Somebody wants me to update, and I really would but the stuff I want to write about I cant. Some feelings or thoughts I have been having I 'd rather keep to myself. They may hurt someone's feelings if they ever stumble on this blog and I certainly wouldnt want to do that. Besides I am handling the situation quite well, with lots of prayer.....

So unto other news..... yes that's how you spell unto not onto!!! same goes for colour, neighbour, centre... get the gist??? Yes the language is ENGLISH not american. I am just upset cause living in the USA for 6 years had me embarrass myself by writing checking instead of chequing!!!! Ah bwoy!!!!.... 

I have settled into the apartment. I have a COMPLETE bedroom set. A lovely dining set that is in boxes, my office is almost done and I have no idea when I am getting livingroom furniture. I want to buy a home next summer so I kinda have a feeling I'll wait til then to decide on my livingroom.

I started going back to the gym this week. My stomach has gotten HUGE. I am having that embarrassing bulge when I wear close fitting tops, you know the one that makes you fold your hands around your waist or constantly pull on the ends of your jacket? Me no like that at all..... So with a lot of determination and 12 PT sessions. I hope to see some results by year end....

I am working from home!!! Some days I work from the desk, other days (like today) I a sitting on my bed. Hey, as long as I am doing what I am suppose to do no one cares!!!

I am really getting bored with this blog, I dont know what to write anymore... I have a feeling this will be my very last entry.... Y'all know how to get me on MSN or YAHOO or AOL. If you dont just leave a comment and I'll hook you up with the screen name.....

Kei

Well if anyone was reading this here blog somebody would have said suppen! I dont have no motivation to write cause I fell like I been talking to maself . Just kidding. I dont have no motivation to write cause I have to click too many darn buttons on bravejournal b4 I can actually write a post.

So as I was saying, I made it to Canada. The drive was interesting. I stopped in a little town in Kentucky to have lunch at a Cracker Barrel and the people were staring at me like they aint never seen a black person before. Needless to say I ate quickly and jumped into that car and drove straight to Canada!!!!

So here I am, nearly a month since I have been here. I found a comfy apartment. It has a nice size sunroom which I will use as an office, large living and dining with lots of windows. I am moving in a couple days. So far I have bought a bedroom set, bed, dresser, chest, mirror, nightstand and a really comfy mattress set. If y'all dont hear from me in a while its because I am having fun in my new bed! LOL. I tell you a lot of thought went into that purchase. I was so uncomfortable testing out the beds. I refused to lay on them, but how much can ya really tell if ya done lay down???? So I gave in a rolled left to right like ole dude suggested until I finally found what was perfect for me....All I need now is a TV and I am good to go. I think I have identified a dining set. A livingroom set is going to be challenging. I lean towards the contemporary side but I am yet to see anything that grabs me. I am checking out IKEA soon, so we shall see.

I am syked about having my own spot. Now that I think about it, I lived on my own between the ages of 19 and 22. Then my bro and sis came to live with me, see we was from di country and the University is in Kingston, my brother had just finished high school and my sister was starting 6th form and mi did want har fi go a Town  (Kinsgton) school. When I moved to Cali afterwards I had a roomate, in Florida I stayed with fam.

So finally I am going to be able to strut my stuff thru my own place with nobody around!!! Woooohoooo.

I have all the necessary stuff (I think). Linen, kitchen stuff, bathroom stuff and the works. I just need to go grocery shopping and get a load of bleach and some lysol. Yah know I cant touch anything in that place unless "I" clean it....

 

I should have really write a blow by blow of the moving process but this sister doesnt have the energy and so much time has gone by i am sure I have forgotten some details. Let me give it a trip anyway but promise to ignore the typos .....

Last Monday and Tuesday were the busiest days of the year for me. The weekend prior I didnt have a chance to pack nor do anything pertaining to my move. My mother and nephew were in town and they kept me very busy. On monday I had work as usual but added to that I had to do the trip to the shippers for dearest Daddy. Monday evening I got home and started loading the car, mind you the car was scheduled to be in the shop Tuesday. Side note I called the shop to confirm my appointment and the girl couldnt get someone on the phone. When I expressed my disatisfaction she told me I could go elsewhere. You know she got her piece from me.... Continuing...So monday night I packed the car.

Tuesday, I took the car in and told them to do everything, no kidding!!! I knew it was about time for a timing belt change, I know it costs less in the future if I change the water pump at the same time and I knew I needed new brakes and tires and with new tires comes alignment. Mind you I took it in for a major service at another dealer less than 2 weeks prior. Well the reason I went with this dealer was because they sent me a coupon for everything I needed done. So $1100 later nobody couldnt tell me I wasnt driving a new car .

Tuesday night the packing continued. I got home and started loading up the car  and finishing laundry right away. I endured a couple mosquito bites but at 10pm I was done, or so I thought....

I had every intention of leaving by 7am wednesday morning. I got up at 6 but the little things I thought would be easy to fit in the car took me about 3hrs. Packing that car was no joke, I was sweating like I was in a marathon! At 9:30 am I jumped in the car and began my journey from Florida to Canada!!! Stay tuned.....

The other morning at the gym I happened to look up at one of the TVs and saw them interviewing a little old lady. I couldn't hear anything so I read the caption.

Reporter: Before we go is there anything you can tell those of us who would like to live to 126 years old?

Lady: Have a healthy diet and mind your own business.

I wanted to bust out a laugh, but seriously though some people need to mind them own business.

I guess I am back in the blogging world. Inspired by Neely who updates sometimes twice a day.

Man I need to be packing. Dont ask me why I am buying stuff that I dont know will fit in the car. Yep, I bought some household stuff at Ross TJMax and Marshalls. You know how you can find cute decorative items for a low price in those stores. Well I have my bathroom decked out, Kitchen stuff, some wall stuff and a bunch of ather stuff. It wasn't easy though, I must have gone to every Ross, TJMax and Marshalls in broward county. You know how they will have the perfect rugs but only one piece so I have to drive to another one clear cross town to see if they have it. Yeah, I have been doing that for the past 3weeks. Its all good though.

Now back to miss Neely. The girl have me thinking bout setting up a home gym. I am seriously thinking bout getting one of the threadmill/stepper thingys that I see advertising, a bench and some weights. Only one problem, if I do that I wont have any reason to leave my apartment. The gym would be the only time I interact with people during the days. A typical day would be; wake up, walk over to the threadmill, shower, walk over to the desk sit and work for 8 hrs then watch TV and go to sleep. Naah I think I will need to see some faces and some regular faces. I am definitely going to start out with just taebo though. I bought the billy bootcamp elite series and I am anxious to try it out so I fiure for about 3mths I am going to do that solely. Then about new January just when its freezing I will join a gym. I done knocked my head. Heck yes I will be going to the gym in the winter, why not?

Anyway I gone do the people dem work....lataz

 

That there is french for "i dont like changes". Yes If I am going to live in the people dem country I am going to learn dem other language! The french lessons are about to begin.

So now to my post, its no big deal for me to just pack up and move to a far away place. To be honest if an opportunity came up for me to be in Australia, I'd be there in a heartbeat. Den, howcome I am not happy that aquafina change the shape of dem water bottle. I know its the same product same 16oz but the bottle not as SEXY as di one I am used to. It used to be tall with a small middle, now it short with no waistline. Me no like dat....

I am sure I posted about her up in here sometime last year. A "friend" of mine I really hate to use the term so loosely but we were a little more than chatting buddies, well we had another fallout. Once again she cussed me out cause I didnt agree with her. Damn, its like I am not entitled to an opinion and if I am, I shouldn't voice it? She is about to do something that is WRONG, I wont go into the details but lets just say if things didnt go her way she would be in BIG trouble. Now this thing she wants to do, she doesnt need to do it. She has other options, some of which I showed to her but she wasn't having it. Girl is about to do wrong and ask God to bless it and had the nerve to say if He didn't want her to do it He would have to stop her. What kinda screwed up way of thinking is that? She couldn't be talking about the same God, so I felt it necessary to inform her the He sometimes allow us to make our mistakes and that asking Him to bless something that He clearly wouldnt approve of is ridiculous. Homegirl started to cuss mi out, saying I am assuming that her plan is going to fail and that she is a grown ass woman who makes her own decisions. The funny thing is, not once during our conversation did I say she should or shouldn't do XXX. Infact I only said she should think seriously about what she was about to do and go with her gut feeling. I even went on to say that I will be there with her either way but she should think about it.... I dont know but homegirl turned on me to the point where she hung up the phone.

Several times I have had to think about the frienship that we have. I know that our way of thinking differs, we really dont have much in common yet we still find things to talk about. I don't wish to have any friend or acquiantance with whom I am going to be fighting. I am just not having it. The last time she went off on me, she told me that friendships are not always a bed of roses. Well, I beg to differ. There are 2 women I consider to be my best friends and even though we disagree at times, we never get into an argument. If I am ever considering doing something "stupid" either one would tell me not to do it, in so many words. No fancy speeches no sugar coating and that is what I expect from a friend. Never in my life have I had to argue with a friend and it naah happen again. This girl is bouncing. We cant be friends anymore because I would constantly be on my p's and q's trying not to upset this girl and since our last fallout I have to be too selective of what I tell her. Mi cyaan bodda wid dat.

I am stranded at home today cause my car is in the shop . I figured I'd have it checked out and serviced properly for my 1600 mile road trip. I had no choice but to take it to the dealer. I know the whole jazz that dealers are rip offs, but when I take it to Pepboys they always do the basic stuff and tell me the car is ok. I dont know any independent mechanics and I have been asking my uncle to help me out for the last 2 years and he is always forgetting. Man I need some parts CHANGED!!! so I am gonna pay twice as much to the dealer to change parts that might not have needed changing to begin with. BUT I dont want to wait until anything beaks to be running around like a headless chicken, especially since I dont have the luxury of a husband to take care of things when the car dies. I'd rather pay the dealer an extra $100 to know my car wont break down in the middle of the alligator alley. RIGHT?

Now on to other things. Neely, I have made up my mind to go to Nova!!! ONLINE!!! Gotta submit the application on Monday. I have had everything all set aside for the past year or so . mi need fi du suppen before suppen du mi!!

My packing isnt going too badly. I have no idea if everything can fit but I am packing anyway. Not using much boxes and I am trying to stick to small boxes. I figure they will fit and easier.

So I am moving to Canada. EVERY STINKING BODY is asking why!! I shouldnt have said stinking (its a bad word in my book) but DAMN (another bad word) I need to release my frustration. You see, if they were just asking out of curiosty I could handle it. BUT they have this look on their faces like " girl you are crazy"  then they go on to tell me its cold there. When they give me that kinda attitude I just tell them I am going because I want to.

For once in my life I am absolutely positive that I am making the RIGHT move. No doubt in my mind about that. I was seeking guidance from the Lord every step of the way. The way he orchestrated things made it even more evident that Canada is where he wants me to be. I told my osses a couple months ago that I would be leaving and you know what they did? They offered for me to work for them as a contractor while in Canada. Yep, I get to keep my job!! and now I will  be working from home!. What more can I ask for? I just wish people would stop looking at me like I am crazy just because I am doing something they wouldnt dare to do...

OK, so I am at home with no food, well I have some cherries and almonds and crackers and sardines but I am craving oxtail. Oh well. I dont feel like doing anything today. I already washed the bathroom and my room is clean. Well the rest of the house is clean too but I could mop the floors and do some dusting, but I dont feel like it. I could give myself a mani and pedi but I dont feel like that either. My laundry load is light but I dont feel like that either. I think I am gonna watch TLC or HGTV and chill for a minute....

Hast la later!!!!

The whole world anticipated the birth of the Jolie/Pitt baby and Kei is just catching wind of the story. Yeah I figured the baby was here and I heard the whole jazz about the pics and all. BUTT to show how clueless I was, I saw a pic of them changing the baby and thought, "oh what a sweet little boy" . Yep I swear I saw a peepee. Oh well, life goes on... looking closer at the little girl, I guess Jen's lips are real....

 

Hi friends!!!!! I know its been a while but I am not gone too far. I am currently in Canada!!! Gosh, in a few weeks I will be calling this place my home. I am a bit excited about it but I think I'll miss Florida. Right now I am craving all the food that I probably won't get here, like Auntie S' cooking and I will certainly miss her, man di oxtail and fried chicken and stew peas and beef soup and ackee and breadfruit and curry goat and yam and dumplin. OK enough of that!!!

I am trying to decide whether to rent or buy. I am not prepared for the stress involved in buying so I might wait a couple months before taking that plunge. So in the mean time I am looking at apartments for rent. What I like about this place is that utlities are normally included in the rent. That is cool especially since it gets so cold in the winter months.

Gotta go, I know its quick but I gotta go... Lataz