A photo that makes me smile

Day 16 of the blog challenge is a photo that makes me smile. This one goes out to my mama celebrating her birthday next Sunday.

Love you moms.

Something I love about myself.

I feel like I've already written about this and writing about myself is not my most favourite thing to do. I do want to take a minute to reinforce my positive nature tho.

When you run a personal blog there will always be those people who wait with bated breath for your next post so that they can "faas" in your business and take shots at you.

What would I do if I got pregnant

Well. Last time I got pregnant I was pretty happy. So was my partner. He was elated lol. I wasn't too pleased with the morning sickness.

What would I do if I got pregnant again? I would order him home. And just like that he'd pack up and be home. I'm sure of it. Why? Because last time I was pregnant I went thru much of it without him by my side and it was one of the hardest things I've ever done. You neeeeeeed someone to be at your beck and call when you're pregnant. I told him I would never go thru it alone again and he promised me I wouldn't have to. And I won't. If his ass can't come home I'm putting myself on a plane.

I just remembered that I haven't blogged about muchkins birth story here. I still remember it vividly. I'll do that soon.

The next one will be planned. I am extra careful this time around teehee. The next one will come when he's home and settled and we share the same last name. Not before. Or till Will Smith decides he's tired of Jada and wants a spicy Jamaican baby, whichever comes first :)

Least favourite female group

Who made this up? This one annoys me...I dunno who my least favourite is...cus I don't listen to them *rolls eyes*

Anyhoo the first thing that came to mind is 3lw...but not them as a group really....just kiely...and this crap she decided would be a good message for her teenage fans:




Kiely hunny you fail at life for this crap. Going around promoting promiscuity and aids SMH. I have never seen this vid all the way to the end. Its too much even for me. There's sexy...there's trashy...and then there's Kiely giving out free BJs behind the greasy gas station urinal at 3am in the morning...

My favourite female group

I loooooooooove me some




So I creep!

A close second:

A letter to an ex

Dear ex-boyfriend,

I'm soooooooooo happy I dodged that bullet! But I'm very happy to see that you have moved on and are happy with your life now and I'm glad we're friends. I wish you well on your nuptials and I hope you and your to be have a long and happy life.

Peace out!
Mo

My best friend

Do you like these?No seriously, do you?

I'm considering purchasing them...haven't fully made up my mind yet. They look like comfortable "dress down friday" heels and I need some of those...

Hmmm...

Your thoughts?


Don't tell me they don't look comfortable. I keep preaching the value of a platform. They make the most painful looking heels the most comfortable. Watch out for those with high heel and no platforms, those are the killers. I'm thru buying uncomfortable shoes, the choices are just too many to go thru all that pain! Its just not worth it. I remember the last time standing in Bakers trying on an absolutely delicious pair of heels that I knew I couldn't stand in all night, maybe not even walk from the parking lot to the club in. I was so proud of myself for leaving them there...even though now every time I see them I kick myself a little and curse at them with sour grape syndrome.

Hmmmmm

Anyway, I think I'll get these. I like them. And a certain someone has turned me onto amazon online shopping. I just can't get enough.

My definition of love...

Next time for my husband...never again for my boyfriend...

You know what I hate?

My belly. But it won't be around much longer so its not enough to get me down. Hey I have my faults but I love them all. They make me...me! And I don't dwell on them. I am not a party pooper, negative, miserable kinda girl. Whatever about me that irks me...I am reassured that me and myself are working hard at it.

You know what someone said to me the other day? "You look so happy these days...you're glowing!"

And I said "thank you" wit a big cheesy ol grin on my face.

New job, new home, new family...the fact is that life is pretty good right now and I, never been a debbie downer in the first place, can't help but be radiant. Its a journey and it feels good whenever there's forward movement. I'm no where near the destination but I can feel the wheels turning and I'm happy with that. I'm not looking at the mistakes, I'm not looking at the past or the "haters" that stuff is for rappers and fakers...I'm living my life like its golden! Jill Scott ain't got nutten on me! ;)

I have a crush on...

Will Smith! I have had crushes on tons of celebrities but Will stays at the top of my list for many reasons. First? He's goofy!!!! Throwback to that episode where Nia called him goofy and he acted a fool trying to change her mind right? LMAO but seriously? If you can make a woman laugh you are half way in her panties already, Everybody knows that. Unless she's a prude. Will is handsome, he's smart, he's talented, he's sexy, he LOVES his wife and his kids and he's done this hollywood game right. He's got a good head on his shoulders and I love me some him.

By way of local crushes? I don't really have me any of those. As I told you in my day 1 post, Diva ain't shy. If I see something I like, I chop and well...anyway. Mind your business :P

I'ma leave Will alone tho because other than the fact that I really love me some Jada too...homegirl looks like she will cut a bish...homey don't play dat!

A song with meaning

Side note...by now you realise my 30 day challenge will not be 30 consecutive days. Yeah I make my own rules roun' these here parts. Now that we're on the same page...day 6 post is supposed to be a song that makes me cry. I don't have any of those.

But there is one song that reminds me of the craziness that was my last relationship. The guy I was with before munchkins daddy was one whirlwind of a time. I had just started college and he had just left. I met him at a party and it was 5 years worth of "I love the way you lie" kinda drama. I'm talking baby mama and police stations kinda crazy. I remember the day he called me and told me someone was having his baby. I felt like my whole world came to a screeching halt. I remember the

Something I really hate

I am repulsed even looking at this picture. Disgusting! I could put up a few more in this space but the rat has totally turned my stomach...I can't look at anything else.

La Familia

Today's post in the blog challenge is a pic of me and my family.

Hows that for a family photo? My extended fam on my mom's side. I have one of my dad's side too but that was in the old days when we actually printed pics and I ain't got no scanner roun' right now...

But you already saw pops in this post.

This is the family that I created and will nurture and love so that one day I can sit in my own Christmas pic with white hair flanked by a couple generations of youngins.

The meaning behind IrieDiva

So as I mentioned in Day 1's post, I was in Ashe while in high school. When you're in Ashe or any performing arts company I imagine, everybody wants to be the diva. The diva is the one who gets all the solo's and signs more autographs. The diva can also be the one with the stankest attitude. Contrary to popular belief, me and stank attitude don't get along too well. I'm not the stuck up diva, I'm the life of the partaay! Especially after a few dranks but lets not get sidetracked. So I decided to call myself iriediva. It wasn't a nickname per se...I used it as my very first email address way back when hotmail messenger and chatrooms were hot. Everywhere I signed up, I used it as my username and finally when I started to blog 3+ years ago I used it as my blogname.

Fashion Over Life

Ever find yourself browsing clothing websites when you know you have work to do? Ever find yourself critiquing celebrities style and saying if you had that kinda change you would dress like so and so and so? Of course ya do! I can often be found browsing DSW.com or Asos.com and oohing and aahing and planning my virtual wardrobe. Many of us choose fashion over life every now and then. Fashion is fun! Its just idle time...then we get back to work. To life. I have changed the name of this blog probably a dozen times over the past couple of months because my life has changed a lot. At first, it was FashionOverStyle. I gained quite a few readers with that name and with that content but I was never comfortable writing non-fashion content on the blog as I wanted to keep it in context.

My life is much less fashion right now and much more life.This blog will now take that tone. There'll be lots of fashion still, I can imagine, as in my head I'm a true fashionista. But there's lots more life that I want an outlet for and its my blog dangit! LOL I hope you'll stick around for the journey!

To transition from mostly fashion to mostly me, I've decided to take up Aurie on his 30 day blog challenge. Its prolly the longest meme ever and its been a while since I've done any but I feel its the perfect way for me us to get acquainted. It sounds long and boring already! I'll try to keep things irie! Teehehe

If you take up this challenge, mek sure u link me! Anyhoo the challenge is: