What is happening in March?

You know what?  March is one of those months that you wonder what major holiday is happening this month.  Then we look up and it is St. Patrick's Day?  I don't know about y'all, but I look forward to the boys being in skirts!  The real men of course!  I am NOT going lie y'all, St. Patrick's Day is the one holiday I really want to be a hoe for.  Grab one of those boy, or two, and take him or them in the back alley!  But first let me buy them a few drinks that way they won't remember what the hell I did to them. (Giggles!)

I don't know if any of us ever knew that every day in March is a National Day of something.  I am provide a link to a website Nation Day Calendar www.nationaldaycalendar.com/march/ which I took a look at and had fun with.  Now according to this calendar I can make a few holidays as my new favorite days to celebrate.

March 1: National Peanut Butter Lover's Day and National Fruit Compote Day. Who does not love peanut butter?  And Compote - my two favorite favor are peach and white grape.

March 3: National I Want You to be Happy Day - on this day only I will wish this upon everybody. You can't wish this to everybody everyday because there are some people who simply choose not to be happy, and ain't nothing you can do about that.

March 4: National Pound Cake Day - another good reason to eat cake.  National Hug a G.I Day - I can get in so much trouble with this one.  National Grammar Day - this is one holiday that should everyday.  National Day of Unplugging - I can go a long way with this one because I know a lot of people who need to be unplugged and I am not taking about technology.

March 5: National Multiple Personality Day - now that is special, they gave 6 Souls it own personal holiday.

March 6: National Dentist's Day and with good reason because on this day it is also National Frozen Food Day, National White Chocolate Cheesecake Day, and National Oreo Cookie Day.  Schedule your dentist appointment at the end of the day.

March 7: National Be Heard Day - I am wondering how many people would be line up at the Supreme Courts for this. It is also National Cereal Day, I will be sure to have my box of Captain Crunch Peanut Butter and Fruity Pebbles! And is it also National Crown of Roast Pork Day - I guess I will be good on this day since I just visited National Dentist's Day the day before.

March 8: National Pancake Day/IHOP - I am going to hop my ass over Dennis  right down the street. And since it will also be National Proofreading Day I guess that I will proofread my pancakes as I am eating them.

March 9: National Get Over It Day - this will apply to all those who have not gotten that damn breakup!


March 10: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day - a good day to remind yourself to go get check out. (Seriously!)

March 11: National Promposal Day - I had to look this holiday up and it is in reference to Men's Warehouse. (Hhhmmm!)

March 12: National Girl Scout Day - I am looking for cookies!

March 13: National Earmuff Day - look, once March gets here I am not thinking about no damn earmuffs.  National Open an Umbrella Indoors Day - only if $75,000, after taxes of course, pours out from it. Then we are good!

March 14; National Potato Chip Day - get y'all a bag of Lay's Potato Chips. National Pi Day - who in the hell thought of this?

March 15: National Everything You Think is Wrong Day - pure genius!

March 16: National Everything You Do is Right Day - damn skippy!

March 17: St. Patrick's Day - time to drink green beer and be a hoe! (Giggle) and of course it would also be National Corned Beef and Cabbage Day - that only makes sense people! It goes with the green beer.

March 18: National Sloppy Joe Day to go along with National Awkward Moments Day - y'all I am going to leave this one alone.

March 19: National Poultry Day and National Chocolate Caramel Day - I need to find a recipe that will combine the two for dinner.

March 20: National Ravioli Day - Chef Boy R D y'all! (Giggles)

March 21: Corn Dog Day! Hey hey hay!

March 22: National Goof Off Day - this will be the one day you can skip out on your boss and not give him a reason why.

March 23: National Chip and Dip Day - I will advise you to go to your favorite Mexican restaurant and order that extra chips and salsa dip with a pitcher of margaritas.

March 24: National Chocolate Covered Raisin Day. Get a good movie for this and don't forget the Pepsi and the popcorn!

March 25: National Lobster Newburg Day - let me make reservations at Red Lobster.

March 26: National Spinach Day - make reservations at my local Korean restaurant.

March 27: National Joe Day - this is good because I can have it after I have my National Spanish Paella Day dish at Spanish restaurant.

March 28: National Weed Appreciate Day - enough said! National Something on a Stick Day - my mid went dirty on this one! National Black Forest Cake Day - this should have been an official British Holiday.

March 29: National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day and National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day - I need to find a Mom and Pop place with this cake.

March 30: National Take a Walk in the Park Day - only if weather permits.  National I Am in Control Day - even if the weather does not permit you should do this for your own mental state of mind.

March 31: National Clams on the Half Shell Day - by y'all damn selves!

Ladies and gentlemen, there you have it. Your days in March should never be a boring one but a fat entertaining one.  I recommend that we all start doing some planking.  Starting with 30 seconds and working our way up to 5 minutes. That way we will be ready for what is waiting for us in April!

The Host of 6 Souls

Okay, so a while back some of you have read my pieces about Jonathan Rhys-Meyers (That Boy from Ireland!) and in it I mention that I watch one of his many movies called 6 Souls, and I said that it was made in heaven for me in a psychological way that I kind of in way - took it apart.  The movie was directed by Måns Mårlind and Björn Stein with the gorgeous star Julianne Moore (I love her in the The Big Lebowski and Boogie Nights!).

Now before I could write this piece, I had to watch the movie 5 times because I did not get some of the scenes being that the first time watched it, I got scared the bejesus out of me with that whole thing that Johnny was doing with his characters.  See . . I don't watch nor do I care for scary movies so therefore every time I watched this movie I had all the lights on in the house, not to mention that I had a bat too.  Yeah, I am a scary cat and I will not even lie about that!

As I was watching the movie, from what I could understand of Moore's character, not only was she a sane but also a fearless bitch.  And according to this movie it look like Moore's character at times would wanted to pick up a bat to beat the shits out of JRM's character. (I know I did but I keep a bottle of Vodka even if it was empty next to my desk!)

There is a scene where Julianne's character takes Johnny's character back to the woods in a wheel chair, and Julianne turns her back for a moment to make a phone call, she return back to the Johnny and he is not there; and she was like "where in the hell did he go to?"  And out of no where Johnny's character walks up behinds her with a different personality.  See in that scene, my right hand would have came from Alabama with a custom made alligator rolling pin and would have went upside Johnny's head for scaring the bejesus and his other cousin out of me!

Now as I was watching this movie I came across somethings that would make most of you say "What the fuck!" First of all, there is a house in the movie and if I went into a house with its extremely nasty filthiness, I would turn my ass around and never came back.  Y'all, Mr Clean would beat my ass for even asking him to help to me clean that house then Mr. Clean would banned my ass for using his products in my own clean house.  That is just how bad it was according to the movie. To the set creators, good job on the house.

Towards the end of the movie, for me things started making sense about Jonathan's crazy ass characters because I was thinking this character here was just beyond bipolar.  Then I thought that well maybe his character was to have schizophrenia (Yes people I had to look this word up in the dictionary and it still does not register with me.)  But then, I started to remember one of my favorite Korean soap operas when the main male character was dealing DID.  Y'all when you watch the movie then you understand what he done DID.  He DID have a lot of souls and I counted 6 of them that he DID took for his own survival.

DID, dissociative identity disorder which is having a mental disorder on the dissociative spectrum characterized by the appearance of at least two distinct and relatively enduring identities or dissociated personality states that alternately control a person's behavior, accompanied by memory impairment for important information not explained by ordinary forgetfulness.  (As I continue to keep reading this definition, I will be the first to admit that it was over my head!)  To put is in simple terms, he couldn't find one personality that he liked.

Y'all, I brought the movie from iTune and I think that the next time I watch better have me a virtual gun to kill the characters, not Johnny.  For Johnny, I have a belt to beat his ass with. . . .I don't know what the hell he was thinking.  That boy is lucky I am not his mother because I sure would beat the bejesus in him. LORD!

Y'all watch the movie, 6 Souls by y'all damn self.  (I am going to find me a bottle of Vodka!)

A Scorn Woman Like Me

The saying goes "Hell has no fiery like a Scorn Woman" and it is a true saying.  Ladies when we get get hurt by the man of our dreams we become a true Devil's daughter in her own rights.  Ladies we not only go after him but everything that involves him in his world including that new bitch in his life!  We go after the car, his new place and his job.  Hell we will take a skillet upside his damn head hoping that some sense will come to him before he walks his ass out that the door.  Am I right? Well at least most of y'all do.  And we do this because we are seeking that closures that he refuses to give to us.

But ladies let me share with you my own heartbreak.

My heart goes way back to the south side of Chicago.  We grow up together, he went away and got married and divorced.  I had a child, went away, got married and divorced.  However this man had heart and there was nothing I would have not done for him.  If he had said "pack your shit and let's go!" I would have done it.  But unfortunately my love was either not want he wanted or it was not good enough.  Come to think of it, in all years I have have known him, he never once said he told that he love me.  (Bet somebody is going to say "Your stupid ass should have paid attention! And I guess what I am about to say? . . . . . That I am woman enough to admit that I was!)

But I guess that is why I did not shredded a tear for him when things when down they way they did.  I got jealous of him telling someone that utter those words to person and never to me.  Now usually I don't jealous about nobody for no reasons.  And yes I was truly beside myself when I heard him say them.  The car ride on the home was quite.  He drop me off and left. Never heard from him again and he did not returns my phone calls accepting my apologizes.  Once I tired to reach to him and he did not respond.  And I accepted that.

I accepted it after I stop to think about all ways I wanted to boiled his ass with a blow torture.  Y'all I will be in the kitchen pouring myself a glass of wine, holding the bottle thinking how can I screw this up his ass.   How many of you saw the movie Single White Female?  There is a part in there where Jennifer Jason Leigh's character kills Bridget Fond's boyfriend with a 6-inch stilettos heel right to the tempo . . . .yeap, I thought about that too.

I accepted it ladies because it was definite awake up call to understanding that he really did not love me as I thought.  And that was to my first understanding.  Yes ladies, that in itself was really hard to grasp and it took a minute to get over it.  And how did I get over it? I went shopping and I got under another man.  Because of how the relationship ended I really did not want to give myself like that again and I could not believe that all those years of friendship and other things that were between us was gone just like that.

But this got me to start think differently about my next, if and when I get into it, relationship.  It brought two subjects to before me that I really did not want to deal with: commitment and the trust of my love. Now I knew that I had commitment issues but I don't think that would have been my problem with him.  However once again my commitment issues started to surface, and I did not have time to give flying rat ass about him at that moment when I knew I had to deal with this issue before getting into the next serious relationship. Yes I had commitment issues before I was married and even today I still find myself with that problem.  To put it simply, I do not want to do it.  That fear factor is there and I was afraid that I will not be able to confront it. 

Coming away from that breakup I started thinking how can I trust the next man to tell him I love him?  Cause now I am scared to tell the next "good man" that I love him due to the last ass with his rejections of my love, This is would be of great difficulty for me.  If he is not apart of the Johnson family, and this include Brent, LeRoy and my son, that I will and would tell them that I love them and all their fuckin flaws.

Okay, okay, I still do love my ex husband and this because that man gave me the world to explore and learn from; and for that I am most grateful to him.  He encourage me in ways that I did not know could from a man outside of my family.  But those three words "I love you" are not words to be taken lightly because they have brought many people pain and grief.  People have divorce and been killed over those words, and one side love have been shattered over those words.

Some people do not understand that to say "I love you" it comes with huge amount of respect for the one that you are saying it to.  See my ex husband gave me respect with those words and even when we divorce he gave me that respect.  However with this breakup I learned that regardless of how years we had known each other, he did not respect me at all.

The number reason as to why I am not bitter about this is because when I was younger, my uncles told me that a man is going to be where wants to be when it comes to a woman.  Ladies it has been three years since the breakup, and I have approach each and every new relationship with the next man with skepticism.  I let that man make his own mistakes and did not let the pain from the past relationships be his responsibility. Because we (and I am saying this because both men and women are guilty of it) hold the next lover who comes into our lives responsible for what the last lover did; and that is not fair to them.  He or she did not doing nothing wrong, yet we make difficult for them to get next to our heart.

And let me tell you another reason why I am not bitter, because I am not about to give him that power!  I am NOT going to ruin my life for him. I am have and continue to enjoy every single bit of what life has to offer.

With that said, hey Guy who broke my heart! I may be a woman who is having fun enjoying her life with out any bitterness but do not gave me a reason to scorn your ass.  But then again it would have to be a damn good reason for me to scorn you. Your new life does not count!

Coming in February!

Okay, so it is already February and for me I think February is the month that I personal hate to most.  This is new to me and I have been feeling this for the past 4 years.  And it is nice to know that I am not only in this.

Everyone looks forward to February because it is the romance month.  My ass!  How many of your women out there was in a relationship where your guy does not celebrate Valentine's Day?  I bet that his answer is that everyday is Valentine's Day and does not show it to you.  Let tell you what you should.  The next time he wants chips & salsa, make it fresh from a recipe but also add little of paprika and grand marsala and then wait.  Leave very little toilet paper in the bathroom.

See my problem was that I have been getting with knuckleheads who did not celebrate Valentine's Day. Last year I treated myself to a Valentine's Day dinner at Chipolte and got Valentine wishes from a few college boys. (That is so sweet that their mama let them go out to get potty trained!)

I was dating an idiot that at that time seem to not understand how important Valentine's Day is to a girl.  So I left his ass at home that night, where he truly belongs.  I left his in 2015 because ladies this something that both Wendy Williams and Steve Harvey agreed on.  If you have been a relationship for 2 years or more and it is not moving no where, leave his ass where is at and move on to the next.  Which is now my new motto. But now I get text messages stating that I am so mean to him and that he misses me.  Bullshit. . . his ass is horny and I ain't got none for him.

What will I do with Valentine Day this year?  I don't know but I am sure it will involve a bottle or two of wine.

As I was talking to Glenna, she pointed out as to why she hated February.  Because it is the one month that you literally have to turn around and pay again.  Think about it.  You are short by 2 -3 days in renting your apartment.  In the other months, you are paying for 30-31 days to rent your apartment.  February is the only month in which your apartment is the most expensive, with the exception of this year because it is leap year. However, do the math! Then you will see it.

However I think that the main reason why most of us love or appreciate February is that we can't wait to receive our W-2 forms for file our income taxes as soon as possible.  For the next few months most of us are wishing to get money back from Uncle Sam, and when we don't get our money back because Uncle Sam says so then we are so ready to government out!  GIVE ME BACK MY DAMN MONEY, PUNK ASS GOVERNMENT!  I am sorry, may that is just me.

February also bring about the Superbowl game, something that I still have not gotten into regardless of how many times I have watched.  And I think mainly it is because of the ridiculous cost of is.  Five million dollars for a commercial slot and $4300 for a damn ticket.  Now I am not greedy however if anyone, meaning those who are will to fork over any amount of money of a few a hours of anything, are willing to give me $75,000 (after taxes of course), I will be most appreciative of your kind gesture.  And at least with me, you will get more than a 60 second time slot.

And why is it that Superbowl is always held in February?  What is wrong with the other months?  Okay December is out, it is already full.  So is November and October is too scary for football.  Come to think of it, I think April is only month that does not have anything is it to celebrate. Poor April!

But beside that I am sure that many people have a love/hate moment with February.

Is that damn Superbowl over with?  I need my TV back . . .

The Istanbul Chronicles: Introducing Glenna

While living there I have meet some amazing people who have helped me to further open my mind in various things like food, other cultures, and people.

My best friend Glenna, I meet her while working at our first teaching job in Kadikoy, Istanbul. Our friendship was not an immediate one and it was only at school.  But one day I noticed that Glenna had not been to work for a few days.  I was thinking that she was sick or something, and the something turned out to be her damn husband whose name no one can pronounce, but we always called him Edward.  From there is where our friendship grow and became strong thanks to her now ex-husband.

Now keep in mind that Glenna and I were still getting to know each other before the following event happen.

One day I get a call from Glenna and she was very upset and scared. According the her, she and Edward had one of their fight where this time he had pushed her, she fell backwards and hit her head on the coffee table.  It caused her to have blood running down her face and a horrible headache.  She went to the hospital however Edwards had told the doctors and nurses not to treat her.  Now from what I was told, what is between husband and wife is between a husband and a wife, and normally I would NOT have butted in.  However, his actions towards his wife was not humane or was they Christian like.  Y'all, I was beside myself when Glenna told me this, and I was very concern for my friend's safety.

Y'all, I went looking for Edward's ass and I was freakin heated. Thanks to Glenna, she took me to all his hang out spots a couple a weeks age before this accident, and told me that if anything should happen to her, I should go look for Edwards at one of his spots.  I visited a few spots and asked some of his friends and they were liked he should not be coming here any more. (Sidebar: If y'all had meet Edward even y'all would have been like "This mother father here!") By the time I got to the church in which they attended, the pastor was there, and he and I go to talking about Glenna and Edwards. Little to my surprise, Edward's had been going on with his abuse towards Glenna for sometime according to pastor.

The Pastor and I also got to talking about various relationships that occurs between a man and woman on many levels.  Some thing that I will admit, never took the time to think about. I must have been there at the church for about two hours, and I was about to leave when Edwards came in the church.

It was the Pastor who started off the greetings, and Edward said "Hello, nice to you Victoria."  "What the fuck you mean "Nice to meet Victoria"? This is not the first time we are meeting; you and Glenna just had dinner with me and my husband."  Y'all forgive me, however those were the words that came out of my mouth in front of the Pastor.  And from then on . . . I could not stop with the tongue lashing towards Edward. That man caused me to curse his ignorant ass out in every scripture that I could remember from my childhood.  I started quoting some scriptures that I did not understood would have any relevance to Glenna and Edward's situation at that time, but I was spitting them out like I was MC Lyte of the baptist church in front of the pastor. The only thing the pastor could do was look dumbfounded, while Edward had a look on his face that clearly stated "What should I do now?"

The days that follow after that were light on Glenna; Edward wasn't so abusive anymore.  Well at least not the physical part of it.  They still had there moments and I continue to support Glenna in what she wanted and needed to do from her own survival there.  What I had learned in Istanbul I shared with Glenna; Edward did not like that. Oh fuckin well! was the mentality from both Glenna and I when it came it Edward.  There was a lot of things that Edward did not want Glenna to know about but as long as she and I was hitting the streets, we learned everything and anything there was to be learn about.

In a cynical way I am grateful to Edward for allowing me to meet such a wonderful woman who I was able to share many happy, sad, and tearful moments.

Even today, she and I still share happy, sad and tearful moments here in the states.   And just like two old hags, we argue about everything.

Coming soon, I will have more of our crazy ass adventures and moments that some of you will say "That did not happen!"

The Istanbul Chronicles: Hello Istanbul!

I met my ex-husband on August 25, 1999.  It was my Grandmother's birthday and it was the day that Istanbul had an earthquake of 8.9 magnitude.  Our first date happen because we had been talking on the phone a few times when I mention that I worked for a Jordian name Mr. M Swiess.  My ex knew him because he was the best friend of my ex's child hood friend. And I had know them a few years prior to meeting my ex.

My world wind marriage happened so fast that not even my family could believe that I had gotten married.  First they had to get over the shock of me being in a relationship then the shock of me getting married. They was like "what the hell happen?"  "Not Victoria!" "Did the world just froze over?"  Yes that was their reactions. I think that it took a minute to come out of their shock.

My ex husband sent me to Istanbul as a wedding gift to meet his family.  I met the grandmother, the mother, the brother-in-law and his wife, and the uncle, his wife and daughter.  I was there for two weeks and let me tell you. . .I was telling my ex to pack our things and moved back home for him.

While I was there I was breathless.  The beauty of Istanbul was overwhelming that I just melted with everything that I saw.  Even the aroma of the city was filling.  You smelted the sea, the spices, and the culture everywhere you walk.  There was so many thing to see that I really could not focus on just one thing.

I was so in all with Istanbul that when I did go home I did not realizes that I had left my heart there.  My ex-husband got so upset with me that we moved there 6 months later.  See my ex-husband was a Turkish man however I believe that he did had his heart on continuing to live in Chicago.  But at the same time when we meet he was already picking to move back to Turkey.   So us moving there turn out to be the best experience of my life and one that I can not shake off like I can with heartbreaks and disappointments.

On the day we left Chicago, it was -18 degrees and when we got to Istanbul, some 10 1/2 hours later, it 80 degree in March.  Yes we were over dressed and I was looking for some lighter clothes to wear.

When we arrived at his mother's place, I think we were in the house for about an hour when the ex and his mother was talking about the earthquake.  I am like "what earthquake?"  It has happen that fast that I did not feel it.  However they knew that it had happen because the light fixture handing from the ceiling was swing.  I come to find out that the average Turkish home does not have table lamps and will have multiple hanging lamps because of untimely earthquakes.

Moving to Istanbul I was excited and nervous to embark on a new life with my first marriage.  We had a lot of things to prepare for like getting Nick in school and finding a place of our own.  We did not have to worry about furnishing the our place. My ex-husband's family had furniture waiting for us to go into our new home so we found one cross the street from his grandmother's place and across the hall from his brother.  I later learned that it is the groom's family responsibility to a) find a new place for them to live and b) furnish the apartment.  And when I say furnish I do mean furnish from the living room to the dinner room to both bedrooms (our bedroom and my son bedroom) that included the bedding for the beds.  My kitchen with all cooking pots and pans, dishes and a few others things for the kitchen.

Now how many of you past and future brides wish that you can a wedding gifts like that?

At that time I did not expect anything for my new life however I got more that I could have ever image while living there. The things that I learned and the things that I go to do that I would never otherwise get a chance to do back in Chicago.

Moving forward I am going to share some of my experience along with Glenna and she got a few stories that I think some of you will find funny.

So I do hope that you will enjoy my stories.

Coming in January!

Happy New Year Everyone!

How many of you are happy that the Christmas holiday are over with?

January is here now and it is time to start thinking about what we want to accomplish in 2016.  First let's acknowledge that it is 2016!  WOW!  The only thing I can remember about 2015 is my son accomplishments that I am so proud of him for.  Not one but two MOS in the US Army and is now living in Seattle for his new job.  He's adapting and I am praying for him to have much success while he is there.

In 2015 we seen more event things that will specificity impact on our culture in the years to come.  U.S. has had to deal with the forth coming of racism between City Police and African Americans because of several shooting that were not necessary to use.  Because of this our nation has had riots that have gone beyond the extent of "How could you?" and "Why would you destroy your city like that?"

ISIS has made itself know throw the world with some events that will have a lasting impressions on our hearts like the two attacks in Paris and the one in San Bernardinas, CA and the destruction of a country like Syria where it's people had to run to other countries to seek protection and shelter.  And ISIS is getting on everyone's fuckin' nerves by trying to cause a new world war that has now included France, Saudi Arabia and Russia.  And ISIS should understand that they are fuck when Russia start striking against them.

Then there was Donald Trumps who has given most of us a new meaning to "Fuckin' headache!" with some of the things that have come out of his month.  Offending not just most of us here in states but also often other ethic groups from around the around.  And our government, wait I mean that there were some politicians who not only us a new meaning of the word "stupidity" but has also given us some classic stupidity moments.

Now as for me, the one thing that I don't do is make New Years Resolutions.  Why? And I am not the only person who does this or has did this, and that is because I have always broken my New Years Resolutions.  It is usually for one reason or another (only you know what your reason(s) why you broke yours.)  Me . .  .I just say the hell with it.  I figure I will get around to doing it some day but for now I have to worry about this next class. However I did set a goal for myself to complete within 6 months.  (Y'all are going to have to wait and see what the outcome will be from my goals).  But for now I have started on my journey to get it done.

Now some of you, I know you are happy to have your child(ren) back in school.  Peace during the day is what you were longing for during those two weeks.  (A show of hands that I told the truth here!)  The flip side to that is that now you have to started with the holiday cleaning of all those Christmas decorations.  For that I am going to say and wish you good luck on your clean and try not to break the other ornaments that the kids or Uncle Sal did not break.

A show of hand of those of you who dreading to see your next credit cards' bill!  I am so sorry and I will pray for your insanity as you worry about them.  You see, I cut my credit card up before Thanksgiving because I know me and how I shop.  So to prevent myself from getting into trouble, I just destroy the card and I will order a new probably at the end of the month or whenever.  I am really trying to stay out of trouble and I would rather have it when I really do need it, which will probably be around the time I complete my 6 months goal.  Good luck to all of you with your credit cards' bills.

If you have not already done it, then you probably will start exchanging those Christmas gifts that you did not like and for some of us wait until after Christmas or New Years to go Christmas shopping for all the last year's items to be at 70 - 90% off and to be the first to shop for all the new items that will be hitting the shelves.  (I will be the first to admit that is when I go shopping for clothes for the year especially summer. Because they will be 30 -40% off before advertising starts.)  Don't you just love it when certain family buy you clothes that you either (a)don't wear because it is too short and it is their way of telling you to lose some weight, (b)don't like style of clothing, and (c) brought you something for the stake of buying you something.   How rude! Simply fuckin rude! Go ahead and tell them to get you a gift card instead.

With the coming of January it means that you have start making out this year's vacation time, tax exemptions, and health care programs.  Go shopping instead! At work while you are trying to figure when and where to take the family for vacation, you first got to fight with the co-workers for the dates you want.  And I am sure that you have one or two co-workers you want to slap the shit of out of, right? (Pick a good dark late night for that!)  Going shopping would be easier than deciding if you should exempt or not and of course, how much! Hell, going shopping is so much easier to go than your doing your taxes! You can't get confused with shopping, unless you are an idiot!  If you have already figure out which health care program is better for you as an individual and for your family - congratulation to you!  I am still confused with my Blue Cross and Blue Shield that I should have stayed with the Badge Care plan.

My plans for 2016 is to focus more on my writing in my blog, put all the notes to together to write a book about my grandfather, and entertain everyone with my our stories from Istanbul (that Glenna and I sharing our many unsafe and crazy adventures).  I have asked my family for some of their fondness memories of my grandfather and I can not wait to hear some of the things they are going to say.  Of course I do plan on getting out a visiting my family members threw out the states.  I am in the mood to share my love and give myself extra joy by torturing them with my love.  What is family for?

Y'all, Happy New Year! Please stay safe.  And thank you for reading my blog.