Serious faces

Don't worry.
We blow up the IM with those smiley faces hahah

I don't usually do this

But I liked this car that Bear rented.
I thought it was cute.
I am not usually into cars and how they look and what guys drive (unless it really doesn't suit them).
This was a day we went walking with sis so I wore my exercise clothes. Then we would run and hide from Bear and try to jump out and scare him round the buildings...Only problem was that he always caught us! lol!

Drying to save

The Flowers are dying..
The roses went first
The others are very resilient
So the roses are drying on the sill.

Inter Varsity Coffee Things

So I had a great time at the Inter Varsity Christian Fellowship Coffee thing.
Jay and a couple other guys came.
I really really enjoyed the conversation.
We talked about school :(, movies :), relationships :), God, and hiking and all manner of things. Jay reada a lot.
I used to read a lot, and I know a lot because I have read a lot, but it was kinda shameful to listen to Jay talk.
He just is so well read and well versed in so many things. Things I like anyway. Theology, psychology etc etc...
Oh well I will catch up on the readings after I get out of technical articles and technical writing.
I asked him to post his booklist hahah
We went to the coffee cafe which is so nice inside and has free wireless. I may go there to do some work!

Cool new purse

I LOVE this one.
This is something I can't make because too many heavy metal parts and materials.
I sew by hand.
One like this would take forever to make!
Thanks Janice!

Thanks for the flowers

Bear got me these.
I thought that that was so sweet. :)
I was surprised (they were meant to be a surprise).
Roses and daisies and others.
So cute :)
I'll dry a few.

Brittany and Me

So remember I met Brittany from America's Next Top Model?
Well sis finally sent me the pic hahah
Here we are at Best Buy.

Wedding favors

From Turkish wedding. They were pink and yellow.
I chose the yellow.
Thanks Jan.
The wedding dress is gorgeous, and you know I am very picky about wedding dresses :)

45s

I saw them at an antique sale for 5 dollars each and decided I wanted them.
I was surprised the guy let them go so cheaply.
I think he didn't realize that they are actually collector's items.
I showed them to an older lady after and she wanted to get them from me.
I can't give them up!
Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne and Harry Belafonte from 1954 and 1957.
I am never going to play them.
They aren't scratched and I have to get them cleaned but I think they are just the best purchase I ever made.
Well one of the best...:)

Walk

A long walk in the neighborhood is good

Guess Who I Met Today

Brittany Brower from America's Next Top model Cycle 4
She was in Best Buy with people I think were her parents!
This tall girl just stood by me at the cash out line and I looked at her.
Then I went up and asked her if she was on ANTM!
She said yes and was so nice :) Then my sis said that she had her digi camera in her bag!
I didn't have mine (remember Stephen Colbert sadly).
Sis suggested a pic and Brittany agreed. I will have to wait on posting the pic together because it's on Sis's camera BUT YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I met another "celeb"
Brittany was really nice and when she left the store she waved at me.
Nobody else recognized her! I can't believe it!

Resting

Is good :)
Resting and watching Love Actually is even better :) :)

The Holiday

An absolutely WONDERFUL movie.
Everyone in the cinema clapped when it was over.
I adore this movie and was so glad that I went to see it.
It was funny, sad, quirky, cute, dreamy, beautiful and fun all at the same time.
I highly highly recommend this for the holiday season.
See it with your sweetie if you have one, or see it with friends or alone....It is sooo worth it!

Jewelry Model

Sis decided to model most of the jewelry I made...

In one sitting...

Here goes! :)

Really Tired

Look at my tired eyes. Sleepy.

Tommorrow and tommorrow and tommorrow

How Trini women do "FUN" in NYC

The night before a morning of iceskating, Erline went to a class party.
She looks as if she was having fun for all of us.
I wondered who this guy was and she told me. I wondered why there wasn't another pic of L'homme du jour :)
I love the head wrap btw. Free drink at the end of the night too! I can dig it!

The furries

Ok ok. I know that not a lot of people like them but I love the furry winter boots. I think they make everyone look cute.
I like them too because they are warm and so comfortable to walk in.
I prefer heels in general but these are wonderful.
Even Mariah Carey thinks so, but I wonder how hers stay up without the ties like mine have.

Sis Here

For the holidays..
She seems to like it so far hahahhah
At least she will get to cook some more.
We are going to make a lot of curry I guess...
Doesn't anyone like brown stew chicken anymore?

The Thing About DC

Is that you get that big city excitement. You really dont know what will happen next.
You don't know if you will get lost, or who you may see.
So I took pics of limos (in case somebody huge was inside and the diplomat van because it was a DIPLOMAT VAN hahahaha. They have immunity from everything!
That is pic worthy to me!
I really liked the neighborhood that I stayed in too...It was this little townhouse community that was so quiet and sweet. I got a pic of me sitting on Izzy's stairs.
I didn't get a pic of the house but Oh Well...next time :)
In a nutshell you get the modernity of the city then you go to the country side and see one of these old gasolene pumps from the 80's and you think, WOW! So old! hahahahah

Deliverance Country

So you know how we kinda rode around for a while trying to find that vineyard that we wanted to get to? I have to tell you that there were beautiful houses and grounds all the way there. I loved seeing those!
Well we stopped to take in some other scenery in the woods and on the hills...(insert banjo and scary woodsy horror music here). I saw that barn, the old truck and kept my guard up lol!
This is what we got from that..we even stopped to eat (see food blog soon) on the hill.
I really loved this trip. I really should stop watching horror moives though...All my woodsy pics look as if I am ready to make a run for it! :)

Vineyards in Virgina

I had the best time ever.
We went all over creation it seemed but this post is about the Linden Vineyard. The great thing about Linden is how scenic and rustic, yet classy it is.
It was written up in Fineliving .com and NYMag.com and it lived up to what I thought it would be like. We tasted the four sellars specials of that day and got the bottle of Reisling (see food blog soon), which was delicious.
The scenery was breathtaking too.
The interesting thing was getting there. The back roads were confusing so we actually passed two other vineyards and stopped and ate on a hill surounded by woods. I loved that too.
We talked and talked and talked the whole time and sang too...
You know singing the signs as you go along.
When we realized we may be lost, we started heading for the hills. At some point we started to make banjo sounds.
It felt like we were in DELIVERANCE and I had been watching horror movies in woods. It took bear a while to convince me that the woods were safe. Too cold for horror he said, hahahah.
That was a great trip!

58 questions-Thanks Jessie Lawrence hahah

1. What is your first name? M

2. Were you named after anyone? No

3. Do you wish on stars? No, I pray

4. When did you last cry? Yesterday I think.

5. Do you have siblings? Yes, Two sisters and one bro.

6. What is your favorite lunch meat? Turkey

7. What is your birth date? October

8. What is your most embarrassing CD? Maybe a Jimmy Buffett that I got for free :)

9. If you were another person, would YOU be friends with you? Yes I really think so.

10. Are you a daredevil? No but I like to try new things that are fairly safe

11. Have you ever told a secret you swore not to tell? No, too many people open up to me for me to indulge in that.

12. Do looks matter? Yes. Society says it does. It really does on a certain level

13. How do you release anger? By disappearing and thinking

14. Where is your second home? A land far away.

15. Do you trust others easily? No but I give everyone a chance till they show me I should not

16. What was your favorite toy as a child? I liked books better but there was a medicine kit mummy bought.....

17. What class in high school do you think was totally useless? I liked them all

18. Do you have a journal? Yes. Everyone should have one.

19. Do you use sarcasm a lot? No

20. What are your nicknames? Bones.

22. Do you untie your shoes when you take them off? Yeh I need to

23. Do you think you are strong? Yes getting there.

24. What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Neopolitan but the last time I ate ice cream I had Pistachio and I loved it.

25. What is your shoe size? 8...yes I have long feet ok!!!!!!!! lol

26. Red or pink? Red.

27. What is your least favorite thing about yourself? I don't say things I should. I disappear

28. Who do you miss most? Oh man. No fair! Maybe I'll come back to this one. (I took your answer Jessie)

29. Do you want everyone you sent this to to send it back? Definitely. But then, I didn't send it to anybody.

30. What color pants & shoes are you wearing? Dark blue jeans

31. What are you listening to right now? People talking. It is a little distracting

32. What is the last thing you ate? Chicken

33. If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Black...Doesn't get used that much

34. What is the weather like right now? freezing

35. Who is the last person you talked to on the phone? E and Ruben

36. What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex? Eyes and hands and Height

37. Do you like the person who sent this to you? I Like the person I took it from. Too cool Mr Jessie!

38. What is your favorite drink? Water

39. Favorite sport? Tennis and basketball

40. Hair color? Black
41. Eye color? Black

42. Do you wear contacts? Used to and it was a pain.

43. Favorite food? Caribbean and Thai

44. What was the last movie you watched? Autumn in New York, it was good and sad but really nice.

45. Favorite day of the year? The days leading up to Christmas and any warm days.

46. Scary movies or happy endings? Not too scary or I am done with it. lol I like all types of movies

47. Summer or winter? Summer....mmmm warm.

48. Hugs OR kisses? Hugs but I like kisses too...

49. Favorite Desert? Chocolate cake.

50. Who is most likely to respond? Maybe Jessie in an Email saying how he sees that I took his blog idea

51. Least likely? Ruben

52. Living arrangements? yeh I live.

53. What books are you reading? Well I finish reading pretty fast and you guys know I just finished the Erich Fromm book

54. What's on your mouse pad? Dunno

55. What did you watch last night on TV? Nothing

56. What is your favorite smell? Amarige then cooked chicken, then fresh bread

57. Rolling Stones or the Beatles? Beatles

58. What is the furthest you've been from home? Pretty far I can tell you. Michigan which is at the top of the US and Trinidad is way down there....

Jade Bratz

Rihanna looks more like Jade Bratz in real life than I did at Halloween!

Tradition

The going away dinner.
Exchange of gifts, because heavens knows when is the next time you will meet hahahha
So we went to the good old OG.
OG has removed some of my favorite things from the menu, like the Chicken Castellena. I had the Chicken Marsala myself. Sooo good. Unfortunately I was so hungry that I forgot to take a pic of it.
The food blog has the salad and the dessert though :)