tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374Fri, 24 Jan 2025 19:28:31 +0000I'm not talking about war, but blessings! Living, loving, laughing, & learning...in beauty, abundance, and strength with ease and gracehttp://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (jillybean)Blogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-175547981654717794Wed, 17 Sep 2008 02:22:00 +00002008-09-16T22:48:36.222-04:00Last week, Princess and Juicy Boy were finishing up their lunch of hot dogs and applesauce. This lunch, although not appealing to me (I do not like hot dogs. Never have. Never will...and I really don't care for applesauce), was what Princess asked for and Juicy Boy likes. Juicy Boy was enjoying his meal and so was Princess. That is until she heard her show come on television. The theme song http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/09/apple-doesnt-fall-far-from-tree.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-3554605992024674969Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:40:00 +00002008-09-09T22:54:42.925-04:00On Tuesday, September 2, 2008 my big girl started kindergarten at my school! Princess was sooo excited to get school supplies, select her own backpack and lunch bag for the first time. She woke up the ready to go to school on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. Each day we had to tell Princess that she had to wait until Tuesday to go to school. She couldn't wait!Tuesday morning arrived and she woke up http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/09/kindergrateners-can-do-it.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-1830779223322968094Sat, 06 Sep 2008 21:16:00 +00002008-09-06T17:39:54.430-04:00I started back to school two weeks ago. The relaxing, hazy days of summer were over and I was getting into the swing of things at work. I came home happy to see my family and eager to spend quality time with them. On Thursday, while playing with Juicy Boy after work, I noticed that something wasn't quite right with his hair. I looked and rubbed and looked and rubbed. I told Bear that Juicy Boy's http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/09/shave-and-haircut.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-5795364710092239299Sat, 06 Sep 2008 20:43:00 +00002008-09-06T16:55:04.449-04:00Juicy Boy's newest "thing" is his excitement about planes. Whenever he hears a plane he looks up to see where it is. Then he squeals with delight, "ooooh! wow! plane!!" We love to see his enthusiasm. Bear thought it would be a good idea to for us to hang out on the Potomac River near National Airport and watch the planes land. So, off we went...Juicy Boy loved it...and so did Princess. http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/09/up-in-air-jr-birdsman.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-9215303353617797625Wed, 27 Aug 2008 02:00:00 +00002008-08-26T22:08:55.142-04:00Just dynamic...What an inspiration..."my piece of the American dream is a blessing hard won by those who came before me!"Our ancestors must have had a party up in heaven last night. I'm so proud!http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/08/dynamic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-2144006622933324088Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:26:00 +00002008-08-22T19:12:32.750-04:00I began this week by taking a road trip to Kent, Ohio. I took my Goddaughter, Apple, to Kent State University (go Flashes) with her mom. We drove up and down the mountains of PA and OH for 5 hours and 45 minutes on a bright, sunny day with little humidity. We had a move in team of six. We laughed, reminisced, carried boxes and containers of clothes, clothes, and more clothes:) We arranged and http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/08/shes-shining-star.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-7661362513012983050Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:26:00 +00002008-08-07T20:53:17.074-04:00Yesterday Princess, my mom and I had a wonderful day. We traveled to New York by train for the pre-birthday celebration for Princess. Princess is turning five on Sunday. My parents treated her (us) to Lion King on Broadway. What an awesome performance visually, musically, and lyrically! I was moved to tears during the opening "Circle of Life" and "He Lives in You (Reprise)." Take a look at http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/08/he-lives-in-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-7605147024609939260Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:08:00 +00002008-08-02T21:30:07.410-04:00Did you hear, Disney has finally decided to make an animated movie featuring an African American princess? Yes, African Americans are finally worthy enough to have a fairy tale told about them that includes a Black Princess! I was so excited when I heard the movie would be out in 2009. The movie is entitled The Princess and the Frog and is based on the fairy tale The Frog Princess and is supposedhttp://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/08/princess-and-frog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-91997870260548964Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:52:00 +00002008-08-01T21:16:00.937-04:00I think I've figured out a new way to post YouTube videos in my postings. I promised to share about our trip to the beach awhile ago, but I'm just getting around to it. We had a WONDERFUL time!I loved spending quality time with my mom, aunt, grandmother, great aunt, and cousin. I love that my children got to spend time with family on a relaxed and relaxing vacation. I'm glad that my children willhttp://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/08/sand-castles.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-7969069198411774583Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:50:00 +00002008-08-01T21:45:02.626-04:00As much as I like YouTube.com, it has been messing up my blog posts for the past couple days. I had some really good music lined up to go along with my posts, but they wouldn't show up. I'm a little bit frustrated, but I'm going to try again today. I hope it works.Earlier this week the family was having it's evening dance session. It was even more fun because one of my goddaughter's joined us. http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/08/may-i-have-this-dance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-4945345883525760278Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:15:00 +00002008-08-01T21:47:57.562-04:00I am really getting into working out as a part of my lifestyle. In order to reach my next big goal of walking 500 miles, I set a personal challenge for myself. I have challenged myself to walk 75 miles in the next four weeks. Take a look at my widget on the side to follow my progress. You can cheer me on if I'm doing well or let me know if I'm slackin'. Can't wait for your feedback. I'm like http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/eye-of-tiger.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-6594275593239864509Mon, 28 Jul 2008 18:59:00 +00002008-08-01T21:50:22.122-04:00When I came back from walking this morning with some of my crew, Team Mind, Body, and Soul, I logged in my workout on the Nike+ system and I was pleased to see a banner across my page celebrating that I HAVE WALKED 100 MILES since I started walking in March!!!!! I was sooo excited. I have a virtual milestone badge in my Nike+ profile. I printed out the certificate and posted it on my computer forhttp://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/one-foot-in-front-of-other.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-2421476157637255629Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:54:00 +00002008-07-23T21:07:20.841-04:00 This post isn't about me this time. It's about Princess. Last week, Princess and Bear went out to "get us some lunch." They were going before my girlfriend came over with her son to play with us at the pool. My friend arrives and we get ready to go to the pool. I figure that Bear will bring Princess to the pool when they return because they've been gone for quite awhile. As we gather our stuff http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/daddys-girl.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-817405179907139728Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:55:00 +00002008-08-01T22:27:56.923-04:00While I was at the beach (we had a ball!- another post a little later on) Bear and I celebrated our Eighth Wedding Anniversary. On July 8, 2000 we said, "I Do" before our God, our family, and, our friends. I love my husband! I am so blessed to have in him my life as my partner, best friend, confidant, personal comedian (oh, he has JOKES!), support, personal cheering section, sound board, and http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/love-is-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-4809916188310805544Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:12:00 +00002008-07-03T22:12:23.560-04:00As you know, I am a mother of two children under five. Because of Princess and Juicy Boy, I watch a lot of Noggin television. I love the channel for the commercial free pre-school shows that promote early reading skills, early math skills, sharing, friendship, honesty, and other positive social behaviors. Instead of commercials, Noggin plays music videos for children. I know quite a few hits http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/we-going-on-trip.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-5666246192493770425Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:14:00 +00002008-07-01T14:32:38.805-04:00 It happened on Sunday, although Bear and I tried to hold out as long as possible. Juicy Boy got his one year old hair cut. We followed the African American tradition of not cutting Juicy Boy's hair during his first year of life. He rocked little curly ringlets...his own natural style for 14 months. He looked so cute (mother's love ooh, mother's love). But now he is officially a big boy. He's http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/hes-big-boy-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-5167236513227670536Tue, 01 Jul 2008 15:41:00 +00002008-07-01T11:41:50.190-04:00I had the best soul food this weekend! Ya'll know I love a good meal of greens, macaroni and cheese, fried chicken, corn bread, and sweet tea, but that is not the soul food that I'm speaking of this time.The soul food I'm speaking of was an outdoor concert at the Carter Baron in DC on Saturday night featuring Kindred the Family Soul and Rahsaan Patterson. I went to the concert with my line http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/07/soul-food.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-1926324977767191707Sat, 28 Jun 2008 00:48:00 +00002008-06-27T20:49:46.448-04:00 Last summer Bear bought me some cool sneakers. He said that he bought them because I had started losing weight and he wanted to support my efforts (he always does thoughtful things like this!). I told him thank you and never put them on...that is until this spring.This spring, I took another look at those cool sneakers and I am sooo glad that Bear bought them for me. Bear bought me a pair of http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/run-like-girlwherever-you-are_27.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-3316904231061259693Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:24:00 +00002008-06-19T22:43:10.543-04:00One of my fondest memories of summer as a child is participating in the summer reading program at the Chestnut Hill Library. Every summer my mom would sign up my brother and I for the summer reading program. The program is a little different than the library programs of today where the goal is to get children to read more. This program was focused on getting children to read different genres.http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-reading-at-library.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-9221861677082247159Fri, 20 Jun 2008 02:23:00 +00002008-06-19T22:23:43.771-04:00"No more pencils, no more books. No more teachers' dirty looks." I am finally finished with school! Today was my first official day of summer vacation and it was all I wanted and more. After a long year of school, I always look forward to the summer. I look forward to not having to be up by a certain time to get to school. I look forward to spending more time with my children than I do http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-7203763389805371900Sun, 15 Jun 2008 04:22:00 +00002008-06-15T00:22:23.849-04:00Tomorrow is Father's Day, and as I said in my earlier post, I AM BLESSED!! I am blessed not only because I have a wonderful daddy, but I am blessed because my husband, Bear, is a fabulous daddy to our children.Bear is nicknamed Bear for many reasons. He is big like a bear. He is protective of his family like a bear. He is intelligent like a bear. He is ferocious when outsiders invade his http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/you-last-my-everything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-5085161582815455398Sun, 15 Jun 2008 03:42:00 +00002008-06-14T23:42:36.418-04:00Tomorrow is Father's Day and I just want to say that I AM BLESSED! I have a wonderful Daddy who I love very much! There are many fathers out there donating sperm and making babies, but Daddies are something special!My daddy means so much to me. I love him! My daddy taught me something extremely special. He shared his love of music and taught me to dance. He taught me how to really feel the http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/you-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-3187089595822261153Thu, 12 Jun 2008 02:23:00 +00002008-06-11T23:06:33.260-04:00I was reading through my daily blogs and saw this meme on Tender Thoughts and she's so flyy and HAD to do it because its about music.MEME Rules:1. Put your itunes/music player on shuffle.2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.3. YOU MUST WRITE THAT SONG NAME DOWN NO MATTER WHATAfter you’ve answered all of the questions, tag 5 other people and then let them know they’ve http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/your-law-your-life.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-1485955630063392709Thu, 12 Jun 2008 01:38:00 +00002008-06-11T22:21:25.816-04:00Last night I made a batch of brownies. My family loves brownies. I made brownies all of the time last summer. It got so bad that Bear told me not to make any more brownies because we were killing a batch every night...yeah, they were that good. He didn't want us walking around looking like the Klumps.I made the brownies last night also because I needed to take dessert for my lunch bunch at http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/who-knew.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3001319426474937374.post-2344143293564650357Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:15:00 +00002008-06-05T22:15:20.246-04:00We have witnessed and lived through a poignant moment in history. Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee for President of the United States. If I could speak to Senator Obama, I would share these words that Glinda the Good Witch (Lena Horne) said best...If you believeWithin your heart you'll knowThat no one can changeThe path that you must goBelieve what you feelAnd know you're right, http://watch4incoming.blogspot.com/2008/06/believe-in-yourself_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (jillybean)0