African.Beautiful.Me

I never ask for anything.

I used to think registry’s were so tacky but the older get, shoo I’m all for them. I think I am the easiest to shop for but everyone disagrees. Hardly anyone ever gets it right. As much as I read, you would think a book or a gift certificate to a book store would be a shoe in but nooooo.

So here is my wish list….this is just for the blog but believe me when I tell you that one of these upcoming birthdays..35 or 40 I will with no shame send a gift list to everyone I know!

I loved her first 2 books and the movie so I know I will adore this new one

I have dropped hint upon hint for 2 yrs now about this one…we’ll see

Bebe has the baddest shoes ever! I lost my mind when Mulenga and I stopped in when she was here…I had dreams for days about the shoes I saw.

This Nine West set is the hotness!

And this is my church right here…I love watching this and when Bob’s offspring take over in the bonus section I’m on my feet and having my own praise party. I bought the VHS back in 2000 and now it is time to upgrade to the DVD.

Pretty simple, right? Lets see how this plays out.

Dollface tagged me…I’m don’t follow rules so here is my version.

*share six non-important things/habits/quirks about yourself*

1. I don’t like to be cold. It puts me in a very bad mood. Of course I live with a man who can’t function unless it is 65 degrees. Oh the compromise. My toes are cold right now and I’m having a tough time functioning.

2. I lose my mind when food that looks SO GOOD tastes SO BAD because it isn’t seasoned right. I’ve been known to pack some seasoned salt in my purse and bust it out when it is needed. Shooo…I see no point in eating something that doesn’t taste right…bump politeness.

3. While we’re on food….I like to change the menu at restaurants and it drives my husband and friends nuts! My reasoning is that I’m paying for it so I should get what I want. I always offer to pay extra if need be. I may like the entree but hate the sides so I’ll say can I have the chicken breast from here and the sides from the salmon? Works for me and so far I haven’t had too many waiters look at me crazy.

4. I absolutely hate to spend a lot of money on stuff. Like seriously it makes me sick. I have analyzed it and even if money was no object and growing up it wasn’t, I couldn’t do it. If I want a belt and it costs $600, I would not buy it and would be mad as hell if someone bought it for me. I would list all the other things they could do with the money and go to the ends of the earth until I found a replica of the belt for 10% or less. It makes me happy to find bargains.

5. I self analyze A LOT. I look at a situation from every which angle and go over scenarios over and over. I like to see how things could have went or how I could have handled something better BUT I always stand by the bottom line. I hate the blame game. Everyone should try it, it keeps me sane.

6. ok I just re-read what I’m supposed to be doing and it says non-important things…um, I think all of this is pretty important. Oh well, last one is that I love to amuse myself! Oh my goodness I crack myself up! No one needs to laugh at my jokes but me and I love it!!!

I got locked out the house yesterday! When I went to pick the boys up from school, I took a glass of juice with me. I made a quick stop at the grocery store and somehow when I was getting back in the car, my garage door opener fell straight into the glass full of juice in the cup holder!! I was hoping for the best but when I got home of course my garage door wouldn’t open. Well where were your house keys Mwabi, you ask? They’d been on my counter for the last month. I took them off my chain to give to my brother when he was in town and didn’t bother to put them back. The other car with the other opener was sitting pretty in my garage. Every door and window was locked and shut tight thanks to my anal-ness. And Mr. HB is out of town. The boys and I sat in the driveway for 2 hours before we were finally rescued. Only me!

I had an impromptu dinner party last night after the incident. My girl Stacey was in town from New York and I had her and Lisa and her beautiful baby JJ over. I cooked curry chicken, sauteed spinach and basmati rice and it was a hit! It made me feel good that Stacey requested my spinach cause I cooked it for her years ago and she has not forgot it. Same thing always happens when I make my mango salsa. I loved cooking and think I’m getting my mojo back. I used to have get togethers all the time and hadn’t been inspired lately. Me finks I’m going to have a couple this summer.

I got this email with this video below and laughed so hard! This family reminds me of my family….we are so silly and I love it.

Happy Birthday Tam and you all have a great weekend!

See, this is so wrong!

Al B. Sure was so WRONG for acting like his son was singing the business. He should be shamed! He should have let that boy just go on and rap on that song. They need to stop.

And yes Landon is fine and all but he was wrong too. At least Bobby wasn’t acting like the mess was good, his face said it all!

I haven’t done one of these in a while so lets get to it……

A is for age:
31

B is for beer of choice:
yuck! fruity cocktails please.

C is for career right now:
Mama, Wifey, Writer, Head full of ideas waiting to get out and put into action

D is for your dog’s name?
I don’t do pets…well maybe cute fish

E is for essential item you use everyday:
My pink Crackberry

F is for favorite TV show at the moment:
loved Lipstick Jungle

G is for favorite game:
Not much of a gamer…whatever my kids want me to play I guess. I do have to say Lengu was my favorite childhood game and Chidunu

H is for Hometown:
Ndola, Zambia - Copperbelt for life!

I is for instruments you play:
I am so not talented in this way

J is for favorite juice:
Passion Fruit

K is for whose butt you’d like to kick:
how much time do we have? lol

L is for last place you ate:
El Toros

M is for marriage:
what about it? hard as hell but great to have someone who has your back. Love ya babe. 10 yrs strong!

N is for your 1st name:
Mwabi

O is for overnight hospital stays:
Having my babies

P is for people you’re with:
Me, myself and I right now

Q is for quote:
“The wife differs from the prostitute only in that she does not hire out her body like a wageworker, on piecework, but instead sells it into slavery once and for all.” – Engels. LOL!!!

R is for Biggest Regret:
Not traveling more when I was single

S is for status:
what immigration, class, relationship? what? LOL

T is for time you woke up today:
6:30 am like every week day

U is for underwear you have on now:
granny panties..LOL! Nah, just regular comfy ones

V is for vegetable you love:
Eggplant

W is for worst habit:
Procrastination

X is for x-rays you’ve had:
hand

Y is for yummy food you ate today:
Too early for today but I had some yummy grilled eggplant last night

Z is for the zodiac sign:
Taurus