tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897Sat, 07 Jan 2012 04:53:46 +0000New Year 2009wineDanceDance MomSomewhere over the 40th Rainbow!http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)Blogger95125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-900110053417412443Wed, 05 Oct 2011 01:21:00 +00002011-10-04T21:38:03.480-04:00 My mother 4 months before she died holding my daughter My mother died of Ovarian Cancer after she battled with it for 2 years. With in those two years we dealt with it head on!  We began submerging ourselves with every book on Cancer you could find.  We discovered a vast amount of information concerning the disease, unfortunately it was just to late for my mother to change her entire way http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/10/forks-over-knives-my-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-7027062845117005158Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:44:00 +00002011-08-25T18:39:07.409-04:00I grew up in the NJ and NY area my whole life, it's safe to say that we are a bit direct, loud and we like our information spoken to us quickly.  We are really not that outwardly friendly but, we're good with you and will be your best friend if you can battle us in an argument! I got to tell you that Publix is a bit creepy, it's got a hint of Stepford Wife it's a bit unreal, and it frankly http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/publix-is-creepy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-8793309897522182368Sun, 21 Aug 2011 23:06:00 +00002011-08-21T19:06:10.690-04:00I decided to ask those kids of mine what college would they like to attend and my oldest said, “I don’t know, what’s to eat?”  My daughter said I just want to dance, I said, “where?”  She said where all the dancers go, (she’s such a pretty girl)  My middle child Cameron said, “I want to go to Brown!”  I was mesmerized because you know he is only 11!  I asked him what did he want to study there http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/college-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-4436884054825183247Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:41:00 +00002011-08-17T15:41:20.464-04:00Wow, I know I’m old but gosh!  I have had Windows 7 for awhile now and never really understood what this operating system is capable of, Dah Ms. Wanda!  Windows Writer is a dream come true!  Sooo, anywho down here in Georgia summer is over and my kids are back in school Halleluyur!!!  It’s funny how fast time passes by, I was just talking Public vs Private and that was 2 years ago!  Here I am http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/08/windows-writer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-7301526434751954762Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:53:00 +00002011-07-19T12:19:15.966-04:00wineSince I have been on a fitness kick I have decided to leave the wine alone:(  So as I was trying to buy my weekly groceries this past Friday this isle called my name......Ms. Wanda!  The wine whisper said to me, (for some reason with a British accent):  "Ms. Wanda don't leave us here on these dirty dusty shelves! I have lot's of family to choose from, you can happily receive my cousin Merlot or http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/07/wine-whisper.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-8734046330223142577Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:35:00 +00002011-07-14T09:35:22.974-04:00DanceDance MomI consider myself a 6 year somewhat seasoned Dance Mom veteran at the Dance Factory of Georgia, right?  Ya'll know my Dance Mom dedication (read The Dance Competition) right?  When I first started in the mysterious sub-culture of the Dance world, my first thought was wow these moms would make a great reality show!  Then last night I get a text from one of my fellow Dance Moms (DMs) and she told http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/07/dance-moms-love-this-show.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-3877443570949081636Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:03:00 +00002011-07-12T18:03:34.970-04:00Hello All:) I have been on a little Blogger Hiatus.  Currently, I'm doing a little summer cleaning an what not:)  Please be patient with me, there seems to be a lot of changes here on blogger and I'm working on my own changes as well! xoxox Ms.Wandahttp://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2011/07/im-back.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-8543626043368823346Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:50:00 +00002011-07-12T17:56:37.565-04:00Yesterday, My sister was born on November 20th 196_ Today, I celebrate her birthday Tomorrow, I will hopefully be buying her depends:) She does not want to publicly tell her age, but, she doesn't blog soooooo:)  Being the little sister I am I'm gonna tell it sort of.  To be alive today at any age is a miracle in it self right? I'm going to do a little trivia about the year she was born and you http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/11/yesterday-today-and-tomorrow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-5683852366245280731Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:54:00 +00002010-10-28T21:43:11.360-04:00Writer's Workshop #4  Show us something you’ve created for Halloween, anything qualifies…costumes, recipes, crafts, party invites, treats, decorations etc.. First of all I didn't make these OK, so that's my disclaimer:)  I thought they looked amazing!  One of the baseball moms on my sons team made these wonderful little cupcakes! Me being the artist I think I am (smile) I had to take a picturehttp://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/10/writers-workshop-4-show-us-something.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-3617033041952204439Mon, 18 Oct 2010 21:39:00 +00002010-10-28T21:39:40.393-04:00One day our children will grow up right?  We want them to be self sufficient right?  We want our boys to man up and not scream when mommy screams every time she sees a bug, lizard, frog, or a dead thing out back in the yard right?  Well, I have come to realize that since I have know control over my emotional outbursts and I'm passing my screaming behavior onto my boys, I gotta stop it for the http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/10/men-cant-scream.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-5462268439158274977Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:35:00 +00002010-10-28T21:40:55.774-04:00Normally when I do Mama's Losin' It's Thursday's writer workshop I choose one topic but, this week I picked my favorite 2! 1.  Describe the worst diet you put yourself on. Atkins by far the worst diet for me ever.  I lost like 21lbs in less than 4 weeks eating a ton of fat and no carbs and as soon as I tried to implement the phase when you add a slice of bread, I ate the whole damn loaf like a http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/09/writers-workshop-diet-and-counselor.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-488865478043142727Sun, 19 Sep 2010 13:07:00 +00002010-10-19T06:27:46.525-04:00You know I saw Roots growing up, we sat around the one TV in our house and all week we watched that mini-series.  It had know large impact on me as a kid, when it was over my friends and I even goofed about it; we called each other Kizzie! I don't believe they really depicted the vastness of the Cotton Fields on Roots.  So when Hubby sent me photo's of those beautiful soft white 100% cotton ballshttp://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/09/cotton-fields.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-958710099580154745Sun, 12 Sep 2010 22:50:00 +00002010-10-19T06:26:14.393-04:00 Now that Hubby has hung up his hammer for some long hauling wheels, he sends me the most amazing photo's whilst on the road!  Here is a Basket Building somewhere near Newark, Ohio!!! http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/09/basket-building.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-1710802771212399516Tue, 31 Aug 2010 20:35:00 +00002010-09-12T20:01:26.228-04:00Now speaking of Color, while tired as crap happily driving to the gym the other day, on my quest for a better body, I was completely awestruck, dumbfounded, and just simply stupefied by an unusual vision on top of a basic black bike speeding down the street to somewhere (Wow I felt like Rod Serling right there)!  I was on my cell (totally legal in GA) talking to my girlfriend, with a http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/08/black-mormon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-2614214085814924395Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:43:00 +00002010-09-12T20:02:52.969-04:00I don't do politics, I'm not an activist and I don't talk about things that stir up the pot!  Until recently life has been pretty much easy peasy, until my 10 year old daughter made a negative comment about light skinned girls at the mall and my subway sandwich stumbled out of my mouth when my jaw dropped to the ground! WTH!!! I wasn't really listening to her until some girl sat near us and http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/08/color-madness.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-8272993297059612189Sat, 07 Aug 2010 11:09:00 +00002010-09-12T20:04:18.835-04:00I realized recently that my little chickens are really growing up! They used to love my playful antics, my dancing and my singing.  Now I think they love me but, I'm not allowed to do any of those things because it embarrasses them?  Don't they know who I am! I'm mommy, I'm fun and witty and old  40ish! Why can't they stay little, a little longer? They just don't need me as you can clearly see http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/08/they-dont-need-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-4082351508818685394Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:05:00 +00002010-09-12T20:05:06.912-04:00Who is and What is a Diva?   This word today doesn't mean what it meant years ago, it's special and coveted, there are but only a few and it really takes time to marinate a Diva!!!!  If you are a Diva then I believe you should be able to meet these 3 key points to clearly and with out question be admitted into: "The Realm of Diva-Dom" 1. People know who you are just by the mere mention of your http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/07/3-points-to-diva-dom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-3519658273494943408Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:11:00 +00002010-10-19T06:28:46.720-04:00One minute she wants a cell phone and the next she wants doll clothes, hmmm.  I'm confused these days on my 9 year old's (10 in two weeks) needs.  Just when I think she has given her dolls up for good, they miraculously appear and it's never one it's always 2 to 4 at a time!  What really made me notice her playing with her dolls this time was how she gave her dolls all makeovers and the one that http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/07/new-tiana.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-604036667500647591Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:53:00 +00002010-07-14T07:53:33.788-04:0030 pounds later and I feel absolutely fabulous!!!  Yes, I put my business out there in the street:)  This year I had a secret ma-do, well actually I told an enormous select few,  "45 for 45" that is my age and how much I need to lose this year.  I have 15 more to go and I'm in the zone!  Golds Gym in the morning and simply eating healthy has made an significant impact on my life.  I'm not tired, http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/07/30-pounds-later.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-6759483089843474436Thu, 06 May 2010 16:23:00 +00002010-05-06T12:23:38.493-04:00 I love Thursday:)  This week I choose prompt # 4 Memories of Mom I posted this story a year ago, I thought in honor of this week's prompt it was perfect to post this story again:) Pauline was born on July 14, 1933 in the New Lots section of Brooklyn, NY. She was a product of a mixed marriage. Her mother was black (seated on sand left) and her father was White (see picture on right) and in http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2009/05/my-mom-pauline.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-8401575499371371719Thu, 29 Apr 2010 16:39:00 +00002010-04-29T12:39:59.386-04:00 <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Wingdings; panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0; mso-font-charset:2; mso-generic-font-family:auto; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:0 268435456 0 0 -2147483648 0;} @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:1; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-format:other; http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/04/she-touched-prince.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-4393972838937484698Tue, 27 Apr 2010 14:44:00 +00002010-04-27T10:44:56.110-04:00I'm not sure if I should divulge this fantastical feeling I have, mostly because it comes and goes.  However, being happily married most of the time for almost 13 years now, I feel that I need to share a small subtle confession.  I have an enormous fantasy, crush, love, longing or just some simple sheer OMG what delicious eye candy problem!:)  Here it is, here is my secret and for 13 years I havehttp://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/04/is-fantasy-love-wrong.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-5516578510229257883Wed, 14 Apr 2010 12:38:00 +00002010-04-14T08:38:32.344-04:00It's Spring, many of  you know what that means for me, Baseball and Dance Competitions!!! That's why I've been a little absent from the blogsphere:)  I realized today that I need to get my blog fix back on track, check in with my favorites and meet some newbies!  The Dance Factory of GA had their first dance competition this weekend at the Kids Artistic Revue (KAR) at the Georgia International http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-affair.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-7873487033246810039Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:22:00 +00002010-03-25T12:24:27.874-04:00Mama Kat's Writer's Workshop has once again given me something to write about:)  The prompt this Thursday that I chose was (drum roll!!) #5:Why didn’t they ask you? Write a list of 5 or 10 sentences that begin with the words ‘No one ever asked me’; then, write about one of them in detail, or use them all in a poem, or use several in a personal description of yourself.  Funny this http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/03/mama-kats-writers-workshop-has-once.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3242422243506091897.post-7308181268560170635Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:20:00 +00002010-03-26T08:06:59.892-04:00I couldn't help myself I had to share this wonderful photo of my big sister (above on right) and my new sister (just kidding above on left) Dwight of Atlanta House wives!  I had to add this photo of my 3rd sister Ms. Erika!!!  You girls look Fabulous:) Now, I hate to put her on blast but, her big 50 debut is coming up this year and she still looks like she is in her 20's!!!  Not a stitch of http://wandawrites.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-sister-and-dwight.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ms. Wanda)11