Lessons from My Granny

Greetings from Hump Day! This week has been eventful to say the least, but I am going to spare you the details of Resurrection Sunday. Although, it is not only on Easter that I am grateful for Calvary and the sacrifices made there for me, someone that definitely doesn't deserve it, but he did it anyway so I am grateful.

Yesterday, my Grandmother Aggie Lou Johnson turned 85! Which I think in itself is a huge accomplishment, she has lived through....World Wars, Great Depression and Segregation and 8 years of George Bush (although there was a silver lining there, she got to vote for Barack Obama and that made her proud). Therefore, I tip my hat to the woman is has been as much a fixture in my life as my parents. My Grandmother and I have always had a spectacular relationship which I attribute to the fact that she and I have an understanding, she understands me and I understand her, but don't ever think that we don't have our issues and fallout's. She hates that I color my hair and I hate that she spits on me when she dips snuff, but all and all I couldn't love her more.

Growing up with a grandmother who is so deep rooted in the South, there are so many lessons that she taught me. She maintained an open relationship with me on everything from me wanting to attend church online while I was in college to maintaining my sanity when I got married the lessons were immeasurable and it is awesome to have her with me now, but I realize that one day that may not be the case, so I wanted to take the opportunity to tell Aggie, I love her and dedicate this blog to her and also, share some of these lessons with you so that you can take a little piece of Aggie Lou with you too.....

Lesson 1-Right and Right and Right don't Wrong Nobody
Lesson 2-It doesn't matter what people say or do....carry yourself like a lady
Lesson 3-There is nothing that Cod Liver Oil will not solve
Lesson 4-Constipation is easy to solve....get prune juice
Lesson 5-If you do something, do it right and if you're not going to do it right, don't do it.
Lesson 6-Do wrong, wrong will follow, do right, right will follow
Lesson 7-Don't wear pants in church, its not right
Lesson 8-Make sure you have your own, not yours and a man, but YOUR OWN
Lesson 9-Pay God and Yourself
Lesson 10-Have that conversation with God, he's listening, it doesn't have to be on your knees necessarily, but have the conversation.


Therefore Aggie....thank you for every sacrifice you have made, every time I panic and you do not, and every situation that you insist will make me stronger. I adore and appreciate every lesson.

The Race.....The Kennedys....The Man Hole

Greetings!

I had such an eventful weekend. Steve and I along with my co workers participated in The Race for the Cure, which is such an amazing event, to see all of the survivors and people who support them is so super amazing and awe inspiring. I never realized how many people my age are affected my this disease and come out of it better and more aware people. Big ups to my girls Justina and Jess.

Then I went out with my friends to celebrate my friend Patrice's Birthday and this seems to be a constant feature these days...birthday parties which indicates to me that I party too much or have too many girlfriends, either way it was a blast in a glass

Then on Sunday, Steve and I spent the whole day watching The Kennedy's miniseries and resting, which I loved. It combined two great things, sleep and power. I am borderline obsessed with the Kennedy's because of the power, the prestige, and the thought that one family could be so powerful and yet so greedy at the same time and of course Jackie O, shes the reason all of my sunglasses are over sized like so...




Then came the man hole that I fell in, no this is not a test.....I really fell in a Man Hole and it was petrifying. Doing laundry, it wasn't sealed and I took a dive into the hole, obviously not all the way but a long enough way that I am all banged up and swollen. It was awful, injury pictures coming soon!

Therefore, the weekend was majorly eventful filled with the great, the bad and the ugly. Back to Yoga for me this weekend (I need some zen)

Until next time, have a Terrific Tuesday filled with Easy Going Thoughts!

Dee

A litle of me goes a long way......

Okay, so yesterday I gave up my blogging virginity and it was liberating. Although I did go home last night and have a bit of an anxiety attack because these days its what I do. I believe that total sanity is overrated and therefore I like living my life in what I refer to as "organized chaos." This would make my Mom kind of angry with me because she raised me to be a little more together ( I go to work at 9 and wake up at like 8:20), a little more graceful (I fall like all of the time), and question things a little less (I need an answer for everything). Therefore that probably has a ton to do with my anxiety attacks and all of the medicines prescribed for them (which I refuse to take). Although, ultimately, I am grateful for everything.....the good times, the bad times, and the times where I can not control my tears or laughter.


Therefore, I consider this week a get to know me week and here are a few of my favorite things.....



Hermes Bag

 


My family

 


They remind me of my friends



They take me to a happy place

 

My church



He was and still is a very big deal to me

 


These ladies have molded me in ways you dont even know....




Margaritas





My friends....they are there to pick me up when I fall down which is often

 


My Baby Cousins

 


My Hubby (Steve Beaven)



Old Pictures of my parents





Yep it's my favorite movie

 


I fell in love with hip hop somewhere at probably age 5





These girls are pure hilarity and I love them



Sasha and Mia....very big deal!




Girls Night



My Career



My Brother is so major

 

Wow! Look Ma I blog

I am not one of those people who hope that I get on Oprah with this blog, but I am looking forward to sharing my experiences as I countdown to my 30th birthday which is in 6 months and 6 months only!

It has been said that I think too much, I read a lot as a child and had this amazing childhood filled with parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins and amazing friends so who do I think I am garnering anxiety about turning 30?!?! Let me be frank with you, this journey started off exciting, I have a great career, great husband and loving family so I was like 30 was going to be a breeze. Then something in my head buzzed like a wrong answer on taboo and it all became too much. I was nervous, anxious and decided to find a way to avoid the birthday subject. Party=No, Cake=Hell No, "Get together"=forget about it.
I have since come to myself a little, but I have a feeling that these next few months will make me examine a few things and assuming this is cathartic, you will come along for the ride!

Love

Dee