Under the weather

          When you have kids who goes to daycare, your health becomes their prey. I have been under the weather for three days now. My kids got their bad flu from daycare that got to me as well. I barely sleep because the moment I try to, my kids cries out for help. Their constant requirement of attention has made it very difficult for me to recover speedily. Well! God is in control.
        
         This is the life of a stay at home mom. You think staying at home will give you the leverage to do whatever you want as well as get a good rest, sorry to burst your bubbles, no.... Rather you work ten times more compare to if your at work. Each time I try to eat breakfast or lunch, you find me rushing the food as if I am in some kind of eating competition. Oh my! However, I wouldn't trade them for anything. You all know that I love babies. Here at mybeautifuloma, we love babies.

Blog Like Mine

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I Hate Linda Ikeji?

Before you finish me. April Fool.........

Truth be told! That lady is something else. I truly admire her and her work. When I grow up, I want to be like her. Lol! This lady has single handedly create an inch for herself. I can go on and on about her. I don't know her nor have I spoken to her personally. However, If I get the chance to talk to her, I will like to learn a thing or two from her. That's why today 1st of April, I nominate her the Queen of African blogging. For now, Let me admire her from afar....

Sagging Belly

           Among many, this is one of women's nightmare. I happen to be one of those women who is currently experiencing this Abdominal fat. I have always been that slim, nice shape and tall beautiful lady prior to giving birth to my lovely kids. But after giving birth to them I am utterly lost in my own skin. Did I mention that I also loved to exercise before giving birth and still am. But for some reason everything I do in terms of working out and diet has proved abortive with shedding off this belly. I wish I could post pictures of my belly. It looks kinda normal when I stand. But when kneeing down, It feels like a kangaroo carrying her sack. Hash words, I know but that is exactly how my belly looks.
              My consolation are my kids but I am gradually loosing it. To make it worst, When I get on my Instagram and see these transformation body, I weep and wonder why my belly is not transforming. To make matter worst, I feel heavy bloating whenever I wake up in the morning. Don't even get me started with all these commercial tea on Instagram that claims to stop bloating. I have tried some and yet nothing. I also tried waist trained. The good thing about waist trainer is that when you have it on, your stomach feels and looks flatter. But when you take it off, your belly will be like twice your original size.

 Is someone else going through this or is it just me. If you are suffering the same fate, I will like to hear from you....

What My Day Has Been Like!

I have been  very busy with myself today. For some reason I told myself I will learn how to make wig. Though, I know how to make hair but one thing I have always wanted to learn is how to make wig. So today I went out to go buy all the necessary tools I need to get started. Below is the hair from Aliexpress and I am yet to unwrap it. Also, is a mannequin head that I bought to make the process easier. See photo:

I have not started making the wig yet but I am supper excited. One of the reasons, I didn't get started was because my angel is at home today and she barely allowed me to do anything. It has been all cry day in our house.  Just too frustrating for me. Now she's sleeping and I am here, trying to post this. That's it. My day is both interesting and annoying. At least I am watching Ellen Show right now.

Severe Snow Storm Weekend........

Yesterday and today has been very bad when it comes the weather. The weather has been critical for people to move around. There are snow everywhere. Yesterday as we await the much anticipated snow storm, I took my angel to enroll her in a new daycare close by our apartment. The former daycare she was attending before was very far from her and with the weather getting bad lately, I decided to relocate her to a much closer daycare to me. Getting this daycare was very tough. This is because every daycare I called told me that the had no opening for a toddler and I should put my name down in their waiting list. I was getting frustrated with the whole thing. But luckily for me I was able to call the last one and I got her enrolled.  Saving the last for the best, the say. Happy face!

Move over to today, there has been continues snow since last night. We are just catching a break from it. I woke up to a very white landscape. See the picture below:

I Love it because it allowed me to cook an African pepper soup for myself. Yumm! You know the kind that makes your nose running. Yeah! lol! That one. It felt good. Other than that, all I have been doing today is sleep, sleep, and sleep. I even felt a bit lazy to write and post this. Ok! enough about me.

Online Home For Love

I know yesterday I didn't post anything. I want to use this opportunity to apologize to you my readers. To be honesty, I am still sick. For some reason the running nose and headache won't let me be. Enough of me!

How have you all been? I will really appreciate it if some of you guys comment below my post section. I will love to see more interactive comments on my blog. On how to comment, Just click on a particular post you want to read and whala! the comment section will appear. The blog might not be like your favorite gossip blog but it's a home where real human like you readers share her real life experiences. You are free to share yours too. Everything can't all be about entertainment. Let build an online home where life can at least be real, where judgement can be withheld, where love is a yardstick, where everything is not all about fame, Were people can come and read something similar to their situation and be encouraged to shared. This is new year. Let's filter our mind off all the negative things that are happening around but fill it with positives . That's what I'm doing, don't know about you. Have a bless day.

What A Sick Weekend.

This weekend has been very horrible for me. I have been sick friends. It been very bad for me. Just when I thought the sickness was over, I was yet again hit with cold and cough. Last night was horrible. Sorry I am posting this late and that's because I am just now getting energy. I can't really say much about my day. On a flip side, I can down to the living room and just discovered that Pittsburgh-Steelers and Denver- Broncos are playing their 'Playoff'. Oh great. Another thing to add to my sickness. To make the matter worse, the game seem not to be going anywhere. Argh! The game is currently at 13 points for Steelers and 12 points for Broncos. Not even gonna stress myself about it. Just want to concentrate on getting better. From my side of the world goodnight.

Yey! It's Friday.

Today is such a lovely day. I'm so happy my angel and I are well again. I am more happier because my hubby stayed home to care for my angel. She likes it. It's going to be a long weekend being that next Monday will be Dr Martin Luther King day. It is holiday that day. Good thing for me because I will have an extra hand with my toddler.  Another good thing today, is that I used my hubby day off to go get my driver license renewed. He drove me and the baby to the DMV office and I was so happy to see that there wasn't much people there. It was quick. Loved it. Below is me waiting for my number to be called:

I got my license renewed. Now I can go back to driving. I missed it for few days, only because I was waiting for hubby to have time off and drive me there. Good thing it's over. On our way back from the DMV office, We reroute to an Asian super center for some African food stuff. I in particular was hungry for a plantain and egg. Good thing we didn't have our breakfast before going to the DMV office. So as soon as I got home. I quickly dash into the kitchen to go fix us some delicious fried plantain and egg. See the picture below:

Yum! It was tasty. I made some tea by the side too. After this dish, I had no other choice than to sleep it off. Plantain to me is consider heavy meal. My angel and her dad are getting ready to leave for the library. So more time for me to knock myself off. Love it. Enjoy your Friday and I will do the same. Off I go.

It's A New Day, A New Dawn

Before I talk my day today, I just want to conclude on what happened yesterday. Yesterday was extremely cold. Though cold but awesome for sleeping and reading. However, my beautiful angel had a minor domestic accident in which she fell on the floor, hitting her face hard. She cried so hard that I felt bad for her. The whole situation was taken care off and as a trooper that she is, she jumped back into her routine few minutes later.  My angel and I saw  a marathon of 2008 Garfield the Cat movie. She really enjoyed it. After the movie everything was pretty much the same with our activites. That's was yesterday dealing with my angel.

As for today, I can't say much but be grateful for life. We just woke  up not long ago and had our breakfast. My angel is off to Daycare. I' home alone today. Wohooo! yeeeeaah! So happy. Now I can do some chores, post things, read, sleep, eat.......... etc. I can go on and on and on. My day is just beginning and I know it's going to be great. Hope yours will? Will be back.

It's Tuesday The Snowy Day

I love snow when I don't get to drive. I dislike snow when driving. So you see the way I think. Haha! That's brings me to today Tuesday 12th 2016. I woke up to snow. It's cool to see the whole place covered in snow. I was lucky to take some pictures before the snow remover guys came. Below is some photos of the snow:

Yap! That's my angel viewing through the window.

She absolutely loved it. She couldn't contain her excitement. She kept screaming. Lol! Another thing that made me feel like today is going to be a special day was when I look up my Facebook page, I saw my dearest friend, Q'laire N. Kingslee and her husband being given a special chieftaincy tittle. I was very happy and proud of them. She's such a gorgeous Lolo.("Lolo"is another local name for a queen in Igbo land of Eastern Nigeria) I don't have her permission yet, if not I would have shared her ceremonial photos for you all to see. I am so excited because this is just the beginning of a wonderful thing to happen to me today. I will keep you all posted. I know you trust me on that. Heh! heh! Love yeah......

Living With Oma 3

Monday 11th 2016, was just a normal day. I woke very tired and sleepy. But as usual my angel woke me up with a smile on her face. While sleeping I felt this slimy thing on my face. Turns out it was my angel mounting a kiss on my face with her running nose and a smile. Though I didn't like the nose part, I enjoyed the fact that I have a baby that will kiss me back to life. Lol! Then the rest of the day began. We played hide and seek, peek-a-boo, catch, and alphabet song. These activities are our regulars. What do I expect from a toddler. Huh! Like I mentioned there was nothing special about my Monday other than the whole family woke up and are alive. Thank God.

Oh let's I forget, I remembered my dream of becoming an actor while playing with my angel. So I quickly went to my closet to scan for my old script that I drafted some sort of fictional drama. I loved it. I will  be sharing it with you soon. I love the script so much because the grammatical error in it is off the chain. Lol! When i wrote the play/drama I wasn't a graduate yet and that made it more special. Discovering my talent at that early age. Just that I didn't put it to use. To be honest I was scared. Scared that it's not going to be received well. Scared that it's just a silly imagination. So many things I was scared about. I leave it to you awesome readers to judge my baby talent. I will be posing the script soon. As for now. Have a wonderful day. What a Monday that was. Lol!

What A Weekend- Cookie Winning The Golden Globe

Sunday 10 2016 was epic!

I love watching the Golden Globe. More so for the red carpet fashion. I love seeing the stars in their most fashionable, glamorous and endearing dresses. I also love seeing the movies and stars that I love win. Yesterday was no exception. It was shocking but super sweet when one of my favorite celebrity of all thing Taraji P Henson was called as the winner of the prestigious Golden Globe awards for her role as Cookie in the breakout TV series Empire. I was literally in shock. I was in shock because it was a longtime coming for her. I was in shock because the category she won- was a strong one.

 I want you to know something. I have always assumed that I know Cookie Lions as she is popularly called. The movie Benjamin Button was one of the movie I saw when I moved to United State. In the movie I saw Taraji P Henson for the first time, and fell in love with her and the other actors like Brad Pitt. The movie was something new and different for me. It was a movie that left an impact on me. Another movie that did the same to me was Avatar. Ok now. Let's go to Cookie. When they called her name, I think I passed out for few seconds and back to life. Lol!

 I was very happy and surprise. I thought to myself. You deserve it girl. Not that other stars didn't. Just that I love this woman from the movie "I can do bad all by myself". I was very happy for her. I was very happy for the winners. Even some that I didn't know. Cookie even made my day when she told the Hollywood foreign press to give her more time to speak. According to her, she waited 20yrs for the award. Well, I will do the same too if I was her. It was her moment to shine and she sure did. I enjoyed my Sunday even more because it was our anointing service Sunday and I myself was blessed. There you have it. That's my Sunday and it was less heart wrecking than Saturday. Hahahahaha! Love yeah.....

Should I post all of the pictures she has 🤔 ? I have a lot & I know I'm prolly bothering y'all feed with Taraji this & Taraji that so... #GoldenGlobes 😍😍😍😍😍😍👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑👑 #TarajiPHenson #TarajiMemes #TarajiForever #TeamTaraji #SlaysForDays #TarajiSlays #Tarajans #LyonDynasty #CookieMonsters #😻TPH😻 #👑QueenT👑 @tarajiphenson 💋💋💋

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What A Weekend- NFL Wild Card Heart Attack

 
Let me tell yeah!

My weekend was one hell of a roller coaster.  On Saturday 9th 2016, Pittsburgh-steelers and Cincinnati -bengals played their wild card match. I know some of you might be thinking what does she know about football. Well, you will be surprise how much I know. Back to the game. The game was heart wrecking for me especially towards the 4th quarters. Steelers were leading the Bengals 15 to 0 until my trip to the chicken I realized that the Bengals had scored a touchdown. Before I could digest the touchdown, bengals scored yet another touchdown. giving them 16 points lead. I was in shock. I had a meltdown because I was like wow! we had it all along. how could this happen. I was so rooting for the steelers because I love that team so much. It was disappointed because Ben was hurt and tired and Antonio Brown on the other hand, had a concussion. What more could go wrong. I left for my bed. I couldn't take the heartbreak anymore. I went to bed and left my husband to continue watching the game.

 Few minutes later, I heard a loud voice coming from my husband. We won. I'm like, how possible? It turned out that we had a 3 point kick. I was so excited that I went to bed late talking about the narrow victory. I thought about the heavy downpour on the field that Saturday. I was like they tried. Just be happy. Steelers almost gave me a heart attack. If Saturday was this tough, then the playoff is going to be insane. Well, I will not think about that for now. That was my Saturday. Now wait till you read about my Sunday.

When Wrong Is The New Normal

These days, when scaling through Facebook, what you see are pictures of injured babies or dead babies here and there. My question here is, is it normal to shared the photo of a dead child on Facebook just to get likes. My friend and I were discussing this matter some few days back. It is a sensitive topic. I was just on the fence because I didn't know how to normalize the topic. She was very against it. I was to some extent. In one way, I share these parents grief and courage to open up on their pain. As well as searching for a healing process. But on the other hand, I find it disturbing because some things are not meant for the public. My friend thinks people are glamorizing babies sickness and misfortune to get famous. I hurt for these kids but what I don't like is someone cursing or forcing people to type 'Amen' on a sick child and if you refuse, you are heartless. Common now, that is totally uncalled for. People are being bullied into typing 'Amen' or bear the guilt of feeling heartless. Like I mentioned, this topic is sensitive. Some images on Facebook of these little children are kinda pusing me away from Facebook because if my heart is to gulliable to look at it and type Amen. Then I am heartless. And I refuse to like this sorrowful and painful pictures. How can I like a picture of a child going through pain. I'm liking the pain or what? Confusing huh? Facebook we need dislike button ASAP.

My question for you mybeautifuloma readers is, is those innocent images of some children in pain on Facebook helping or hurting them. Should some pictures be kept private or should people be bullied into typing 'Amen'?

Be kind and sensitive. Remember I love children.

Living With Oma 2

Today is one of my favorite day of the week. I love Saturdays because i get to go clean the house of God. For those of you that want to know which house of God I clean. Well, I attend Redeem Christian Church Of God. Forget about the location. I love cleaning the house of God because it is rewarding and refreshing. Also, because my cleaning team are so warm and welcoming. I love them so much that every Saturday, i look forward to go keep the house of God clean. Below is me on duty- excuse my look, it was cold this morning.

Yap! that's me cleaning my church.
After the cleaning, my day began as a mother of the busiest toddler in the world. When you see my angel in person she looks shy. But as soon as we step into the house. My goodness! it like a non stop choo choo train. Screaming, playing and laughing. It's one hell of a ride. Fun ride though. Below is my angel playing around what seem to me like the longest hall way in an apartment ever.

Oh! she loves playing catch.  After the running around, she well, fell asleep thereby giving me the time to do some house chores. Hmmm! exhausting. However, when it comes to my diary, she sometimes let me write and post things. Not all the time. Right now I am home alone. She went out with her dad to the library while i have time to myself to sleep and do some writing. Believe me, our day is going to get more crazier when they get back. Good thing - we are stepping out. Hahaha. I love my baby.

That's it for now.
 Boring huh? Welcome to my world. Don't need a spelling check here in my blog because i am not writing a comprehensive exam, i am only sharing my diary. Lol! Thanks.

2016: Why I modified my blog

I know some of you maybe wondering why i went from this:

to this:

Well, i guess since this is a new year, i need to get rid of  things that don't bring me pleasure and my first blog was one of them. Though i was scoring a lot of readers but i felt like the market for such blog is infiltrated by all kinds of blogs out there. Facebook now is been lambasted by blogs with the same story line. If you know what i mean. I love my old blog don't get me wrong but the market i don't. I think I will leave it  at that. I wish my fellow upcoming colleagues who are still on the gossip blog all the best. I have chosen  my path and this time, it's all about me. Welcome!

My New Year Resolution

This year 2016, i decided to change my usual resolution of weight loss. I said to myself i need to change everything about myself. I mean everything. After the normal church service on the 31st of December 2015 entering 1st of January 2016. I went straight for my pen and paper and wrote this below:

I chose this word because it is more practical and realistic to me. I needed to filter myself from any bad friendship, behavior, thinking and more. I needed to change everything about myself including my body. I needed to change my financial statue, my mindset and my relationship with God. I just needed change. There you have it, change is an umbrella to everything that i just mentioned. With God by myself. It will all happen.  So what is you realistic new year resolution? Remember it's never too late.

My Day!

It's is often difficult to predict what your day may look like. But in my case, sometimes I do. You see when you have an 18month old baby running around the house, it's pretty much predicted. I call it mess. My little angle today engaged me in a full body work out. I was chasing her all around the house, with her holding my kitchen utensils. She thinks it funny but i think it dangerous. I love my baby no doubt however, i wish she has a stop button where i can easily control her movement. It is tough but that is the fun of it. She is sleeping right  now. I mummy offcourse have to go into the kitchen and make us some food. Do I really rest. I thought stay at home mummies do?  huh not really. As for me, you will have to follow me as i write on my unending diary. Love is important in 2016.