LIP SYNC BATTLE

Remember when Lip Syncing was frowned upon. Well, now it’s a tv show! Boy, how times changed! I can’t  sing a lick, but I would rock Lip Syncing! You laugh until you cry. Watching super famous people acting well… human is hilarious!

The more foolish they act the better the show! My favorite episode is the “Tatum Family”. Channing Tatum regaled us with “LET IT GO” from Frozen in full dress hair and everything. He also let us know that “GIRLS” (Run The World) as Beyonce!

His wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum reminded me of why I love Paula Abdul with her version of “COLD HEARTED SNAKE”. Then she channeled her husband’s “MAGIC MIKE” strippers moves with “PONY”!  Even giving him a lap dance to boot! I laughed and laughed! Her performance was the bomb! I laughed because the look on little Channing’s face was priceless!

To keep the peace between them (because they are very competitive) LL COOL J awarded them both with the championship Lip Sync Battle belt. Which is a first in Lip Sync Battle history! I think Jenna got robbed both of her performances were by far better than his. No one wants to see a hottie like Channing dressed up like a chick! No matter who she is!

With special appearances by both Paula Abdul and Beyonce, it was the icing on the already sweet cake! If you haven’t checked it out do yourself a favor and look up “LIP SYNC BATTLE” today…

THREE’S A CROWD

COUNTING VOICES

A LIVELY GROUP DISCUSSION, AN INTIMATE TETE-A-TETE, AN INNER MONOLOGUE-IN YOUR VIEW, WHEN IT COMES TO A GOOD CONVERSATION, WHAT’S THE IDEAL NUMBER OF PEOPLE?

The ideal number of people is 2! I like having one on one conversations with people that way I know my voice is heard and they, in turn, have my undivided attention! You know the saying 3’s a crowd! Well… Totally true.

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/counting-voices/”>Counting Voices</a>

 

 

 

 

 

TIME AFTER TIME

PACE ODDITY

IF YOU COULD SLOW DOWN AN ACTION THAT USUALLY ZOOMS BY, OR SPEED UP AN EVENT THAT NORMALLY DRAGS ON, WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE AND WHY? 

I know it’s not an action but time, time is what I would slow down or speed up! All those family functions or work I could speed through. Any thing really that I don’t want to sit through. The DMV, The Hospital, Filing Taxes! Anything!

I could also slow down things like days off, stretch them out to feel like a week. My kids I could stretch out those precious moments forever! They grow up too fast and I would love to make them last, and last…

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/pace-oddity/”>Pace Oddity</a>

FULL OF PRIDE

PAT ON THE BACK

TELL SOMEONE YOU’RE PROUD OF JUST HOW PROUD YOU ARE.

In previous blogs, I have stated how proud I am of my daughter (the child I gave up for adoption). Right out od high school she went into the Army and after a year or more she got to her first post. Just a few shorts months later she is already getting a promotion.

The sky is the limit and I am so happy for her. Although honestly I am also now proud of myself. I have finally taken the leap I needed and started following my dreams. If someone had told me a year ago I would have a blog, and a book published as an ebook or otherwise. I would have said they are CRAZY! I am proud of the fact that I have now jumped in with both feet. There is no going back. I am freer because of it! Just goes to show following your heart is good for your health and your soul!

Buy my book now at barnesandnoble.com.to get an account is free and the nook app to read it is also free. At only 99cents, it is a steal. It’s called  “SLIM PICKINGS”.

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/pat-on-the-back/”>Pat on the Back</a>

A BEAUTIFUL MIND

TOOT YOUR OWN HORN

MOST OF US ARE EXCELLENT AT SELF-DEPRECATING, AND ARE NOT SO GOOD AT THE OPPOSITE. TELL US YOUR FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF.

My favorite thing about myself is me! What you see is what you get! I am truthful, down to earth, and low maintenance. I am one of those rare breed of women that doesn’t like to shop or primp.

I spend exactly the same amount of time on my hair as I do getting dressed. About 5 minutes! I don’t wear a lot of make-up either. I guess once a tomboy always a tomboy! I don’t put on a show to the world and I don’t play mind games either! I’m a shoot from the hip kind of girl.

Most people are put off by this approach to life!  However, considering my past, that is the only way I know how to live. I guess that’s why once I am crossed you are dead to me! ou I don’t have time for silly games or catty conversations. I am a grown up!

I use my time wisely like spending it with my kids, my husband, or writing. I am strong, I am smart, kind, honest, and now brave. Like I said what you see is what you get!

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/toot-your-horn/”>Toot Your Horn</a>

ZING! NOT!

DRAWING A BLANK

WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU WALKED AWAY FROM A DISCUSSION, ONLY TO THINK OF THE PERFECT COMEBACK HOURS LATER? RECREATE THE SCENE FOR US, AND USE YOUR WINNING LINE.

I have actually done this so many times I can’t even begin to start. Being a perfectionist I replay and replay the situation over and over in my head at nauseam until I can come up with the perfect zinger.

Unfortunately, it is always right after the fact! I think it is performance anxiety or maybe even my fear of confrontation that keeps me from saying my zinger in the moment. That’s why I love writing I can take a pause and get it just right!

Either way on some level, fear still gets to me. I should really work on that…

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/drawing-a-blank/”>Drawing a Blank</a>

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

I am sitting here in a club full of people and all I can think is, Man, I’m too old for this shit! When the fu%ck did I get old! When did it stop being fun to go hang out at the bar and shoot some pool while having a few!

Last weekend I was like”OMG! I never get out anymore”. I wanted to prove to myself and others that I was in fact not old! I mean I’m not even 40 yet! This weekend, however, I was able to get out with my girlfriend a  sports bar and while it was good for about 30 minutes I realized pretty quickly I didn’t belong in this atmosphere anymore. That is really sad to think “Man, is my life over already?”

I see all the guys checking out my newly single friend and I am disgusted. Like I was in a meat market literally! I understand this is the way I met my husband and all and I am glad my friend was able to get out but for us married ladies! It was a nightmare!

It’s no wonder none of my friends ever ask me to go out with them, I am the only one happily married. I do feel a little left out, though! I sit here watching like a voyeur and I feel stupid. Watching the men do their mating dance. Watching the masses of washed and unwashed alike do their nightly ritual all to get laid.

It is funny in a way! Most of these guys will go home back to their mom’s basement or their one bedroom apartment alone. I never noticed the epic failure these people go through just to try and find a hint of what I have.

I am a little sad that I no longer fit with that crowd but I know I am not dead I just need to find a different sort of fun for us married folk.

 

 

 

 

MY ROAD

THE ROAD LESS TRAVELLED

PINPOINT A MOMENT IN YOUR PAST WHERE YOU HAD TO MAKE A  BIG DECISION. WRITE ABOUT THAT OTHER ALTERNATE LIFE THAT COULD HAVE UNFOLDED.

Since you all know or should know by now. My big decision was giving my daughter up for adoption. It was to date the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I actually think I did take the road less travelled. I shutter to think about what I would have become had I kept her. Not that I didn’t want her, mind you but at the time I was penniless, no job, no place to call my own and no way out of it. That was one of the factors in my decision I loved her too much to subject her to a life of living on welfare and no opportunities. I do not regret my decision and as you well know it has been a hard and long path to forgive, myself for the choice I made even though I know it was the right one.

She has flourished and was well loved and that is all I can ask for. There are so many women out there right now even, that choose the easier path the path of welfare and poverty even if it doesn’t seem like the easier choice. Trust me it is.

I have written many blogs on this and if you have missed them. I invite you to read them they are called “MEMOIRS OF A BIRTH MOTHER”. 

That is all I have for now enjoy the day…

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/the-road-less-traveled/”>The Road Less Traveled</a>

 

CONFIDENTAL

SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT

WRITE A LETTER TO THE PERSONALITY YOU LIKE LEAST, CONVINCING IT TO SHAPE UP OR SHIP OUT. BE AS THREATENING, THEATRICAL, OR THOROUGHLY CHARMING AS IS NECESSARY TO GET THE JOB DONE.

Wait, what is this blogging therapy?  Okay, Okay, I guess I could give it a whirl…

Dear Confidence,

Or lack thereof! You need to get it in gear lady! I don’t understand why you don’t see all the beauty you have to offer the world! You are strong, kind, full of love, and I cannot wrap my head around the fact that you still seem to think you are not good enough for well, anything! You need to stop seeking approval from everyone but yourself! Love yourself! You are an awesome person and talented to boot but you need to have the confidence to go and conquer the things you know you can do.

Stop letting the past demons rape you of a future you know you can have. You just need to have the CONFIDENCE that everyone else around you already has in you. If you can’t sell yourself to yourself why would anyone else buy what your selling?

You are beautiful, intelligent, talented, and no one else but you can make you believe in yourself! Go out and achieve those goals show those past demons whose boss and make liars out of the lot of them. Only you have the power to make them see past their rose colored glasses and realize you are amazing.

Take risks, don’t be afraid to show the world who you really are. Make your mark and stand your ground you can accomplish anything. If only you can just get out of your head and put your heart into it. Love yourself, be who you are and never settle for less than the best because in the end that is everything you deserve…

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/shape-up-or-ship-out/”>Shape Up or Ship Out</a>

 

 

FIRST TIMES A CHARM!

KARMA CHAMELEON

REINCARNATION: DO YOU BELIEVE IN IT?

I have givin this a a lot of thought when I was younger it would be cool that if I was a good person in this life even with all my hardships that I have endured. I could come back as someone or something awesome! Then I realized I’m already pretty awesome and if I hadn’t endured what I have endured I could never be the person I am today!

Raised as a Pentecostal  I believe that just like our soul mate we are only fated to one lifetime. it may be sad to think about but that is why we need to make the most of what precious little time we have here on earth. Be the best person we can be because there is only one shot to get it right here. I have always tried to be nice and kind but only recently learned that I can follow my dreams too. We can reinvent ourselves many times in our lifetime but I truly believe it is only ONE lifetime!

I am a much happier person for it and I am learning to make the most of who and what I am! Everyone should because we only get one chance to make a first impression on our soul. So with that in mind be the smartest, the bravest, take risks, take chanceson love, find your passion, and what ever you do be the best at who you are…

<a href=”https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/karma-chameleon/”>Karma Chameleon</a>