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Today is my Celebrating Life day. It is part of my list to celebrate life on the date of my birth every month. Unfortunately I was so busy this month that I almost forgot. Thankfully I have a colleague who remembered and asked what I planned to do to celebrate. There are no set rules on what [...]

My office culture is more of a grab something, work at your desk kinda place. A group of my work colleagues and I try to go out for a nice sit down lunch a few times a year. We started this tradition by going to Washington DC Restaurant Week and trying a new restaurant near our [...]

I had lunch today with a friend I have known since I was five years old. We met at Junior Academy (a daycare and afterschool center) and spent many a day chatting over the afternoon snack. 25 years later, life has brought us full circle as we spent a part of our day chatting over an afternoon [...]

Item #8 on my 30 Weeks List is to write 30 orders for FCS Creations. I’m proud to report that I’ve written three of those orders and I only have 27 more to go.
I thought it would be fun to post a sample of each of the orders to keep a record of my journey [...]

For the past few days, I’ve been able to stir up tears at the drop of a hat. I can’t quite explain it and I’m not sure why it’s happening. But I’m ready for it to stop.
I saw the video for that Alicia Keys song and listened to the words for the first time.
If I [...]

Well,
I had the birthday party that I always wanted on Saturday night and I didn’t take one single picture. Can you believe that?
We had about 30-35 people at our house and it was so much fun. We went around the room and we had what ended up being a “Roast” as my friends and family [...]

So I have lost the first three pounds of my 30. This was extremely surprising since I have eaten at least one mint chocolate Oreo cookie each day this week ( and three on Saturday). But I did make several other changes to my lifestyle since making this decision to lose some weight. I drink [...]

So I changed my list yesterday because I wanted to add Declutter My Life to my list. I realized that I could not enter into another decade without eliminating some of the things that are consuming my space mentally and physically. My life is being overrun by notes, letters, and things that I keep thinking [...]

As I watched last nights episode of Grey’s anatomy I reflected on one of my favorite character’s (Dr. Bailey) struggle to have it all. I always loved her character for how she represented for educated professional black women. Her character used to be a strong uncompromising leader who was able to have a loving long [...]

First, I have to say that I just LOVE my birthday.
Yes - even at 30, I still wake up thinking the world is all about me on my birthday.
It’s been a weird day. I’ve floated between being on cloud 9 and being totally down in the dumps. My husband gave me a Cricut - which [...]