My Fave New....

I bought this BCBG beige/brown satchel during 4th of July sales. As a matter of fact, on July 3rd, my fam & I went shopping for hours!!! I should've stopped at GAP, but BCBG has some of the best garments and accessories.

I've been wearing this with everything because it goes with everything!!! From dresses to blouse & jeans, it seems to suit every outfit. Effective this week, I'm on a 2-month hiatus from this bad habit (hahaha) ....

Happy Birthday Ching!!!!

Happy Birthday CHING!!!

Here's your horoscope according to The Washington Post:

Cancer June 22 - July 22

For Thursday, July 2 -You're fascinated -- no doubt about it. You're so intrigued, in fact, that you can't believe you've never made an effort to get to know this person before. If this is someone you want to know even better, don't let the evening come to an end. If anyone can sweet talk their way into an extended conversation, it's you. And you're also an expert at putting others at ease. In just a couple of hours, you'll have them telling you their entire life story.

I agree with your ability to put others at ease, but the rest is questionable. Hope you enjoyed your day as I assume you must have since we had lunch together!! LOL

Love you and you don't look a day over 21.....

Rockstar Mentality

Here's Kai in his best fit yet - rocking his "Potty Like A Rockstar" onesie!

How cute is he?! He's almost 5 months old yet he sleeps like a big kid LOL

Birthday Dinner

I haven't had a Chicken Griller in awhile, so I dove in to mine like a chocolate addict who has gone for months without their ultimate crave!

The birthday girl, my sis & bro-in-law, Aunt, baby Sean, Evan, and I went to Outback Steakhouse for dinner. There was a lot of laughs and jokes - it was great! I wasn't a big fan of the Mango Lemonade, but the Brownie dessert was yummy!!

Extremely Proud

I am so very proud of him and his achievements!! Him aka Mr. Awesome.

Here are some pics from graduation night on 5/21/09 with his parents and bro, Delano. We went to Uno's afterward and had some yummy pizzas! Aahhh, from this to bigger things....

I LOVE YOU BABY!!!

Weekend Fam-tivities....

It's been study session after study session the past month or so.

I had lunch with some of the family members - Ching, Devin, Kai, my bro, Evan, & parental units - while others were at home and San Diego.

We had some Chop Suey and rice or as Evan calls it "Cooked Salad" LOL! Basically, it's mixed vegetables with chicken or beef.

We also had some Challa bread, pineapple muffins, and watermelon. I played with the self timer on my camera for the first time ever and the finished product isn't so bad. Well, I'm not too positive about the last one with my hair covering Kai's cute head ha-ha....

Cookout @ Chanel's

I love the Summertime for the weather (when it isn't so hot & sticky), Rita's almost every weekend, My BIRTHDAY, and COOKOUTS!!!

I know it seems like I have a different reason to love Summer or Spring, but I love both seasons for different reasons. What I dislike is when my allergies flare up. I was going to try Allergy Buster, but I honestly hate taking medicines. Unless I'm in dire need of it, I refuse to take it.

I love the scent of grilled food: chicken, kabobs, corn, salmon, etc. This past weekend, we went to Chanel's for a cookout which was originally a 'Ladies Only' event, but to satisfy the 'Single Ladies' the guys came too. It was a lot of fun catching up with everyone like Anthony, Nat, Karley, Tim, Fred (who's currently in college at Buffalo and who's lovingly dubbed as "little big brother" ha-ha), Antione, Faith, Kim (who is always late for everything!), Grace, Craig, etc.

Sharon, Angie, Evan, Karley, and I played Uno and Scrabble...too much fun! I love that pic above where Jaiden's looking at the camera with his startled expression and Evan in the background HA-HA.

I hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day weekend!

Until the next cookout ....

Beer anyone?

I don't usually drink beer, but I try whatever he tries. Well, for the most part.

I'm a certified lightweight - a drop of tequila and I can be "twisted" in an instant LOL! One weekend we were watching some basketball and what goes better with sports than drinks?? So we bought some Hoegaarden (pronounced Whoo-garden) and Mike's Cranberry Lemonade (for me). Hoegaarden is white ale and similar to Blue Moon which I think is really good!

Have you tried it yet?

P.S. I'd like to note that this is one of my fave pics for reasons that may be obvious but is actually unfathomable ...

Ooohhh....SEXY!!

Here's my list of the top 5 sexiest men ever!!

Common & Idris Elba are both equally my number 1, but if I had to pick, Common would win hands down. I miss Maxwell and his great music. Glad he's coming back, but I wish Tank was doing the same thing! Ugh, it's been awhile since I've heard one of his lovely romantic songs. In the end though, all of these men are sexy in their own ways.

Enjoy ladies!!


(From my fave celeb blog sites: www.theybf.com & www.imnotobsessed.com)

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you lovely MOMS aka SUPERWOMAN out there!!

I truly believe that not one day is sufficient to celebrate you lovely ladies. So today, I'm taking the time to appreciate you and your superior being....

Childhood Bliss

Look at Kai and Devin. They are such fun-loving and happy kids. I love them both equally and they help me go back to my own childhood bliss....

I LOVE, LOVE that pic of Kai and him LOL'ing ha-ha....the cutest!!