Written on 9:17 PM by gracefully discovering:
since January 2008....the hubby and I have given up beef and pork. So all we really have been eating is CHICKEN, turkey and fish...oh and more CHICKEN!
Because I'm tired of chicken... I decided to try and make something different. I have never eaten lamb before...so I made lamb chops, potatoes, onions and bell peppers all drenched in a Merlot wine sauce and cream of mushroom...and some green beans!
Mighty tasty- if I must say so myself!
I think I'm gonna continue to look for more dishes because I can't eat anymore baked chicken...no matter how you make it or try and spice it up...it's still baked chicken!
Written on 9:35 AM by gracefully discovering:
So I have decided that every
Monday I am going to do a mushy post dedicated to someone that I love...or something that I really like. So the first mushy
Monday post goes to the man that I love more than anything. The man who is so thoughtful and compassionate and genuinely cares about my wants and needs as a human being....as his wife.....as a black woman!
Sometimes....I don't think the words I LOVE YOU are strong enough for the feelings that I have for him.....actually they don't half way describe the butterflies that I still get in my stomach when he kisses me after 6 years, or the way his smile lights me up on the inside...or the way his real and raw sarcasm makes me mad...and then happy because it is who he is. I love you doesn't describe the way I feel when he holds me and comforts me when I'm sad or had a hard day. I love you doesn't explain his selflessness towards me and mine towards him. I wish I could find a few words that would sum it all up for me...but this is so complicated...so real...so rare...so amazingly beautiful.
When reading through an article in the paper about LOVE....I think the closest thing that was able to sum up part of my feelings was this:
Agape love - unconditional love that is always giving and impossible to take or be a taker. It devotes total commitment to seek your highest best no matter how anyone may respond. This form of love is totally selfless and does not change whether the love given is returned or not. This is the original and only true form of love.
My husband is my best friend, my lover, my confidant, my provider, my protector, my best critic, my hugest supporter, and the love of my life. So today's mushy Monday post goes to
Mr. Norwood Nicholas Richardson
because these are the only words that I can find to describe my feelings..
I LOVE YOU..I AM IN LOVE WITH YOU...AND I WILL FOREVER AND EVER BE TRULY DEVOTED TO YOU!
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Written on 10:28 AM by gracefully discovering:
So I had this outlandish idea that a french pedicure in France would be WAAAAAAAAAAAAY better than a french pedi in the States! So Jane and I searched around Paris looking for a shop to get a french mani & pedi in none other than France...I mean how many times are we gonna be able to say that we got a french mani and pedi done by real French people.
HA! well this is who did our feet!! 
They were from Hong Kong and spoke very fluent french....no english though! so it was kinda hard asking her why in the hell I had to pay 18 euro just for her to polish my toes...no scrub or nuthin...no that was 36 euro for a "real" pedicure! I was pissed off...because 18 euro is more like $26...for a damn polish change! Anyone who knows me...knows that i am very frugal! and the idea of paying $26 to get a freaking French pedicure in France by people who weren't even French and not even being able to get the bottom of my feet scrubbed....kinda pissed me off. But I was cool. The little girl was really cute and drew pictures to try and help me understand what she was really asking or telling me...we never did get to a clear point of understanding..I just shook my head and smiled...and said MERCI!
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Written on 9:44 AM by gracefully discovering:
Scena
rio: Jane, Helen and myself have decided that we are going out to a club in Paris. We have picked out our outfits...drank a bottle of wine and are ready to hit the streets. Well before we do all of that...of course we have to take a shower and get the days funk off of us. Jane gets dressed...so does Helen...it's finally my turn. I go into the bathroom (which was small as eva) turn the shower on...undress and begin to take off my wedding ring (because I don't shower with it on)...and as im taking it off...my wedding band leaps off of my finger...into the air about 3 feet....and into the freaking shower and down the drain. SIGH.....then here comes all sorts of obscenities as I try to dig down the drain...first my fingers, then tweezers...to get my wedding band. I was unsuccessful.
So....I lost my wedding band in Paris...down the damn drain of a hotel bathroom....lost forever.
We indeed still went out that night and had a fabulous time at Le Queen...which I just found out yesterday was a gay club...lmao! but apparently it was ladies night!
When i told Nick about my ring..his response was "oh well, we will just have to get you another one."
Okay...if he wasn't trippin...then neither would I. as for now...im just rocking my ring...without my band. Our 2 year anniversary is less than a month away...so maybe i'll get a new one then and have him say our vows over and the whole part about the ring...and then put it on my finger just like at our wedding!
This is pt. 1 of my many France stories to come. stay tuned
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Written on 9:25 AM by gracefully discovering:
Okay, so I have visited France and had a marvelous time....marvelous!
I have so much to share...that it will probably take some time...so i'm gonna break it up into series.
Currently, i'm trying to post all 707 pictures on photobucket...but that's taking a bit more time than I expected...so hopefully I will get those photos out to peeps before the weekend is over...bc did I mention...IM BACK AT WORK!
Okay so first things first....I will focus on the myths that I posted prior to my trip.
1. YES it is hella expensive in France. A can soda was 2 euro...which equates to about $3.50.
2. YES, (maybe not all) but a whole helluva lot of people SMOKE stinky cigs in France.
3. Some people were mean and rude...but I didn't take it as all French people were mean...just like in America..we have some mean and rude people that you just wanna smack....so its the same there. Some people were pretty nice actually!
4.No French people don't hate Americans...they HATE GEORGE BUSH! Which isn't too different from many Americans...so im not trippin!
5. I didn't really notice the hairy underarms...I was looking though... so I can't really dispel this one just yet!
6. French people do drink a lot of wine...hell wine was cheaper than a can of soda...so that should tell you something! (i didn't see any kids drinking though)
7. Do you need to speak French....kinda because I ran into a few peeps that could speak English..but very limited...so it was hard to communicate.
8. YES some of them were funky...but not all! So I guess I can't say all French people stink...but i did catch a whiff of a few stinky pinky's!
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Written on 3:53 PM by gracefully discovering:
Tonight I am leaving to go to Paris, France (on a 9 hr flight) with 13 of my wonderful students from YES Prep Southeast.
I will be gone for 10 days and am very excited. I am looking forward to dispelling some of the myths that I have heard about the French.
1. The French are MEAN and RUDE
2. The French drink wine with all of their meals...and the kids too!
3. Everything in France is hella expensive
4. French people smell bad
5. French women don't shave under their arms
6.A person visiting France must speak fluent french in order to survive
7. All French people smoke stinky cigarettes
8.. French people hate Americans.
I am going to France very optimistic and hoping that these myths are in fact only myths and not TRUE!
I'm very excited because I'm meeting up with my pen pal who lives in London. We have been friends since 1998...we were matched up by our exchange teachers in 9th grade. She did a great job of making sure that we kept in touch throughout the years...so I cant wait to see her. We have met twice before...she spent thanksgiving with me and my family in 2002 and she came to my wedding in 2006! We are gonna party around Paris like it's 1999!!!
I will be sure to post pics and let you all know what I found to be true in France as soon as I get back in town!
France, here we come!
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Written on 1:56 AM by gracefully discovering:
somebody help me realize that i have about 36 hours hours before i leave for france...and i should be all packed up by now...but im not. i'm not at all. i have thrown some clothes in my suitcase..but i keep taking them out and putting different clothes in there. ive made several checklist...only to not go and get the stuff that i have on the checklist. maybe monday morning i will feel a sense of urgency. i mean, dang...im going out of the country for 10 days...to a place where the dollar aint worth shiznit....and im not trying to get over there and have to buy anything that i could have and should have gotten while i was sitting here procrastinating.
(deep sigh) i need to get it together....quick fast and in a hurry. maybe after church tomorrow i'll get my act right.
lol...help me!!!!!!!!
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