Conclusions After the 3rd Decade Around Sun

I Am A Weird Limited Edition.

I Am a Christian and Will Live As I Define It.

My Interests Are Extremely Different Than My Peers.

That Armadillo Ball I Form into in order to say No is helping me think.

My ability to empathize is shrinking. I really am only at a Buck Up, Buttercup level.

Colorful Outfits, Slips, Auntie Pumps, & Wedges is My Fashion Mindset. And My King Will Love Me In & Out of Them.

I'll Probably Want to Go to Huge Amusement Parks, Vegas, Times Square, or Atlantic City Before Going on a Cruise or the Beach. Those are relaxing for me.

I Still Want to Go to Australia.

Pop Culture is Dangerous.

I Like Action Films But They Are Very Loud in Theaters.

I Miss Going to the Movies All the Time.

Brunch is My Favorite Meal Despite It Being Trendy.

What Anybody Thinks About Me Really is Not Mt Business.

Being a "Good Girl" is an Annoying Stereotype, That Most Don't Want to Understand.

"Don't Believe Me Just Watch" Was Probably the Mantra for This Decade of Life.

Still, Have to Learn From My Mistakes & Choices. And Like Most, Truthfully I'm Regretfully Only Doing the Basic Work.

Wrong is Wrong and That Can Include Me.

I Should Have Named My Company, Fat Nutritionist.

My Knowledge of & Relationship with Food Must Match One Day.

It Was Refreshing to Find the Terms, Ambivert & Xennial.

Can't Box Me In.

I Love Being the Only Person Defining Me.

Well, Happy 40th Birthday to Me! Where Will My Future Thoughts Take Me? I Can't Wait to Find Out. Oh Yeah, Being Another Decade Doesn't Mean I Won't Listen to My Favorite Song!!!

As Always Talking to You in Adult Terms!!!

My Favorite Season!!!

Hoodies off, you winter loving folks. It is my Favorite season. I Love Spring!!! Yeah, it has pollen that heralds allergy & sinus season. I restocked the meds recently. So, my household is ready.

It also has dangerous storms in it. I saw this first on my Twitter feed. I live in "Tornado Alley" so, weather eyes will be watching.

Spring has:
Easter, My Favorite Holiday. Only new readers don't know that. Do a search within the blog and you will see the numerous posts about my feeling for Easter.

My Birthday is in Spring. Let me learn you something. (Yes, that's slang) 1st day of the next season is June 20th. I was born 4 days before that day. So, I was born in the Spring.

The happy colors come back. I'm a "girly girl". I love the bright colors & pastels. Can't wait to ease out of navy & burgundy so, I can rock pink & yellow.

It's Sandal season. My toes will be free. And 2017 trends Love me. Block heels are Back. I was still rocking a few during this long painful stiletto trend. But now I get to be stable, balanced, and up to date all at once. I might even go back to 3-4 inches.

Oh and the yards will have a little life. Flowers are starting to bloom & bud. My grandmother's purple irises are starting to come up. I'll have to keep my shears handy in order to snip a few of her perennials as they come up.

And along the Texas highways will be blue bonnets photo ops. One day I will take one quick blue bonnet selfie before I leave this world. Yeah, it's a weed. But it is a pretty one & it doesn't stay.

So, Happy Spring!!! Shine Bright and Enjoy!!!

And As Always Talking to You in Adult Terms

The Audience at Life's Performances.

Life is a theater so invite your audiences carefully. Not everyone is holy enough and healthy enough to have a FRONT ROW seat in our lives.

Some people in your life need to be loved from a distance.

It's amazing what you can accomplish when you let go, or at least minimize your time with draining, negative, incompatible, not-going-anywhere relationships, friendships, fellowships, and family!

Everyone Can't be in Your FRONT ROW.

Observe the relationships around you. Pay attention to Which ones lift and which ones lean?

Which ones encourage and which ones discourage?

Which ones are on a path of growth uphill and which ones are just going downhill?

When you leave certain people, do you feel better or feel worse?

Which ones always have drama or don't understand, know and appreciate you and the gift that lies within you?

Everyone Can't be in Your FRONT ROW.

The more you seek God and the things of God, the more you seek quality, the more you seek not just the hand of God but the face of God, the more you seek things honorable, the more you seek growth, peace of mind, love and truth around you, the easier it will become for you to decide who gets to sit in the FRONT ROW and who should be moved to the balcony of your life.

Everyone Can't be in Your FRONT ROW.

You cannot change the people around you...but you can change the people you are around!

Ask God for wisdom and discernment and choose wisely the people who sit in the FRONT ROW of your life.

Remember that FRONT ROW seats are for special and deserving people and those who sit in your FRONT ROW should be chosen carefully.

Everyone Can't be in Your FRONT ROW

Even though I celebrate my birthday all month long, my official events with my June Birthday Bestie, T.T. have come to a close. Every year within the past 6 years maybe, I am reminded of this poem above, which was emailed to me years ago. Growing up, I celebrated my birthdays traveling a lot. My birthday would usually fall during the week of the National Baptist Sunday School & Baptist Training Union (BTU) Congress. I was an attendee, for some of those years. One year, we were traveling back home from Los Angeles and at midnight, a charter bus full of church members broke out into a round of "Happy Birthday". I think that was my 13th birthday. In my twenties, people would be nice and throw me dinner or a party but invariably somebody would be upset by the end of the event. And even though my loved ones meant well, by age 27, I refused for anyone else to plan an event ever again.

As I get older I realize all the people that cause the major issues at 20s events are people that are not in my life now. As I get older, life has changed for me so, I know it has changed for other people. Sometimes the people at Act 5 of Life's performance are not around for Act 10.

Some left because you are not their type of play. Some acted up and the ushers had to escort them out of the Life Theater. This goes for the people on the Front Row to Last Row.

My birthday is not limited to Front Row people but they are the people I think of first. Over the years, that front row has changed. I remember one birthday, only two Front Row people were celebrating in person with me (It was a Monday). That was 8 years ago.

One is no longer a front-row person. She's not watching my performance anymore. I realized that I was not her type of theatrical work and she was not mine. Probably like the poem says, I should have observed some things earlier and switched that seat some time ago.

But That's Life!!!

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms

Happy Birthday Miss Smiles!!!

Yeah, I did something cliche' for my birthday. LoL The last time my birthday was on a Monday, I turned __ and that is considered one of the "Big" ages. My family surprised me with an ice cream cake. Then I went out to eat with my BFF We will call "Love" for this blog and a former friend (Don't look at me crazy. If you read my blog you know my friendship temperaments). Dinner was winding down and I up and decided I wanted a Tattoo. I always wanted one (somewhere on my foot (most people around me don't have foot tattoos) or toe), a small Smiley Face but I never felt like it was ever the right time. Until then.

I might need to bring that hairstyle back

So off we go. I found the perfect one with assistance from the group, who are actually "Walking, Talking Pieces of Paper" themselves. The Perfect Smiley Face. So I got one.

Yes, I'm fast. I have on a skirt.
That skirt is slightly too big now and goes past my knees. LoL
#weightlossbrag

It hurt a little. Like a continual booster shot but then I can look at people putting those in my arm and not move. Finally, Miss Smiles was born.

Miss Smiles is a reminder that God Blessed me to live a "Happy Life". Why my foot? If my feet hurt, I hurt. LoL For some odd reason I get comfort in rubbing my feet. I have literally been going through and noticed myself rubbing my feet as I pray. Plus No One I know has one on their foot. Point Blank, that's the story.

Happy Birthday, Miss Smiles!!!

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms