of things related and unrelated ~3.20.11

today i have to do my baby's hair, and that sucks because i'm just not that great at it (note: i have four daughters).

today was a beautiful day and it sucked because we had no car to go anywhere, and at only 40 degrees, it was too cold to really walk.

this weeks total coupon savings is $140. i paid $30 for $170 worth of stuff. hubby was happy. i was ecstatic.

ecobaby is getting awfully spoiled. now she will only allow 3 people to hold her: mommy, daddy and her sister.

although oldest has been diagnosed with adhd, her school is doing very little in the way of actually helping us. that sucks. and tomorrow starts another week.

hubby has a gig all this week--thank God!

i didn't know just how much Christians in jamaica party with music! i love their cd's.

purex's new crystals fabric softener: addiction. i'm definitely gonna need more coupons for them lol.

i'm researching the life of anne rice. will blog on it later.

of things related and unrelated - 10/20/09

i realized today that the couple across the street from my mom is one of my idol marriage couples. they have been together well over 30 years, they have one son who speaks 4 languages, and they truly love each other. i am sure they have problems because my mom and i witnessed one such time, but they worked through it wonderfully and looking at them today you'd have to wonder if they have any problems at all! she is a secretary i believe (or she may not work anymore) and he is actually my mechanic. they live a simple but really close knit and content life, the kind of life i am building with my own husband and children. they truly look good together and i was surprised to learn that both of them were nearing 50. mainly because she looks to be in her mid 30's and he looks about 40 at the MOST, and that's pushing it. geesh, i wonder why i never noticed how much i respected and admired them before?

i brought home two new foster kittens! welcome to juicy and pippin! they are each about 5 weeks old, juicy is solid black and very playful while pippin is a brown tabby with a fat lions face and a laziness to him that's adorable.

i need to get back to cutting coupons asap, especially since work has dwindled down to nothing and my last bit of unemployment bennies were used two weeks ago.

i have been trying to quell a growing migraine for the past two days, but it's increasing in intensity. today was a stressful day of waiting around and that just aggravated the condition. i am going to take some advil tonight and really hope that i can get a hold of it.

i am totally in love with ricola's lemon herb and original herbal cough drops. wow. i ate almost an entire package yesterday and fell asleep flat on my back. i am sure the herbal mixes had something to do with it, because i slept like a brick.

flea season is still outrageous, despite the sudden drop in temperatures. usually 30 and under degrees keeps them under control, but lately big ole bugged out looking fleas have been popping up here and there on the cats.

mosquitoes are still buzzing in my mom's backyard too at the rate of 1 million per square inch. what's up with that?

i have finally given in and decided to find a school for the baby to attend. however i haven't found one i liked yet so for now, my baby is still at home.

i am getting the baby itches. yesterday i went to kmart and accidentally happened upon the baby aisle and my eyes got wide and misty. awww.

not. i am NOT ready for another child....yet.

freecycle is going great. i just picked up 3 bags of clothes that were unneeded any longer and most are in great condition for my nephew and myself. i wasn't able to get the kids anything they could really use out of the bags. maybe next time!

i have been considering trying my hand at guppy breeding again. i did it briefly during the summer with poor results, but i am positive that's because the stock i started with wasn't quality grade. i got them from a pet shop and while they were pretty, they had some visible flaws and i am sure they weren't as strong as breeder couples should be.

i want to get whitney houston's newest cd and all of mary j. blige's cd's. i have been after them for quite some time now.

i am preparing for a breakthrough. i can feel it. i have no other choice but to go UP from here. my situation right now is very difficult financially and i am going against my human nature to worry. it's not so easy, but i keep telling myself what the Bible says. and it's working. i am feeling up and down, but more up than down.

i never realized how old the old school cartoons (scooby doo, tom and jerry, bugs bunny, etc.) looked until today while watching some oldies with the girls.

what am i going to feed my family for dinner? i can't wait until hubs is home to cook for us!!!

of things related and unrelated ~ 8/6/09

soon i'll have back a regular laptop. then i can get back to business as usual. until then, i'm still halfway lagged out because i have to try to find a laptop to use.

hubby and i are doing wonderfully, i can hardly remember what our fallout was about.

school starts in about three weeks, it's so bittersweet. it's been one of the best summers i've had in a long time with myself, the girls and God, and now it's almost over.

i'm going to see benny hinn in september, on the 17th and 18th for his Fire Conference!

organic is still best!

don't formula feed your children. formula contains toxins that destroy neurotransmitters. if i could go back, i wouldn't have ever allowed my oldest to be formula fed.

God is good (ALL the time!)!!

i want to move to south jersey as soon as possible, the more i think about it the more excited i get about it...hmm.

no computer yet/of things related and unrelated!

there's been so much going on (as usual) but i don't have a computer yet *alas*. i have to definitely try harder to at least blog once per week until i get my computer status together. i miss blogging and just destressing...i miss so much.

but on a brighter note--i'm happy to announce that at least 85% of my house is now in beautiful used condition, meaning about 85% of the things that i own have been previously used.

i know that sounds crazy, but it's really coming along beautifully and i am siked out to own so many beautiful things that others have owned before. wow...i'm realllly siked!

not to brag, but my apartment probably looks better used than half of folk's apartments look new haha.

i don't want to get into a huge blog here, but aww what the hey eh? i have a comp now so i can quickly blog.

i dyed my locs honey blonde and everyone liked them, but now there needs to be another dye job done...they are now a darker auburnish brown. blah! i wanted them as light as i could get them--platinumy! i think i'm going to go asap and buy me some more dye...hmmmmmm....

i'm still running back and forth with my doctors, although now i have to find a new endicrinologist *sp* because my last one dumped me! his receptionist said that because i haven't gone in 30 days to see him, he terminated himself as my doctor. aw whatever, i didn't like him any old way.

my dog baby is doing SO much better it's amazing! she's now taking a medrol shot in addition to ivermectin and antihistamine pills and in a month it's made such a huge difference, i can't believe it. her fur is growing back and no more itchies! she gets a medicated bath every week, sometimes 3 times a week if needed, and that's also helping. i was going to put her down last month (finally came to the decision to be brave) but at the last minute my cousin (who is a vet! i never knew it) came to the rescue with encouraging words for me. God is good to me and mine because my vet charges me about 100.00 per month for ALL of this treatment, whereas i'd be paying close to 500.00 a month with her last vet, and most others. it's still difficult to afford but we make due.

my husband was given a hit, so he will not be paroling home this summer like we prayed. but everything happens for the best and God is good, so we are happy to announce that in september of 2010 he will be home with no parole and no one to answer to. we are waiting to leave the city and move, and since he won't have to ask permission to move, we can just go without issue. that is a blessing.

we are going through a very rough patch right now however *unfortunately*. but like everything else, i am confident that all will work out in the end.

so you get to hear this mad prison wife's ramblings for another year and a half (when i get a working laptop back).

there was a woman who asked for a laptop on freecycle and got one. then a man came through and asked for one and he also received it! i posted up and asked for one and nothing yet haha. but that's ok, i have my eyes set on a new *used* dell anyway, i know what i want! :P


business would be picking up alot faster if i had a computer. hmm...but i am becoming more confident daily in my product and i believe that it will be a success. check out my website here and support me!

oh man oh man i wish i had more time to sit and catch up, but i don't :( maybe later i'll be able to come back and just sort through and post normally...but until then...

later gator!!!

of things related and unrelated - 1/5/09

why am i already having problems with writing 2009, when in 2008 i always accidentally wrote 2009 as the date?

the phone sex with hubby after we've had it out is always amazing. sometimes it's like the real thing.

i didn't know that flo rida has some really good songs. he always seemed too hoodish for me, but some of them i am really feeling. i also didn't know he was as cute as he is.

i've taken up the art of guppying...or raising guppies. while i've lost over 40 thus far, i have 6 that are thriving...and i am hoping they give me good offspring. guppies.com is my new favorite hangout on the web. raising guppies is very relaxing and rewarding...but then again i've always loved keeping fishtanks.

my girls are loving the items they got for Christmas, and i am happy to say that they are really taking care of the things they got.

i've decided to start collecting items for hubby's homecoming. it's fun and it reminds me that we're getting nearer and nearer to this being over. some of the things i've collected for him thus far: cook books, a rolling pin, a george foreman grill (all of these items were freecycled to me), a 12 piece pot and pan set, measuring spoons. i am encouraging him to follow his passion for the culinary arts. he wants to go to school when he comes home for this very thing.

said school for hubby is 1,500.00. much to my pleasure, that is not expensive at all for an entire certification. much to my pleasure even more, i am learning that parole may very well pay for the classes. if they don't, well God will make a way. but we are going to get him into this school because much to my pleasure, they offer it right in our hometown.

i love freecycle.

i love ebay.

i love etsy.

i have been officially diagnosed as having "cooking mama" syndrome. when things are going smoothly and wonderfully...i'm delighted. but make a wrong move and my brain basically catches on fire...and i want to screech, "don't worry...mama will fix it!!!"

spanish music is suddenly extra appealing to me. perhaps it's because in less than a year i'll actually know what is being said on the songs.

i love the way the girls' bedroom is set up. the walls and curtains really bring it out.

i am supposed to be resealing a 35 gallon hexagon fishtank as a house project. i think i'm going to start tomorrow because my oscar really needs to be rehoused, and he'd look gorgeous in that tank.

i had a great time at Holy Communion tonight.

one of the biggest things i look forward to when hubby comes home is his massages. he can put me to sleep with those things. they are his way of making love to me with nothing but his hands.

ahhh...life.

of things related and unrelated - 8/26/08

i have decided to start blogging more often because i tend to lose myself in the blogosphere and then have a difficult time gaining myself back.

i am really loving my hair these days. it's growing out and longer, and now it's starting to look defined.

school starts in one week. and i am so not ready.

my hubby and i have decided that we can pull these last 11 months, but it is going to break our behinds. we are tired and want prison to be over with already. but today, we have decided that this time is nothing compared to what we've done.

i paid off my subscription to figure magazine. I LOVE FIGURE MAGAZINE! yay--another year of beauty--full figure style!

i got a 10.00 off coupon for my kid's school clothes--2 days after i brought them. i am going to see if i can get my 10.00 back by going to the store to present the coupon.

i really missed reading some of my favorite blogs. having a life outside of the i-net can so suck at times.

the business is coming along beautifully. i am basically ready to start. now time to learn about marketing techniques for the small business world!

it's already 2:30 pm. where does the time fly?

of things related and unrelated - 7/1/08

i have a really bad cold, and now i'm getting an earache. i am going to force myself to go to the doctor...it's been literally years since i've had an ear infection.

in an effort to expand my horizons/borders/mindset more, i've decided to add a google newsreel to my blog. that way, when i view it, i can also view current stories. i am doing this because i don't watch tv nor do i ever read the news. one time there was a main water break in the city and i didn't find out until a week after it happened. people went without water for five days--i had NO clue. not good.

advil pm really, REALLY works. i use my coupons of course and get a bottle worth 5.00 for about 0.80, so of COURSE it's worth it to me! but it really works...and if i say that, it's good! because i have an extremely high pain tolerance, so most regular medicines and doses don't work well for me.

adopt a soldier! i adopted one, and he hasn't written me back. it's a little wierd writing and mailing off letters when you aren't sure that they reach their destination. in my mind, i imagine them going on a journey and winding up in some far off land that i'll never get to see. a little bit wierd, but hey. the instructions say to keep writing, even if you don't recieve a respons. and they aren't coming back to me...so they are going somewhere.

blogs on racial justice and racism and american politics really have me questioning some of my prior beliefs. i guess you can say that i grew up pretty sheltered or something because i have yet to experience racism on some of the both subtle and grand scales that i am reading about, despite being a black woman. my mom says that i probably had no clue when it was staring me in the face. at this time, i am not sure if that is a good or a bad thing.

i've decided to get a dyson, and not a kirby. i've also decided to hold off on replacing the carpet in the living room until i see how well (or not well) the dyson works for us. whatever i can do to save money, i'm all for.

lately we've been cooking, and cooking good meals at home. i might be the next emeril.

i am still feeling lil' wayne. i heard his entire CD, and i love it. of course i have no real clue about "hip hop" and what not, i am really commercial in a sense...but i still am snapping my fingers and clicking my heels to the beat (he is my guilty pleasure).

for some odd reason, our pit-bull isn't reacting as well to the ivermectin drops this time around as she usually does. i'm not sure if it's the humidity, or the being in the house so much, or what. but i expected a way better improvement than i've been getting from the medicine.

of things related and unrelated - 6/12/08

today was a much better day overall than yesterday. it was cooler, my attitude was better, and i was calmer. i thank God for answering my prayer for more patience. today i seemed to be full of it.

what goes around comes around. my sister took me to fredericks of hollywood and brought me 2 bras for 30.00 (they are having a huge sale). i have been eyeing these bras for about three days now but didn't have the money. God is good for small blessings, one of the reasons i love Him so much.

i feel that i need to be sterner on my children. they get away with things they shouldn't. when i questioned my parenting skills however, my hubby was sure to let me know in no uncertain terms that i am not a bad mother.

i am REALLY feeling lil wayne's songs lately. i am not into the whole "hard rap" thing, but he really has my head bopping and my fingers snapping. he's also making me laugh. i am really considering buying his cd. i love everything he's coming out with thus far.

my friend had an accident and crashed her van, which gets us 80 miles round trip to and from visitation using less than 1/4 of a tank of gas (a miracle). just when i think that we have a "set routine" for this prison lifestyle, it changes.

i really cannot afford 20.00 for this chinese food that we ordered. but what the hey. my kids and i deserve a treat every now and then. i hope it is as good as it sounds.

i have to buy diapers, overnight underwear, and carpet cleaner tomorrow. that should run me about 35.00. i also have to buy the dog her medication, which also will run me 35.00. that is 70.00 right there. money goes so quickly, it makes no sense.

i really love donnie mcclurkin. his songs speak right to my heart. i so love him. i thank God for him. he has gotten me through some days where i honestly thought i couldn't go any further.

i am feeling sprint. i got four free ringtones today, just for browsing the site. how cool is that? i downloaded mary j. blige, lil wayne, plies, and rick ross. yay.

i am considering investing 70.00 that i do not have for an entire body girdle that is supposed to help you lose 2 full dress sizes as soon as you put it on. i met a woman today who says they actually work. i wonder if anyone else has had experience with this.

i really do love my life. despite all it's bumps and ups and downs, God is so good to me. thank You Jesus.