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Be Blogalicious!

Hello World! Represent

I’m just back from Blogalicious 2011 in our nation’s capital where we discovered new blogger buddies, gleaned tips, tools & tricks to step up our blogging; cozied up to brands, loved on Shrek, partied with Ronald McDonald, peeped previews for upcoming Hollywood flicks and MORE – at the Gaylord National Hotel & Convention Center on the Potomac…

But I won’t be selfish…Take a look at my pics…Hopefully, you will feel like you were there…

 Me with a fabulous view of the Gaylord & the Potomac River…

My sweet roommate Boni Candelario, who is a career strategy consultant and empowerment coach. Check her out at Coach’m Up Boni!

The brains behind Blogalicious! Justices Ny & Fergie of the Social Niche dancing at the McDonald’s Mardi Gras party!

Ain’t no party like a Blogalicious party ‘cuz a Blogalicious party don’t stop…Go Justice Fergie, Get Busy!

Representatives from the American Cancer Society, the official sponsor of birthdays, demonstrated the importance of funding cancer research…More Birthdays…For more info on how you can help, go to morebirthdays.com.

I love Shrek! I even have a stuffed Shrek in my bedroom!

Inside the Gaylord…It.was.massive.

The Potomac from the hotel…

Trying very hard not look short & stubby next to the beautiful Paula Patton aka Mrs. Robin Thicke… She was there courtesy of COVERGIRL…

Of course, I have to end this post with a mention of God…Charles Butler and Trinity lifted up God with their beautiful voices as an introduction for a preview of “Joyful Noise”  starring Queen Latifah & Dolly Parton! The movie will be in theaters January 13, 2012…Stayed tuned for more details…

More pics from Blogalicious will be on the Gallery section of my blog by this Friday, Oct. 29!!!

Any thoughts?

 

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My Birthday is My Favorite Day (even if I’m getting older…)

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I have thrived and survived on this earth another year, and I’m so thankful to God for sparing my life another year…Although I am a woman and getting older, I am practicing being proud of my age… (I’m 38.)So although I have been encouraged to start concealing my age, I don’t think I will do so…(still pondering because I am at least teensy bit vain…lol…)

Before I went to bed last night, I asked God to give me the thoughts that I should share here on my blog on my favorite day, my birthday 🙂 Before I do that, first of all, I want to thank my parents for hosting a lovely, impromptu birthday cookin (instead of cookout as it rained…) for me on Monday (Labor Day), and my family and friends for lavishing their love on me. I want to thank R. for taking me out last night! And I’m thankful that today I’m pampering myself with a day off of work:)

And so this morning, the song “My Favorite Things” from “The Sound of Music” keeps playing in my head…so today…since it is my birthday, I can be incredibly self-indulgent and share my favorite things…in no particular order…

  1. globetrotting to places I’ve read about but haven’t visited…cannot wait I until I visit South Africa, Hawaii & France…
  2. the aroma of the pages of a brand new book that I’ve been dying to read..(bet you can’t do this with a Kindle…)
  3. wearing my night scarf and thick glasses around R…
  4. nourishing myself with a good-for-me meal and being satisfied with what I’ve eaten and no more…
  5. losing myself in a really sappy, really mushy, really predictable romance movie…preferably wearing pajamas…
  6. laughing so hard that my tonsils show and I forget that I need braces…
  7. knowing in my soul that I’ve finally gotten something that God has been trying to teach me…
  8. the skirmishes of my three-year-old niece and my ten-year-old nephew…
  9. tasting the salt on my lips and feeling the collective breath of the crowd as I cross the finish line in the Peachtree Road Race…
  10. creating – whether I’m composing a blog post, making a collage or dreaming about the books and articles I will write someday…

I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don’t feel so bad…about getting older…

What are your favorite things?

Any thoughts?

P.S. “My Favorite Things” by John Coltrane

P.S. If you really want to wish me a “Happy Birthday,” click on the follow this blog button on the front page of this blog if you are on Facebook…Please and thank you!

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2011: A New Vision for the New Year…

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Fitness expert Donna Richardson Joyner at her 53rd birthday celebration hosted by her husband, Tom Joyner, radio host superstar...I believe exercise is the real fountain of youth...for more b-day pics, go to essence.com

Time just keeps passing by…I mean it’s already the last Sunday of January 2011…Maybe I’m a little weird or maybe even self-indulgent, but it takes me a month to crystallize my goals, resolutions and dreams  for the New Year. I don’t want to just rattle off goals, resolutions and dreams and not give God the time to direct my thinking…So between today and tomorrow, I will edit my list of goals for the year which I will hang on my bathroom mirror and finish my vision board which I will display in my office…

To that end, Let me share some inspirational articles  that may help you as you crystallize your goals, resolutions and dreams for the New Year…(in no particular order)

  1. “What The Heck’s A Vision Board and How It Can Change Your Life?”  by Martha Beck
  2. “Respecting Our Blind Spots: Sometimes It Takes a Second Look to See God’s Best” by M. Blaine Smith
  3. “Let the Lord Choose Your New Year’s Resolutions” by Dr. Charles Stanley
  4. “Guideposts Classic: Who Inspired Diane Sawyer” by Diane Sawyer
  5. “Five Ways To Become an Instant Frugalista” by Natalie P. McNeal
  6. “Dollars and Sense: Talking Money Before Marriage” by Jacque Reid
  7. “Donna Richardson Joyner Shares 3 Gospel Truths” by Dee Stewart

I hope these articles will inspire you as they have inspired me…

Any thoughts?

Musical inspiration for the New Year…”Strength, Courage & Wisdom” by India Arie…Don’t let procrastination get you down…for real…one of my worst habits…although it has gotten much better in recent years…