Sister Callie Faces

For some odd reason, Sister Callie Jo likes to sit on the closed toilet seat and watch me brush my teeth.

She is completely mesmerized by this process.

And you can see that all in her face. Her eyes are wide and non-blinking.

She stays that way until I finish brushing my teeth and I start brushing my hair.

And when I finish putting a little shea butter/coconut oil on my hair, I hit her hair with the excess off of my hands...

I think it bothers her. She is not pleased.

Not pleased at all.

LOL

Thirteen Thursday Thoughts

Lots of thoughts today, so many that I had to go over ten~




1. I made a mistake of buying very cheap trash bags. They are so cheap that I have to double them up so they will not break when I take them out to my can outside. I will not make this mistake again.


2. I have a work trip coming up soon. The worst part is going to the airport, hoping that I didn't leave anything.


3. It always surprises me that I have a lot of clothes. I only find this out when I am packing.


4. It's been raining so much in the ATL that it makes me wonder if we will ever see the sun again.


5. We rarely get hurricanes coming this way, but we do get the outer remnants and bands of the hurricanes. Nevertheless it's always a ton of water involved.


6. With that said, someone should have told Hurricane Alberto that hurricane season starts on June 1, 2018. Humph.


7. And while we're at it, someone tell Roseanne that it's nice to call people out of their names. I am not sure what Jarret did to deserve that. Being black is not a reason.


8. And it's all another lesson in seeds and fruit for me. That show got canceled. And a lot of workers and actors lost their jobs behind a bad seed sown.


9. It's a reminder to check my beliefs and actions, i.e., check my "seeds".


10. Sowing and reaping are first cousins to that thing called Karma. And karma is something else, isn't it?


11. Valerie Jarrett handled that whole situation with class, didn't she? I'm not that mature. I think I would've told that chick to kiss my a**.  Enough said


12. On a good note, Georgia has a chance to have its first black AND female governor. How cool is that.


13. I caught much traffic when trying to go vote in the primary. As a matter of fact, I arrived
at the polling site 5 minutes before closing. It was funny because there was a gang of us running for the door. 


I wasn't going to go since I was running late... but how often do I get to vote for a sister for the democratic ticket for governor? Never. So I ran for that poll!

Sleep... and Play

Dedicated to Chele, who's about to become a grandmother:)

So this is what our past holiday weekend looked like.

The Good Sista Callie know she know how to relax.

Yes... that's what that looked like. Sleeping hard. 

Bootleg hairbrush picture!!

There was some playing, too. Little Justin can stand up now. And that means making my place baby-friendly.

Justin likes to reach for EVERYTHING and put it all in his mouth. Ugh.

He tried to eat the box that his baby legos came in.

NOT a good look.
Mitch was optimistic and hopeful when he saw the legos.

But he is still a bit confused by Justin. He wants to play, but he watches him from a safe enough distance.

Food, family, sleep... and play. Nothing like it in the world!

Ten Tuesday Thoughts

1. The holiday is over! That was a fast 3 day weekend.

2. It felt pretty awful driving in to work today, especially since it was raining hard. There is nothing more interesting than Atlanta traffic as it is, but mix in thunderstorms. WoW!

3. I am amazed that that doesn't happen more often, this rain and traffic mix.

4. The focus of the month of May, well, the past couple of weeks, has been a bit of crocheting

5. That picture in #4 is nice, but it has all looked more like this.

6. I HATE whipstitching squares together. But I'd sent a coworker some pictures of baby blankets, and I let him pick out the blanket he wanted me to make. He chose a checkerboard blue and white blanket, and I hollered "Ewwwwww!" (using my inside voice, though).

7. With that said, this has been an amazingly peaceful whipstitch experience. Why? Because I pulled up some YouTube videos on the subject, and I found a better way to do it. GLORY!!

8. Whipstitched blankets take me about 20% longer to make than a regular baby blanket. And that's alright. I just need to work a little faster.

9. I did not eat lunch today. I was running late this morning and I thought that I would just eat out. But I just called a bootleg fast and kept it moving.  I will eat when I get home. Only water thusfar (and some peppermints). Amen.

10. I missed a group meeting today. I am not sure why we planned a meeting right after a holiday, right when I am scheduled to start work. But I should have known something was up when I roamed around the cubicle area and everyone was gone. That is a bad feeling. I have to come up with a way to remember meetings.


That is it for ten Tuesday thoughts, the post holiday edition. Have a good evening!

Friday Freestyles

Friday!!!

Yes, it is Friday!

And it's a 3 day holiday weekend.

I am REALLY happy about that. And we were just told that we get to leave an hour early today.

*Ladylee doing some SERIOUS clock watching as she packs her bag to leave*

LOL

I have nothing much planned for the weekend. I have to attend a graduation party on Saturday or something. I have to remember to get a card and some cash out of the bank. Hmmm...

Otherwise, it is a quiet weekend. I plan to get quite a bit of reading and journaling done, though.

Pictures of the Week. I have had these pictures since Mother's Day, and I am just loading up. But they are pictures of Scoot Booty, aka, my nephew Justin!

He and his Mama Kentucky showed up at my house. The little dude was looking all dapper in his fly hat.



How fly is he? All he needs is a gold chain!

(He can't have that. He would put it in his mouth).

He can crawl now, so he likes to be down on the floor.



And he's so bold now that he likes to get up on one knee.



Of course he is trying to stand up with no support, but he comes crashing to the ground.

And that hat falls from his head. He was constantly reaching for it and placing it back on his head, albeit crookedly.

He can stand up with support, though!



Go Scoot Booty! You have come a mighty long way, little man. He's only 8 months old, and still underweight, but I think he will be walking before long. Maybe before his first birthday.

This is my favorite picture. Look who's photobombing...

Sister Callie Jo! LOL. And that's her usual facial expression whenever Justin is around. She let's him rub her head, but she is still... perplexed.

Sister Callie Jo is always interested in Justin.

 But she usually goes on her own way... or stay far out of Justin's reach.

Oh, and here's a final picture. It's him and his Mama, my sister!!



This was her first Mothers Day. I think we both forgot, lol. I still need to get her a gift! I was gonna give her some cash, but she didn't want it. I will figure it out!

Quote of the Week. I was watching a TedTalk this week titled "The Art of Being Yourself" by Caroline McHugh, and I came across a fabulous quote. It stuck with me.

"It's not what your life expectancy is, but what do you expect from life, and what does life expect from you?"

That's a short quote, but it's loaded.

That Ted Talk is chock full of quotes. Man oh man. I have listened to it several times. Here's the link... https://youtu.be/veEQQ-N9xWU

That is it for ME. I am just waiting to go home!

GLORY.

But that clock just goes tick, tick, tick. It's like time has slowed or something. Ugh.

I will sit here... and wait... on purpose!

Then I will go on home and have a GREAT weekend.

You do the same.