own home.

I'm excited about my decision to relocate, I heard a lady at my job say last night, if you can make it in Chicago, you can make it anywhere and I believe that, but also if you believe in God and also have faith in him, you can also make it anywhere and that's my truth.

Since working this 3rd shift job, I have been missing church and I don't like that, when I get off at 8AM, the only thing, I'm thinking about is sleep, because I be so sleepy at work, I just want to go home and lay in my bed and fall asleep. Sometimes while I'm at work, I have to stand up and work or I would have to go into the restroom and put water on my face and while I'm in there, there are other ladies in there as well, doing the same thing...LOL and we all just look at each other and say....I'm sooooo sleepy!

I graduated from school on August 13 and I'm really excited about that, yes I'm really excited about that, but I still have to go back and take my test in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook to get certified and once I'm done with that, I'm going to study, complete and get my certifications in all the other Microsoft office skills such as Power Point, Access and all the other office skills and I'm going to be looking for a school, were I can get my Master Microsoft office skills, I want to go as far as I can with Microsoft Office skills and I want to go out into the world and teach it to others.

When they say...Bed Bugs are back, please believe them, my sister and I believe my 7yr old son have been bitten by the bug, my sister is pretty jacked up, I thought my son had chicken pots or something, but he also have mosquito( I think that's how you spell it) bites on his back as well, so I really never thought anything of it, until my sister got up at 6AM hollowing like a mad black women to my mother, wanting her to take her to the ER room and get checked out by a Doctor, so my mother took her to the Dr. and that's what he told her it was...Bed Bugs Bite!
He gave her cream and so far it's working, but she say, she is not getting back in her bed.

As for my son, we had to make a Doctor appointment for him, so I will see about him soon.

I scrubbed my bed down with bleach and so did my sister and I think she discovered the bugs in her bed, not many but like 2 or 3, but we both are working on getting new mattresses, I also did some research on Bed Bugs and it said that it hides in clothing, carpet and among other things....
I'm so disgusted by it and I just can't keep talking about it.

Ok, August 1st, I decided, that I will become a vegetarian and so far I been doing really well, I still eat fish and maybe later I will eliminate that, then maybe I want:-) I can say that so far, my stomach is going down, I believe I have a problem with digesting meat and the upper part of my stomach stays hard while my lower part is really soft, which is strange to me and I remember before, when I did a fast/detox,the upper part of my stomach went down and I loved how it made me feel and look and then I started eating meat again and so now, it's back, so I'm totally giving up meat and chicken. I went to Wholefoods and made a lot of groceries and I been preparing really good recipes and once I get a camera, I'm going to start taking pictures, so yall can see what I'm doing.

I'm really happy about my decision on becoming a vegetarian and of course people will have they say so about it and sometimes some people speak negative about it and I understand that those are the one's who are ignorant...LOL and I have had some positive talk from people and I take the advice from the positive folks, while the negative haters gets shut down!!!!

Anyway, I have to go and get some rest for work tonight.
Until Next time,

Peace & Love,
Brown Sistah

What can I say....

I been doing good on 3rd shift, at some moments I get sleepy, I would say around 5AM everyday I find my eyes slowly getting lower and lower....LOL. I Love the job, it's so easy and the people there are really nice, I like that.

I been there going on 3weeks and I didn't get paid for the very first week that I started and I'm trying to be patient without cussing they azz out, but they go make a sistah go there.

The recruiter that I'm working with is a very nice man and I haven't had a problem with him yet, but if I don't have 2 checks this coming Thursday, it's going to be trouble, trouble...I'm going over his head!

Working this 3rd shift have made me missed church and I don't like that, my paster actually came to my home last Sunday to see what happen to me and I felt really bad, but I had to explain to him, that I been working and we had a family reunion on one of the Sunday's, but I'm going to make it my business to go this Sunday. I actually missed 3 Sunday's of services...( do that sound right) Whatever, I got to get back into the church and that's a must!


I must say, I'm doing pretty good, I'm working and still attending school, being a outstanding mom and trying to be the best wife to my husband, but have he been the best husband...HECK NO!

I go to work Thur-Mon, from 11:30Pm til 8AM and I attend School Mon-Thur from 1:45-5Pm and sometimes, I be tied, my husband is not working and I feel like he should help me more around the house, since I'm the one taking care of the family and of course our share of the rent and bills...How come, I come home and our bedroom is in a complete mess, tore up from the floor up, he leaves plates and cups all on the floor and he smokes, I hate smoke and honesty, I always told myself, that I would never date a smoker and here I am married to one, if only you could see my face right now...LOL

The room smells like smoke, I hate it so bad and he have his ash tray on the floor and if my children get to that, his used cigarettes are on the floor with the other mes. I tell him, to help keep the room clean, that's the least he could do, Do yall understand what I'm saying?

I really, don't know how long, I'm going to put up with this, it may have to cause him to go live with his niece, I'm like you really not a big help to me and add more work for me. When I leave out the house at night, I leave around 10:40PM to walk to the train, he already be outside, I feel he should walk to the house and walk with me to the train, instead I walk my damn self, even though I see him on the way, I feel he should still at least come home and walk with me all the way to the train, so as I'm walking to the train, which is only really 2blocks, I meet up with him about a block away from the train and he walks the rest of the way with me to the.

He can also get on the elevator with me and wait for the train with me, he doesn't and I ask him to come up with me and only twice he have, but he will go back down, I'm like...damn, at least stay with me, it is night time, but I guess I should ask him to but I'm like, Why should I have to ask? Do you understand what I'm saying? Be a gentlemen, is all I'm asking.

Anyway, I'm about to get some sleep, I have to work tonight and I'm off tomorrow and I'm soooo happy!!!

Until next time,
Peace & Blessings!

Brown Sistah

My New Job Starts Tonight!

It's 6PM and I can't go to sleep, tonight I start my first day as a Processing Clerk on the 3rd shift, I worked 3rd shift before and I really don't like it, but heck I need to work. It's something I can get use to or I'm going to have to get use to.


So, wish me luck and pray that I don't fall asleep tonight:-)


Peace & Blessings,
Brown Sistah

I'm so happy!

Let me tell yall, just a couple of days ago, I ask God for a Miracle and that I had no job, no money and I just simply needed a miracle. My family and I are living with my mother at the moment (so temporary) At times she had to pay everything by herself and that was not easy.

So, I prayed, I read my bible, I have wonderful friends praying for me and a wonderful church home, who continually keep my family & I in prayer . I got a sheet of paper, like my girlfriend Chell told me to do about a couple of months ago and this worked for me, just as it did this time as well, but anyway, I got a sheet of paper and I wrote God a letter stating what I wanted in a job, the location, the pay and some other things, so anyway, the temporary agency that I'm with, the recruiter is soooo nice, I just love him, I told my mother that I love nice people:-) OK, he been trying to get me another assignment and guess what?

Yes, he got me another assignment, it's in the pay range I prayed for, the location is also, the position is a 3rd shift position, I never worked a 3rd shift in my life, but this will be my first, I'm so excited (Jumping up and Down) it's more hrs then the other position that I was recently had, so that means, more money, more money...YES!

All I can say is, God is so wonderful, I put my trust in God, just as I always will and you should to:-) and look what he/she have done for me honeychild, I'm still able to attend school, without being late, I'm so blessed, all I can say is...THANK YOU Jesus!!!!

The position is for a period of 90day to Hire and I get paid every week, so money in my pocket every week, I like that.

I'm about to write down me some plans on how to save for me a car and to save for my move to Atlanta for next year and also deposit some money into my personal savings account as well as my children account, Brown Sistah got some plans.

I'm just so grateful and I would forever be grateful, I would forever praise God, I would forever worship God and I would forever and continually build a stronger relationship with God, he/she is my everything!

Let me go, I'm about to get ready to watch the Tiny and Toya reality TV show on BET, yes I like that show, I love reality TV and I can't wait for Frankie & Neffe, Daddy's Little Girls, and The Real Housewives of Atlanta, I don't watch nothing else really, I'm a reader and a computer head, I barely watch TV, but my show are coming on this season and I'm ready to watch.

Until next time, Be Good,
Keep your head up and always put God 1st.

Peace & Blessings,
Brown Sistah

The Week-end and Random Thoughts

This weekend went by so fast, just as time has, it is July already, pretty soon it's going to be snowing and I hate snow...lol

I really didn't do much, Friday, I stay in and watched TV, chill with my children and other family members, I stayed on Facebook:-) Saturday, My Mother and Aunties had a fish fry over to my Grandmothers house, my mother tells me in memory of Micheal Jackson and I looked at her and said...Whatever!!

My husband hates when I say "Whatever" he claims like his first wife use to say it all the time, but who cares, I'm not her and I still say...."Whatever"

Sunday, I missed Church and I felt so bad, because I just started going to this Church and I really like it, I mean I Love It!

The people are sooo nice and I truly love meeting nice people, because I'm a nice girl and I just think the world needs to be filled with nice loving people...Don't you think so?

It would make the world a better place for you and me...We are the World, We are the Children..lol...OK, that's a MJ song, but I thought it would fit right on in, in what I was trying to say.

I had to miss church, because I'm having some uncomfortable pain in my ankle and my knees and I didn't like that feeling, I have a Doctors appointment and it's all the way in August, but man the way these months are flying, August would come in no time.

I can tell yall this, my children are sitting here, getting no my nerves and I CAN"T WAIT UNTIL THEY GO BACK TO SCHOOL!

I wish they can go to school all year around, I swear I do and I'm serious, my little one, who is 4yrs old is about to start Pre-School this year and I can't wait, the only thing, I wish he can go all day, man I would love that, but it's only for 4hrs a day.

I have to say Peace out now, I have to get ready for school, I'm going to type back later!
Have a wonderful Day!


Peace & Blessings!
Brown Sistah

Church

I went to a new Church today and it's right behind my house, for about a month, I been getting up, getting on the train and going to this other church that I use to enjoy, well, I still light the Church, but I really enjoyed The Light House Church today, I felt so good, I even joined.

Yes, I joined today, I was moved by the spirit to join and that's what I did, it felt right, I felt good, I felt so welcomed, the Pastor was wonderful, I'm still speechless, it's like I can't explain it, but I still feel good and I'm sooo excited.

I"m trying to build a relationship with God, The Bible says "Draw near to me and I will draw near to you" so that's what I'm doing. I really don't know the bible much, but I am learning and in the past I didn't believe in the bible, because I kept thinking it was created by a white men, but anyway, I'm over that and I said to myself, if it was created by a white man, I'm going to still read it anyway, because it's so powerful, inspiring and moving.

I can't stop reading it now, I prayed for a lot of things and God is so good, I see the things that I prayed for appearing in my life today and I'm so excited, I'm really excited about this journey that I'm about to embark upon, this new found walk with God that I'm on and it feels soooooo good!

Can yall feel what I'm say? I feel like I'm speaking or typing so fast, that my words are not making since, but please understand that I just Love God so much and this feeling, that I am feeling, I never felt before and I just feel God moving in me and through me and I ask for that, so I'm happy!

Thank You Jesus!

I have to go, because I'm sleep and have to work 2morrow, so take care and until next time,
Be Good! Be Safe!

Peace & Blessings!
Brown Sistah

My thoughts!

1. Have you ever seen or heard of someone, who thinks that you suppose to stop what you are doing to cater to they needs, but they don't want to do the same for you. Well, that's my brother, he don't no nothing about nothing but trying to be the boss, how you go be the boss and don't no shit! I did his resume for him, I helped him create a Career Builder resume and I helped him create a email address @ gmail.com, so the fool calls here on a Sunday, which is today and tells me he's about to come down and check his email, I told him he can't come down here now, because I have alot to do on my computer and he can come later, he says ok, let me speak to my momma, I handed my mother the phone and this damn fool go tell my mother...She said she got alot to do on her computer, that's why I can't wait to Lo (my grandmother, who he lives with) get her internet on Wednesday and starting talking shit to my mother, so my mother told him well fool (my words not hers) she might do have alot to do, she do her homework online and other stuff. I told my mother, I'm not letting him use shit, she always feel sorry for the fool and tells me....don't say nothing, just let him use it later. You better believe, if he bring his but down here (he lives a couple of houses down from us) I'm let him know, things don't go the way you want them to go all the time and especially not with me, I'm not going to do it!
My business is just important then yours, so realize that!

2. I started a temporay job about 3 weeks ago, I'm very happy about it, the assignment was only to last for 2 weeks, but the company says that they would need our services for another month
I'm really happy about that and even though I stand on my feet for 8hrs, the work is really easy, I'm a copying clerk, I copy Lawyers and other business people files or records all day, easy work, the people there are sooooo nice and actually I wrote a note on what I was looking for in a job, the pay, the location, friendly office environment, I wanted it to be part-time (because I'm in school) and I prayed over it and place it in my bible and God have blessed me with this job, the location, the pay, and the friendly office environment was what I asked and prayed for right on point. I'm working full-time 7-3Pm Mon-Fri and I suppose to be at school from 1:45-5:30Pm, but I get there at 3:15Pm because it's right around the corner from my school, I told my instructor that I was working a temp job for now and I will be late for school until the end of June and he said....You got to do, what you got to do:-)

3. I decided to start a game night for my family and I, just to do someting as a family, we never really do anything as family, I'm starting with the women first, then there will be couples only, then I'm going with bringing the entire family on board. Each member will have the opportunity to host the party for the month that they choose, for the month of June, I'm going to start it, since I am the creater...LOL I believe, the game I'm going to go with will be Bunco, now I have to find out how the game needs to be played. I'm going to have each member bring $5 bucks and who ever win the game will get the cash. Actually, I got this idea from The Sister group I'm with call Sisters with Connection located in Dallas, TX

4. I was born and raised here in Chicago and although just about all of my family members live here, the ones who I connect with daily. We are having a family reuniun here in Chicago, in July and I'm soooo excited about it, because just recently, I just started meeting other members of my family members (Thanks Facebook) some live in Houston, Detroit, Nebraska, and Atlanta, I just can't wait to meet them in person, I never been to a family reunion before, not mines or at least I can't remember, anyway like I was saying I been in the Chi-town just about my entire life and guess what? I'm ready to leave again, if I was in my right mind, I would have stayed in Dallas, it was such a beautiful place to live, I'm not saying Chicago, is not a nice place to stay, what I'm saying is I'm looking to explore another city, I want to see something different, well some would say...just move to another neighborhood girl, no thank you, I want to leave here.
So, I'm working on and planning to leave the city of Chicago within 2yrs or less the cities I been thinking about is.....Atlanta, North Carolina, Arizona, Houston, Dallas (again) Florida, I been thinking hard about Atlanta and I think it beats out all the other places I been looking at.
So, look out for me ATL, unless God choose another location for me:-) Atlanta been in my gut for sometime now and I'm really thinking about living there, but Dallas has as well, I still have family there that would love for me & my family to be there.

5. This is the 2nd week I have missed church and I told God this morning, that this will be the last time, I miss going, I been having problems walking, my knees and ankle been hurting me sooo bad, to the point, I could barely walk. I have a Doctor's appointmnent June 23, so I'm going to check that out and I have to get rid of this weight, I'm a juicy girl, I look good, don't get it twisted people:-) I'm just not happy with this weight and bacisally I'm tied of caring it around with me, every where I go...lol....My major problem is my arms, stomach, aww shoot, who am I'm kidding, I got major problems all over:-(.... but, I do like my but, I guess I can say I'm a pear shape woman, my waist line is small, but I have alot of bottom, if you know what I mean.
I'm tied of complaining, so it's leaving this body, I believe I would be comfortable with being a size 9-10 I don't want to be real skinny, I still want my husband to be able to hold onto something and he thinks, I'm fine the way that I am. Whatever!

I guess, I'm done talking yall head off..LOL
I will be back tomorrow, actually I said that I will start blogging more regularly, so look to hear from me tomorrow, if God is willing!

Be Good! Be Safe!


Peace & Blessings!
BrownSistah

I messed up!

I have not been blogging lately, because my children been sick with the flu, which I also totally messed up my cleanse due to them being sick...Yes, I'm blaming my mess up on my children...LOL

I have seriously kinda messed up my cleanse, but I haven't eaten any red meat, I have eaten chicken the other day and ooooh chocolate, yes I have chocolate, but not to much, just one candy bar.

I'm starting over, this Sunday, I hope the Lord forgive me, but I'm picking myself back up, so that's good, right? This time, I'm not going to be this drastic, I'm do a little at a time, like I'm start with eliminating the red meat first and pull away from the sugar/candy bars or whatever.

I'mma do it slow, this is going to work for me, please pray for me blog world.


Talk 2 ya soon!
Brown Sistah

A Good Day!

I Thank the Lord, it was a good day today, I was expecting this call from this manager, at a company I interviewed with on Friday. It went well for me and it seem like he was interested in me working for the company, he told me that he was going to call me before Monday, to tell me if I was one of the lucky people that would get the opportunity to work for the company, today is Tuesday and I have not received a phone call yet.
I'm a little disappointed, but hey, the hell with him. I just look at this way, if it was meant for me, it would be mines, I'm moving on.

God got something else on his/her agenda for me:-)
So, I won't complain, because I know it's going to be something BIG & Wonderful and also, it would be something that I would enjoy doing in the first place. I'm looking for a career, were I can help someone, some-what working independently, something were I'm doing a good deed, something I would enjoy, I haven't figure it out yet, but that's just a little of something, I want to do. And, I forgot, I don't want no boss hanging over my head.

Wow, I just need to work for my damn self and actually that's what I'm working on doing, sometime I feel like God is telling me to, I have the brains, I have the go-getter attitude and all that good stuff that comes along with starting a business, but no money to get started.

I'm about to be truly blessed in a little while, I can just feel it! Not, that I'm not blessed now, but my family and I been going through some challenges and I feel God moving in our lives right now and I feel that it's going to be good.


I went to School today, I didn't feel like it, but I'm glad I did. I like School, my thing is getting up and going. I don't like riding that damn train, it be so damn packed with people,(crazy & strange people)it be full to capacity and I really hate it, sometimes I just wait for another train come and praying it's empty or at least not so full to capacity with crazy & strange folks. LOL


I'm learning Effective Facilitation skills, it's something new to me and so far I'm enjoying it, it's about knowing how to take charge of work sessions and how to lead a group toward successfully completing their work objectives. I like taking charge so I know I will be getting a "A" in this class.

My 7yr old and my 10yr old brother is on Spring break this week, next week, I'm on Spring break, I'm soooo happy! They would be in School and I will be relaxing, wait a minute, I still have my 4yr old home with me:-( And you talking about a energize bunny, my 4yr old be bouncing off my head all day long, I call him my little baby, my boys have their on room, but their room is inside my room (because we are living with my mother for now) that's going to change real soon:-) And my 4yr old always, always be in my husband & I bed every morning, sleeping right next to me, that is so funny, my husband says when we move, he's going to lock our door or put chains at their door, so he can't come out, that was so funny to me.

I have so many business idea's, but no money to start with, sometime I think I use that as a excuse, so I'm looking for ways on how I can start one of my business adventures without cash.
Some of you might think, it would be hard to do and actually that's what I been saying also, but I know it's something that I can do, I feel stuck at times, but God will work it out for me.

Have you ever felt like you wanted to start a business or start anything but lacking the funds to get it started?

Peace~Love~Happiness
Brown Sistah

Stop Bragging...Who Cares?

I'm not a jealous person,I'm not jealous of what you have, I don't wish to be like you, I don't wish I was you, I'm just not that type of person, I'm perfectly happy being me, I might don't have a lot, but I got something and guess what, I appreciate everything God have bless me with. I'm really serious about this, because I think, when ever this certain person talks to me, they always have to add a price tag on everything that they have purchase and honesty, I think you really crazy for spending that kind of money on certain things that you buy. (In my opinion)
I thought, that this person just wanted to share their information with me, out of friendship and it's been going on for awhile (I'm call her Janice) that Janice been doing this and I really didn't pay it any attention, until we have certain conversation about me and that I don't have money to do certain things or go shopping, and then that's when Janice bragging starts.

Like when I was working, had a okay job, I was able to do some stuff, I did not receive any phone calls from Janice and when I call her, she will not answer the phone, but she calls me all the damn time now, because she think I don't got shit. Maybe, I'm just tripping, because I am on my period and shit. LOL..sorry, but I don't think I'm tripping, you tell me.

I don't have a job, my funds are very low, but I got God, my family, my health & strength, I got food, clothing, & a place to lay my head. I'm working on my African Product business, I'm in school for Business/Computer, I'm working on my teen book with my teen son and so much stuff. See, I got a lot, a whole lot!

I'm sooo happy, I got happy feet!
Because, I feel a change is coming, I feel it, I trust God and that's all I no people, I know he/she will not let me down.

I'm soooo happy being me, no matter what I have, please believe me!
God no's I'm blessed and forever will be bless, even if I live in a shelter, each day is a new beginning and it's up to me on what I want to do with it and believe me, I'm going to make the best of it!

I have so many goals, that I'm working toward and hopefully, I'm hearing God correctly and if I am, things are going to go abundantly well for me. I trust God, I Believe he/she is making a way for me to prosper and I'm looking to take people along the way with me.

I ask God to Bless me, so that I can be a Blessing to others and that's how I feel.
So, I Love, Love being me, again, I don't care what you have, what you getting or where you are going and if you reading this blog, I don't care.

I'm very happy for you, I'm happy for your happiness and I always will be (smile)


Peace & Blessing!
Pretty Brown Sistah

10 Things About Me!

Greetings to all, I'm feeling a little bored around here, so I decided to tell you 10 things about myself, this should be fun:-) Ok,

1. I'm a Part-time student here in Chicago, I'm in school for Business Computers, when I first started it was Business Administration and that's what caught my eye. It really is Business Computer I guess, because I will be having some business classes and I already completed my Microsoft Programs, which I really enjoyed. I shall be completely done this June of 2009!
I'm really proud of myself, because I sometimes will start something and don't finish, but I'm doing good I've been a student now since June of 2008.

2. I'm Married to a Wonderful man, who I love and who loves me back, that's what's important.
My auntie Dot (who passed away) said... Find someone who loves you more than you love them.
I miss her:-) Everyone is not PERFECT and my husband is not perfect, he is a great man, but he have habits that I don't like and I'm sure I have habits that he don't like, but I just haven't heard it. Last night sitting in class, something came to me and that something was for me and my husband to have "Let's Talk" night, to me that will help us communicate more and also better. We will speak about whatever is on our mine and be truthfully honest. I wrote out motivational questions from some of my best motivational speakers and I also have questions of my own, hopefully he will also. I want it to help us grown and build a better marriage, because my husband gets depress a lot and I really hate to see a depress black man and I do all I can to keep him motivated. We also don't communicate well to each other, so I believe this will work out, along with prayer.

3. I have 3 Boys...Rashee 17, Nairobi 7 and Jabari 4 Lord knows I Love my children, Lord knows I do, but them suckers get on my nerves sometimes. Nairobi, don't really care for school, because he is a Mommy & Daddy baby. He wants to be with us all day and my husband said he was like that when he was young. He is just now making some adjustment in school because he was failing and we talked to him a lot about school and the whole education talk.
My oldest son Rashee decides he would rather work than go to school and we also gave him the whole education talk and last but not least my little baby, as I call him is not in school yet and I can't wait til he go and to me he is the smartest child I got! LMBO

4. I don't like to me bother when I come in from school or if I'm working. I can't stand it!
My thing is...Give me at least 1 hour to rest, clear my head, warm up or something, but don't bother me. I swear I will have a ATTITUDE!

5. I don't like to be bother when I'm looking at TV, I don't look at it much anyway and when I do, my husband wants to talk and I'm talking about a man who can really, really talk. It gets on my nerves sooooooo bad until I just ignore him and then he gets mad. Hears the thing, when he's looking at TV, I don't bother him, but when I want to really listen to what someone is saying on TV, he talks to me and I think he does it on purpose.

6. I love to Read, it's a must that I read something every day or I can't go to sleep, sounds crazy right? But, I Love to Read! I have my bedroom full of books and I still have like 50-75 books on my list to buy. My family know me as the person who love to read. Reading is Fundamental, Reading gives me a peace of mine, I love to learn and I learn a lot by reading.

7. I'm a very friendly and Nice person, I believe it's easier to be nice, than to be evil. Life will go so easy if each person just be nice to each other. Friendly, again it will be so much easier to be friendly toward each other. You never know who God have you cross path with, it just may be that person who can help you. So be as nice as possible!

8. I'm a Pretty Plus size Sistah who is looking to release the weight in 09 and I'm looking to take serious people along with me. I'm forming a group here in Chicago call "Someone Like Me"
It will be a support group for people who are serious about becoming healthy and fit.
I been Juicy now for about 10yrs, I was a small frame, until I had babies.
I carry most of my weight in my hips & behind (booty) and my husband told me not to loss my booty. LMBO

9. I'm not working at the moment, I have been putting in application online and also I go out to fill out applications and nothing has come up yet. Since, I'm the type of person who can't just sit down on her but and think opportunities going to come to, I decided to start a couple of businesses of my own, one is a Cleaning Business that My husband, Son and I are working on as a family, my other is Opening a online store, I will sell off line also at Flee Markets and at other events. My products are purses, stationary, jewelry and etc... I'm working on that as well as writing articles online for money. These opportunities will all work out, only if God is willing!

10. I Believe in God, but I don't attend anybodies church. I'm a Spiritual Human being, that prays and believe that there's only one God. I don't call him/her Allah, Jehovah or any other religious name, I call him/her God and sometimes I believe God can be a woman. Yep, I said it I believe God can be a she instead of a he:-) I read the Bible sometimes, but I can't really quote you on nothing because I don't study it and the reason I don't study it because for some reason I think it was created my White men, I be like how they know God said that, so it's crazy, because sometimes I would tell myself to read it anyway, no matter who wrote it, it has some very positive messages. I also believe the Bible have been tamper with and I be saying... How are they coming up with this New Testament stuff? I don't know, I'mma pray about it. I do believe that there is a God and no one can tell me other wise.
I Believe, I Believe, I Believe in God!

So there you have, I have more to share but would do at a later time.
I hope you enjoy!

Be Good, Be Nice, Be friendly!
Brown Sistah

I haven't done this in awhile...

1. Worked (a job that I like)
2. Relaxation
3. Shopping
4. Out on a Date (with husband)
5. Girls night out
6. Pampering time alone
7.Went to Church
8. Had good sex (Yep I said it)
9. Told other family members I Love Them!
10. Release Weight
11. Out Partying
12. Having a good time with husband
13. Had a Real Live Emotional, Heart 2 Heart with husband.
14. Slept with oldest son father...hahahaha
15.Being Me!


This is 2009 Baby Some Shit is about to change, everything I stated above is about to come to life...

Except sleeping with oldest son father, I would never do that!
I don't think:-) Nope, I'm kidding I would never sleep with him EVER!

Peace & Blessings,
Brown Sistah