How to Survive the New Years

Fucking procrastinators, smh I tell ya, I don't know why people wait until December 31st to get their lives together! I know folks got things to do but damn. Why add stress on top of obligation? Don't  mind me, I'm not an asshole, I just joke a lot. I can speak with this kind of confidence because I just stopped caring about countdowns, resolutions, and the lot. Personally, all it does is remind me how old I'm getting, lol. But for most, I know there's a lot of pressure around the holidays: toys for the kids, bomb food for the family, and clothes to club in. Then there's the NEW YEAR!

Yikes. I know. The thought of "starting over" can raise a level of anxiety even the coolest person didn't know existed, but before you beat yourself up by thinking of how bad 2010 was do me a favor and breath! Since stress is the response of actual [mostly imagined] emotional or physical threats, let's find a better way of handling the inevitable.  I hate when people gripe and complain about a situation and offer no solution so I thought of some ways the panicked pron ed can ease their way into 2011. I hope they help...

Christmas Re-Cap

Now that I'm older, the allure of wrapped retail doesn't have the same effect that it once did. These days, it's ALL about the food! When the holiday's roll around, my novice chef of a mother goes all out. Glazing hams, making sauces from scratch, baked goods, the whole nine yards. When I walk through the door and smell Michele's "in demand turkey", I feel all warm and tingly inside. Even though my holiday's had a rocky start, the concept of family balanced out my tortured mind. The morning of Christmas Eve, my mom cooked for her two kids at the same time, for the fist time, in a l   o   n   g time. I've always envisioned myself whipping up smiley face pancakes and tasty fritatas for my future husband and unborn children. My mother has spent her life making this dream for most, a reality for me. Catering to the ones you love is the theme in our family and is the definition of all days special.

"Mom went sausage, egg, AND cheese!"

Pressure Busts Pipes

I had a talk with God in early September, telling Him that I was ready to find love again. You see good people, I had closed my heart shortly after my last mockery of a "relationship" [that I've rationalized doesn't count, lol], even when I told myself I would never let another person's messy-ness change me. I lost that battle and after 2 years of being single, I felt ready. In a matter of days, I was chatting it up with a very attractive guy that I followed on twitter who I affectionately call "Han". I mean, we instantly clicked sharing similar views on religion, family, kids, money, you name it, we shared the same brain. We both discovered that we had both lost parents to cancer in the same year and shared the infinite love of music. I just knew, that God had sent my soul mate through a direct message. I broke all my rules with him:

Get Into It

                   
Maybe this will help some of you get into the holiday spirit. I know it did for me ;)

Dream Deferred

                                           

So I had mentioned a few posts ago that I was going on an extended vacation to a secret location. Lol. I know, so dramatic right? I'm supposed to be working, lounging in a beach chair, smoking exotic weed  
           right  
                                      now! 
But for circumstances that are out of my control, that isn't possible so....