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Wassup Boys and Girls...

It's me, your Friendly Neighborhood Oldgirl LadyLee

Man...

I haven't felt like posting.

Not that I don't have much to say. My posts are all jumbled in my head. It would do me good to post twice a day right now.

I just got so MUCH stuff going on.... on a mental tip, that is.

Nothing bad, of course.

Our church fast started today. And it's hard for me, since I've been transitioning out to vegetarian. Ugh, gotta make sure I do something different I suppose. We're under Daniel Fast rules, and it don't bother me one bit to eat vegetables, fruit and water. I'm down for that. I like cheese and ice cream, so I'm cutting that out. Also, I'm ditching sweets. Let's see, what else...

Serenity and I started a new workbook, entitled He Speaks to Me: preparing to Hear from God. Serenity picks workbooks that have me like O_O at times. This is a good one, though. A bit brutal. (Had me hollering "Lawd, I'm so frickin' trifling!"), but January is a good personal examination time and well... a good workbook definitely forces it.

I've had MUCH fun this week on Twitter with some twitta sistas... They wanted a look at some of my writing. I sent out a first chapter teaser. Do you know these broads BARRELED through 35 chapters in a matter of a day or two? Amazes me when people read that fast. I read slow like Celie, when Nettie was first teaching her how to read. Yeah, THAT slow!

This story is one that I'm particulary proud of, and how it's crafted. It's also a story where I wrote some chapters out of order. Like, I'm working on chapter 37, and I wrote part of it a year ago. I think I may practice that more in the future.

It made me feel real good for the young ladies to spend time reading my words, and getting totally caught up and to make a couple of them cry. I really like to throw the reader into emotional turmoil!!! I got a long way to go on that, but with more practice, I will most certainly get there!

I plan this month to sit down and think about my goals. I've already thought about them, it's just that they are up in my head. I definitely will blog about my writing goals, vegetarian goals, loosely about my financial goals, etc. I think it's important to write them down, get them on paper. Holds me a bit accountable.

That's all I got ta say today!

Here's a quote I came across on Twitter, from a brother name Consciousskillz:

"The removal of objects that stand in front of us begins with the removal of the doubts and negative perceptions that reside within us."

Yeah that's deep.

Let that marinate. I'll let you ponder... and wonder.

I gotta get UP! (Well, been up since 5 am, needed to get up at 4am. Oh well).

Go on into this workplace, and make it happen! Let my light shine! *church shouts*

Ya'll have a great day... on purpose...

STAR DATE

2011.1.1

ALAS

THE FIRST DAY OF

THE SECOND DECADE OF THE

21st CENTURY IS AT HAND.

IT BEGINS TODAY!

(((((((HAPPY NEW YEAR)))))))


From your Friendly Neighborhood Oldgirl

LadyLee

Friday Freestyles: "Last Day of 2010

It's Friday...

And I'm LAAAAAAAZZZZZZZYYY!

Because I am off today.

Alas... It is the last day of the Year. The very last day of 2010.

I can't say that I'm sad to see it go.

As the old saying goes... Out with the old! In with the new.

It's 65 degrees today in the ATL. It's so nice that I opened the kitchen windows and let a little of the warm breeze flow through the house.

I am glad for the warm weather.

Because on Christmas day, it was looking a little something like this:

Yeah! We had a cherished White Christmas in the ATL. OH JOY!

Ya'll up north can have that snow. LadyLee is NOT dreaming of a White Christmas. LadyLee is dreaming of a Sunny 75 degree Christmas.

Anyway, I didn't get a chance to wrtie about Christmas. It wasn't a big production or anything. I simply hung out with my sister alllll day, eating and watching movies. I made a chicken and andouille sausage cornbread dressing. I also mad a crawfish cornbread dressing. She hooked up some collard greens, ham, chicken and sweet potatoes and a peach pie.

A laid back day. I remember laying on the couch saying "This is the absolute most laziest day I've had allll year."

LOL

This whole holiday season has caught me off guard something terrible because I WORKED. I didn't take any time off, and this whole week I was in charge (bleh).

So.... let's just say, I haven't been all "Fa-la-la-laaaaa!"

And that's cool... Let's just say next year I'm taking off.

On a high note... I worked hard during the holidays because I want to take a month off for my birthday. The whole month.

LOL.

Can I pull it off? I don't know? My birthday is February 7.

I'll be 41 years old.

I want to take off from February 7-March 4th.

I have a long cruise the latter part of that month.

I want to do 2 more small trips in addition to that.

Hark!

Is that enough of a 2011 goal for you?

LOL

Yeah, that's a goal.

I don't make resolutions. An Oldgirl needs a new year REVELATION.

Something so powerful that it will change my thinking. Change my thinking, and I change my life.

2010 is coming to an end... I don't have any hoopla.

The most memorable thing for me was going debt free minus the house. Now that was the highlight of my year.

I became a better listener this year. You'd be amazed the amount of people who just need someone to just listen. I learn much about my ownself when I listen.

I make sure to listen. But I want to do better in 2011.

The best thing and most amazing thing to me that happened in 2010 is making it through a whole year and seeing 2011.

You realize how many folk didn't make it this far?

If you are reading this, you did. If you didn't accomplish anything else this year, you can say that you've lived to see another year. Yeah, I know we have 4 more hours. But still. We are virtually there.

So that's all for freestyle fridays. Yes, I have goals. I may or may not post them. We shall see...

But for now... Out with the old... In with the New.

ON PURPOSE.

See you in 2011.

Holiday Kids

It's a bummer working during the holiday season. In years past, I've taken this time off. I've learned my lesson this year. Next year, I'll resume my normal vacation schedule, lol.

But there's something that makes work a little brighter during these times. It's when people bring their kids in to work.

It's wonderful to see these kids grow up right before my eyes.

My coworker B - his kids didn't come to work, but they wrote a little something for me and the Cowgirl Cre.


Little Bryant, bless his heart. He's just learning to write. Not sure what's all going on with the note (the drawing... I think that's Cowgirl Cre standing next to a tree, and a butterfly is about to land in her weave... Or maybe that tree is me? No, I don't have that much hair), but I know that he and his little brother wanted us to have a good day. I've been looking at the note for the past month, and it reminds me to have a good day ON PURPOSE.


One of my favorite little people, Miss Chase stopped through.

She lost 5 teeth and those adult teeth are coming in.

I'm the tooth fairy's distant cousin, so I gave her 8 dollars.

I whispered in her ear "Don't tell your Mama. She might try to take this money from you."

(Not a good look to whisper that loudly when her Mama Ol' Mean Azz Cynthia is standing right there. Not a good look at all.)

She spent the afternoon with us. She wrote me a lovely note before she left for the day!

And this little fella here...



I've never met him. I just remember when his Mama was big and pregnant with him.

He did not want to smile for me. But you can tell he takes a lot of pictures. Each time I snapped a photo, he immediately was reaching for the camera, wanting to see himself.



I finally got a smile out of him!

Thanks lil' Avery! You made my day.

I love little kids. They have an innocence, a carefree way about them. They don't have a worry in the world.

Don't you wish you could have those days back?

Lord knows I do!