my birthday!!

yesterday was my b-day. my co-workers treated me to lunch at the chinese/thai place by our job. on my plate? chicken with green curry and coconut sauce, love it!! later, j took me and o, my mom and my cousin b out for dinner to celebrate. we went to our favoite restaurant, cheddars! my choice? shrimp stuffed with crabmeat... mmmm! with a frozen peach bellini--my new drink fave... here's me, j and o before we left for dinner:

isn't my man fine!!!!

and here's me and mama at the restaurant. oooh! it's a little eerie how much i look like her!!

(and yes, her world class margarita was good as it looked!)

my 1st this season

i just love bluebonnets!

spotted these yesterday on my way home from work. went back tonite and took the pictures. even though it was dark, they came out very nicely!

back in business... i hope

if you haven't noticed, i've been out of the blogging loop for a while. i feel too busy with life to sit down and write about it. no, that's not totally true. i don't blog mostly because i don't think i have anything interesting to talk about. and even though one of my girlfriends has told me i am, i also don't think of myself as a writer. **love you girl! but i'm not feelin' it! :~( ** but after speaking with another blogger friend last sunday while our kids were ice skating together, i've been re-inspired. she gave me some really good tips on how to get back into journaling on-line without feeling intimidated. she said she thinks of herself as a reporter with a weekly assignment to post in her blog. she also carries her digital camera with her everyday and takes pictures of things to write about. she admitted that her "assignments" aren't super creative, mostly mundane. but that's okay. real life isn't always full of drama... or is it? anyway, here are her hints:

• something quick, a picture with a caption.
• a short paragraph about her kid.
• a random thought.

and no major editting allowed. any post she makes fulfills her assignment.

hmm, pretend i'm a journalist. well this is an online journal, right? okay, i'll try this out and see if my new strategy keeps me posting. and more importantly, gets me excited again. (although i blew the editting part already and the length thing, too! i can't help it! it's the OCD kicking in and taking over!!! )

but, honestly, i think it might work. stay tuned!!

stillgrooven tagged me so here goes:

3 screen names I have: jameri mom2orion vcoop 3 physical things I like about myself: my hair my skin color my height (or lack of it!) 3 physical things I don't like about myself: my hair my scar my flat feet 3 parts of my heritage: african caribbean indian white 3 of my everyday essentials: my God my husband my son 3 of my favorite musicians: stevie wonder sade alicia keys 3 things I want in a relationship: love honesty monogamy 3 lies: i didn't do it! oh, i must've forgot... i'm too much of a prude to try that!!! 3 of my hobbies right now: digital photography (christmas gift!) shopping yoga 3 things I want to do really badly now (with a special someone): kiss snuggle and something i won't say 'cuz i too much of a prude to admit i do! 3 careers I've considered doing: teaching nursing criminal investigation 3 places I would like to go on vacation to: jamaica grenada nu yawk citi!! 3 kid's names I like: orion ishmael imani (bonus 3: isaiah, valerie, magdaline) 3 ways that I'm a stereotypical dude/lady: i cry too easily i don't think about money enough i want everybody to like me 3 people I would like to see take this quiz: i've got no one to tag :~(

i bought my FIRST BRAND NEW CAR!!!! whoo-hoo!!! go jameri!! go jameri!! get your drive on!! YES!! that's MY Elantra!! SWEEEEEET!!

this feels really good right about now! i was beginning to wonder about my s-k-i-l-l-s!!

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no worries! i'm still here...

okay, it's been like FOREVER!! but, i'm still here... just haven't been bloggin' lately... don't know why, exactly. maybe married life has me caught up in other activities, ifyouknowwutimean (wink-wink!!) i have, however, found 2 new websites that are on my faves list: http://www.urbandictionary.com/ and http://www.coffeebreakarcade.com take a visit and see what's held my attention (other than my husband, hee-hee!) for the past couple of weeks! (and i'll try not to neglect this blog, like i have for so long. too long, really...)

i know i'm a little late in talking about this subject, but i had to make a point...

cindy sheehan is a brave woman. i believe in what she represents: a broken-hearted, patriotic american, disappointed and let down by her country's president who was elected to promote and protect the best interests of the american people, but has only promoted and protected the best interests of the american oil companies, who continue to get rich from the pockets of the people at the mercy of the gas pump. isn't it crazy how we barely have a livable wage system, yet we still manage to pay for the war in iraq, our cars and suvs that get lousy gas mileage, and the astronomically priced gas for those guzzlers, but it's the mega rich who get the tax breaks? i just took a look at cindy's website. it speaks alot for a military mom to take a stand for the life of her son. please visit her site and offer her your support. http://meetwithcindy.org/ from there you can link to http://www.meetwiththemothers.org/ and look up your state to find out if your congressmen and representatives were brave enough to meet with cindy and the mothers. (major props to Sen. Hillary Clinton [D, NY] and Rep. Charles Rangel [D, NY-15] ) you should also contact you representatives and tell them how you feel about our sons-daughters-husbands-wives-moms-dads dying for this ignoble cause. okay, i'll get off my soapbox... for now. but I warn you. i feel another political post brewing... beware!

can i archive the rest of my life?

okay, right off the bat, i cannot claim credit for this idea, but it is fab-boo-lus! well, ya know how after each month, the blogger fairy neatly catalogues your blog entries for you? and puts them in the archives labeled by month and year? well, i think that's perfect for everything else in my life! i mean, what if my house was like my blog? my office every month would be cleared out of past paid bills... my checkbook would be balanced and i'd have all my correspondence completed and filed away... answered letters, surveys, pictures put in albums... but why stop there? how 'bout the pantry and refrigerator? short-dated food would be cycled to the front or readied to be sent to the local food bank. and my closet? all my clothes be stored away according to season, and those i haven't worn in a while would be packed up for goodwill... hmm, don't stop there! my kid? my husband?!?! all their drama would be filed away according to subject and emotional intensity! ahh sheer bliss for the OCD afflicted!! this is wonderful! but where did I get this idea? i remember reading it somewhere, but WHERE?!?! oh well, i guess i will claim credit!!! i'll call it jameri's archival system for life! hmm… i like it! i like it alot!