I think there are too many blogs in my Google Reader. Ok…I KNOW there are too many. Let the pruning begin!

My manager’s on vacay next week. So, in addition to being on-call, I also have the honor of handling her calls/emails. Oh joy. LOL

Please say it ain’t so! I mean, I get the “business” of “reality” shows. But seriously – a ‘reality’ show about LAYOFFS?!? Yeah, you can thank the geniuses at Faux News for that one. Don’t believe me? Ha! I don’t blame you.

• Tomorrow is “Good Friday”. Since we have the day off (Shhhhh, I didn’t tell my fam), it is “Really Really Good Friday”. I’m soooo looking forward to a day off.

• Did I mention that I gave up sodas and fast food for Lent? Did I mention that on Saturdays, I have the most intense cravings for a Mt. Dew? Did I mention that I have fought it off each and every time? Yea me!

• I challenged myself in February to “go meatless” once a week. Well, last month I upped that challenge to twice a month. (This week, I’m doing three days.)

• While trying to monitor/regulate my blood sugar, I’ve been cooking more and having a ball trying out some new recipes. I think I made at least one new dish every week in March. Gonna try to bet that record this month.

• Seriously – what is up with folks calling 911 for food emergencies?!?! First the woman and her issue with the fast-food restaurant and now some woman calls because a Chinese restaurant tried to skrimp on the shrimp. *SMDH*

• I let my nails grow out for a change. Actually put some color on them this week. Purple. Of course. LOL “Pronto Purple” to be exact.

• Now that my nails have grown out, I started wearing my rings again. Don’t like how they look when my nails are nubby. Probably the first time I’ve worn my rings in over a year. What a waste of jewelry.

• Pulling my rings out reminds me that I have two bracelets that I haven’t worn in an even longer period of time. Need to have them repaired and cleaned and then lace my wrists once again.

• I need a watch. A really nice watch.

• I brought a set of drinking glasses about a month ago. Washed & dried them then stuck them in the cabinet. Guess what? I don’t like them. LOL

• I need a new moisturizer. Might not hurt to find a new lotion/body oil too.

• I found a couple of very nice summer dresses but…even though they come in my size…I don’t want to BUY them in my size. KWIM? LOL

• Finished my “9 things” challenge for March and for the quarter. In total, I donated/tossed over 850 items. Whoo hoo! Here’s to the next 850. Space, glorious space!

• Finished another book…”We Take this Man”. I kinda lost interest in it at the end. Not sure if I was bored by it, it became a bit much or what. At any rate, I can now go back to “Jezebel” which is what I was reading BEFORE I got this book. I need to get “Jezebel” and “The Shack” out of the way before I get my copy of JD Mason’s “That Ol’ Devil Ain’t No Friend of Mine”. LOVE HER.

• Sometimes I’m amazed by how freely people share their personal business with me. Sometimes I’m amazed by WHAT they share. LOL

• That piece I was asked to submit to an anthology last year has been chasing me ever since. I didn’t write it…you know me, Ms. Procrastination herself. I needed to write it. Still do. But I didn’t think I was ready to go THERE just yet. Funny how I thought the act of NOT writing it would save me but no such luck. The theme has been making its way into my other writing, into my journal entries. Situations keep showing up that require me to not only acknowledge it but to deal with it. It’s uncomfortable but nothing that can’t be overcome.

• I shared a draft of a poem with one of my writers’ groups & a writer/friend threatened to hit me over the head and kidnap my muse. Ironically, I feel the same about his muse.

• “Bacon Salt”. For real? Someone created and sells “Bacon Salt”. Why? Because “everything should taste like bacon”. It comes in four flavors – original, natural, hickory, and peppered. Not to worry – it’s calorie and fat-free, vegetarian and kosher.

• Two weeks ago, I went up to visit Princess So Fabulous and the crew. While at BigBro#4’s house, I also got to spend some time with BigBro#5 (who lives in that same area) AND…BigBro#3 who was in town from Chi-town. Funny how growing up I didn’t think they looked like but you can definitely see the resemblance now. LOL

• I can’t believe it but my nephew (um…one of my nephew’s cause there’s a boatload of them scamps!) is going to be a daddy again. I need to call them and check on how Little Miss A feels about having a “baby” in the house. And to see how her mother is going to act with two kids and all the darn pics they took of Little Miss A. Whoo-whee we gots lots and lots of pictures of that little cutie. Prolly ain’t even no more film in the whole state.

• I am about 4 pounds shy of my first weight-loss goal. It wasn’t a huge drop in weight but it is extremely significant to me. Go MsJayy!

• Ever have one of those days (or nights…or weeks…or months…) where someone occupied so much time and space in your mind that on the first of the month, you wanted to send them a bill for rent? Bwwaaaaaahhhhhaaaaaaa! *S-I-G-H*

Enjoy your weekend!
*~* MsJayy *~*

Mt. Dew….

Found myself craving it yesterday (when I started this post…)…

*SIGH*

What is it about Saturdays that finds me feenin’ for a big swig of a ice cold Mt. Dew? I gave up sodas for Lent and haven’t touched a drop since making that decision. I need to let them go all together which is my plan moving forward but still….

EVERY.SATURDAY.
EVERY.SINGLE.SATURDAY.

Since I decided to let go of sodas, every weekend finds me racked with cravings for an icy cold one. I’ve managed to push past it each time so I know I can do it but what gets me is only having those cravings on Saturday.

What is that about?

Whatever it is, I’m off to hopefully neutralize it with a hug mug of South African Honeybush Vanilla tea.

Hmmm…make that a huge mug…followed by another.

Enjoy the sun!
*~* MsJayye *~*