Good Monday Morning... Birthday Sweepstakes Winner

It's that time again... Time for the sweepstakes winner to be announced!

First of all.... Good Monday Morning.

It's been a cold and rainy weekend in the ATL. Not really all that cold. But everyone seems to be collectively wide-eyed, trying not to get caught up in some tomfoolery where it's so cold that rain turns into ice and we all iced out and sitting on the highway looking straight up crazy...

But oh well. That didn't happen. And I need it to not do anything ratchet like that, as I am flying out to a conference later this week. It's only for a couple of days up north, but I don't want to be on the TV news telling a story of being straight stranded somewhere. Nope.

So hopefully all goes well. My weekend has been a blur of getting ready for this trip. I've pulled my flyest gear out the closet and making sure it all fit just right. And it looks like I am pretty much ready to go.

Anyway, on to the winner of the Birthday Sweepstakes. This year, there is only one winner. I kept it low-key on purpose. I've been so busy and distracted, that I didn't think I could blog as much as I wanted. But I actually posted all that blog posts I wanted to post, mostly reminescing about year 44. So I am glad about that. But since I said only one winner early on, then one winner it is.

So there were 73 entries. Here they are.

If you don't see your name, it's on the second page, under the first. That is mostly email and/or text messages. Sorry. By the time I realized it, I had cut up the names.

'Tis a small stack, as compared to my Dr. Parker soda can.

And that's cool. A low key drawing this time.

I have a new person responsible for pulling my names... I moved to a new building, and I found someone new in my area. Hence, Commander By has been fired. (He wasn't too sad about it. I think he is happy for his military comrad to take over his job).

The new person sits in my area in the new building. Her name is Commander "Git Jiggy Wit It!"

Just like Commander By, she too is a member of the military, trained in hand-to-hand combat. I NEVER worry about some active shooter, terrorist, or alien rolling up into the workplace with some tomfoolery.

I'm not all that worried because Commander Git Jiggy Wit It sits a couple of cubicles away. I will just go crawl up under her desk.

She got on her combat boots! Laced all the way up!

Anybody come near us, she will STOMP them. And when she kicks the enemy's azz, she doesn't have to worry about losing her footwear. That's smart, if you ask me.

She really doesn't even need to stomp a fool. She has deadly hands. When those hands ball up into angry fists, it is ON and POPPIN!

Fist's of Fury!

I'll just run over her way and be protected by her Fists of Fury!

Fists tough enough to take out the enemy!

In one shot. One right hand jab will do it!

Yet...

She has hands gentle enough to nurture and care for her children, a little boy and a little girl.

Hands precise and agile enough to pull the winning name of the Oldgirl LadyLee 45th Birthday Sweepstakes!

So it was time to pull a name. We needed a container. There was the plastic bag...

But I decided that would be better used as a purse.  A Jiggy purse, for when she was out in the field undercover. She can't carry her normal fly pocketbook, as that will cause her to stand out to the enemy.  She can conceal her Git jiggy essentials in this Git Jiggy Pocketbook and tape it to her chest. Yes. Undercover! Vice!

We can't have her standing out! (Especially since she is protecting MY freedom. NO!)

So we pulled out the Git Jiggy Cup!

So she shaked the Jiggy Cup...

And she shaked the Jiggy Cup!

And she pulled a name!

And the winner is....

That Oldgirl Chele!!!!

!!Chele!!

Chele! Your comment on the 9th on the Good Monday Morning Post Birthday edition did for you, hon!

Oh wait... Commander Git Jiggy Wit It has to officially certify the winnings...

Chele! You win a $45 gift card from Target or Walmart!

Go girl! I said Go Girl!

I like Chele. She's been one of my favorite bloggers for the last 8 or 9 years.

She is one of my favorite authors. I love her books.

And she is also my favorite SuperHero.

I think she had just won a figure competition. And righfully so. But that looks like some type of sword she has in her hands. I assume that is the trophy.

But she is a superhero in my book. I remember when she started that fitness journey, when it was a mere seed, a mere thought in her mind. It is always wonderful to read and be a witness such a uncommon thing happen.

And the trophy, it's a sword. She can take out some people with that... Hence Super Chele to the rescue!

All she needs is a cape, man.  Fab Fit Flygirl!

50 looks good on YOU!

(She is gonna kill me for jacking pictures off her site. Oh well. You need to lock those down, hon.You will have to come to the ATL and chase me down).

I've always wanted to meet Chele. That's a bucket list item. But I fear it would be like when Celie passed out on the dirt road when Shug Avery was leaving for Memphis. She is such an icon in my eye. Sigh.

I wish I lived up her ways. She has started her own personal training company. I would be a client. I would just have to get behind on my mortgage and mess up my credit score. I want to be fab and fit at 50 too!

Ok. Time for me to stop jocking!

So congrats Chele. Good for you. Holler at me on my gubment or oldgirlladylee email. Or twitter. Or facebook. Whereever honey! And if you want me to hit up a Sports Authority for the gift card, I will. Just make sure the sports store is near Downtown ATL, preferably out on the Southside. Okay??

I know you like Target. So holler back!

So that's it for the sweepstakes. Next Sweepstakes is in August for my 10th Bloggaversary.

I need to start saving up money for that one. What I want to do? I don't know if I can afford to do. But we will see. Yes indeed.

So watch out, now!

That's it for the sweepstakes. In honor of Commander Git Jiggy Wit It's first day on the job, the Song of the Week is dedicated to her!! Will Smith "Get Jiggy Wit it"



Not sure how long that will stay up before it is yanked. So enjoy while you can.

Thank you Commander Jiggy for pulling the names. And thank you for protecting my freedom!

Stay tuned for a full battery of posts this week, some automatic as I will ghost. And don't come trying to rob my crip. I have a bootleg housesitter. That should shock Mitch and Callie good fashion, lol.

Have a great week. Not by default, but by design. On purpose!!!

Good Monday Evening... The Birthday Sweepstakes Edition

It is Monday, and I meant to do this post this morning. Sigh. Oh well.

I'm doing it now, and that is all that matters.

So today is my birthday week! I should be doing all kinds of wide swooping cartwheels up and down the hallways!

But I am not.

No I'm not sad about my birthday. That will NEVER be the case. I celebrate each birthday for the simple reason that I have made it to a new birthday.  There are people who didn't make it to a new birthday.  Heck, they didn't even make it to a new year.

But I made it to a new year. And I will hopefully make it to my Saturday birthday.

And that alone is worth celebrating. Indeed.

No, I have just been busy. I am a little more busy mentally than usual. And I haven't been all that engaged like I should be. So there hasn't been this big buildup I have every year, where I give away my birthday gift cards, etc. I almost forgot about all that, lol. So I am trying to get myself back on course.  

Anyway, I am excited about my birthday. My birthday falls on this Saturday, and I would take off Thursday, Friday, AND Monday if I could get away with it. But it looks like I will only take Friday off because I have stuff to do. Oh well. Thank you Lord that I have a job. Period.

With that said, I had a pretty good weekend... save for that odd ending to the Super Bowl.  I had the same face as Richard Sherman had:

That's the face I had. I felt just like him.

Ya'll better be glad I was up waiting for clothes to dry. I was on the phone with my best friend LadyTee at the time. I was screaming "Noooooooooooooo!" louder than I'd ever screamed in my entire life. Her son was in their living room wailing just as hard. She wasn't watching and was bewildered by our yelling. I told her. Then the buzzer on the dryer went off. And I went and folded some clothes, then went on to bed.

I couldn't sleep, so I listened to a trusty Alan Stanley episode on my app. I'd been listening while cleaning up anyway.  I heard something very interesting in the Ask It series of the past month. And I will let it be the Quote of the Week.

So we all have heard, when trying to make a decision, that we should stop and ask ourselves "What would be the right thing to do here in this situation?"

A MUCH better question is the following:

In light of YOUR past experience, in light of YOUR current circumstances, and in light of YOUR future hopes and dreams... What would be the wise thing to do in this situation?

The question just shook me to the bones. Why? Because it brings painful clarity. It is a much deeper question than asking what the right thing to do is? And the answer differs for each person. Everyone has a different set of past experiences, current circumstances, and future hopes and dreams.

And my personal opinion is that it's more painful to deal with yourself than others. Why? Because we are culturally conditioned to be an expert on everyone's lives but our own. We have immediate opinions about what everybody else is doing, but won't face our own issues. Hmm.

Besides, we ask ourselves that question in one way or another. And we do one of two things: be honest with ourselves or deceive ourselves. That question makes everything less... foggy.

Interesting. I will thinking about that question for a long time.

And Pastor Stanley said if you find this question stupid, then you just don't have your own best interest in mind. And if you don't have your own best interest in mind, then who will?

O_O.

Ouch, ouch, OUCH. Wow.

*crickets*

Yes... I will be thinking about that for awhile. And rightfully so.

Anyway, on to a song of the week. I have been listening to a lot of old Wale. He use to do some go-go music back in the day. That's better than this... Mayback Music. I hope he goes back to it. I am glad dude can rap about other matters unrelated to the usual Maybach topics. I can't seem to track down many clean versions, but you know how I love instrumentals. And this one has the hook."Pretty Girls".



That is awesome. Too much go-go gets a little overwhelming, but his old mixtapes are full of it. Go-go is so regional, more prevalent up in the DC corridor, so I don't hear much of it down here in the ATL. I love music discovery, and that was a good find.

That's it for me. Stay tuned for a full load of posts. I figure that if I right that, I will do it.

Yes, I will do it.

I will do it, I will do it, I will do it.

On purpose. 

And I will give away a $45 gift card for my birthday. Yes I will. But I will do that 2 weeks out, around Valentine's day.  That will give me 2 full weeks of posts to produce, perhaps.

For I am waxing nostalgic about the past year. I am turning 45. How have I changed? What's bothering me? How have I grown? How have the events of the past year affected me?

I will peruse, pontificate, and wax nostalgic. You do what YOU do best: comment to win. The more comments the better chance of winning. I have a pretty good system of keeping track of comments, so you can comment here, on text, or on my Oldgirlladylee gmail. Some of ya'll even hit me on the twitter streets. That is fine, as it comes straight to my phone. Glory!

Birthday Sweepstakes begins now... through February 15!

Holler back! On purpose!