I love these songs

I have the super cheap cable - the kind that doesn't even require a box, it merely plugs in the back of your tv. I only get the free channels, TBS and BET. That said, I've been enjoying videos again. If you miss them, check out BET. They also play a lot of good movies.

At any rate, I saw/heard this video the other day, and immediately bought the MP3. I love it! I think it's a super cute song, with a great musical undertone.

BTW - totally giggle every time Ne-Yo sings, "I was the captain of my pimp-ship," lol!


I love this one bc it makes me proud of my city!

Facebook

I deactivated my facebook, recently, bc I found it becoming too stressful. I find that people forget that posting things means its public for all to see, and it was beginning to stress me out.

A friend of mine recently shared some interesting things slash conversations others were having on FB, and told me that she thought, "I bet this is exactly the kind of thing that led to Alison deactivating her FB account."

Yep, it sure is. =) Good riddance, FB! Not sure I'll be back anytime soon.

Breathe Contented Sigh...

I love clean laundry. I also love being at home, with my clean laundry schlepped upstairs. I love the smell. Mmmmmm....

Now I am contentedly sitting in my bed, watching old episodes of The Closer.

Pad Thai on a Budget

These were on sale at Target this weekend. I bought two, thinking I would try it out and see how if it was any good. You know - did it taste like glorified Ramen, or is it actually good.

Crazy yummy. Such a great alternative to going to my favorite Thai restaurant. And easy to make in teh office.

What's a Girl on a Budget to do?

I am trying a little experiment. This month I am not going out to eat at restaurants if I'm the one paying (meaning dates and work are okay), and am attempting to not spend more than $10 a week on groceries (milk and fresh fruit.)

I have a freezer and cabinet full of food, and I am using it up! Tonight I made a box of mexican rice, and stir fried frozen vegetable blend with chopped peppers, onion, garlic, turkey sausage and shrimp. MMMMM.

I also found a box of rice pudding in the pantry, made it and set out some frozen peaches to thaw that can go on top. Couple of dinners, couple of lunches. Hooray!

My Garden

I finally have tomatos sprouting!

My Bell Peppers are Finally Sprouting!

I'm very excited about this development. I'll be posting photos in a couple days. I want to give my peppers and spinach some time to grow. =)

Now if only my tomato blossoms would turn into actual tomatoes!!!

It's been awhile

I haven't blogged in a bit. I've been pre-occupied with Facebook, but I actually deactivated that for a time being. I needed to simplify.

Part of my attempt to simplify is that I told myself I won't be eating out for the month of June. So far, so good.

Today I had my first meal using produce from my 'urban garden.' YES - I have a garden on my deck. I had a wrap with some chopped roast beef, spinach and cilantro from my deck. It was delicious.

I can't wait for my tomatos to grow in!