Grrrr. It was my intent to have this post around 4pm today. I’m hoping to start posting more than once a day, at least once each week, and then I go and mess up my autoposting.  Maybe that’s a sign I shouldn’t post more often after all LOL.

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So, John and I are about to be two stinky mofos. He’s now on the going green bandwagon with me and all natural skin care products and hair care products are on the list. We’re searching for a natural deoderant/antipersperant that a) actually works and b) isn’t 5 million dollars. At home though, we’re going au naturale, using alcohol and powder with our pits. Please pray for our olfactory systems.

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Stinkyness aside, I’m so glad John’s on board with using the all natural products. We’ve been using them on Rohan so I’m glad we’re finally starting to use them on ourselves with regularity. The Shea Moisture body washes smell so good I wanna eat them!

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Thank you guys for the sweet and positive response on my post about officially becoming a WAHM. I love how supportive you guys are! And thanks for the tips and for sharing your WAHM experiences with me. (PS: Did you notice the new header?)

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I’m cooking a lot these days. I must say….I don’t dislike it. I made a kickass pork loin for John using a recipe from Food Network and it was tha bomb.  (I felt so wifely!) I’m also on this weird kick of making all the foods we never got to eat growing up.  We always had Jamaican food, and on TV I’d see these “traditional” american foods….I’m starting to make them as my own personal experiment. I made a tuna noodle casserole that was pretty good, and meatloaf that was super yummy. Next I’m gunna make one of those green bean casseroles with those fried onions on top that you see in commercials around thanksgiving time LOL Do you eat that kinda stuff?

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Speaking of food, I really wish my job was being a professional eater on Iron Chef or Top Chef or something. Or that I could travel the country with Guy Fieri and eat greasy yummy diner food every day. Wouldn’t you just love that?

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Did you guys know that toys procreate? They do. And they levatate and move on their own as well. Because as soon as I pick one up off of the floor, there are two in the place where one used to be.  It’s so crazy.

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I think I’m going to try and do a 5K this spring! *GULP* I’ve been running 5Ks on the dreadmills lately… I think I could make it through without a heart attack now. Anyone care to join me?

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Oh! And also, I’m ready for another tattoo. I know what I want, and where…I just need to get someone to draw it out all pretty for me.

I hope you guys are having a great week. Thanks for reading my brain dump this lovely Thursday!

My year of S/WAHMing is coming to an end soon. It’s heartbreaking but it must be done. I’m only partially dreading it, and mainly because I’m scared of leaving Roey in the sitter’s care. I tell you what…my house is gunna be nannycam village very soon.

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So proud of my brother for getting accepted to a bunch of schools. Anybody reading this know a recent grad or current student at Morehouse, Emory, FIU, Howard? If so let me know!

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I’m so far behind on reviews/giveaways it’s ridiculous. I almost wish I could clump them all into one massive review/giveaway post…. but I can’t. Either way, lots of goodies coming your way soon. Starting with a great gift pack from Pantene!

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Have you heard of Gaiam TV? I’m doing the 10 day trial and I think I’m going to subscribe ($10/month) to keep my exercise boredom away. I can do a different DVD every single day if I want! They also have spiritual, metaphysical, and personal development DVDs available to stream as well. (I noticed they had some kids dance DVDs too!)

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Dreading going back to school but I’ve got just 8 classes left and I need to hurry up and finish. Did you know there’s a deadline within which you must finish your degree? I found that out recently and had a huge FML moment.

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Having a great time planning our family vacation. I’ve made the final decision! More on that later. I just can’t wait to hit the road! I’ve started the countdown. Can’t wait til Roey is old enough to get excited about things like this too!

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Can spring just get here already, please.

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Why didn’t you guys tell me about that new show The Americans, on FX? I LOVE spy stuff. Felicity and the guy from Brothers & Sisters are spies from mother russia (read that part w/ a russian accent please, cuz that’s how I “said” it) and doing all kindsa cool stuff while an anti-kgb FBI agent is living right across the street and tension and anxiety ensues…and fight scenes too.

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I think the next person who asks me when baby #2 is coming is going to get a karate chop. To.the.throat.

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Do you have any good book recommendations for me? I need to finish a book called Little Bee and then move on to something else. I’ve been slacking on my fiction reading these days.

Hope you’re having a great week, and guess what: Tomorrow’s FRIDAY!!! Wahoooo!

It’s Roey’s 8 month birthday! He’s so awesome. But I wish he didn’t hate napping. Why do babies fight sleep? Is it bad that I lightweight daydream about giving him ambien *avoiding eye contact*

Oh girls!!! I don’t know what it is about being in Florida that just makes everything feel so much better! Oh yes I do…my family is here! And I don’t have to cook! or clean! or deal with anything even remotely undesirable! Hooray!

I have my favorite travel companion with me:

And he was awesome on the plane as usual!

Johnny is stuck up in snowy, cold NJ because he has school and work. Boooo. But Roey and I will bring back a box of warmth and sunshine for him.

I wish there was a way to make these 2 weeks NOT fly by. I feel like this trip is like a reset button for me. I intend on spending my time soaking up as much of my family (and sunshine) as I can, of course, but also running, walking, reading, and writing.

Is it weird that I’m already thinking about Roey’s first birthday party? I’m both looking forward to it and dreading it, because Rohan turning one means I have to start looking for a dayjob. Bleh. Though the other day I was all gung ho about it, for the first time ever. This from the woman who is still scared of finding a sitter on sittercity.

PS: the news was on when I first walked into my gram’s house and guess what the story was: Some nanny caught on camera slapping the mess out of a 5 month old baby!! Can you imagine being at work and checking in on your nanny cam and seeing that go down? What would you do? I would end up in jail I’m sure.

Anywaaaaay….

Hey why didn’t any of you moms ever tell me how awesome strollers are?! We have the coolest jeep one for use at home, and John’s sister gave us her old travel stroller that is now one of my favorite things! I’ve used it more today and yesterday than I have in Roey’s 8 months on earth. It’s the new magic sleepmaker! The old sleepmaker still works, but this does the trick, and is easy on my back, plus…a lil exercise!

Before:

After:

Gotta love it!

OK That’s enough randomosity for one day. I hope you girls are having a kickass week! Talk to you tomorrow!