Art Show

I have been concentrating on my tech job and I am now ready to do FINE ART.

Man Speed dating in the Salvation Army

Everyone who knows me well knows that I'm always in the thrift store hunting for the next best thing; well yesterday I wasn't the only one hunting for the next best thing in the Salvation Army thrift. This tall man still dressed in his scrubs from work was sitting in the furniture section of the store talking with any women that would allow him to strike up a conversation. I had my eye on this beautiful mid century modern desk and he was sitting by it so you know he had to try to add me to the list of women he was hitting on.... But you know I can't stand when someone insults my intelligence by:

1. Telling how he divorced his wife by giving her one of the cars, the dog, & 10,000.00 because all she wanted was his money. (WTI)
2. Making sure I know where he lived and that he had a game room and how much money he made per hour (I make more).  Oh he had to let me know he just worked a 12 hour shift, & how much many gadgets he owned, blah blah blah.
3. If you have all of this why is your mouth so raggedy.
4. Finally trying to talk to everything that had a vagina, women old enough to be my mom!

The manager got my attention and pulled me to a safe distance to warn me about this man... I told her I already peeped him but thanks for looking out for me.

But dude you are speed dating in the Salvation Army Thrift! Creepy....

Reinventing My Wheels

I haven't posted in quite some time because life changes have kept me busy... I work part time for a major computer company now instead of teaching Graphics full time. This major change in my life pushed me harder into the direction of entrepreneurism.  I always wanted to be self employed but didn't think I could do it full time. I've always freelanced photography & sold jewelry to supplement my income, always depending on my full time job. Well, you know the parable that Jesus tells about the talents: 

Matthew 25:14-30  14 “For it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants[a] and entrusted to them his property. 15 To one he gave five talents,[b] to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. 16 He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and he made five talents more. 17 So also he who had the two talents made two talents more. 18 But he who had received the one talent went and dug in the ground and hid his master's money. 19 Now after a long time the master of those servants came and settled accounts with them. 20 And he who had received the five talents came forward, bringing five talents more, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents; here I have made five talents more.’ 21 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.[c] You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 22 And he also who had the two talents came forward, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents; here I have made two talents more.’ 23 His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant. You have been faithful over a little; I will set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’ 24 He also who had received the one talent came forward, saying, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you scattered no seed, 25 so I was afraid, and I went and hid your talent in the ground. Here you have what is yours.’ 26 But his master answered him, ‘You wicked and slothful servant! You knew that I reap where I have not sown and gather where I scattered no seed? 27 Then you ought to have invested my money with the bankers, and at my coming I should have received what was my own with interest. 28 So take the talent from him and give it to him who has the ten talents. 29 For to everyone who has will more be given, and he will have an abundance. But from the one who has not, even what he has will be taken away. 30 And cast the worthless servant into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’

I was reminded of how we need to trust God in all our dreams & goals through our talents that he has given us. We have a tendency to get comfortable and complacent in lives that God never had for us in the first place. I heard a Pastor tell a story about how he gave his young daughter a five dollar bill and she insisted that he give her four quarters. He tried to explain to her that that five dollar bill was a bunch of quarters but she still wanted the four quarters, this Pastor used this example of how God in his Grace tries to Bless us His way and want to do it our way.

So by faith I'm reinventing my wheels and working with those talents He gave me day by day....

Raw Food lifestyle

I'm recommitting myself to raw food lifestyle. I've always liked vegetables and fruit growing up as a child and could not understand why people would hate veggies the way they do. Now I didn't like okra growing up and my Mom didn't make me eat them either. She was good about that when it came down to certain food and I'm glad she did because I love okra now as an adult because it is one of those vegetables that has an acquired taste i.e., beets, rutabagas, etc. which I now like also.
I tried to go raw two years ago but gave back into eating "process on the go" food because of my work lifestyle and in this part of NC county cooking rules. So finding places outside to eat other than Wholefoods(80 miles away). I have to train myself to prepare my food on the weekends for the following week. I did it before but different stresses of life overshadowed me and I fell off my new lifestyle.
Well I'm back!! I've joined www.giveittomeraw.com online community group and here I go!
I can do all things thru Christ that strengthens me....

http://www.hulu.com/watch/67878/the-future-of-food

Losing & letting go...

I've been working on shedding weight that has eased up on me the last for years. I am angry with myself about it because I have allowed work and certain life situations build stress up within. I began to feed my stress with food I had stopped eating, MacDonalds, Burger King, etc. Well over 50 pounds later I had to remind myself of what my Grandmother said, "I love me"! So over the past two months I have lost 25 pounds...35 more to go! I also keep everyone's negative emotions and drama away from me....

3rd Ward : Valerie montgomery

3rd Ward : Valerie montgomery

Embacing the future

I haven't been taking the time to write down my thoughts about what has been going on with me this past year. Pain has once again tried to become my constant lover, like it has in the past. This time I knew to back away from this relationship and this person immediately. I knew in my spirit to stay away from him.... The person that I thought I knew just does not even exist anymore. He made a choice to embrace the darkest side of his life. That made my season over with him. It is really something to watch a person fall and can't reach your hand out to catch them. Because you know they will just pull you down with them.... So I now embrace the future. I stand on what Grandmother Ellen would always say, "don't pickup what you can't put down" and "I love me!" It is time to do ART....