Introducing a friend....

This beautiful woman is Adanita Ross. She was originally a coworker/friend of my neice. Eventually she became my friend as well. She kind of kids me about my obsession with David Otunga and such, but when we are not working hard at our jobs we will email each other constantly about life situations. She's so cool she even let me make her into a cartoon!

Of course it doesn't hurt to kind of latch onto someone that is so talented! When she blows up I will be able to say " THAT'S MY FRIEND YA'LL!!"

OH COME ON NOW!!! I GOT PUNKED!

In 2007 I have truly learned how blessed I was.... things were really coming around for me. It's sad that certain aspects came to an end, but in truth it was coming for a long time & I was dragging my feet about it. But that's neither here nor there. Someone out there is PULLING MY LEG!! Then again I guess I set myself up for such...I mean when you are such a fan, can you really beleive when the actual celebrity comes calling? Like that " LEAVE BRITNEY ALONE!!" guy... has he met her yet? So today I sign in & find a comment left on the 1st page dedicated to my latest celebrity crush... guess who. Haven't you been reading in the last 2 weeks! It's David Otunga...aka "Punk" from that show "I Love New York II" on VH1. Yeah, a comment from David. I'll beleive it when he emails me personally a photo that cannot be found on the several .Myspace pages that are floating out there! I'm not trying to marry the guy, I'm not trying to start a romantic relationship at all (not that I would refuse if he offered!), but I thought he would be a nice person to know. And I think he would like to get to know me as well! I mean come on! Everyone that has gotten to know me in some way or fashion has not regretted it one bit! And everyone can always use a new friend, lol. So yeah, DAVID... if it's really you Holla back.

MMM... Pineapple!! FINALLY!!

No, David didn't call or write me yet... but I'm still hoping :) David, you're missing out on a great friendship here! Think about it! If you ever had to come visit sunny SW Florida you know you'd have a place to stay!

I say finally because I can really see the growth in my hair since the fall out of cancer treatment in 2004. 4 years now...& today I can finally pull it all into 1 ponytail! I got my Pineapple as Brunsli called it!

And that is my PINK sweater hoody I got from the American Cancer Society as a thank you for my fund-raising efforts last year in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer campaign. I didn't know that they gave out great stuff like this when you raise some serious bucks! That gives me even more incentive to raise more $ next year. Maybe I'll start my campaign over the summer for the event in October?

Still no call... no email... no nothing

DAVID OTUNGA!!! WHERE ARE YOU!!!
A friend of mine hooked me up with the song " Stormy Monday". We were talking about the music we listen to when we're in that "Woe is me" mode. He just went through a divorce & here I am going into one....so he kind of guides me through the upcoming emotions I may experience. As bad as this may sound, I just haven't been this blue yet. I haven't had time with everything else going on around me...

How Hard Can it Be??

Meeting new friends... trying to be more sociable... and failing. I don't understand how people do it. I've never actually met up w/ people outside of a work or school setting. My friends are usually people I worked with or went to school with. Or maybe they are a friend of a friend that I worked or went to school with. There is one exception... my Internet friends.
I have groups of fellow moms that I will share thoughts & laughs with. What's our common bond? One group all had kids in the same month, the other group are all single moms. In both groups (of all women) I'm not the ring leader or all that outgoing, but they seem to think I'm a comedian! They think I'm funny, without even trying. Yeah, I like to make people laugh...but given my present situation I'm trying hard to make myself laugh and haven't really had the time to entertain others.
And you know, me being the tomboy that I am, I always thought that I got along better with men than I did with women. I guess the tides have turned. I can't seem to make ANY real male friends. I do still have the few friends I worked with, but they are hard to keep in contact. If I approach any other males, it's automatically taken as some sort of foreplay or something. Since when did "Hi, my name is........" become a precursor to " Do ya wanna get funky w/me... do you wanna wanna, do you wanna, do you wanna wanna? Men these days are getting real hard to figure out, & I just don't feel like wasting the short time I have on this earth in trying to figure the puzzle out. Let me tell you what I've come across:

• The Looking for friends guy- yeah he wants to make new friends like I do... but doesn't care to communicate. Doesn't like sitting at the PC typing, so emails or online chatting is out. Doesn't like sitting on the phone. I guess I'm supposed to stay in touch by snail mail.
• The Looking for the one that makes me laugh- claims he likes to laugh, have fun, likes to smile, very adventurous, the perfect gentleman. I guess I need to set up my mic & comedy routine for this one. Kinda hard performing for an audience that won't participate. Any comedian will tell you how they kinda get fed from the audience energy...so when we talk & all I get are 1 word answers... it's hard to build comedy out of that, sorry. What am I supposed to do, tickle you with a feather? What am I... hear to amuse you? I don't do props, I'm not Carrot Top.
• The I'm so Into You guy- I'm on the fence about this one. The problem may have been my issue alone, or maybe he really is a psycho & I needed to get away from him. I met this one guy one night at a club. After being felt on & groped by other men ( they thought that was dancing!) I finally found a guy that didn't have to be in my personal private space in order to dance WITH me. I thought that was so cool that I hung out with him for the night. He seemed nice, so we exchanged #'s to stay in communication. Of course in the very beginning he got the mandatory speech that I just wanted to be friends, wasn't looking to start anything... and he said he understood. Within 2 days he's asking if he could come over & give me a bath & massage. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Is this the sort of thing friends do for each other?

I'm too tired to post more... but there are others. You know there are.

Oh David, I'm still waiting to hear from you

Move over Shemar Moore...

A conversation held this morning with a friend:

Me: HEY!!! I need your help! 12:03 PM


Him: k 12:03 PM




Me: http://www.myspace.com/davidotunga This guy is in the Chicago area. Please find him, give him my number, & convince him that I am a great friend! He volunteers at Operation Push sometimes... 12:04 PM



Him: huh? 12:05 PM




Me: I WANT THAT MAN to be my friend... I can't get in a relationship w/ him so I have to settle for friend 12:05 PM



Him: who is he? 12:06 PM




Me: Punk from I Love New York II 12:06 PM



Him: ahhh 12:06 PM

ok riiiiiiiiiiiiiii 12:06 PM

ill get right on that 12:06 PM




ME: PLEASE DO before another skank gets her claws in him 12:07 PM

I'm putting my request out to EVERYONE in the world that knows me! If you know David Otunga, a.k.a. PUNK from I Love New York II, PLEASE tell him to holla at me! I invite you all to check out the previously mentioned myspace page where I 'borrowed' these photos. I don't know if I will get sued for this, but maybe since he is a lawyer he will have to contact me to cease & desist... therefore establishing contact & maybe I can have my Happily Ever After! LOL!

Simple things can mean a lot!

I am learning to take pleasure in the smallest of things. When my kids do things together like reciting almost the entire script from an Underdog cartoon they watched...or realizing that I do have the ability to mow my entire lawn by myself. Makes me feel pretty good about myself & that I am here to enjoy this life.
And then there's accomplishing things that you never thought you would....or just kept putting off til a later date. Well you know tomorrow is promised to no one. So if there is something I want, I'm going to start making steps to go out & get it. Saving up pennies if I have to....and as long as nothing else in my life suffers to accomplish my goals... that's what I'm going to do in 2008.
So since 1983 I have been CRAVING a pair of pink Converse Chuck Taylor gym shoes. I just thought they were soooo cool... especially while break dancing. Since my son recently got a pair from his father, I got my daughter the pink high tops that I always wanted. Then I thought to myself that it's great to give her things I never got & always wanted, but who says I still can't get it???? I just got them this week. Now I'm officially a cool mom :) HAHAHA! I didn't get the high tops... they would take too long to lace up & are not practical given my daily schedule, you know!