Making Pancakes...Remember everyday is Mother's day, tell them you love them!

Making Pancakes

Six year old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his parents pancakes. He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling it on the floor.

He scooped some of the flour into the bowl with his hands, mixed in most of a cup of milk and added some sugar, leaving a floury trail on the floor which by now had a few tracks left by his kitten.
Brandon was covered with flour and getting frustrated. He wanted this to be something very good for Mom and Dad, but it was getting very bad..

He didn't know what to do next, whether to put it all into the oven or on the stove and he didn't know how the stove worked! Suddenly he saw his kitten licking from the bowl of mix and reached to push her away, knocking the egg carton to the floor. Frantically he tried to clean up this monumental mess but slipped on the eggs, getting his pajamas white and sticky.

And just then he saw Dad standing at the door big crocodile tears welled up in Brandon 's eyes. All he'd wanted to do was something good, but he'd made a terrible mess.. He was sure a scolding was coming, maybe even a spanking. But his father just watched him.

Then, walking through the mess, he picked up his crying son, hugged him and loved him, getting his own pajamas white and sticky in the process!

That's how God deals with us... We try to do something good in life, but it turns into a mess. Our marriage gets all sticky or we insult a friend, or we can't stand our job, or our health goes sour.

Sometimes we just stand there in tears because we can't think of anything else to do. That's when God picks us up and loves us and forgives us, even though some of our mess gets all over Him.

But just because we might mess up, we can't stop trying to 'make pancakes' for God or for others. Sooner or later we'll get it right, and then they'll be glad we tried...

I was thinking and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that need rekindling or three words needing to be said, sometimes, 'I love you' can heal & bless! Remind every one of your friends that you love them. Even if you think they don't love back, you would be amazed at what those three little words, a smile, and a reminder like this can do.

Just in case I haven't told you lately... I LOVE YA!!!

Suppose one morning you were called to God; do all your friends know you love them?

Cinco De Mayo!

A little history taken from www.History.com

Most of us enjoy the day to celebrate and drink Margaritas, but like all other holidays, which may not be observed by everyone, there is history behind it. Take a look:) T.

Cinco de Mayo

During the French-Mexican War, a poorly supplied and outnumbered Mexican army under General Ignacio Zaragoza defeats a French army attempting to capture Puebla de Los Angeles, a small town in east-central Mexico. Victory at the Battle of Puebla represented a great moral victory for the Mexican government, symbolizing the country's ability to defend its sovereignty against threat by a powerful foreign nation.

In 1861, the liberal Mexican Benito Juarez became president of a country in financial ruin, and he was forced to default on his debts to European governments. In response, France, Britain, and Spain sent naval forces to Veracruz to demand reimbursement. Britain and Spain negotiated with Mexico and withdrew, but France, ruled by Napoleon III, decided to use the opportunity to carve a dependent empire out of Mexican territory. Late in 1861, a well-armed French fleet stormed Veracruz, landing a large French force and driving President Juarez and his government into retreat.

Certain that French victory would come swiftly in Mexico, 6,000 French troops under General Charles Latrille de Lorencez set out to attack Puebla de Los Angeles. From his new headquarters in the north, Juarez rounded up a rag-tag force of loyal men and sent them to Puebla. Led by Texas-born General Zaragoza, the 2,000 Mexicans fortified the town and prepared for the French assault. On the fifth of May, 1862, Lorencez drew his army, well-

provisioned and supported by heavy artillery, before the city of Puebla and began their assault from the north. The battle lasted from daybreak to early evening, and when the French finally retreated they had lost nearly 500 soldiers to the fewer than 100 Mexicans killed.

Although not a major strategic victory in the overall war against the French, Zaragoza's victory at Puebla tightened Mexican resistance, and six years later France withdrew. The same year, Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, who had been installed as emperor of Mexico by Napoleon in 1864, was captured and executed by Juarez' forces. Puebla de Los Angeles, the site of Zaragoza's historic victory, was renamed Puebla de Zaragoza in honor of the general. Today, Mexicans celebrate the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla as Cinco de Mayo, a national holiday in Mexico.

Self-Texlaxed after 12 weeks! Length check....any growth?!!

:) I did it myself this weekend!
I was kind of nervous about it but after researching and questioning different steps for the past month or so, I finally texlaxed my hair. I basically decided to go texlaxed to be on the safe side when processing my own hair, as well as have more versitility in my hair not being bone straight. I have a very deep natural wave pattern and texlaxing loosened that up for me a litte to make it more manageable. I also like rocking my wavy/curly knot outs and twist n curls.

My steps were as follows:

used: Silk Elements Olive Oil Regular Relaxer
NO scratching this past week (lol that sounds funny)!
Castor oil on my scalp the night before
based my scalp the day of with regular base cream and coconut oil on the previously relaxed ends
I sectioned in 8 sections with the nape of my kneck, front, and sides as last to process
I used EVOO and mixed with the relaxer
my application time was right at 12 min and smoothing made a total of about 15 min. (A little longer than I expected but I took my time on the back, any suggestions on more accuracy in the back would be great!)
I rinsed, and did Aphogee 2 min reonstructor, neutralized 4 times, 10 min the first time, 5 min the last 3 times
used Stabilizer Plus to balance my PH for 1 min rinsed, and then did my regular DC.
I did a roller set as well and silk wrap to end it.

Looks like I have a little growth...if not, my hair feels great and I'm keeping my journal and HJ going strong! Be back for another texlax in 12 weeks and length check, who knows I may go longer.

Halle Berry

This is funny, but it's even more funny that she pretended like she didn't know the dance and then started doing it!! LOL Check it out.