Get out of my way ...

Believe it or not this message about me. I have been sabatoging myself for so long that I thought that not really participating in my life was normal.  Well no more.  Cha Cha is back. Woo hoo. It's great to be back.

It's time to get back into the workforce and that is another one of my goals for this year since I haven't been able to start a business of my own.

Wish me luck.

Adorn

Whoops.  I almost missed Music Monday.  Today's musical selection is Adorn by Miguel.  I have loved this song for such a long time.  Miguel is such a talented singer and I've enjoyed every single that he's released so far.

Before he released his first single a cousin of mine met him at a restaurant during a rehearsal dinner where he (my cousin) was a member of the wedding party.  This restaurant had a live band and an announcement or something was made acknowledging the couple.  Miguel was in the restaurant and ended up singing a couple of songs for the couple.  My cousin said that Miguel was a "cool dude" and I thought that was very nice of him to serenade the couple.

Anyway, here's this weeks song Adorn.

Happy Monday,

Cha Cha

The Clean Up Woman

Today is all about cleaning up for me.  I decided to try my hand at making homemade laundry detergent.  The 1/2 batch that I made actually filled the 3 laundry detergent bottles and 2 fabric softener bottles shown.  Of course I'm not as organized as other bloggers out there so I don't have my stuff in clear bottles that make good DIY photos.

SDC10748, a photo by Ms ChaCha on Flickr.

I don't know how well this will work out but if it works half as well as it smells then I'll not only be sharing this on my blog but I'll be saving a ton of money.

Anyhoo, back to the song of today.  In celebration of my day of cleaning I've chosen Betty Wrights Clean Up Woman.  Although Betty and I are talking about two totally different kinds of "cleaning up" this is a great song to clean to.

I Don't Care

Happy Monday.  My song for today is I Don't Care by Raheem Devaughn.  A couple of weeks ago I heard this song on the radio and it's stuck with me since then.  I play it on my ipod and I just have to dance.  I'm an excellent chair dancer you know.  Anyway turn up the volume and join me in singing loud and proud along to I Don't Care.

Family

Well tomorrow is Labor Day and while some people will celebrate then my family will get together today for a BBQ.  Since my family is so close any excuse will do for a simple meal or a huge gathering and today is no different.  In addition to the marathon quick clean that I'm about to do my mom and I will start seasoning the meat so we can throw it on the grill this afternoon.

No family is perfect.  We all have our own problems and ways but one thing is true for my family.  We may fuss and fight but we always have each others backs.

So with that in mind I'll prepare myself for the aunts and their "subtle" attempts to find out why I'm still single and I'll even try to refrain from rolling my eyes as they "suggest" ways that I can find a man.

Family, you gotta love em.

Let's try this again

It's hard to believe I haven't posted anything since November but it's true.  I can't really say that life got in the way or that I've been too busy to post.  My life has been at a standstill and I haven't had the inclination to move myself forward.  I distanced myself from friends and family and I did not want to do anything. Until now. :)

I've decided that now it's my time.  No more living through others or sitting on the sidelines watching my own life passing by.  No ma'am.  It's time to get a move on and be the woman that I've always wanted to be and do all of the things that I've always wanted to do.

Something that few people know about me is that I'm a closet writer.  So far I've started on two books with over 3k words written for the first book.  And I have notes and quasi outlines for three more books.  I never realized what "real" authors go through until I started on my writing journey.  The first book that I began writing will actually end up being the second book in a series of books.  My muse, as some people call it, has taken me all over the place and would not stick to the story in the order that I wanted the story to be told but I think this will turn out to be a great read in the end.  My goal for September is to submit my first book for publishing by the end of the month.  Hopefully putting this out there in cyberspace will help me push through to complete my goal.

I feel like a toast is in order so I'll raise my glass of sweet tea to us.  May we reach our goals and move forward towards our dreams.

What are your dreams and/or goals?