31 Day Challenge-Day 15

Working life….where I was these last couple years….

Up at 1 or 2 am to start work at 3 or 4 am.
Get to work and kill myself for 12-15 hours a day
Eat breakfast on the way to the first client…drive time at least an hour and half
Eat lunch in the car on the way and snack in between clients
Sweat through my clothes and get to the point where the 3 pm slump happens…I’m tired.
I wrap up my last clients up around 5 or 6 pm
Call my husband when I am on my way home
Get home, take a shower and eat dinner
Say goodnight to my kids and go to bed at 10 or 11 pm, if I didn’t have homework
Start all over again the next day…

I never did get to where I wanted to be, but I learned that you have to love what you do in order to be happy. God had other plans for me.

And now…Retired Life….

Up at 1 or 2 pm maybe 12 noon on a good day
Wash up and proceed to open the curtains for sunshine
Wash the dishes
Eat breakfast
If scheduled work on my blog for at least 5 hours
Eat my lunch through blogging hours
On Tuesdays, 5$ movie days we will see a movie if interested
If I am not feeling pain from arthritis, pain in my back or it isn’t humid outside, I will walk 3 miles with my husband around the lake for my Physical Therapy
Prepare my dinner (Our teens are now self-sufficient so they prepare their own meals now)
Watch some sporting event or movie with the hubby or have date night
Me and hubby take our dog Sage for his walk around 11 pm or 12 am
Watch a television series while falling a sleep around 2 or 3 am.

My favorite quote by Maya Angelou

So, as you can see, a big difference in my life this past 8 months since I retired. I love the freedom of coming and going as I please and having a great support system in my family. I knew I had to make a change because I wasn’t happy making others dreams come true.

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31 Day Challenge-Day 12

People are always saying, ” If I won the lottery, I would quit my job, buy myself a mansion, boat and anything I have ever wanted.” I hear this and I keep looking at the people that are millionaires according to the television and I wonder why is it they are so unhappy with having so much money and time on their hands. Why are they killing themselves or going bankrupt after working so hard…I figured it out…it’s not money that will set you free, it is the love you have for yourself and others not the coins you have in the bank and life you live. I took Psychology in school and it is a known fact that most people want to be able to never have to worry about anything in their life, but it will never happen. Having money in the bank helps one problem but what about health and everyday feeling and emotions…you can’t buy that. The more you have, the more you want, it never is satisfied.

For me, the lottery is another way for the world to create one more problem for people who have addictions, those that dream of winning and never do, or taking hard working people’s money away that they probably needed to pay their rent with. I am okay with people every once in awhile having a little fun together buying a ticket or betting on games but when it disturbs the economic structure of us putting food on the table, it is a problem.

Don’t get me wrong, I have played before but I don’t take food out of my kids mouths or declare myself homeless just to get to misery. If you think about it, everyone you know is going to know you won it and that is when the problems beginning. I would rather have a smile on my face everyday and live my life then have to worry about people coming after me. I think if we are going to continue to play, let’s play for a better cause like free health care for everyone or allowing everyone a free college education.

So, with saying all that, if I won the lottery, I am retired so I don’t have to quit my job. Probably make sure my kids education was fully paid, & the house is paid in full. All the debt we have is taken care of. I always wanted an RV so I would get one to enjoy family road trips. The rest of the money would be used as needed. I don’t believe in asking for more than I have because I am happy just the same. We as people have to realize that what we have is a blessing and it was meant for us to have, what we do with it is up to us….it sets the tone for whether we are happy or miserable for our one life to live.

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31 Day Challenge Day 10

First Celebrity crush….really has changed over the years with all the new actors making their way to television and radio. I didn’t have any celebrity crushes as a child…I know that sounds weird but for some reason no one person gave me that spark. I got older and then that is when I started watching movies and I got my list.

And here it is…..

Oohh…lala…My list starts from left to right with Johnny Depp, I fell in love with him in Pirates in the Caribbean. Next up, Terrence Howard, I fell for his spunk in Best Man. Mr. Ray Liotta an Irishmen, Italian and gangster in of my favorite movies GoodFellas, he was gorgeous. Last but not least, Superman himself, Dean Cain, I loved him as Clark/Superman and also in the movie Out of Time with Denzel Washington.

As much as I loved all these guys then, right now I’ve got my eye on only one crush

Robert Downey Jr.

Fell for him while he was doing Iron-man and then he kept going with the Avengers.

Next up is Celebrity girl crushes…

Jillian Michaels – I idolize her for her strength and courage. She represents a women who has proven through it all that women can overcome how they feel about themselves and how the world judges them based on their looks and sexuality.

Michelle Rodriguez –I have admired her since the Fast and Furious. She is a bad ass on screen and a soft feminine energy off-screen with a caring spirit.

Both ladies are beautiful and sexy in their own unique way.

Sorry, I didn’t have any singer celebrity crushes……the 90’s were a very confusing time..lol.

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What has happened to communication…it is not getting better

What has happened to communication these days…..we go from this

to this

Landlines at home and you have a answering machine…to beepers to cell phones on the go that have to stay charged and near you at all times…

to this

Simplified word and game processing to worrying about viruses on your operating system from the internet…..

to this

Listening to the same great song over and over every time you start the car….to cleaning a shiny piece of plastic that gets scratched when you play the same song over and over…

to this

Parent teacher conferences in person to email me and I will get back to you…….

to to

Listening to a radio program to watching the first color program to breaking the bank on buying expensive screens to watch TV as a luxury…..

to to this

Big Speaker radios to dance in the club or your house with records playing on the record player to I don’t want to be bothered with your music, so I am putting my headphones on….

to this

Family dinners at 6pm every night where the family talks about their day to people eating alone with their cell phone in hand and distancing themselves from everyone….

with this

to having sex without dating what happened to courting someone and getting to know them…really?

I am talking about communication because I am an old-school soul. I loved living the simple life where kids played outside with their imagination until the street light came on. Now it seems, since technology has taken over every kid growing up now has to have a phone, big television or the latest gaming system to preoccupy their mind from being creative with their time. There are way too many conveniences and it causes alot of anxiety and depression not only for those who are baby-boomers but the teens who are pressured by what they see on you-tube and television programs these days that provide a false sense of reality for them. Being rich doesn’t come from living in Beverly Hills, you have to work for it, having designer clothes are not supposed to make you feel more important than everyone else..you are paying for the name on a plain shirt. Teens and most adults don’t realize these things because of the songs that get sang and the shows that create a false message about how the world really works. People since technology, have decided to communicate through towers instead of face to face. Families are not the same anymore with dinners and conversation, teens are eating in their rooms or worse skipping meals. Communication is a must-have in any relationship from parent to child, husband to wife, sister to brother and friend to friend…we have to get back to the old days when we all knew each other better by sitting our techs down and speaking from the heart.

This clip is from my favorite Christmas movie…when times were simpler.

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Recommended movie for this week……

My friend and I saw this movie last friday and it was opening weekend. This movie grossed 15.5 million$ last weekend taking second over Hellboy which came in third to Shazaam which was 1st. This movie was written by a 14- year old star who is known as the youngest in Hollywood history. Her name is Marsai Martin and her movie is “Little”

This movie was hilarious and is a must see!!! It was inspired by the classic “Big” starring Tom Hanks.

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Black History Legends…..Day 20

Pictured above: A book about the life of Jeremiah G. Hamilton aka “Prince of Darkness” , available on Amazon. He was born in 1806 in Haiti and he is known as the man without a face, not to be confused with Texas legislature Jeremiah J, Hamilton. There have not been alot of official photos of him and he has been lost in the 1800’s history as being the 1st African-American millionaire on Wall Street.

Pictured above: The trial of Jeremiah Hamilton. He was convicted of Insurance fraud that totaled 50,000.

Pictured above: White Wall Street in the 1800’s when Jeremiah G. Hamilton had to find ways to make money as an African-American.

Pictured above: Jeremiah and wife Eliza Jane Morris who had 9 children and were married 40 years despite the fact that he was African-American and she was a white women. They lived at 68 street New York, New York.

Pictured above: Eliza Jane Morris Hamilton (1822-1904) and Jeremiah G. Hamilton (1806-May 19, 1975) buried in Greenwood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.

Pictured above: Don Cheadle -well-known African-American actor in Hollywood for decades in movies and television, will be producing and starring as Jeremiah G. Hamilton in the Untold Story of Wall Street’s first African-American Millionaire called “Prince of Darkness”.

“I got my start giving myself a start!” Madam C.J. Walker

Pictured above: Sarah Breedlove aka Madam C.J. Walker (12/23/1867-5/25/1919) was the first female millionaire in the 1900’s to produce a hair care and cosmetics line for women. She married 3 times and only had one daughter A’Lelia Walker who is now the president of the company Madam C.J. Walker Manufacturing Company after her mother’s death from kidney failure and hypertension and is buried in Woodbury Cemetery in Bronx, New York.

Visit her website here at: Madam C.J. Walker

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Black History Legends…..Day 17

Dr. Joseph N. Jackson

(December 25, 1913-July 29, 2009) 95 years old

U.S. Army Retired Non-Commission Officer and inventor of “The Wireless Clicker”

Pictured above: The next time you are watching television, remember this guy, he made the television more enjoyable. He invented the remote control. He holds 6 patents in the area of telecommunications and has copyrights, trademarks and pending patents in the area of aircraft security and tracking systems.

Pictured above: Remembering the changes that remote controls have gone through over the years.

Pictured above: The days before the remote control…..

Pictured above: Being honored for his inventions to this day. He was the 4th of 8 children to Ernest and Octavia Jackson. He received his degree in Business Administration at Columbia College, Columbia MO. He owned and operated a radio and television repair shop for 7 years in North Caroline. He received a Doctorate in Applied Science and Technology in Glendale University, Sante Fe NM. He invented the V-chip which blocks inappropriate content for children and in 1993 founded “Protel-on Inc Market and Distributes. His inventions are currently being used today.

The next time you are watching the “Big Game”on television remember who made it possible for you to stay on the couch with a pause, rewind and fast-forward. Thank you for reading…stay tuned for more history tomorrow.

Cool website for classic movie and T.v. show watching….

I found this website you should check out called Tubi. It is an application that plays all the classic movies and television shows you may remember from long ago. They have over 20 categories! It is available in Play store. Download it today!!

I just watched these the other day which brought back alot of memories….

Prom Night- 1980

Prom Night II-1987

Back To School-1986

and more movies along with great t.v. shows…Tubi

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