Another Week with Me...

Happy Birthday to Me...the big 33

 

This time around it's time to celebrate MY birthday y'all!!  Well, I turned the big 33 this past Monday and boy am I tired!!  I spent the day working...as a grown-up should.  However, my day was brightened so with all of the numerous birthday wishes.  Starting with my family as soon as I woke up!  Actually, my honey snuggled close to me in bed after midnight Sunday night and wished me Happy Birthday which is always oh so nice :-)  After we woke up the morning of my b-day he and Brook presented me with such special gifts.  Brooklyn gave me a birthday card and grinned from ear to ear  with her eyebrows raised in anticipation while I read it as if she had read and picked it out herself...lol!  She also gave me a gift card to Charlotte Russe which is one of my absolute fave quick stops to get some cute clothes.  If she could, I could see her picking that out as she's spent numerous hours against her will in there with me while I shop...lol!  As for my wonderful hubby----well, I'm going to see Beyonce y'all!!!  Yaayyyyy!!!  OMG-- I gotta get some new clothes (and some new hair) for that concert!!...lol!   I can't wait!!  I decided not to kick it quite as hard this time around on my birthday and opted for a quiet dinner with my immediate family and the 2 people who have celebrated my birthday with me every year- my parents.  Of course, this intimate outing wouldn't have been complete without hearing the story of my birth which I hear every year yet learn something I hadn't heard the year before EVERY time...lol!

This year I also had only the second surprise party I've ever had in my entire life but this time it was from my co-workers at one of my jobs.  Although it wasn't on my actual birthday it was still sooooo special to me that they thought of me this way!!  My good friend/former boss/ co-worker Bren decorated the pharmacy and made this brownie that was sooooo good I wanted to slap myself...lol!!  The secret kill--- she made a frosting for it out of peanut butter...OMG!!  For all of my VA pharmacy employees who read my blog get ready...Mama said she might try to make this for y'all one day!  There I did it---I let the cat out of the bag...lol!
Anyhoo--- special thanks to Bren, Mary, and Paige for making by birthday time this year even more special than I would have ever expected!!

Hair Update

Well...I'm still having fun with whatever I think looks good on me.  That's the update.  There's stuff I try and I really like and some things I absolutely hate.  So in this segment of Hair Update I'll feature my grades for all of the hairdos I've tried recently as either LOVED IT or HATED IT.  Let's get started shall we?

The first pic you see is some curly crochet braids with highlighted hair that I really didn't like.  I kept them in 24 hours to see if they would grown on me and I'd change my mind but I woke up the next morning and hated them even more. So glad I'm able to do these myself.  I would have been disgusted had I actually paid someone to do those.  I actually wore them to worship team rehearsal that night and one of the other girls on the team complimented me on them.  I told her I felt like I was channeling my inner Shene-ne and that all I needed was some bamboo earrings and fuchsia lipstick.  I cut them out less than an hour later.  Yuck!!

HATED IT!!


I actually did straighten my hair out recently and managed to put it into this braided style inspired by one of the girls I follow on YouTube.  I wore it a few days with a few clip in hair pieces throughout to create a long braided ponytail at the side.  People were calling me Pocahontas with that.  However a few days later, I took the extension pieces out and just twirled my own hair into a twisted bun with the braids and it turned into a really pretty soft pulled back style.  Either way, I had a winner!

 LOVED IT!!

                                         

LOVED IT!!

 I also got a few new wigs.  The first here is a piece that has bangs on it with the curly hair which I'm really digging.  It gets a little hot and itchy around my face now that the temperature's getting a little out of control so I might have to put her up until the fall, but still a definite must keep!!

    LOVED IT!!!

The other wig I purchased looks too wiggy for me!!!  It's a lace front that looked amazing on the mannequin in the store but a wretched mess on me!!  I think I might put this one up for sale or donate it or something.  I just can't do it!!  It's sooooo not me...

  HATED IT!!!

Last but certainly not least is the ultimate for any girl who likes wearing a good sew-in.  Since my hair was already still straightened out, I decided I'd try a sew in.  However, I decided to do it via making a v-part wig for myself.  So, what in the world am I talking about??  To do that, you take a men's dome cap (because it's not as stretchy as a nylon wig cap) and sew your hair tracks on the cap as you would sew them onto your braided hair except you leave a v out in the front in the center of it with no hair sewn on.  Then,  you cut that part of the cap out.  After that, I sewed (if that's a word) some hair comb clips at the opening of the v to secure the cap on to my head and pulled my hair out and over the other hair to blend.  Since the hair I used was curly, I simply had to put a few curls in my hair with a curling iron and voila!!  Super simple in the bathroom in the morning every morning....however with natural hair and hair extensions and the humid summer time in Arkansas the cuteness of it would only last me from home to wherever I got out of my car and had to walk outside at.  Oh well....I'll try it again in the fall.  I still loved it though!!

  LOVED IT!!!

 I'm working with some pharmacy interns over the summer this summer and have an opportunity to see them each twice a week.  It's become so fun to me to see and hear their reactions each time they see me..lol!  They are so complimentary of my ever-changing style and say they have just as much fun in anticipation of what I'm going to look like the next time...lol!  I love it!

Brooklyn's First Field Trip

I was recently able to participate in a milestone occasion for Brooklyn as she went on her first field trip with her little class at preschool.  They went to the zoo!! Yes...the outside zoo.  It actually wasn't too bad though.  I just knew Brooklyn would want to ride with me since I was coming but she was having none of that!! She wanted to ride on the bus with her friends and her teachers.  Actually all the kids did.  There were so many parents who came to help and were having to get their kids' seats out of their cars and load them onto the bus unexpectedly.  So being with the crowd starts at 3 years old??!!! Sheeeshhhh!! 

Suzy Homemaker

On this edition of Suzy Homemaker I'm starting with the fact that Suzy cooked again!!  This time, it was the meatballs again that we discussed on the post with the spaghetti and meatballs.  These are the same meatballs basically made out of meatloaf mixture only I used lean ground beef this time instead of turkey.  Instead of doing pasta and marinara sauce, I made a gravy sauce that was simple yet delicious.  It consisted of cream of mushroom soup,  a packet of Lipton onion soup mix, and some chicken broth.  After baking the meatballs, I simmered them in that sauce.  Then I paired them with some creamy mashed potatoes and French style green beans.  Woo woo woo woo (as Martin Lawrence would say...lol)  It all looked a lot better than this picture.  The picture looks kind of weird...lol!

Well Suzy cooked and then quickly turned it over to her loving husband Sammy Homemaker...aka Kelvin..lol!
Sammy turned it out on the grill this past weekend to cook some meat for the weekend and beginning of the week.  What was manifested of that was grilled catfish, cajun sausage links, a blue cheese burger patty, and grilled chicken breasts...dang!!!  I knew I married that man for some reason...lol!!

Brooklyn Photo Dump

Just decided to share some silly and some sweet shots from my phone of my girl.  I just love being this little girl's mommy!!

Fitness Update

On this fitness update I'm happy to inform you that I am still 15 pounds lighter this summer than I was last.  My main focus is keeping it off happily not grudgingly.  So, I decided to keep some old fundamentals and add some fun workouts to my regimen.  One thing's for sure, I am not doing any outdoor running until it cools down again.  I have also been taking my sweet time about getting back out there on my bike.  I did add something new though... Mr. Shaun T ...lol!  Still not understanding the pucker on the lip cover but believe me, it's not a part of my workout...lol!  So, I'm sitting in my bed late one night watching a marathon of R&B Divas which I had never seen before and every time it goes to commercial break I'm seeing this dang Hip Hop Abs commercial.  So, I'm thinking, "I can do $19.95. I paid more for that buying that bike and all those clothes I like to run in."  I've done it twice now since it came in and I really like it!  My biggest mistake was thinking I could get Brooklyn to do it with me though.  After 5 minutes she wants me to turn it off and decides to get in her feelings if I don't....so yet another workout I'll have to do when she's not around which is few and far between unless I'm working or I'm in the bed at night...ugghhh!!  The other part of my fitness update are my new favorite sweet treats....say hello to my little friends...so not fitness update fitting...but oh well...don't judge me..lol!!

GNO

I've decided to incorporate GNO into the blog now everybody!  GNO known to some amateurs as Girls Night Out (lol) was begun with me and Mama back after I graduated from pharmacy school.  Once a week every week we would get together and hang.  This could be going out to eat, doing a little shopping, or just sitting around the house and talking our heads off over some good food.  Since 2009, we've had another girl or two or three to join us and that makes it even better.  However, we are now pretty consistently on a 3 girl GNO standing outing.  So, each blog post I'll post a picture of something we've done lately.  This week it's pics from our trip to TGI Friday's.  Every Thursday night Friday's has $3 appetizers and $3 drinks.  However, it tastes that way too.  It was so not the bomb...lol!  We still had a good time though...

My Sense of Humor...

Are there any other pickle lovers, pharmacists, or pharmacy technicians that find either one of these pictures and their contents intensely funny??  lol!!

 

So much more to say but this post has been long enough already....we'll pick up the favorite things section next time...stick with me.

Thanks for reading!!...or looking at the pics

Another Celebratory Post!!

There will be so much to celebrate on these posts in June!!  It's just such an exciting time in our family with all the birthdays and Father's Day!  Of course, I gotta throw some regular life stuff in there too so you can see that life is just rolling along over here by and by :-)
So...let's get this thang started...lol!

Mama Pat's Birthday!!!

  This past weekend we started out our celebrations with Mama Pat's birthday.  For her birthday, we decided to have a nice quiet adults-only ladies lunch out.  So, Uncle Kelvin kept the kiddos and we hit the streets and went to Copeland's for lunch.  It was pretty good and most importantly she had a good time!  Mama does so much for all of our families so we always make it our business to really celebrate her on her b-day every year!  The birthday festivities actually kicked off with a little shindig at her job that I do for her every year.  I usually take a really tasty and fattening batch of sweet treats for her and all her co-workers to enjoy while they celebrate her birthday.  This year, I called on Sturdivant Cafe to help us out.  This translated into Pineapple Fusion, Chocolate Truffle, and Strawberries and Cream cupcakes.  From what I hear, they were absolutely delicious...lol!  I didn't taste a single cupcake...really...not one.  Kinda proud of myself yet disappointed all at the same time...lol!

Daddy-Daughter Date Night

  Brooklyn and Kelvin started their Father's Day celebration a little early by attending the Annual Daddy-Daughter Date Night at church last week.  They decided to color coordinate and I even put a little flower in Brook's hair to really jazz her up for her date with Daddy.  She was a little stunned that I was not going on the date with them, but I explained to her that it wouldn't be a Daddy-Daughter date if Mommy crashed it.  I also knew it wouldn't be a Mommy Solo Night In if I was out on their date with them...lol!

Celebrating Great Fathers

  This past weekend I was able to celebrate 3 great dads...

Murry a.k.a. Grandpa

What can I say about Mr. Loring (that's what I've always called him)?  He's always been so nice to me.  I sincerely feel like there is nothing I could not ask him to do for me that he would not do.  That makes any Dad an excellent Father-in-Law to a high-maintenance daughter :-)  As far as his grandfathering, Brooklyn adores him.  He always finds ways to make her laugh.  Whenever he comes over, he overindulges himself in all of the fake food he can stand as Brooklyn loves to prepare and sell him some of her signature dishes.  As long as I've known him, he's always been someone that little kids love being around!

Michael (also known as Daddy and Papa)

I couldn't even begin to encompass my relationship with my Daddy in words on this blog! I've always been a Daddy's girl and I've really seen why the older I get.  He and I share so many commonalities.  We both love singing our hearts out in private in the car including harmonizing with whatever song is on the radio...lol!  We both are very sentimental people who see the "specialness" in even the smallest things and occurences.  We both laugh at the same things.  We love to share "the juice" with each other.  We are both people pleasers and don't like for anyone to feel slighted.  We both share a passion for donuts and can quickly and intricately critique the difference between donuts from different locations...lol!  Last but not least, we are both really big on family.  He really is one of the few people I feel like I can call and talk to about anything.  Which I know a lot of people might be shocked by given how close me and Mama are.  However, that's the cool thing about me and Daddy. He's my ace in the hole :-)  We feel each others triumphs as well as each others pains.  Nothin' like it!!

Kelvin (also known as Hubby, Hubs, Daddy and Mr Skinny Legs)

  

In case you can't tell, those last two aliases of his are given by Brooklyn...lol!  I've only had one child and with one man and God hand picked him and me to be the only 2 people to share that joy and this life experience with each other.  God really knew His stuff when he chose Kelvin to be my Baby Daddy...lol!  On a serious tip though, he's been an amazing father!  I can still remember the look on Kelvin's face when I told him I was pregnant.  I remember the way Brooklyn responded to the sound of his voice right after she was born.  He's still the only person who can get her to stop and pay attention from day 1.  I can also remember him having to get a baby girl dressed in tights, a dress, and a hair bow for church on Sundays when I'd have to work.  Atop all of those memories is the peace of mind of knowing that Brooklyn has a level headed Daddy that keeps her top of mind in all of the decisions he makes.  It is so important to me that she will have a walking talking example of what kind of man she should consider the standard for her life and who will also instill into her the values that really matter.  I just love my Baby Daddy...lol!

So, we celebrated Father's Day with Brooklyn's Daddy by going to brunch at Copeland's.  Although we had a little bit of a wait it was nothing in comparison to Mother's Day so it was all good.  Brooklyn took it like a champ.  The food was outstanding!  On Sundays they do a brunch buffet that has a lot of their breakfast and lunch options and some desserts too.  For dinner that night, Brooklyn and I cooked for Kelvin and her Grandpa.  I let Kelvin choose the menu and he chose his favorite dish that I make---- fried catfish and homemade fries.  I know not the healthiest option but hey it was Father's Day!!  We were able to give her Papa his dinner the next night.

Suzy Homemaker goes Father's Day Fish Fry

  Well, I think the pic collage below is pretty self explanatory of what went down at my house this past weekend...lol!  Suzy has come out of summer vacation early...

A Bittersweet Celebration

This past weekend also marked the moving of our girls Aubrey and Presley.  Although Mama was originally the one who seemed to be the most emotional about their move; I found myself being overwhelmingly affected as the time neared.  I have always known that I could just hop in the car and go see them or catch them in town frequently whenever I wanted but that's no longer the case anymore.  I am really going to miss these two but they are already doing very well!!  It was so special to all of us here to be able to spend so much extra time with them before they left.  We had a going away GNO with them this past Thursday night and I let them decide where we would have dinner.  They picked every kid's favorite fine dining establishment--- Chick Fil'A...lol!  All three girls dined on grilled and fried nuggets and chocolate milk.  After that we took a short drive over to Gigi's for some celebratory calories...I mean cupcakes...lol!  Thanks to modern day technology, we've been able to see them for the past few nights via Face Time and I've enjoyed every second of it!!

Another great week (or so)

Suzy Homemaker

This time on Suzy Homemaker we continue juicing.  I call this one "Real Orange Pop" because it's so zesty it just pops in your mouth.  I like sour stuff so this one was right up my alley.  It consisted of carrots, oranges, lemons, and a little bit of pineapple.  Very tasty and very nutritious...yum yum..pop! lol

Fitness Journey

This picture was taken almost 2 weeks ago and it was the last time I got on the treadmill.  With Kelvin being home from school last week, my normal routine just seemed thrown off.  I know, I know that's no excuse.  Guess I'm just accustomed to mozying about my day by myself and it was really hard to stay on task the entire day knowing that the hubs was home.  I'm gonna try and get back on it. My goal coming up is to go ahead and dust that bike of mine off in the garage.  I was talking with some friends who do bike riding pretty consistently and I'm figuring I might need to get my bike adjusted.  It's just a horrible ride when it comes to comfort.  Surely some level of comfort has to be involved!  Most of my friends who ride seem to ride no less than 20 miles and I can't do 3 miles on that river trail without wanting to toss that thing in the river...lol!!

Kid Swap- Date Night

  I'm behind so these pics are from a few weeks ago.  Back then, it was our turn for date night on the Kid Swap.  So, with no real plans and big appetites we headed over to Taziki's.  Wowza!!!  That food was so good...lol!  On Fridays, they have this pasta that has a balsamic vinegrette(sp) sauce, fresh herbs, grilled chicken, feta cheese and I had them add some grilled shrimp to it too...oh my!!  It was the bomb!!  The hubs had his usual grilled tilapia plate.  Fair to say we were both pleased.  We ate on the patio and that made for nice ambiance too :-)  I wasn't too in the clouds to remember to do a little photo shoot to capture our relationship in a few snap shots...lol

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention the other half of the Kid Swap night which was Brook's playdate with her friend and their family.  It was her little BFF's Grandpa's birthday and they had a pool party bash.  Take a look at my girl swinging at that pinata!!  I would have loved to see the look on her face when it burst and all that candy fell on the ground.  I can literally hear the reaction of all the kids that flocked to that stuff in the last pic like little ants...lol!

Brook's First Dance Recital

Can you believe we already made it to this point?  Seems like yesterday I was posting pics from her first few dance lessons and we already had the first recital.  She really came a long way over the course of the dance school year.  At the first parent night she wouldn't even dance.  She just cried and eventually sat in her Daddy's lap while the rest of the kids danced.  She came out of her shell and at least participated when they had their Christmas performance at the nursing home.  However at her dance recital last week, she killed it!  Miss Personality, I'd say.  I was soooooo proud!! I'd be remiss if I didn't mention how proud I was of myself as her personal stylist for the day for hair and makeup.  So, they challenged me with making her wear her hair half up and half down.  When I originally read that, I thought to myself "oh well, guess she won't have her hair the way they want."  However, I put my thinking cap on and said to myself, "Self... just incorporate her trusty braids and make this work".  If I can pull off lots of different natural styles on myself surely I can for my girl.  So on dress rehearsal day, I washed her hair and braided a headband across the front for the half up part and braided cornrows going to the back for the half down part.  On recital day, she was absolutely adorable when I took the cornrows down in the back and really let her wear that part down.  Hi-five to me!!  Here's a few pics from the dress rehearsal and then some pics of her supporters on recital day.

You would think this pic below is after the recital, but this was actually before...lol!

After Recital Dinner

After the recital, I felt like celebrating!!  Which also means I did NOT feel like cooking...lol!  So we had dinenr at Red Lobster.  My child is one of the few children I know who loves stuff I hated until I was an adult like shrimp, eggs, etc.  So, she ate mac and cheese and almost all of my shrimp off of my salad and my pasta.  I was able to take a few shots of her and her twin/daddy before we sat down at our table.

Another App to Consume My Time

Picstitch

  So now that I get on Instagram and post, I've noticed how some people are able to make collages.  So of course I had to consult with someone younger to find out how to do that...lol!  So, Brandi told me to use PicStitch.  Dang!!  I love this app!  It's a great way for me to consolidate pics and not use as much storage on my phone with multiple pics.  Here's the collage I made that's now my wallpaper on my phone.

 

Good to Be Back

I recently reactivated with my sorority...yall know who it is :-)  Anyhoo...Brooklyn and I attended my first meeting since she was 9 months old.  I was really counting on the overflow room being available so she could have the occasional lack of discretion in the volume of her voice and not disrupt the meeting. However, the sound wasn't working in that room so I had tough it out in the main room.  I must say, she did pretty well.  The meeting which would have lasted almost 3 hrs back in the day was only 1 hr this time so that helped tremendously as well.  I was also super prepared with coloring sheets, crayons, snacks, juice, and treats.  At the end of the meeting, they passed out birthday gifts to the June birthdays.  What luck, huh?  Just so happens my b-day is in June...lol!  I was so surprised that these most perfect little turquoise earrings were waiting in my birthday bag for me.  They went pefectly with my outfit I wore to Brook's dance recital the next day!!  Michelle talked about me for seemingly coming back just in time to get my birthday gift...however that was not the case...lol!  By the way, Michelle passed my blog reading test within a few hours after I sent the notification email out.  I can't lie and say I wasn't shocked.  Guess she just happened to actually read my post that time around :-)  or someone who does read it consistently may have tipped her off...lol

My Silly Family

I'll probably use this pic for my Father's Day post too but I couldn't wait to go ahead and paste it on here.  Love these two silly billies!!

Fashionista

Even though ultimately a boy would be so much easier sometimes, I must admit it is pretty fun dressing my little baby doll up.  Summer has got to be the time of year it is most fun to do this.  She looks soooo cute every Sunday for church...and she'll tell you she does too..lol!

Stayin' Alive at Fifty Five!!

This past Friday, we celebrated my Daddy's 55th.  Sing with me now...ah ah ah ah...stayin' alive...stayin' alive..lol!   I hope he had as much fun as we all did!  We kicked off the celebration with a grown ups only lunch at Benihana!  I know what some of you are thinking.  That was not all just about me...lol!  Daddy likes Benihana too!  That's when we showered him with gifts that I'm pretty sure are being used consistently!  Later that night was when the real work began.  We accompanied him to his church's Family Night Out.  That task was so much more than meets the eye!  Let me just include the fact that I had 4 little girls with me that night as I had agreed to babysit Aubrey and Presley and it was also my turn on the Kid Swap.  Regardless of eating facing the sun, sometimes overcrowded bounce houses, and a nosebleed on one of the girls that seemed like it lasted forever; we all had a pretty good time!  I think all the girls did for sure!!   Most importantly, Daddy got to spend his birthday exactly how he requested and that's priceless!

Surprise Visitors

  So, this past Saturday I was sitting in the backyard balancing our checkbook and working on our budget and Brook was playing on her swingset.  I was thinking to myself how I should have invited another little one over to play to keep her entertained a little more.  Then like magic, my high school chum Javana called to inform me that she and her little one were in town for the weekend...yaayyy!!  She suggested that they come over right away to spend some time with us...perfecto!!  Brooklyn and I really enjoyed their visit.  The kids played so well together and really looked like they could both be Javana's children...lol!  Aiden had his first driving lesson and we all went and did a little window shopping in attempts to try to get my Father's Day shopping early which was a bust!  It was such a nice surpise and a great way to spend our afternoon. 

A Few of My Favorite Things

I've decided to add a new section to the blog to allow my readers to really know what makes me smile :-)  I'm going to briefly talk about my faves in a different category each post.  Let me know if any of you share the same!  This week- movies.  I love sitting down to a good movie.  Sometimes the same one over and over and over again.  I must also say there's something about just catching it on tv.  90% of the time if I go out and buy it, I never watch it.  I know I'm a strange being that way.  So, my top faves in no particular order...drum roll plese....

 Back to the Future Trilogy

This picture represents all 3 in the trilogy!!  Am I the only one who considers these movies absolutely genius?  Every time I watch any of the 3 (and I watch them a lot) I catch something different that I didn't before.  To me, that's what makes it genius.  The fascinating attention to detail someone must have had to create this concept. 

  Bridesmaids

I can remember Michelle asking me to go to the movies with her to see this one and I questioned why in the world I would want to see this movie.  After she saw it, she said it was a definite must-watch but I still waited a few years to even view it.  OMG!!  By far one of the funniest movies I've ever seen!!  My favorite scenes- the engagement party and the bridal shower.

  B.A.P.S.

Kelvin and Cheryl will tell anyone I am a fool over this movie...lol!  I can remember watching it everyday when Kelvin and I were in our early years of dating over at his apartment.  Not because he owned a copy of it, but because I put a copy of it in his collection...lol!

  He's My Girl

This one is definitely a blast from the past.  I had to list this one because it was the proof behind why video rentals were a profitable industry for so many years back in the 80's and 90's.  I must have rented this movie 50 times...lol!  Even at only 99 cents per rental, Blockbuster and Hastings made their money off of me...or shall I say off of my parents...lol!

  Grease 2

Now, I know I'm not the only little black girl who loved this movie am I? lol!  Wait a minute, I know at least 2 others who did---mama and Brandi...lol!  We used to know every song and every line from this movie.  I wanted a shiny Pink Ladies jacket soooo bad!!

The Pink Ladies plege is to act cool, to look cool, and to beeeee cool...til death do us part...think pink!!

Muppets Take  Manhatten

I love the muppets anyway but this movie was one of my all time favorites when I was growing up!!  I've only run across one other person who shared the same appreciation for this movie in my adult life and they know who they are.  I won't make this section of my blog an expose'...lol!

  Norbit

This one is definitely a guilty pleasure!!  I love this movie!  It used to come on HBO all the time back when Kelvin and I first moved into our house. Back then I used to watch that movie everyday.  It was such an exciting time for us!  This movie always puts me back in that happy place when I see it :-)

  Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

This was by far the movie I rented the most as a child.  Daddy put me and Brandi on this movie.  It was a kid's dream!!  All that candy and sweets.  I know some might argue but I think this version is by far the best version!  The newer one seemed so dark and creepy. 

  The Best Man

I loved this movie!!  I saw it at the movie theater and Mama bought me a VHS copy of it for my 20th birthday.  I loved the fact that everyone in the movie seemed to have their own sets of accomplishment in some way.  Everyone was so stylish and it seemed like a fun circle of friends.  I know at least 2 other folks that share the same sentiment as me and we all need to get together and have a watch party at the theater when the sequel comes out!

Alright faithful readers...if you stuck in with me this long and made it to the end of this post...HI-FIVE to you with 2 snaps up, a twist, and a kiss...mwuah!!

Ta-ta!! for now