Throwback Thurs ~ Don't Take It Personal ~

My namesake pretty much summed how I'm feeling right about now....

Did you know......

• Muda (maternal grandmother) is the reason why I'm the brat I am today?

• my inconsiderate, out-of-town, relatives listed my dearly departed mother as "deceased child" on her mother's (Muda) obituary? Even tho they apologized profusely, no one accepted full responsibility for the alleged oversight & it still pisses me off today.

• the day following Muda's burial, I wrote my own obituary & clearly spelled out how I want my "homegoing" services to flow?

• even tho Muda was my everything & I hers, she said some of the things that hurt me the most?

• that my skin tone made me feel like an outcast in my own family? If you've seen them, you know why.

• as a result of feeling this way, I was introverted until I was a teenager?

• I used my then 36-28-36 frame to get {what I thought was} much needed attention from the opposite sex?

• I had mixed feelings about telling Muda I was pregnant as I knew she would "fix" the situation so I wouldn't ruin my future?

• me & my mom (RIP) were pregnant at the same time? Her with my baby sister (RIP). This is quite common in my family. We weren't the 1st & probably won't be the last.
  
  
• I don't think my mother & baby sister are at peace?

• I love my middle sister, but I can't stand her?

• my sister had one assignment for our mom & sisters' funeral service & she couldn't complete that?

• some of my father's (RIP) family didn't believe I was his child? Muda nipped all of that crap in the bud when I made my grand entrance.

• my father was one of eleven & I only have a relationship with one of my aunts?

• my father lost his sight due to an on the job injury & wanted my mother to put him in a home because he didn't think he could bear not being able to see his baby girl?

• I was barely 3 years old when my daddy died & I still cry myself to sleep sometimes because I miss him so?

• my father's family convinced him to settle for a measly ass $1,000 for his injury?

• I regret the relationship with my son's biological?

• if I had it to do over again, I wouldn't? Motherhood isn't for everyone & I had sense enough to recognize it before having a tribe of children.

• this is reason why my son is an only child?

• I remained celibate for one (1) year after the birth of my son? I was deathly afraid of ending up with yet another mouth to feed.

• it's hard for me to accept the fact that my child doesn't grasp academics like I did?

• I trust my friends more than I trust my family?

• I still believe in "Happily Ever After"?

• if I fell ill today, I could only count on my Aunt Carolyn & a few friends to handle things for me?

• I keep track of my lovers? Not that the list is that damn long, but the document, a diary of sorts, is safely tucked away.

• my ex proposed to me - at my office, in front of my colleagues & friends after I busted his ass for cheating?

• I get tired of being everything to everybody?

• generally I'm a happy person & enjoy kicking it with my friends, but I'm just as happy all by my damn self?
  
  
• me & the boyfriend have hit some rough spots?   Good news is we’re working out just fine.

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Mrs. Claus' Wildside Punch

Ingredients:
25 oz X-Rated Fusion liqueur
25 oz Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila
25 oz pomegranate juice
25 oz cranberry juice
lime twists for garnish


Directions:
Combine one bottle of Cabo Wabo Blanco Tequila, one bottle of X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, 25oz of Pomegranate Juice, and 25oz of Cranberry Juice in a punch bowl.

Serve mixture directly into ice filled glasses and stir to cool the mixture.
Garnish with lime twist.

HR Quote of the Day

Rating:	★★★★★
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"As long as they stay stupid, I work another day."

~Me~

It's open enrollment time (any fellow benefits administrators know this is hell on earth) & no matter how many graphs, charts, outlines, face to face meetings, etc., I provide, most of these folks just don't get it...and in this day & age, I'm glad of it!

Throwback Thurs. ~ What Makes A Man ~

(Wanna Cheat On His Woman?)
by Melvin Riley (formerly of Ready for the World)

Can any of you fellas answer that question?

Important Memo

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Other

TO: ALL BLACK PEOPLE
FROM: YOU KNOW!!
RE: NAMING YOUR DAUGHTERS
DATE: EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY

Please don't start naming your daughters after the President... names such as: Obamanesha , Obamalisha, Obamarette, Obamalaya, Obamaria, Obamanette, Barakala, Barakella, Barakesha, Barakyah, etc. or adding, La, Sha, Da or Ja, Rhi, as a prefix is not allowed. Don't start that mess! PLEASE!!

It is acceptable to name your sons Barack, or even Obama but that is as far as you may go.

YOU HAVE OFFICIALLY RECEIVED THE MEMO AND HAVE BEEN WARNED!