The Honeybee's Lifestyle

Category: LIFESTYLE

  • Q1 2020

    Hello Honeybees,
    Well it’s the end of Q1 and if you thought that this is how it would end then I need you to pick some lottery numbers for me. Cause we gonna be rich. Q1 was actually pretty good until it wasn’t.
    Here is a quick highlight of what happened:
    Gave up sugar/sweets for Lent. My skin is saying “what took you so long”. I also started meal prepping which saved me a lot of money & time. Ironic that now we are encouraged to go eat out (curbside pickups) to help support local restaurants.

    I also signed up to be a mentor at a middle school. It’s something that has been on my vision board for two years. I always thought that I would mentor older children but I follow the signs. Hate that it got cut short. I was so ready for this.
    I won two Instagram contest! Both from black Women entrepreneurs. I also intentionally supported some black businesses. This is a big goal of mine for 2020. Attended my first Mardi Gras ball (first trip to NOLA), spent a weekend in Chicago and an overnight in NOLA (to pick up my son).
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    Had my first three figure brand deal. According to the equation I should’ve only asked for a low two figures. This was a case of knowing your worth.
    Spent some quality time with my girls. We started the year off with breakfast and finished the quarter with an impromptu Sunday potluck.
    I can’t forget my three blogger events. Met some new ladies at the Blogger Xchange Galentines Day mixer and right before the shutdown did a Power40 class with my blogger boo Desiree @mochadivas at the Y. And I got to hang out with Elvis to help Wendy’s launch their new breakfast menu. If you haven’t tried the potatoes you are missing out.
    Whew, Q1 owes me nothing, well maybe these last few weeks. Yep, I’ll take those back. During this shelter in place I am taking the time to plan Q2. There are some personal goals that I really,really want and need to achieve and of course some blogger goals.

     

    Prayerfully, by the end of Q2 life will be back to semi normal and goals will be crushed.

     

    How was your Q1?
    Beewisdom- “If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.”
    ― Albert Einstein

  • Two Weeks

    Hello Honeybees,

     

    Life comes at you fast, sometimes a little too fast.
    Two weeks ago I was in Chicago with my god daughter doing a college tour. I was enjoying the unexpectedly beautiful weather, strolling down Michigan Ave popping into stores looking at things that are definitely not in my budget. I was being cautious with the extra hand washing, using hand sanitizer & wiping down surfaces. This was not new as it is a habit especially when traveling. But oh how things took a turn.

     

    Two weeks!! Who knew that in two weeks life as I & many others know it would be turned upside down.

     

    Getting back into Memphis on a Sunday, resting on Monday, getting back in the work grove on Tuesday, preparing for a big work event scheduled for Thursday and ready for the local school district to go on Spring Break (work would slow down a little). Colleges would start to extend Spring Break. My son who attends Xavier University Of Louisiana had Spring Break a long side Mardi Gras so they were already back in the swing of college life. The school decided to go to online learning but students could stay on campus. He wanted to stay & I wanted him to stay.
    Thursday we had to postpone a big work event and SCS Spring Break was extended for an extra week. Friday we were told to work from home the next week.

     

    By Sunday I was on the road to NOLA to bring my baby home. Monday evening the school decided to close the dorms but we were home safe.

     

     

    Wednesday my oldest son was laid off from his restaurant job.

     

    Thursday the city was officially on lock down.

     

    Two weeks!! In two weeks I went from enjoying the normal things in life to social distancing. No hanging out, no browsing in stores, no nothing. I go to the store for essentials only and back home. The comfort of being able to go downstairs in my building to grab coffee or just to hang out and people watch is on hold. Most places have been forced to temporarily close so there are no people to watch.

     

     

    Unexpected life changes like Covid-19 can really catch us off guard. But it’s how we react to it that matters most. I am optimistic that we will all come out of this as better people. We will learn to be grateful for the people who REALLY keep our world moving. We will be happy to say hello to strangers. We will welcome that hug from a loved one. Hanging out with our family and friends will have a new and deeper meaning.

     

    I think that we have a few more weeks of social distancing before we can start to ease back into “normal” life and I am ready for it.

     

    Hang in there y’all we can do this!! BYE!
    Beewisdom-People change, things go wrong, shit happens, but life goes on- Unknown

  • Speaking My Language

    Hello Honeybees,

    It’s Valentine’s Day and love is in the air.

    I’m sure by now you have heard of The 5 Love Language book and quiz. I have read the book and taken the quiz and it always comes back the same…. My first love language is Acts of Service. For me actions speak louder than words. It doesn’t have to be anything overly dramatic or huge but it does need to come from the heart.

    So on this February 14th in the year 2020 I am sharing a few ways to speak my love language:

    A love note just because
    Running my bath water
    Packing my lunch

    All things car related, gas, air in tires, washing
    Doing the grocery shopping
    A random kiss
    Watching a movie together
    Going to a game together or watching a game on t.v.

    Bring me a glass of wine and a single flower stem at the end of a long day!!!!

    Taking the Love Language quiz together and talking about how to speak each others language would be an awesome way to connect on this day of love.

    I hope that someone is speaking your love language today.

    Do you know your love language? Do you know your partners love language?

    Beewisdom- Love doesn’t erase the past, but it makes the future different-Gary Chapman