This post is brought to you by T.I.'s King!
This is yet another post inspired by Oprah. Today's show was about happiness and being satisfied with your life. There's a quiz designed by Ed Diener, a psychology professor at the University of Illinois and he's credited with being the founding father of happiness research (so he might know what he's talking about). You can go to Oprah's website to take the quiz (www.oprah.com). I took it and scored a 30 (give or take a few points) out of 35. This didn't really surprise me, I've always known I was a happy person.
If you take the quiz and your score says you're not the happiest, Dr. Diener recommends surrounding yourself with positive people that can see the good in you! They started talking about the laws of attraction (again) but it made sense to me this time. They were basically saying rid yourself of all things negative and allow in all things positive. Dr. Diener also said that you have to allow your life to be fantastic and you have to believe that you really can be completely happy.
Today's Challenge: Get out of your own way and make a conscious decision to be completely satisfied with you life. Take the quiz & BE HAPPY! (Humph I guess Mary J. could've been today's sponsor too!)
Smooches Lovers
Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Man! I Feel Like A Woman!
This post is brought to you by Shania Twain's Come On Over!
I think it's finally happened [insert mysterious music] I think I've turned into a real GIRL (AAAHHHH!) No I've never been a tomboy or anything but I didn't consider myself a "typical" girl either. So you might be wondering what this post is really about! Well since I've graduated from undergrad (2 yrs. ago - DU we love you) I've been able to tear up at the drop of a hat (they don't really drop but they're definitely there) & it's really starting to creep me out! I'm like some kinda big crybaby girl YUCK!
Yeah I know a lot of it can be attributed to my "special woman" time but it didn't used to be like this! And don't get me wrong, I'm not crying everyday (well not even every week for that matter) but for someone that only cried at funerals, even once a month is a bit much. Nor am I crying in class or anything weird like that but it's happening a little more frequently than normal.
What's even more strange is I don't even know what I'm crying about. I'm not coming home after a hard day crying in a glass of wine or looking at my less-than-fabulous grades leaving teardrop stains on the keyboard. It's almost like I can think myself sad (you know like the old people at church say they can think themselves happy). Sometimes I throw myself little pity parties & start thinking that if I fell in the tub & died no one would even know (remember that Sex and the City when Miranda fell in the bathroom & Aidan had to come help LOL). Yeah I know somebody would know & I'm being a weirdo (happens to the best of us) just a downfall of living alone in a city 1000's of miles away from family.
I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm just extremely in touch with my inner feelings! But don't like start worrying about me or anything! I really am a very happy person (I could also write a post on how much I amuse myself too LOL!) but every once in a while I start feeling a weepy & I allow myself a nice cleansing cry!
Smooches Lovers
I think it's finally happened [insert mysterious music] I think I've turned into a real GIRL (AAAHHHH!) No I've never been a tomboy or anything but I didn't consider myself a "typical" girl either. So you might be wondering what this post is really about! Well since I've graduated from undergrad (2 yrs. ago - DU we love you) I've been able to tear up at the drop of a hat (they don't really drop but they're definitely there) & it's really starting to creep me out! I'm like some kinda big crybaby girl YUCK!
Yeah I know a lot of it can be attributed to my "special woman" time but it didn't used to be like this! And don't get me wrong, I'm not crying everyday (well not even every week for that matter) but for someone that only cried at funerals, even once a month is a bit much. Nor am I crying in class or anything weird like that but it's happening a little more frequently than normal.
What's even more strange is I don't even know what I'm crying about. I'm not coming home after a hard day crying in a glass of wine or looking at my less-than-fabulous grades leaving teardrop stains on the keyboard. It's almost like I can think myself sad (you know like the old people at church say they can think themselves happy). Sometimes I throw myself little pity parties & start thinking that if I fell in the tub & died no one would even know (remember that Sex and the City when Miranda fell in the bathroom & Aidan had to come help LOL). Yeah I know somebody would know & I'm being a weirdo (happens to the best of us) just a downfall of living alone in a city 1000's of miles away from family.
I don't know what's wrong with me. Maybe I'm just extremely in touch with my inner feelings! But don't like start worrying about me or anything! I really am a very happy person (I could also write a post on how much I amuse myself too LOL!) but every once in a while I start feeling a weepy & I allow myself a nice cleansing cry!
Smooches Lovers
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Dilemma
This post is brought to you by Nelly & Kelly!
On Everybody Loves Raymond (one of my favorite shows - make fun of me if you like, I don't care) Ray gets 2 tickets to the Superbowl (he's a sports writer) and he asks his friend to go. Didn't ask his father, brother, or wife! When he & the friend get there all the other writers brought their wives so he starts feeling bad and sends for the wife. But get this - she doesn't get to go to the game!
And that brings me to today's question: Who gets to go? Does it depend on what the tickets are for and how many you get?
Fellas (like they're really reading this LOL) if you won two tickets to the Superbowl, who are you asking first? Does your significant other even stand a chance? Does she have to the wife? Does fam automatically take rank over "the homies"?
This isn't an easy question for me either! Is the Duke the lucky duck? But wait Queen Fee (that's my mommie!) freaking loves football & we would definitely have a ball! Decisions, decision!!!
What if it's one of those all expenses-paid trips? Okay I'll give 4 tickets for this one. Would it be a couple's thing? A girls' trip? Mother-Daughter-Grammie-Aunt bonding experience?
Ponder that til next time!
Smooches Lovers!
On Everybody Loves Raymond (one of my favorite shows - make fun of me if you like, I don't care) Ray gets 2 tickets to the Superbowl (he's a sports writer) and he asks his friend to go. Didn't ask his father, brother, or wife! When he & the friend get there all the other writers brought their wives so he starts feeling bad and sends for the wife. But get this - she doesn't get to go to the game!
And that brings me to today's question: Who gets to go? Does it depend on what the tickets are for and how many you get?
Fellas (like they're really reading this LOL) if you won two tickets to the Superbowl, who are you asking first? Does your significant other even stand a chance? Does she have to the wife? Does fam automatically take rank over "the homies"?
This isn't an easy question for me either! Is the Duke the lucky duck? But wait Queen Fee (that's my mommie!) freaking loves football & we would definitely have a ball! Decisions, decision!!!
What if it's one of those all expenses-paid trips? Okay I'll give 4 tickets for this one. Would it be a couple's thing? A girls' trip? Mother-Daughter-Grammie-Aunt bonding experience?
Ponder that til next time!
Smooches Lovers!
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Pimps Down Hos Up???
No one was brave enough to sponsor this one LOL!
Yes this is April 1st but no this is not a joke! I know I've already written my post for the day but I couldn't possibly past this up. Evidently an ex-pimp has written a relationship advice book for women and you'll never guess the title... If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs: A Guide to Understanding Men. Can you believe it? A pimp telling us to keep that quarter 'tween our legs! Ya gotta love it.
Big Boom is the author (I know it just keeps getting better!) The new edition (yep there's an old edition) is set to hit the shelves in June. Here's an article about it: http://www.blackvoicesblogs.com/2007/03/29/big-boom-ex-pimp-tells-ladies-to-close-their-legs/ and Mr. Boom has a myspace page (of course) http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=91457383.
I plan to thumb through a copy because I am dying to know what Mr. Boom has to say!
Smooches Lovers
Yes this is April 1st but no this is not a joke! I know I've already written my post for the day but I couldn't possibly past this up. Evidently an ex-pimp has written a relationship advice book for women and you'll never guess the title... If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs: A Guide to Understanding Men. Can you believe it? A pimp telling us to keep that quarter 'tween our legs! Ya gotta love it.
Big Boom is the author (I know it just keeps getting better!) The new edition (yep there's an old edition) is set to hit the shelves in June. Here's an article about it: http://www.blackvoicesblogs.com/2007/03/29/big-boom-ex-pimp-tells-ladies-to-close-their-legs/ and Mr. Boom has a myspace page (of course) http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=91457383.
I plan to thumb through a copy because I am dying to know what Mr. Boom has to say!
Smooches Lovers
Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
This post is brought to you by C&C Music Factory!
So I heard a song today that made me start thinking. It's from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" Soundtrack (cutest movie ever!) and it's called 'If God Made You' by Five For Fighting. This is the chorus:
Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me
The bold print line is what really stuck out to me. So I know (well I'm pretty sure) everyone goes through a "love stinks" phase. You know when you don't want to be in a relationship, you don't want to be bothered with anyone of the opposite sex and the only music you want to hear is gangsta rap. But then you get out of your funk & decide you don't want to spend another Friday night sitting in a dark movie theater with a bunch of chicks (or playing Madden with "the homies" - but wait, do they ever get tired of this?) and you decide to go out on a date.
No not every date means forever & every frog is not a prince but one day you might find yourself asking "Could I possibly love this person?" And that brings me back to the song. I think that's a great way to think about love & your significant other. Okay let me break it down for ya (well at least this is my interpretation of it). It's like when your Mommie gives you a really great gift and it makes you feel oh so special and you think "My Mommie really loves me!" Now think of your sweetie of the gift and God as your Mommie. Wait on your "aha moment"...get it now?
Now if you're thinking "Do you have the receipt?" or "Where's the defective products line?" then obviously he/she's not your gift, you're still in the trial & error phase. But if you're pretty pleased with your gift, then congratulations because you might have found Bobby to your Whitney or Deelishis to your Flav (come on now, the whole post couldn't be sappy)!
Okay enough "deepness" for one day! I'm blowing out the incense, turning off the Sade, and taking off my turban! Til next time...
Smooches Lovers!
So I heard a song today that made me start thinking. It's from "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" Soundtrack (cutest movie ever!) and it's called 'If God Made You' by Five For Fighting. This is the chorus:
Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you he's in love with me
The bold print line is what really stuck out to me. So I know (well I'm pretty sure) everyone goes through a "love stinks" phase. You know when you don't want to be in a relationship, you don't want to be bothered with anyone of the opposite sex and the only music you want to hear is gangsta rap. But then you get out of your funk & decide you don't want to spend another Friday night sitting in a dark movie theater with a bunch of chicks (or playing Madden with "the homies" - but wait, do they ever get tired of this?) and you decide to go out on a date.
No not every date means forever & every frog is not a prince but one day you might find yourself asking "Could I possibly love this person?" And that brings me back to the song. I think that's a great way to think about love & your significant other. Okay let me break it down for ya (well at least this is my interpretation of it). It's like when your Mommie gives you a really great gift and it makes you feel oh so special and you think "My Mommie really loves me!" Now think of your sweetie of the gift and God as your Mommie. Wait on your "aha moment"...get it now?
Now if you're thinking "Do you have the receipt?" or "Where's the defective products line?" then obviously he/she's not your gift, you're still in the trial & error phase. But if you're pretty pleased with your gift, then congratulations because you might have found Bobby to your Whitney or Deelishis to your Flav (come on now, the whole post couldn't be sappy)!
Okay enough "deepness" for one day! I'm blowing out the incense, turning off the Sade, and taking off my turban! Til next time...
Smooches Lovers!
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