Fun Stuff
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Wordless Wednesday: Mini Cupcakes and a Weird Teen
For more Wordless Wednesday, check out Angry Julie, Better in Bulk, Mom Start, The Perfect Line and Resourceful Mommy.
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Today I’m Rocking the Red Pump Because I Care
I care about the women and girls who will be diagnosed with HIV/AIDs. I care about the women and girls whose lives will be affected by HIV/AIDs. I care about the families who will be devastated by this preventable disease. In the U.S. someone is infected with HIV every 9½ minutes. And every 35 minutes a woman in the U.S. tests positive for HIV. Staggering statistics, no? Women of color will be disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDs. In fact, AIDs is the leading cause of death for Black women between the ages of 25 and 34. Sisters (of all colors), we have to protect ourselves. Make sure you: Know your status Practice…
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The Handwriting Meme
It’s so funny that I stumbled across this meme on Allie’s blog, Wardrobe Oxygen, because Miss 17 and I were just talking about how writing is becoming a lost art. Seriously, when I teach classes at the college, I just want to dedicate a couple of classes to writing basics ~ you know, mostly how to write so that I can read what the student has written. As much as I love technology, I hate what it has done to penmanship. My mother taught me how to print and my father taught me how to write in cursive. My mother is left handed, I’m right handed. This was no easy…
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Wordless Wednesday: Huntsville Dam
For more Wordless Wednesday, check out 5 Minutes for Mom…
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I Love My Kids But It’s On Now {In the Family Room}
I like to think I’m a good mother. I’m firm when I need to be (I’ve stripped their rooms to the bare necessities for punishment) and playful most other times (I’ve sent all four of them the following text message at the same time: “Don’t tell the others but you’re my favorite” just to make them laugh). But I was not prepared for their revenge… Wednesday night I arrived home from work to a semi~dark house, a little weird but not enough to raise my suspicions. Usually someone leaves the hall light on for me, instead the living room lamp was on. No biggie, maybe the light blew out. So…
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What Do You Think of the New Facebook Fan Page Profile?
Remember a few weeks ago when Facebook rolled out the new profile pages for its users and everyone was upset about some of the features, namely the row of pictures plastered across the top of the page? Well, guess what? Now Facebook has rolled out pretty much the same new profile page for fan pages as well. Here are some of the changes I noticed to the new profile: 1. The most recent photos posted to the wall or that have been tagged by the page owner form a “banner” across the top of the page. Photos posted by fans don’t appear in the stream. A nice way to highlight…
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Wordless Wednesday: My Front Yard
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Family Movie Night: Change of Plans
Has your life worked out the way you planned? I know mine sure didn’t. When I was younger, I thought I’d graduate from high school, go to college and begin a career as a globe~trotting journalist or spy. Instead, I graduated from high school, joined the Army, got married, had 4 children and became a librarian. But, you know what, sometimes the most unexpected surprises come when your plans get changed. A few weeks ago, Modern Moms provided me with the opportunity to preview a movie called Change of Plans the next movie in Proctor & Gamble’s and Walmart’s successful Family Movie Night. What an awesome opportunity! This movie shows…
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Book Review: Perfect Peace by Daniel Black
BOOK DESCRIPTION The heartbreaking portrait of a large, rural southern family’s attempt to grapple with their mother’s desperate decision to make her newborn son into the daughter she will never have When the seventh child of the Peace family, named Perfect, turns eight, her mother Emma Jean tells her bewildered daughter, “You was born a boy. I made you a girl. But that ain’t what you was supposed to be. So, from now on, you gon’ be a boy. It’ll be a little strange at first, but you’ll get used to it, and this’ll be over after while.” From this point forward, his life becomes a bizarre kaleidoscope of events.…
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Makeup~Free Mondays: Week 3
Yay! I’ve made it to the third week in the Makeup~Free Mondays Challenge. If you don’t know about the challenge, please check out The Beauty Bean. Today was our Christmas Party at work and I was totally and completely makeup~free and it didn’t bother me a bit, nor did it detract from my festive mood. Today’s Makeup~Free Monday tip is to smile! My husband often says that when I’m walking down the street or working on something, I have on “The Face.” I used to think he was just blowing smoke until one day I saw “The Face in the reflection of a window. Talk about scary. No wonder people…
