Hello Bangas,

Happy Belated Thanksgiving to all the Bangas out there, and an early Merry Christmas to all or which ever Holiday greeting applies.  Has been a minute since I been here and the place has really changed, I see there is new carpeting on the floor and they have added more windows, the doorman to get in Xanga is a nice touch.  I tipped him a buck he looked at me like I was crazy, so I took it back and drew a zero next to the one...lol.  Next time will tip him in Monopoly money.  I know half of you are like what the hell is she talking about, I am sane honest all 7 therapists said so.  Well the 5th one didn't but, she was just jealous that my invisible friend was cuter than hers.

All the kids are doing fine, growing up but not out (of house).  

I just popped in to say hi and be the proud Nana ( I like nana) and show off the mush/mushy/mush-mush/mushy-tushy.  So with no further ado.....Mush Mush


NANA'S BANANA

    
COZY


DOES ANYONE BUT ME HEAR QUACKING?


BATHTIME


PARTY CLOTHES


SMILES FOR THE XANGA BANGAS, BYE ALL SMOOCHES!!

Well that is it bangas.....again have a Very Merry Christmas, from Harlem_Lady and the Mush

Hey there xangamaniacs,

Where to begin, hmm, should I start with the boring and move into the extra boring or should I reverse that. Lets start with the boring, so does all have coffee, or whatever it is you use to keep you awake on hand (listening) ok good here we go.

First the children, we can start with the easiest, my little poopie sean, he hates that name now being a teenager and all.  Says then people will know you my mom and think I am a momma's boy.  What if I call you Sheila and you call me Sean. I replied "What if I give the tooth fairy a reason to start making house calls here again. He pouted, he whined and being the understanding mother I am, I caved in, told him I will only call him poopie in the house.  Now if I happen to be screaming for him to come inside from the window, I feel technically I am still in the house, so I am not breaking the rules..lol. He starts 8th grade in a few days, he is excited so am I.  They grow so fast, ( it is 9th grade when they can leave the nest and be on their own isn't it, lol nah, just wishful thinking). He is the luckiest little thing I know, goes to the library almost everyday, never takes out a book, goes on the computers. They had a raffle the other day and he won an ipod video nano, cool I guess, but remember back in the day when you went to those library things and you got things like pencils, pens and of course books, now you giving out over 100 dollar gifts, hell thinking about updating my library card.  Maybe they giving away cars or something. 

Next is my darling diva, still working hard and going to school which starts in again a few days.  She still has me in stitches with the stories she tells and the nutty way she behaves.  She is the ordinary 16 going on 17 year old teenager when she goes outside all cute and prissy, but when she gets inside she turns into the highlighted comedian.  Sean was calling her ugly the other day and sean being a pudgy one, thought he had her calling her ugly, he was sitting in no shirt and she told him, "you calling someone ugly sitting there looking like an unfrosted 3 layer cake.  I try not to laugh when she comes at my others but she is so hilarious, I was holding it in but tears were streaming down my face.  Sean said it is ok mommy go ahead and laugh, bless that boy cause thought I was gonna bust a gut.

Jefferey is good, he finishes up school this year hopefully, he is looking into going into one of the armed forces.  Which I am proud of him for but would rather he wait a little while. Get out and do a little more before you go back into someplace with more rules and such.  Ya didn't wanna follow school rules, and hell all they could have done was suspend ya..lol.  My daughter made him the godfather of his coming niece he is so excited he has been on the ultimate shopping spree, that girl has more things than any baby store and she is not here yet.  He loves basketball so he got her a little outfit and said he is going to teach her to play, give people a reason to watch womens basketball.  He already wrote her mvp speech, thanking him of course. Had my own version of the speech, "I'd like to thank my uncle/godfather for whom not this mvp award for most missed baskets would not be possible. Let's not forget the award for most Shaq like free throw shooting."  He hunted me down for that version, silly boy looked everyplace in the house except his closet...yup I am raising a rocket scientist.

My preggo little eggo.  She should be due sooner than expected, doc said baby really big so they think they were off, or she was off, don't know who was off but she will be here sometime Sept. early instead of late Sept early Oct.  She has once again changed the middle name, now I think she said Gabrielle...I say just have her first and last name and post middle as "fill in the blank".  She has gotten just about everything she needs and the shower is the 6th.  She made the nicest gift baskets for her guest.  Around here we have those people that come to a party of any kind and eat and don't bring a gift..well she said you don't bring one you don't leave with one.  I don't know how many kids parties I have been to over the past few years and people tell the kid happy birthday, no gift not even a few bucks, and eat everything laid out.  I think hell you could have said happy birthday over the phone stayed home and had a bologna sandwich.  But anywho..she is doing good finding it hard to get out of chairs now though she looks like a turtle trying to get off its back, cracks me up, I think I am a little sadistic, cause I stay laughing at my children, but I know they do the same to me so heh what the heck.

As for all else the neighborhood is the same basically, expanding but the same atmosphere.  More and more building going up, tall ones. Trying to etch a mental picture of the sun in my mind now, getting harder and harder to see it.  They redid the park and all that, no one cleaned that pond though not sure how the fish survive having to dig a hole in the top of the water to get some and all, should see them with they little shovels and all, just to cute..little fish on the side squirting them all with a hose so they stay hydrated. I saw one that had just completely given up had a little sign that said 'TOILET BOWL OR BUST".  One was hanging on to the back of a goose, saying just drop me off when you over blue water.  Which I am guessing he is leaving the nyc area if he looking for truly blue water. But other than that all else is cool.  Just thought I would drop in for a minute and waste your time..lol.

Well take care bangas, have a safe and happy labor day..(wouldn't it be ironic if my kid had her kid on labor day, I know it doesn't mean the same but would be a hoot and a half, would have jokes for years.)

See ya :)

  Hello xangamaniacs,

Wow it has been forever since I typed in this boxed. I really missed it.  Was away due to computer problems and took a bit to bring it all back up.  Let me see what has happen in the 6 or so months since I have posted last.

Well, lets go by month..lol, feb, nothing, march, nada, april not much, ahhhh May........

The month of May a day before my birthday I got the best gift anyone could ever ask for, my best friend ever flew in from Oklahoma and spent my birthday with me. We didn't do much on my birthday except sit around the hotel and order take out,watch tv, and catch up on everything. 

The next day though we came down to visit my family and have a cook out thrown by my goddaughter...it was awesome, she made the party, fit in like she had known us all forever. Till this day Nelly still asks about her. 

My oldest is with child. Hot dog, I am gonna be a nana...she is due in october, and she is having a little girl, Little Lauren Monet...I am sooooo excited I can't wait to be a nana.  I love little lips on on a baby they so cute, little noses if you look in this pic...... don't she look like me /

Isn't she adorable, she has my nose...lol.  Jen has had bought everything thing in the baby store for her, Last night she was watching her kick M & M's off her belly.  As I said I can't wait, and neither can the whole house and a host of others, all the people doting over her I doubt I get to see her much and she will be living here. But of course, it is my job to spoil her, so others can look even touch but spoiling is all the nana's job.

Ok as for anything else nothing much has been going on, ohhh except remember the skank I talked about so much in the beginning, well here is a brief summary, she lost all the kids, they are in foster care, but she got herself together big time, where she was once maybe 90lbs soaking wet, she has put on so much weight , she has unsupervised visits with her kids now, working on getting them back, also she had a little girl but that is not my nephews.  But the one that is, omg, looks like my nephew spit him out.  He is the spitting image of his dad, and so cute and so funny.  I will be glad when she gets them back, all my kids are grown except sean, and it will be soooo good to have a reason to go into Toys R us and pick someone else something up besides me...lol.

Here are a few pics of the New York visit

Goddaughter , Godson and back of The bean Kandi and Sean  Kandi and Prego Kandi and Steph (The Diva)

Chick and the Princess

I have met lots of people in many places, but I am amazed everytime I think of how we met and how far we have come......and I just hope "same time next year."

 

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