Monday Morning Ramblings

Obama to you, blog fam!

(Uh, that means Good Morning!)

Not exactly a great morning for me. Aunt Flo showed up unexpectantly yesterday. I am NOT a happy camper. It is 5:30 a.m., I have a headache, and I should be at home sleeping hard right about now.

. . .Or at least stuck off on the edge of town alone in a tent, like the women of biblical times were.

So fellas, stop reading for a second, or skip ahead, because I have a question for the females out here during these "special" times of the month.

Have you ladies tried the doggone Always Infinity Pads? If not, get yourself some of THOSE!

They are, like, 9 bucks a box, which is highway robbery. I've seen some 2 dollar coupons in the Sunday papers. But my goodness. All I gotta say is technology is a MUTHA!! I hope whatever engineer in the lab came up with those get a PHAT raise or something!

I FULLY endorse those suckers.

It is the official pad of the House of LadyLee!

LOL!

Okay fellas... you can read now.

My weekend. It was pretty uneventful. I have more trouble than usual sleeping on the weekends because I am so glad to be off from work, lol. But I did the usual: got up, washed clothes and cleaned up. I think I yacked on the phone real early Saturday morning with my BFF LadyTee for awhile, which is unusual, because that chick gets her beauty sleep.

Then I hung out with my financial group, the Triple F Possee, i.e., the Financial Freedom Fighters. I tell ya, I like those Oldgirls. They are making such financial breakthroughs... Man, I just want to touch the hem of their skirts, you know what I mean? Maybe some of it will rub off on me!

I like my finance group.

*Lee smiles hard like Celie*

Anyway, we had our outing for the year, and we chose to go grocery shopping together. I actually sat my tail down and came up with a loose list of what I needed, and even organized my coupons.

Now, we hit up 3 grocery stores. My gang leader, The Green Eyed Bandit, led us first to Aldi Grocery store. This store has been in Atlanta for the past year, and I have passed it several times. LadyTee howled about having to pay a quarter for a buggy, well... I stayed away. But since the Green Eyed Bandit liked it, well, it MUST be a good place:)

None of the other Financial freedom fighters had been there either, so this was interesting.

I noticed one thing: there was no music in the place. It was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. I felt like I should be meditating or praying while I shopped. I whined terribly about this, as over at my White People's Kroger (the place I normally shop), they kick PLENTY of Luther and Jodeci REAL loud. The Green Eyed Bandit ignored my wails, told me to go ask the people about music.

I just left it alone... But I got some good deals there, and will be going back!

I learned that the Obi-Wan Kenobi of our group, Kat, LOVES honey crisp apples. I'd never heard of those. I made sure to follow up behind her and get one. Maybe they will make me as smart and wise as her!

I am happy to say that I saved 1.40 cents with my coupons, and only went over my 50 dollar budget by 3 dollars. Hooray for me!

So now, I have a better plan, and I've learned some good tips from the ladies that I can incorporate into my own shopping.

But besides that, the weekend was normal. I crocheted and watched football on Sunday. I fixed a big pot of turkey chili, a pan of cornbread, and some baked chicken. I have some cabbage and collard greens left over from last week. So I shouldn't have to cook at all week! That's the way I like it!

Happy Birthday Auntie Joyce! My Auntie Joyce turned 59 on Sunday. I mailed her a birthday card.

She called me, almost speechless. But she said one thing that took me aback:"Lisa, I always see these on your blog, but I didn't think I would ever get one."


She was so grateful for that card, and talked much about it. It was a Papyrus card. I wrote her a one page letter (the card was so pretty that I just didn't want to write in it). My aunt is a cat person, and this is the card I sent her.

She went into deep detail on the style/genre of painting it was. I saw many *crickets* while she talked about it, but I could hear the glee in her voice. She is a teacher at heart, and never hesitates to educate me on her craft, for which I am grateful.

My Auntie is an incredible artist, and I was taken aback by the card (bought it in July), because it looks like something she would draw. Here's an example of some of her work...

Yeah. That's what's hot. They look like photographs, don't they?

My Auntie is the best artist in the Solar System, hands down.

Happy Birthday, Auntie!!

Food for thought for the week. I heard two interesting things about "worry" yesterday:

Worry is meditation on what's going wrong in your life.

Worry is you saying that you don't trust God to hear you or do what He says He will do concerning you.

Hmmm. I often think about this. I think we all worry in some form or another. Why, look at all these people worrying over the economy and what not. This completely baffles me. Just imagine if we didn't have the news pumping this "fear" into us. Would we be so caught up?

But for me, escpecially in my 30's, I have asked myself one question: Am I going to worry about my situation or is this an opportunity for me to work my faith in God, who takes care of me, who knew me and my path when I was still in the womb?

Your scripture for the week: Luke 12:22-30 (Message Bible Translation)

Final word: He takes care of the birds of the air, and the lilies of the field...

You are a bit more important than any of that.

How much more He will take care of you?

Really though.

We all have long laundry lists of blessings and breakthroughs. I submit that that list won't stop growing, even in these times.

And the church said...

Amen!

*LadyLee fans self with her Obama church fan*

(Don't YOU wish you had an Obama Church fan?)

Ya'll have a mighty fine week... on purpose.