August 2020 – Mama 'N Chief

Ok so look, when I decided to return to school to get my Masters Degree, after 50 lev’m years (that’s a long time for my non Ebonics friends,) I knew I would have my work cut out for me. I knew that this process was not going to be easy. Yet here I am, in my third week trying to understand why someone like myself, a creative brain, is being forced to take not only Accounting but Economics, which should only be reserved for mathematical brains. For the entire weekend, I have been posted in my office, trying to finagle my assets from my elbows, while studying for this Accounting test this week. I can assure you, I am spent. For the life of me, I don’t know how people crunch numbers for a living. God bless them. I literally have been looking at numbers sideways for a good 48 hours and just when I think by Golly, I think she’s got it! She don’t got it and I’m starting at the beginning all over again. I will say

Fab Amazon Finds Series, Mama 'N Chief

byEb Lou

The Skinny on how I Lost 10 Pounds in 10 Days

Weight. The one word I can say, truly gets on my nerves. My weight has fluctuated tremendously since having Chief. The goal that has always been constant is to get under 200lbs, which is the catalyst to getting to my true goal which is 175lbs. I’ve been close to 200lbs but I tend to let my love for food push me away from the target. I love my carbs and sweet tea and sweets and all the things that make life grand. I feel such joy when I’m able to eat the way I want to but in turn, the results of that, which is packing on the pounds, make me sad. What an ironic correlation. What I figured out, is finding a balance between the two will keep me satisfied on both fronts. A couple of weeks ago, I mentioned in my post on New Beginnings that I wanted to take control of my health and weight, so the kickstart of my effort was an old faithful. I followed JJ Smith’s 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse and

20Aug

Marital Madness

byEb Lou

Why Blocking Your Love Blessings is Delaying you From Marriage: Told Through my own Love Story

There are so many ways that I have stepped out on faith in my life and have succeeded. When I agreed to meet a stranger in a seedy hotel in Baltimore, I would've never imagined that it would lead to the wonderful life I live now. Ok, so let me back the story up a bit for those that haven't heard it before. While I was working in Baltimore that day, I wasn't in the business of meeting random men at hotels. My job as a flight attendant, required that I layover there overnight. I had recently joined a dating website and was nearing the end of my paid subscription. I had no intention of renewing the membership because the 2 guys that I met on it were both weird. The day before heading to Baltimore, I came across the profile of this handsome guy but when I looked at the height of 5'10, I felt that was too short for 5'8 me, so I swiped left, I guess. I don't really know which way the swipe for

17Aug

Fab Amazon Finds Series, Mama 'N Chief

byEb Lou

Say I Do! In This Affordable Amazon Mermaid Dress

This week I’ll be celebrating my 9th wedding anniversary and decided I wanted to do a faux bridal shoot. My actual wedding dress is sealed and boxed so I challenged myself to see if Amazon had an affordable dress, that one could actually get married in and I found this gem! So here I am, with my little pink wig, trying to make this shoot feel weddingly (my word.) The dress itself is nice but it really needed some pizazz! Adding my rhinestone belt from ASOS, really added that bridal flair I was looking for. Amazon has some really nice rhinestone sash belts as well. The necklace is the one I wore on my wedding day. Thanks to Covid, I know many brides have opted to postpone their wedding or head to the courthouse. This dress is the perfect alternative to an expensive dress while still maintaining beauty and sophistication. I am 5’8 and wear a size 14, so I ordered a 2x to be on the safe side but I could’ve went with an XL. The dress

13Aug

Mama 'N Chief

byEb Lou

How to set up a Virtual Workstation for Young Children, That Will Promote Success.

As parents we are facing our most trying time ever. If you weren’t already homeschooling your children, you have been thrusted into a paraprofessional/ IT role, working hand in hand with your school and teacher to get your children educated this year, via computer. I have to say, it wasn’t an easy decision to do virtual schooling. However, we had the resources and job flexibility to make it happen, so it was the best choice for our family. To make the transition as seamless as possible, I knew I had to provide Chief with a dedicated workspace catered to him, that would make learning fun. We decided to use his playroom desk as his virtual learning hub. The playroom comes with a back story. When we were building, it was supposed to be an additional bedroom, possibly for another child or a guest room but it is a Jack and Jill type set up and is attached by a bathroom to Chief’s bedroom. The playroom was supposed to be down the hall, across from the master

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