We Live In A Scary World





 

Awful ain't it? When your want, your need, your desire to be healthy and physically fit is interrupted by the chaos of life. People being murdered, women and children being kidnapped, mysterious disappearances. My palms get sweaty and my heart races just thinking about it. All I wanna do is drive up to the local Recreation Department, walk a few laps around the lake and return home. The latter is why I can't seem to lose these 5, 10, 15 extra pounds. I truly wish to return home.

 

Well here I am. This is me braving it. Out in the big bad world. I ain't afraid. Then again... It doesn't hurt to have KLM acting as my personal body guard.

 

 

Photo: Week 1--June 15, 2013. Once again I'm gonna attempt to keep a 52 week blog. The plan is to post once a week, an entry with accompanying photo. Wish me luck. I'm already running late. Photo taken at the Glennville Recreation Department. June 15, 2013. A few laps around the baseball diamond.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello. It's me again.

I began this photo blog last year with awesome intentions and somewhere along the way, I got too busy, I became riddled with lethargy, I plain out just forgot to update the blog most of the time! Well I'm back and with a vengeance I might add. I can't wait to begin again. Bad hair days be damned. So much has happened in my life, so much is taking place. Not everyday is gonna be an elaborate stage production, still I wish to share even the mundane. Those that know me personally or even in brief passing know that I'm the quiet, reserved type in public social settings, but in front of this screen and in the body of each book I've penned, I'm brash, bold and beautifully loud. It's who I am. To borrow the moniker of my COO's upcoming book... Dismissed Inhibitions. This is where I let it all hang out (no pun intended). I hope that you will join me on this photographic journey. 52 weeks. Join the blog, share the blog, enjoy the blog. Thanks.

P.S. My first photo blog will be this Saturday. Since I didn't begin at the start of the year, I will begin mid-June 2013 with Week #1

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Photo: Kat for good measure. I may as well get the bad hair days out of the way. Plenty more where that came from. Lol. Photo taken January 2013.

Au Natural=No Perm. No Perm. No Perm

So I've volunteered myself to take this journey. I have no idea what has possessed me so close to one of the biggest events of my life. The unveiling of FreedomInk. A launch. A well wish. A prayer... all for FreedomInk.! You would think that I would be just about ready to slather the next perm on my tresses as I prepare for the weekend. But lo and behold I've decided to take it upon myself to wanna go au natural. What happened to bring about this choice? I saw the sweetest little girl and her head full of natural hair in a movie (The Hunger Games). It reminded me of my thick, curly/coarse head of hair as I was growing up. My need to super perm my hair every other month in addition to blow drying and flat ironing it. So here I am. No, I'm not gonna chop the processed hair and begin again. And the big cut is certainly not for me. I'll just be going cold turkey and picking up the ball from right here!! Wish me luck. As this already is promising to be a very interesting journey.

No perm. No perm. No perm. No perm. Wash. Twist. Pin. Air Dry. Remove pins. Untwist. Shake. Finger comb. Clip a pretty bow... and Go! Okay, I can do this. 

#WeekFourteen

Week 13 and April Came Quick

I'm happy to announce, the children will be spending Spring Break in South East Georgia with their Paternal Unit. Woohoo. Mom gets a break. Well, sorta kinda. Daily chores still need tending and the FreedomInk office isn't gonna run itself! With the house so still and quite and my regular soccer mom routine is on a week long hiatus, this week is gonna be anything but laid back. I've got my gears in full throttle. So much to do, and in so little time. Next Saturday, I'm being honored at the 2012 event of the year. It's all about FreedomInk and I just can't wait. But for now, dish duty... laundry... a slew of snail/e-mail... post office runs... home cooked dinners every night for the guy in my life... and work work work!! Hey, somebody's gotta do it ;-)

Photo taken 03/31/2012 @ my Baby Brother's Wedding (P.S I'm glad in this moment)

#WeekThirteen

Still Kicking...

And might I add.......... screaming along the way. What hasn't killed me, has no doubt made me stronger. This has been a day of silent reflections. Looking inward at all the jagged little pieces that make up this complex jigsaw puzzle. Finally deciding, fitting the pieces ain't all that hard. Common sense really. To pick up and turn over each particle... be it dna or elements of my character and personality, let's just say it's crazy at best!! Shining brighter than the sun today. Seeing for the first time, all the hidden qualities of  this diamond in the rough. And the sweet part is, I've yet to reach full potential. This is only the beginning. Had an awful week, but today it was my choice to smile, despite it all. Isn't it always? Somebody's growing................

Katandra Shanel......................surface skimming thoughts......................

#WeekTwelve

3 For 1

So as the weeks unfold, the more hectic my life becomes. Some planned events and some not so...

Week 9 {March 3, 2012}-- 70's with the Sister-In-Law-To-Be! What fun. To celebrate another day and time. Everyone showed up in their afro wigs, polyester suits, lace gloves and jean jackets. Me having caught the tail end of the 70's (1979 baby here) could only interpret a time I was all too unfamiliar with. So how did I arrive to the swanky soiree?? In flowers of course. What else?? 

Week 10 {March 10, 2012}-- No photo! Heartbroken! It seems the love of my life has fell victim to an extreme case of pre wedding jitters. The ultimate case of  cold feet. And............................. there shall be no wedding. For now.........

Week 11 {March 17, 2012}-- This is a much better day. Not just because it's brand new, but because so is my view. I entangled myself in the mesh of love to the point that I lost sight of who I was. Armed with this renewed sight of self I am prepared to weather any storm

#WeekNineTenAndEleven

Tired & Thankful

Sleep deprived and super tired but i'm still in the office. Feeling like I lost the majority of my day still glad and grateful for the family time. I suppose it's best if I just keep my gripes and grunts to a minimum, be thankful for the moment and play catch up tomorrow.Totally locking myself in this office after a brief meeting. Picking up some photographs from an art student. Then i'm going into my anti-social mode. It's what I do on the weekends, well, that and hibernate!

Photo taken 2/25/2012

Kat 1/2 asleep in the FreedomInk office!

#WeekEight