Happy New Years!!

Happy New Years!

Happy New Years Everyone!

I could  tell you that I'm about to walk out the door on my way to a great new years party. I could tell you about the festive makeup, cute stilettos and silver dress I have on. I could tell you about how much fun I'm going to have as I dance, drink Moscato and watch the ball drop at midnight. I could tell you about all those things but I would be lying my butt off.

I just got home from work about an hour ago and have been playing with baby girl. My new years eve plans are pretty non-existent. I will be at home watching Cat in the hat with baby girl. I'm pretty sure that I will not be up to watch the ball drop because I have to wake up at 4AM...yes, you read that right. The hubby is at work and I will be sleep before he gets home; so there goes my midnight kiss. Although this might all seem like a sad night; I am content with being at home in the comfort of my bed.

I can't wake up to a fresh new year with lots of new challenges, adventures, and changes. My one word for 2011 is HAPPY!! I will be HAPPY this year. So often we  concern ourselves with making sure that everyone around us is happy that we neglect our own happiness. My first goal is working out and eating healthy so that I can be HAPPY with my body (inside and out). So I am taking that time for myself to make me HAPPY.


I hope that everyone has a HAPPY and safe New Years!!


See you next Year!!!!!!

New Year's Resolutions

I felt that this cartoon accurately explains what a New Year's resolution is. I can't tell you how many time I have wrote down my resolutions sealed them up and then read them at the end of the year; only to find that I had not accomplished but maybe one of them.

Don't get me wrong...I'm all about setting resolutions but there has to be some planning to go along with it. Just writing down on a piece of paper that you want to lose weight, pay off debt, or whatever you choose; will not magically make it happen.

This year I will be setting goals for the new year not resolutions. At work we create what they call SMART goals. I have found that this is very helpful not only in my professional life but my personal life as well.

For those that don't know what SMART stands for:

Specific - your goal can not be too ambiguous. It has to be clear what the goal is.
Measurable - There has to be a way to measure when the goal is reached
Attainable - What is the plan to get to the goal
Realistic or Relevant - It is great to set high goals but they should be realistic. (I would never set a goal to completly stop eating candy...not gonna happen in this lifetime)
Timely - What is the time frame for completing the goal (set a time and stick to it)

I am going to use one of my New Year's resolutions goals to show you how I am going to turn it into a smart goal.

My goal: Lose Weight

S: I want to be able to fit into my size 4 jeans without feeling like the button is going to pop off into somebody's eye. Also I want to get down to 130.
M: This can be measured either by simply trying on my jeans and weighing myself weekly.
A: I plan to achieve this goal by working out at least 5 days a week for 30+ minutes. Drink 6 glasses of water daily, and monitoring how many calories I take in.
R: My goal is pretty realistic. I am currently at 136 and wearing a size 6 jeans. The time I have set to achieve me goal is also realistic.
T: I want to reach this goal by my 30th birthday (24 more days).

After I have reached my goal I will rework it to help me maintain my weight. Also keeping you goals somewhere visual as a reminder is a great way to not forget your goals.

I hope that this was helpful.

I would love to hear some of the goals you would like to accomplish in 2011....

It's Crunch Time

I can't believe that in 25 days I will officially be 30-year old. In one of my earlier post I talked about how I want to get my swagger back. I've made some baby steps but I'm not quite there yet

I have to admit that I have been slacking during the holidays on my diet and exercise. My goal is to get back down to 130 by my birthday. I'm only 9 pounds away from my goal but these darn 9 pound don't seem to want to go anywhere. Or maybe it's just the bag of lemonheads that I eat every other day. Either way; something has go to give. I will be able to fit into my jeans by my birthday.  So, I am back on my mission to get fine by my birthday.

Speaking of my birthday. I have NO ideal what I'm going to do for my birthday. I want to do something big since it's one of those milestone birthdays. I decided to take one of my vacations the week of my birthday. It's against my rules to work on my birthday...it's my personal holiday.

Anyone have any ideals for what I should do for my birthday?

Fun while it lasted

I hope the everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is enjoying spending time with their families. I had a great Christmas and baby girl got everything that she wanted (of course)! I hope Santa was good to all of you as well.

Here are a few pics of my wild child enjoying her Christmas:

Santa got her a camera (just like mommy's). There were a lot of pictures of the floor and walls taken today.

I think the lip gloss was her favorite present

Another one of her favorites was a book my mother gave her. It's one of those book where you record your voice reading it. She loves that Grandma can read to her anytime she wants

I enjoyed my few days off but it's time for me to go back to work.

*boo*

Well, I can't really complain...I'm blessed to have a job.

An award for me?!?

What the flip?!? Whoop Whoop

My good friend over at DaLa Chanelle has given me the Stylish Blogger Award. I am so humbled right now. I feel so caught off guard...I don't even have an acceptance speech prepared.

Umm...who do I thank?

First of all I want to thank God for giving me the mental capacity to even be able to blog and all of my WONDERFUL readers who keep me going...

OK, but seriously let get back to business.

I have to let you guys in on 7 facts about my self; so here we go

• Growing up I was the biggest tomboy you have ever seen. I would dare my mother to put a dress and a cute bow on me. Now I'm one the girliest (is that at word?)  people I know.
• My biggest pet peeve is rude people. Do I need to start and etiquette course for these people? Because I will.
• I am addicted to shopping. I mean REALLY addicted...ask my husband
• My favorite restaurant ever in life is Olive Garden. I can eat their salad and breadsticks all day long.
• I wished store carried egg nog year-round
•  The only thing that I like about winter is being able to wear sweaters and boot without people looking at me like I'm crazy.
• I am a closet nerd (well, not anymore...my secret is out).

Now the fun part: Passing it forward to ten other stylish bloggers:

1. Miss Lulu Blogs
2. Mommy Monologues
3. The Mommy Chronicles
4. Diary of a Chic Mommy
5. Adorable Ya Ya
6. Life & Times of a Self-proclamed Saucy Bitch
7. Momma Made It Look Easy
8. Ultimate Victoria Wray
9. Life as a supermom
10. The Adventures in the Land of Little Choo Choos

OK, so now I'm off to tell all my awardees know about this wonderful award.

I can finally breathe...

Today was my first day off in Eight days. You can imagine how tired I am. Not only did I have to work all those days in a row. My teacher apparently had it out for me as well. The week before Christmas we had to read five chapters, do a team paper, an individual paper, six discussion questions, a test, plus our participation points. I am so thankful that I made it through last week. We actually get two weeks off for a winter break. This is so needed because I've been in school with not even a day break since April. So I am going to enjoy not having to come home from work and work on homework. Heck, I might actually be able to get some blogging in.

*Fingers crossed*

So now it is time to get ready for my first Christmas here at my home. I finally got done with all of my shopping today. Thank God for online shopping and overnight shipping. Shopping in always the hardest part of the Christmas season. I never know what to give people, because I know how picky I am.

Things have been pretty fun here with the elf on the shelf. I didn't think my daughter would be old enough to really understand the concept but she loves it. Every morning she wakes up and  rushes to find  Doctor (that's what she named him) the elf and say good morning.  It was so cute this morning Doctor was on her toy bike and she was trying to push it into the bedroom to show us and Doctor fell off. She wouldn't touch it because it would have lost its powers. Its amazing how much she understand concepts that I wouldn't think she would.

Today was mama's relaxation day. I sent little bit off to school and the hubby was at work. I was able to get a good workout in and relax for a while. Then I went to lunch with one of my girlfriends that I hadn't seen in about a year. I really enjoyed  being able to relax without having to worry about work or school work. What a great feeling. Too bad I'm only off  two more days.

Oh well....

Are you ready for Christmas?

Winners Winners Winners!!!!

Well my first giveaway is officially over and I would have to say that it was a success.  Thank you for everyone who participated and made is so successful.  I really appreciate each and everyone of you!!


Now to the good stuff...the Winners:

Kelly T Wrote: I follow you via GFC - Kelly T 
texastypeamom(at)gmail(dot)com 

I'd use the gift card to purchase my DD some new shoes!

Jennifer Wrote: And I already follow you on Twitter too! 

I will be emailing the winners and they have 48 hours to respond. If they do not respond I will select another winner.

Thank you again everyone!!!

Wordless Wednesday: Our first tree

Making a list and checking it twice

I can't believe that Christmas is almost here. We only have 12 days left until Christmas This year has flown by so quickly.

In a attempt to help all my friends an family member who are like me and haven't even started shopping yet. Here are the top 5  items that are topping my list this year. I know that most of the stuff that I want is kind of pricey but hey, it's called a WISH list for a reason....

1. The Cannon Rebel T2i
 

2. Adobe Photoshop Element 9...oh and a how to book


3. Sephora Gift Card - This is to feed my growing makeup addiction.

4. Visa Gift Card- The gift that keeps on giving. I can buy whatever my heart desires with this.

5. Diamond Earrings - What girl doesn't love diamonds????


What is on your Christmas WISHlist?

Toy Story 3 saves the day

Last week I have four whole days off in a row....that NEVER happens. I was so excited. I was going to get to spend some time with baby girl, get some housework and homework done, and maybe even get a little rest.

A girl can dream can't she...

I had baby girl by myself because the hubby was working 12 hour shifts that weekend....

*PAUSE*

I had to pause and give props to all the SAHM and WAHM. I am in awe of how you guys do it *bows down to you*

That little girl ran me ragged. All day long it was "mommy chase me", "mommy run with me", mommy let's walk Missy, "mommy....."; you get the point. My response was "Put that down", "don't touch that", "get down from there". 

By 7:00 that night I was ready to go to bed. Oh, and did I mention that there was no naptime that day? somehow I made it to 9:00 without submerging my head into a pot of boiling water.

The next day I was determined to keep her busy and wear her out. Being that she is my daughter; she wanted to go to the story (this is an everyday occurrence). So we decided to take a trip to Walmart. I figured we could kill at least an hour here as long as she doesn't start showing her tail.

We were looking around the electronics section and something caught her eye "mommy...mommy... I want woody." I had no ideal what she was talking about and then I turned around and saw it....the Toy Story 3 DVD.

I didn't really want to get it because she has never really been into watching television. She has several DVDs that she causally will glance at when its on. Against my better judgement I bought the DVD to keep her from throwing one of her ear-shattering tantrums.

When we got home she said she wanted to watch Woody. I honestly wanted to see the movie myself; it's that kid in me that never grew up. So I popped in the DVD and guess what?!?

She sat down and watched 40 minutes of the movie without getting up. Of course I had to sit and watch it with her and she was asking questions the whole time. I didn't care...it was just nice to actually sit down for a few minutes.

I am in love with this DVD and it doesn't even bother me that we have to watch it 20 times a day. I know the whole movie by heart now...

THANK YOU TOY STORY 3!!!

You have saved my sanity

$25 American Express Gift Card Giveaway (2 winners)

As promised I am doing my very first giveaway since I've hit my goal of 100 followers.  Thank you everyone who has helped me reach my goal. You guys are so awesome. OK, lets get to the goods

Mandatory Contest Entry

You must be a follower of this blog and leave a comment telling me what you would use the gift card to purchase. Please include your email address if it is not on your profile.

Extra entries
You can do any or all of these things for extra entries. Please make sure that you leave a separate comment for each entry.

*Like Diaries of Supermom Diva on Facebook (just click the like button on the right)
* Follow @Supermom_Diva on Twitter
*Tweet this giveaway I entered to win a $25 gift card from @Supermom_Diva http://bit.ly/gm4ws1 #giveaway
*Subscribe to my blog via email


This contest will be open until 11:59 PM on December 15. I will pick two winners using random.org. I will notify the winners and they have 48 hours to respond.

Wordless Wednesday: My little Diva

Baby Girl...rocking her pink lipstick. Lord please help me!!

WOW!

WOW!!!

That was all that I could say when I logged onto my account today. I officially have 101 follower. I honestly cannot believe it.

I am so thankfully for all of my followers. When I first started blogging I thought the only people that would follow my blog would be my family members and the few RL friends that I have. I almost shut down my blog once and then realized that I really like what I'm doing and decided to continue.  I have 'meet' so many great people through blogging and have gotten some much needed advice. You guys are the best!!

I said that when I got to 100 followers that I would do my very first giveaway. I want to do a giveaway to thank all of you for taking time out of your world to come and visit mine.

I will be posting my giveaway post shortly so stay tuned....

Meet Me on Monday!! 12-06-10

It has been a while since I've joined in on Meet Me on Monday. It is always so much fun to let people get to know a little bit more about me and to get to know others. Here are a few little tidbits about me that I'm sure you couldn't make it through your week without knowing....j/k



Questions: 

1.  What is your favorite kind of cheese?
I'm actually really funny about cheese. I only like cheese if it is on pizza, broccoli and nachos, oh and broccoli and cheese soup..yum, my favorite.


2.  What size is your bed?
My bed, one of my favorite places to be is a nice king-size bed with a great pillow-top mattress. We have to have a king-size bed because someone sleeps like a crazy person...I won't name names(me).

3.  What is your most overused phrase?
I have so many overused phrases that it is so hard to pick just one. If I can choose just one I guess it would be...."are you serious(ly)?" I tend to always ask that question; knowing full well if they are serious or not.

4.  Green or purple grapes?
Growing up all we ever ate were green grapes but now I am in love with seedless purple grapes. They are a lot sweeter than the green grapes and we all know how I love my sweets.


5.  Shower, morning or night?
It sometimes depends on my work schedule but I usually like to bathe in the morning. It helps me to wake up and start my day.

Jingle Bells Batman Smells

It is officially that time of the year. That time when you hang the stocking with care, put up the tree and decorate while listening to Christmas music. Time for backing cookies, sending out family Christmas cards, buying tons of gifts, and family dinners.

I have to be honest...

I don't look forward to this time of the year.  It has been years since I have been excited about the holiday season. I wasn't always like that. I used to LOVE this time of the year. It was my favorite holiday....other than my birthday (Yes, that is my personal holiday).

I vividly remember Christmas time growing up. We would go out to pick out a Christmas tree on the first weekend of December.  It was alway a big ordeal in our house. It seemed like the tree would get bigger and fuller every year. My dad and brother would trim the tree in the garage while my mom would get the ornaments out of the attic and spend hours trying to untangle the lights from the year before. Then of course we had to test the light out to see if they still work. My theory is just throw them away and buy new ones...but that's just me.

Then the fun would begin. My dad would put on the Temptations Christmas CD and the singing and dancing would commence. It's amazing because I remember that we started with a record moved to the cassette tape and finally to the CD. Decorating the tree together was always fun. My brother and I would fight over who was going to put the angel on top of the tree.

The night before Christmas we would bake cookies for Santa...I don't know how he fits down the chimney with all those cookies he eats. When I was little I would have to sleep in my brothers room on the top bunk bed so that I wouldn't sneak downstairs and open presents. That didn't really work well. My brother and I had opening presents down to a science...you cut along the seam on the bottom, take a peek and tape it back up.

Then when 5AM hit...it was officially on. We would run into our parents room to wake them up and run down stairs. We would have to sit on the couch and wait until my parents got their cup of coffee. We would then proceed to rip the present to shreds trying to get them open while my dad video taped it all for evidence(I think).  Those were the days.!!

Now things are different. Once My parents got divorced Christmas was never the same. It didn't have the same feel but I still had the Christmas spirit. Once my dad passed away I think my Christmas spirit died with him. He was one of the major players in making Christmas time so special for me.

I have a family of my own and my daughter now and I want here to have to special Christmas memories that I had. So I am trying to get back into the Christmas spirit.  I'm having a hard time getting back into it partly because of me and my husband's work schedules. With my husbands new job we are having to work opposite schedules. He works in the mornings and I work mainly at night.  It is very rare that we are both home at the same time...unless we are asleep.

There are so many things that I want to do as a family this Christmas but I don't know how we are going to work things out. I am determined to make Christmas a special time of year for my family. Anyone have any tips they would like to share?

Let's Take Care of Home

Please excuse my mini mid-day rant. I just had some stuff on my mind that I wanted to share. I am an advocate for charity and volunteer work; so please don't take what I'm about to say the wrong way.

In the United States of America; we are so quick to start a relief project or send money and food to other countries. I understand that these places need help and assistance.

BUT WHAT ABOUT HOME?!?

We have millions of people here dying of HIV/AIDS, we have an enormous amount of homless and hungry people, places stuck by natural diasters that still haven't been rebuilt, and don't get me started on our national debt.

Why do we always send our money and resources elsewhere when it can do just as much good here at home?

World AIDS Day 2010

I'm believing in a cure!

Today is World AIDS Day and for those that don't know; I am an avid support of causes that are looking to help to improve the state of the world.  World AIDS Days begun in 1988 to help bring awareness to this horrible disease.

Here is a fact sheet compiled this month about the AIDS epidemic in the United States.

This year Alicia Keys and her organization Keep a Child Alive are on a mission to raise $1 millions dollars to help provide treatment, love and support to families affected by HIV/AIDS.

Starting today several celebrities will begin boycotting social networking in order to call attention to this cause. If you would like to make a donation you can text "BUYLIFE" to 90999 or you can go to BuyLife.org.



There are many other ways that you can get involved. For information you can go to these websites:

WorldAIDSDay.org
UNAIDS
Keep A Child Alive
Wold Aids Campaign

We Made It Another Year

*Whew* We made it another year. Even though we have only been married three years; we have definitely had our share of ups and down. We've stuck it out and here we are today.

As you are all my cyber girlfriends; I have to share with you what happened on our anniversary yesterday.

Originally, I had weekend plans for our anniversary. I wanted to go to Atlanta and have someone keep Kyla overnight so that we could go out and have a good time just the two of us because that NEVER happens. I was really proud of myself because I had everything planned out. Unfortunately and fortunately we had to change those plans because the hubby got a promotion at work and had to work over the weekend.

OK, so now its Monday morning and it is officially our anniversary. I am awakened my baby girl crying for mama. She must have know it was a special day because she actually slept in until 8AM. So I roll out of my bed and get her ready for school....Thank God for school because she drove me friggin' crazy this weekend.  

My hubby goes outside to warm the truck up and he tell me "let's go".

LET'S GO?!?

Where the h are we going? I haven't worked out yet or taken a bath....I'm not going anywhere or so I thought. I'm glad I had brushed my teeth already. We dropped baby girl off at daycare and we went to eat breakfast; stinking booty and all. After we had a delicious breakfast at my favorite local breakfast spot; he allowed me to go home and workout and take an bath...

Next stop was the spa...YAY! I got treated to a very much needed pedi / mani. 

This little piggy went to the market....

By this point I am officially starving and contemplating taking a nice healthy bite out of the hubby's arm if he doesn't feed me soon. I'm letting him make all the plans for the day so I let him choose the restaurant.  I was just praying that he wouldn't pick the restaurant I work at. He did good...

We ended up eating at the very restaurant where we first met. The place where it all began. The hubby got a little upset because the people who haven't seen me in years still love me and even remember what I like to eat. He has always had a little issue with how much people love me; he says I have and aura about me.  People either really hate me or love me.

Dang, is it time to get baby girl already? Well that was fun while it lasted. The hubby went to go pickup baby girl while I worked on a little homework. I hate to admit it but in the back of my head I was wondering if the spa visit all I was getting for our anniversary. Don't get me wrong I really loved it but I kinda wanted something tangible to remember the day. My memory isn't worth a flip and by next week I probably would have forgotten everything that happened.

Hubby and baby girl came home with another surprise....shoes.....SCORE!!!

What do you think he had in mind when he bought these...hmmmm?

I'm lucky to have such a great husband he listens and pays attention to everything I say. Sometimes that a bad thing but mostly its a great thing. The hubby read my post about getting my swag back and he is helping me do just that.

I love that guy!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!!



I hope that everyone had a wonderful and blessed Thanksgiving Day!

My Thanksgiving Day was very untraditional but I spent it with the people that I love most and that's all that really matters.

Wordless Wednesday: Follow Me

Where did my swagger go?!?

I am beginning to feel like the title of my blog is a little misleading. Diva....... yeah right, where?

I have lost my swagger (yes, I'm still young and cool enough to say that) and haven't the slightest idea where I left it. Dammit, I want it back now!!

I remember the days of bi-weekly pedi/mani, trips to the hair salon at least twice a month, wearing heels, having a great body and overall just being down right sexy.

Those days have been replaced with chipped broken nails, jeans with holes (from my thighs rubbing together), daily ponytails, and the only shoes I wear are my Sperrys and work shoes. I just realized that the last time that I've been to a salon was for my sorority sister's wedding back in April and that was a disaster. I must make an appointment A.S.A.P.

As I embark on a milestone birthday in less than two months; I have decided that I WILL find my swag again. I want to enter into this new era of my life in true diva style. It's time to get back in shape, put on some heels, a cute outfit, and some makeup. They say that 30 is the new 20, but honestly my twenties were pretty lame and I'm looking forward to being 30.

Did I just say I was looking forward to being 30?

I sure did!!!

So, I am in the process of trying to get my swag back. I have been working out 4 to 5 days a week. Even waking up early to workout at 4AM. I am determined! I've stepped my makeup game up and the next thing is revamping my wardrobe....oh and doing something different with my hair.

Let the journey begin...

The Craziness that is my life

I haven't even had time to think about posting this week. This has been the final week in my class from hell ( quantatitive reasoning for business) and we've had a group project due this week. Group projecst in online class is really hard to manage but somehow we got it done.

Here is a quick update of what's been going on this week:

• I had to work 3 13-hours days come home and play with baby girl. When we finally went to bed I get a chance to work on some homework.
• My left eye has started twitching again. This makes day 4...last time it went on for 2 weeks.
• I think I'm developing restless leg syndrome. The last two night when I would lay down or sit down; my leg would go to twitching and tingling...WTH?!? This is what I need on night where I only have 6 hours to sleep.
• I had one of my employees steal on of my new makeup palettes out of my purse. I only got to try it out once.
• Baby girl dropped my phone and my screen stopped working. Great, just what I needed to finish off the week. I guess God felt sorry for me because the people at Verizon were able to fix it for me for free.
• We have a new idiot at work that is really trying my patience.
• And my day off I get to drive 45-minutes to go to a meeting at work.

God, I hope that next week will be a better week.

How was your week and your weekend?!?

Home Alone!

My hubby and baby girl are gone to Atlanta for the weekend. I could not go because of course I have to work most weekends. At first I wasn't too excited about having baby girl away from me for the whole weekend; especially since I actually get to work the morning shift. Then I thought about it and realized that I haven't had the house to myself for more than a few hours since 2007.

My mind instantly started thinking about all the things I could do with no baby and no hubby. I could have a glass of wine(Moscato), crank up the stereo and sing and dance around the house in my undies. I miss the days when I could do that. I could go out with the girls and have a couple of drinks and reminisce on the things we used to do in our heydays . I finally made up in my mind that I was going to get cute, do my hair and go out with the girls when I got off work.

On my way home a few realities hit me:

1. I just got done working 11 hours, driving an hour home and I smell like ribeyes, trout, and fried shrimp ( i was working in the kitchen today). BTW...that combination is not the best smell.
2. All of my two friends are married and have babies at the house. 
3. I'm old and like to be in the bed by 11PM
4. Oh, did I mention I don't have the money to blow on going out?

So fast forward...

It's 8:30PM and I am sitting on the couch in my pick velour sweatpants watching Baby Mama on cable and blogging. I am waiting my baby girl to call me before she goes to bed and I will probably go to sleep shortly after that.

Yes, I know....pretty lame huh?

You Can't Handle the Truth!!!

This week I have decided to participate in Mama Kat's Writing Workshop again because I had so much fun with it last week (see Raspberry Beret). This weeks topic that I picked was confessions.

We all have our confessions and honestly some of those confessions need to stay locked up FOREVER!! You know the ones. I going to get some confessions off my chest and I hope that you don't look at me differently after reading this post.

Here we go:

• I still sometimes wait until everyone goes to sleep and sneak and eat bags of candy (see Relapse)
• I don't wear a lot of dresses and skirts because I hate shaving my legs. Thank goodness for winter..
• In the State championship track meet in high school I accidentally knocked the other girl's hurdle to win first place. I know....that make me a horrible person.
• There are days when baby girl is acting like a wild banshee that I'm glad to go to work to get a break.
• I tell people I don't want any more kids but I really want three more. I loved being pregnant.
• I've peed in the shower. Come on don't look at me like that...you know you've done it too.
• I have more blond moments than actual blond do.
• Hi, My name is Chanel and I am a shopaholic. You can put me in any store and I assure you I can find at least one thing to buy.
• I still text while I drive sometimes...I hope there are no Georgia cops reading this.
• I spend more time reading blogs than I do reading my chapters for school. Shame on me!!

I know that I'm probably going to lost about 10 followers after you guys read this...oh well, I'm just keeping it real. I hope you can handle the truth.

Do you have a confession that you want to get off your chest? I promise I won't tell...

Daddy Dearest

I am writing this post as part of the SITS Content is King event. The assignment was to right a letter to one of your friends as if they were sitting next to you. I decided to do a little variation to this assignment. I am writing a letter to my dad who was my best friend. November 17th would have been my dad's 60th birthday.

Soul Man,

Wow! Where do I even begin? Even though I am the visual reflection of mom; I am certainly your daughter on the inside. I have your smarts, your heart and your charm. Three things that I am very grateful to have gotten from you...oh and your dimples(thanks). I also got your athletics skills

Yes, that 'little boy' standing up is me.

 We had so many good times I could never recall all of them. The weekends at the lake house. There were times when I didn't want to go and you made us. We always ended up have the time of our lives there and I have so many fond memories of those weekends.You were the fun dad that everyone wanted that's why the kids in the neighborhood called you daddy Webb. Everyone wanted to be invited to the cookouts, parties, lake house trips because they knew it was going to be a blast.

You taught me life lesson that people twice my age didn't know. I think one of the lessons that I value is all the business skills that you taught me at an early age. How many 14-year olds do you know that had a resume? Heck, I didn't even have a job yet.

Along with our good time; we also had our share of rough ones. I will never forget when I got flip at the mouth (I must have been insane). You chased me around the house like your were 20-years old. Who would have thought you could still jump over the couch like it was a hurdle in the 100-yard dash? Man, you got skills.

 I did my share of crazy things like running your new Infiniti Q45A into the house, going on a shopping spree with your credit card (you should have known that was going to turn out bad), and getting a tattoo at 16-years old. You're love for me never changed. I was the baby girl...you couldn't stay mad at me for too long.

When you passed away; that was the most difficult thing that I every had to deal with. There were times when I thought about giving up but I know that giving up is not acceptable. I know that you look after me and you always be with me in my heart. After you passed; I got stronger and more determined to make you proud. I think I'm doing a pretty dang good job. What do you think?

Love Always,

Chanelie

I've Been Tagged

Oh man...it's been years since I've played a good game of tag. Well, I have just been tagged by the awesome Sara over at 8aplenty.  As part of this game I have to answers a few questions and then tag four other blogger.

So let the games begin:

4 Things in my Handbag: (Heck that's everything other than the kitchen sink...it wouldn't fit)

1. a 5-hour energy shot for those long night of work and then schoolwork
2. My makeup bag...never leave home with out it
3. My Cosmopolitan Magazine...don't judge me
4. A DVD from Redbox that was supposed to be returned 4 days ago

4 Things in/on my desk.: - I don't have a desk at work so I will use my table at home for this question

1. A Zebra Daisies pen that I got as a free sample
2. My daughter's scrapbook of all her artwork from school
3. One of the attachments to my new vacuum...why the heck is that there?
4. A huge pile of unnecessary papers that probably need to be thrown out

4 Favorite thing in my bedroom:

1. Duh....my bed
2. My bed
3. My blanket
4. Oh, and my closet

4 things I always wanted to do (but haven't yet):

1. I've always wanted to go skiing. My parent would go every year and all we got were some dang pictures
2. Go to law school. I always wanted to be a lawyer but I'm not so sure anymore. Think I would rather just be a mom
3. Go skydiving. I'm a little dare devil
4. Learning how to take and edit great picture

4 Things I enjoy very much at the moment:

1. The sweet kiss from my baby girl
2. Getting to enjoy the holidays with my family and friends
3. The leftover Halloween candy
4. My husband's Spaghetti 

4 Songs I can't get out of my head:

1. Whip my Hair- Willow Smith
2. Let it snow -  Boyz II Men
3. I hope she cheats on you - Marsha Ambrosius
4. Teenage Dream - Katy Perry

4 Things you don't know about me:

1. I am a closet nerd who likes to read and learn new things everyday
2. My biggest pet peeve is rude people. Please use the magic words..please,thank you, sorry, etc.
3. I am afraid of all bugs and insects. This includes flies, butterflies, spiders, etc.
4. I've never seen 'A Christmas Story'. Isn't that sacrilegious?!?

Now it's my turn to tag 4 bloggers:

1. Adventures in the Land of Little Choo Choos

2. Crunchy VT Mommy

3. My Mamihood

4. Life & Times of a Saucy Bitch