How creativity blossoms through being broke! Lol (DIY)

So I was straightening my desk and had mail, paperwork, and etc. stacked everywhere but it was clearly unorganized. I cannot focus it get things done effectively if things are messy and unorganized. I have to have order in everything I do and organized. And so I decided I wanted to go buy some stackable trays. I look at my bank account to see if I had money to spare and saw that I didn't. Lol. I looked up Office Depot to have an idea of the prices.

And I was reassured I didn't need to buy these write away, (says the unemployed person.) So I said to myself, "Man, I'll make me some stack trays!" I grab some Avon boxes from my mother and grab other things around the house to help me construct. 

Before

Here I have push pins, scissor, tape measure, paperclips, tape, and of course, boxes. 

After!

The push pins and tape is to keep the shelves sturdy and strong. Although paper items can only be used for light weight purposes. 

Only one side the shelves had a flap. I took a paperclip and stuck it through the flaps in a U shape and twisted the ends together. I wish both sides of the shelves had flaps; the paperclip was very sturdy!

And here's the finish product in use! I thought about putting stickers or spray painting the outside of it but I had friend who came up with an even better idea. She suggested getting the wall paper on it! When I do, I will update the blog on this!

2012 goals!

Today I had a friend who shared his 2012 goals to me and then asked me about mines. I never thought to officially lay out goals for the New Years. Mainly because I feel I should just get started on them right away. However, him asking me that question made me think that I need to at least set them in stone by writing them out. So I will share most of my goals; however, some are a little to personal for the public. Lol!

And here they are......
1) Taking and passing the Praxis I and II
-- I pray that God will help me pass these test. These test are required to take to become a teacher.

2) Find a full-time job.
-- I hope to find a full-time job by the beginning of the year. Whatever the job will be, I know I will be grateful and will do my best.

3) Volunteer.
-- I feel there is so much I can do to help out in the community, and so I will! There has been so much the community has done for me!

4) Find a side hustle.
-- I'm pretty good with the simple software that already comes on the computer and so I hope that it will lead me to do a few graphic designing type work. So far here's my first Funeral Program. http://prozonetasha.blogspot.com/2011/12/funeral-program-design.html

5) Being a better daughter.
-- I am thankful to still have my mother. She has been the best to me. We all have caught attitudes with our mothers but we should learn to smile and say yes ma'am to keep them happy. And one thing I've learned is that if there's something that I don't agree about with my mother or our relationship, I give it to God to work it out, and it does! :)

6) Paying off some bills.
-- Of course, everyone has those bills. They don't go away but you can get ahead and that's what I hope to do when God blesses me with my full time job.

I have several other smaller goals but these are my main ones. Therefore, I lift them all to God and pray He will be glorified in it all! :)

Boney James!

I've been meaning to blog about this. I went to see Boney James and Will Downing with a friend last weekend and it was soooooo good! My friends and I screamed in excited the whole time. Boney is the best saxophone player and he is so smooth. He band was just as good as he was.

Boney was before Will Downing but about time Will hit the stage my friend and I were exhausted from hollering for Boney! I didn't even take many pictures of Will but he was good as well.

Don't throw your life away...

When I saw this, the first thought I had was, "You may have thrown your life away but you can unraveled. You are still alive."

I was moved when I saw this! "Open the Eyes of my Heart!" (Youtube Video)

This video is absolutely amaaaazing! The first thing that caught my attention was the title, "10 year old Blind Autistic Boy Sings Open the Eyes of my Heart." I was weak! (In a good way..lol) But seriously, as the video started, I honestly couldn't hold back the tears. All I could think about was, "There are so many people WITH vision who crucify The Saviour DAILY and never say they're sorry or repent and this little boy born with Autism and no physical vision sings "OPEN THESE EYES OF MY HEART!" On top of that, I noticed that 88 people dislike the video and all I could think of was one word: HOW? How can you NOT like this video?? It was definitely a blessing to me and all it made me want to do is enjoy God and spread His Love & Word to everyone!

Enjoy it and share your comments!

What is love? 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

 ⁴ Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. ⁵ It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. ⁶ Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. ⁷ It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.

 ⁸ Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away.

Why natural hair?

I did the transition for spiritual reasons. I want to slowly stop altering the way God made me. With that being said, I stopped wearing make up excluding lip gloss (lol) and wanted to stop chemically changing my hair. If my hair is thick, dry, and tightly curled, then so be it. I was scared at first because I didn't know how I would manage my hair or that I would look cute (insecurity). But I put all fear aside and started transitioning. I wore a wig the first part because it was hard to manage half-relaxed, half natural hair. I did the big chop in August 2011 and immediately my hair started growing faster.

 These two pics above were the last time I had an actual style.

 This pic above I had some to braid my hair and wore it wild while transitioning.
And below was the big chop, before and after.

                      Before                                                                                             After

Embracing my natural beauty :)

The pic above is the 2nd time I wore my twa (teeny-weeny fro) in public. I'm starting to like it more and can't wait for it to get bigger! December 2011 makes it one year since I had the creme crack. I am no longer addicted. Lol check me out!

I feel old....

1990? Come on!

It's been a minute...

Hello there! Been sort of busy this past week. Helping out by babysitting, attending bible study, hanging out with friends, and preparing a Thanksgiving Dinner with my mom! I must say and really thankful of the things that has been happening in my life. I cannot complain.

During the Thanksgiving Holiday, I bought something I had been wanting for a very long time now.

Soccer. Cold. Fun.

Last night was my friend's last soccer game of the season. I had to make sure I attended and it was sooooo fun and soooo coooold! My other friend and I sat on the bleaches watching and laughing so hard about everything in spite of the cold. The team we were routing for didn't win but they had a good hustle! 

Here's the soccer buddy! 

 Here are the freezing buddies! 

My previous blog...change of plans

Yes. I talked about in my previously blog about how happy I was for the cold weather. Well today the high was 77 degrees, and possibly it will be in the 40's by midweek. You would think I should be used to do this. Well, I am but I guess you can say I talk about it often as if I wasn't.

Anyway, I attended tutoring training for Refugee students. The name of the program is Refugee Empowerment Program. These students come from the Mideastern and Central Africa area. I am nervous and excited about the experience I will have with these students. I'm sure that there will be some fun as well as tough times due to language barriers. But I am positive about it and ready for the challenge. I pray that God will bless this program abundantly.

Cold weather is here....and I'm actually kind of happy about it.

Normally, I hate when cold weather comes. However, my feelings are different this year. I'm excited it's here and would like to see some snow. I don't want a huge ice storm and streets freezing over but just a little snow. And as long as the temperature doesn't drop below 40 degrees, I'M GOOD!

What is Toxic in Me?

This question just came to me as a I went to the restroom. (Lol, yes, I was going to handle business.) But with this God showed me something. When there is something in our bodies that is toxic, immediately, our bodies start fighting the toxic off. We, as people of Yahweh, must do the same spirituality.

What is toxic spiritually? Sin. Bad habits, so-call friends, lovers, work, thoughts, drugs, and anything that disconnects you from God. What is it that disconnects you from God? The answer is whatever is keeping you to love your neighbor and God with all your heat, mind, soul, and strength. (Mark 12:29-31). How do we love God? By keeping His commandments, decrees, and laws.

To have a healthier lives, we must so no to toxic, keep the toxic away, and smile through everything.

Even though this is written for others to read, this is also for myself.

The lesson I learned during my bday weekend

I didn't want to get into details of what all happened during my bday weekend but I learned something from God. This is something I knew but had to be reminded: Never put anyone before God for He is a jealous God. But He never stops loving. My feelings were hurt this weekend but God allowed them to be hurt now instead of the long term. I have no regrets of what has happened in my life and I am soooo thankful of what He's doing in my life.

Thanks be to Yahweh! :)

The rest of the Birthday Weekend!

Saturday night my wonderful best friend and godsis took me out on the town. Details are too emotional to explain but it ended well and funny! All I can say is I love them so much and wouldn't trade these heffas for nothing else in the world!

My brother from another mother also took me out, along with my cousin, to IHOP. Again this was a happy moment.

My friend made this cupcakes for my bday, too! And they were sooooooo good! :) 

My Birthday Celebration 10/28! :)

Ate with my family last night. As usual, we were the loudest in the restaurant! We ate and drank! And my dear little cousin sang the famous Stevie Wonder's version of Happy Birthday to me. She opened up her mouth and belched out a strong, mature voice and the whole restaurant had NO CHOICE but to join along. And her she is.....

Here's the rest of the crew who came out!

 There's me with the birthday hand band on!

Another random pic of New York added to my collection.

I'm starting to like cooking.

This is yet the best spaghetti I have EVER made! Even my meat seasoning was on point. My mother normally likes anything I make but she just likes food, period! However, she made it clear that this was my best spaghetti ever.

I added two salads on the side. Most of my friends said this would be a teased but this was enough for me!

Still looking for work...But my God is still awesome!

I am still looking for work but I still got joy. My hopes are high and I pray that the Lord will guide and lead me to what's best for me. I pray that this job Yahweh will get the glory out of it! :)

I plan on calling around and finding some volunteer work to do in the meantime...

thru the tears

Been some emotional moments in my life but.....

...through my tears, I will smile.

The visit to Nashville

I went to Nashville this past week to visit a friend. There were some happy moment and some emotional moments but overall it was so much fun and much needed. It was good to have a different scenery for a moment. During the day I would relax in my friend's apartment or cleaning. We watched a couple of movies and chilled around.

I also caught up with family and friends and met some new, awesomeness people:

The coolest, blessed stranger I met was Lauren. We laughed majority the whole time from when we first met until we departed each other. We shared many life stories in short timing. THis young lady was surely a blessing to meet. She doesn't know how her Godly spirit convicted me and made me wanted to get my life spiritually back together. 

 I thought Nashville was so beautiful. I enjoyed seeing the mountains and hills in the background.

Me and my cousin! Hadn't seen her in over a year. 

 I went with my god bro to a rehearsal to listen to a group he advises and plays the bass for. Check his facebook fan page!
http://www.facebook.com/SnoopysSupporters?sk=wall

 Afterwards, we went out for drinks. My god bro introduced me to some more of his peeps. Below is Darnell and Candice. They were so fun to be around and had me tripping the whole time. Check out Darnell's facebook fan page as well!
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Darnell-Levine/7732221009

Saw this church in downtown Nashville. Thought it looked amazingly beautiful.

This is a pic the Greyhound building in Jackson, TN...well, part of it. I thought I took a good up-sided pic of it..lol.