Goodbye November! Hello December!

November, November, November! This month was not as eventful as last month or should I say I just stayed local this whole month. Kahlin (@4everfabulous) & I decided that since last month we took a bunch of trips, November would be our "fall in love with Orlando all over again month" because December and January were taking two trips. This month was a re-connect month for me. People I haven't seen in months I was able to spend time with and also spend time with people I talk to frequently but haven't had the time to spend some QT with.

This month started out on a happy/sad note. My broseph CP (@_prodini) left Orlando this month to move back home to Atlanta to take care of his momma. We decided to meet up for dinner at Brio for dinner. I wish I would have had more time to see him before he left but my schedule just didn't allow it. I'll be seeing you in the A shawty (CP voice)

This picture pretty much is CP in a nut shell. He's just one big goofball with the most southern charm you'll ever find in a person. His vocabulary is one of a kind. He really should have his own dictionary.
Birthdays!!! This month didn't have as many birthdays as last month did. Luch's (@_imotorboat) birthday was this month! Birthday kisses for you! He had a birthday dinner that I wasn't able to attend so I had to make sure I made it out to Lux where he was celebrating it. Kahlin (@4everfabulous) was my partner in crime that night. I made my rounds and said hi to my boys TB & PB before I left & headed downtown for a random night.


We were originally supposed to meet up with some of my friends and last minute plans changed. We ended up meeting up with her friends who were bar hoping that night. Of course it was freezing out of no where that night and we both had on skirts. One of her friends gave us his jacket and we literally walked around downtown from bar to bar in his jacket. Two girls in one jacket makes for a night full of laughs.
Im not much a a bar hoper. Who am I kidding, I'm not much of a going out person, but I figured eh, why not. I was out of my comfort zone and it felt great. I wouldn't go and bar hop frequently, but I can say I did it and had a great time that night.
Random days. I've been wanting to go back to the Hard Rock for a few weeks now so Kahlin (@4everfabulous) and I decided we were going to go and just relax for a little bit. I seriously could live by the pool there. My little cabana people and the sun is all I need. We seriously were only there for 2 hours and had to leave because her brother was selling a pig that night at the fair and I wanted to see what that was all about.

I decided to take my little sisters with me to the fair to see this "live stock auction" that Kahlin's (@4everfabulous) little brother was in. I've never heard of it before. I just thought people bought farm animals from .... actually I don't know what I thought. Shoot I just go to Publix and pick up the food from the meat department. I never really sat and thought about the process before the meat gets to the grocer.
When we first got there I told my little sisters they could play a few games and that was it because we weren't there for the fair ... that we were there for the auction. 10 minutes after saying that and $80 later they had unlimited wrist bands, food, drinks, candy etc. smh I cave in too easily with them.
After all the rides and junk food it was time for the live stock auction. Ummmm, wow! It was an experience I will never forget. Kahlin and I stuck out like sore thumbs. It was fun though. I've never been to an auction period so now I can cross that off my bucket list. The funny part about the whole situation is that Kahlin ended up winning her little brother's pig he was selling there. Well, she didn't win it for herself ... it was for her ex boyfriends parents; don't ask. $800+ later we were the owners of this huge pig.



Another birthday! My middle little sister Isabella turned 7! I cried. I can remember when she first came home from the hospital and now she's this little person with a personality and opinions of her own. She wanted to go to Kobe's for her birthday dinner. hi5! great choice! I guess they got rid of the cakes they use to do for birthdays and now they give cupcakes; recession.

Both of my little sisters didn't see it coming. Family tradition to get cake, or in this case cupcake in the face.
The Next day is when we had her birthday party. We rented out this place where they had arcade games, a bouncy house & a bouncy house with slide. The kids had a good time which is all that matters. She cleaned up pretty well in gifts too!


I invited my friend Shannon (@shannon__nicole) because she has a little girl and it had been awhile since I got to see her. I love this little girl!!!
The girls; Kahlin Heather & I decided out of no where we wanted to go to the golf tournament that Disney was having. We get there and they tell us no phones, cameras or bags that are bigger then the size of a fanny pack (don't ask me why fanny pack came to mind. It just did. roll with it) We decided we would put everything up but not our phones. I mean who can go all day with out a cell phone?! We hid our phones in our bras and bing bang boom we got away with it. Of course we were all too scared to break them out while we were there, so it was kind of pointless to even bring them.

It wasn't until we were leaving, when I decided I was going to get a picture while I was there. Thug Life!
After we left the tournament we went over to one of the Disney hotels where my friend Joe aka Team Joe (@TheTeamJoe) was working. We said our hellos and walked around that hotel for a little while. That was the first time I've ever been to that hotel. It was cute!

*throws confetti in the air* stand and cheerrrrrrrrr ladies and gentlemen because my friend, my little CB, my BFF is a published author! I was one of the first people he told when he was selected to be published and I was the first person to get his book. I even got my book before he got his. smh tighten up CB. It's a great book actually. Its a collection of short entries from a bunch of authors. you can purchase it here

Kahlin her sister and I decided we wanted to go to Disney. (shouts to TJ) We made it to 3 of the 4 parks that day. I love Disney. It never gets old to me. Every time I go it feels like its been years since the last time I was there, even its if only been a few weeks.

Nerd section! Harry Potter! When the first and second movie came out I wasn't the least bit interested in all the hype. Yeah, well remember the ex, Candido? Yeah, He's the one who got me hooked on them. I went and got all the movies that were released and we watched 2 each night until the new one came out. Oh Em Gee! It was amazing! If you haven't seen it yet I recommend it. There were a few parts in there that were scary and even a little gory so I wouldn't take a young child to see it. Just my opinion. Now I'm hype, because there's one more left before all the movies are released. I can't wait.

Last year my family alone decided we were going to donate food to our church to feed the members who financially could not afford a Thanksgiving. It was such a success we decided to do it again this year. Last year we had 200 people. This year we had 325. What made this year special to me was I had my friends Beatrice, Kahlin and her sister volunteer. Ya'll have no idea how that maked me feel to be able to share volunteering which I am passionate about with my friends. The dinner was a success and the people were SO greatful!
Turkey Day!!! I was going through my pictures and I can't believe I pnly have TWO pictures from that day. Me, the picture queen didn't take pictures that day. Then I remembered I ate, took a nap and ate again. My family; the whole family, all 40 of us, got together at my aunts house. It was nice to see everyone together. I can honestly say that I am fortunate to have such a large and loving family. Since my parents are re married I get to have two Thanksgivings every year. After my aunts my brother and I headed over to my dads for Thanksgiving dinner. I promise you I ate like a girl that was about to be sent off to fat camp the next day.

Thanksgiving means everyone comes home from school for the Holidays! My friend Ky (@FLABOI2) came home from Michigan where he went to school and now currently still lives there due to his USA Olympic opportunity he was offered. Ky grew up in the Del with me so that's how I know him. I love when he comes home because I get my dose of 3rd area Deltona when he's here which means all the guys get together...but only when he's back in town. So not only do I get to see him but I get to see the rest of the group. Shouts to you Ky for doing your thing!

November was simple and yet very meaningful for me. Thank you to everyone who made memories with me this month. I look forward to next month filled with my birthday, trips, Christmas and New years!

Stay Positive.

Stay True.

Stay Blessed.

BK

Goodbye October ..... Hello November

October .... how I loved you. Last month was by far the best month I've had in a really long time. I finally took the advice of a friend of mine Darnell (@DarnellEnrique) to take the time to do things for myself for once. Well, shouts to you D, because I took full advantage of it and I'm so thankful for that conversation we had about it.

What a better way to start of the month than a birthday party for one of my favorite girls ever Sophia. shouts to Shannon (@shannon__nicole) & Eric (@molemurda86) for making the cutest daughter ever! I love this little girl as if she were mine. She turned 3 on October 3rd! I can remember when Shannon first told me she was pregnant at one of our girl lunches we used to have at Papa Joes every couple of weeks. Her birthday was princess themed and let me tell you that theme fits her so perfectly. She cleaned up with presents! I decided along with my gift at her birthday party I'd take her to go get her toes painted. Little kids will play with a toy for a day or two and I wanted to do something with her that hopefully she'd remember. Love you baby angel face.

A few days after Sophia's birthday was my PB's (@THErealSKRIBE) birthday at Lux. I had to go and show my love for him out there to celebrate him getting extra old :)

My brother's senior year; Talk about feeling old. That means I've been out of high school for 5 years. Yikes! I graduated half a year early my senior year, so I didn't get the opportunity to join in on all of the Senior activities such as Senior day. My Little big brother decided he was going to tell me 2 days before his Senior day that he needed me to make him a Senior crown and shirt. Being an art nerd of course I jumped on it and made him the BEST Senior crown to walk on Deland high campus, literally ... he won!

Random nights .... are the BEST EVER!! I love not having set plans and just going with the flow. The girls and I decided we would get together and get dinner at Bone Fish and then head out to where the night took us. Well the night took us to VIP in Dragon room. That night was one of the best "going out" nights ... or maybe it was all the Sugar Free Red Bull I drank :) It was nice to be with a group of girls for once since my friend base is 95% males. Cheers to more nights like this

Stand and cheer because basketball season is here!!! Finally! Don't get me wrong I love all sports but basketball is my favorite. Of course since I decided I wasn't going to let anything hold me back I decided why not spoil myself and go to a few of the games court side. Why not?! I work hard and it's paying off. One of my best guy friends Kyle took me to the first preseason game. (thanks babes) and the rest of the games my partner in crime Kahlin (@4everfabulous) went with me. It was nice to see old faces of the employees and other season ticket holders that I've know for a few years now. And the new arena ... wow! It's beautiful! Orlando needed an upgrade. The Gentleman's Jack bar is breath taking. To be outside overlooking 55 West (shouts to TB & PB) and the city line is a nice change.

Birthdays, birthdays and more birthdays .... ya'lls parents were all getting it in the same month. SMH cuffing season. My childhood friend Andre's (@QlarkQent14) birthday fell on this month too. Andre and I go way back to grade school days. He used to be a "protector" figure for me in those days. It was actually just by chance that I ended up going out for his birthday. Originally my friend and I were going downtown to Urban flats for dinner and then out to Antigua to see my friend Brody (@brodyorlando) who hosts there every Saturday(shouts to you hater faceeeeee). We just happened to see our friend Austin walking by while we were outside eating and he told us about the get together. Two clubs, one night. Random nights ... got to love them :)

Another Birthday! See I told you ya'lls parents were getting it in during this month. Another friend of mine had a birthday ... lets just call this person unknown. Too much controversy when I mention this name. Along with his Gucci wallet I got him we went to one of the Magic games and sat on the floor. Happy birthday to you babes aka Grandpa!

Tampa!! I promise I'm going to move here eventually. The girls and I decided we were going to go to Tampa to see the Orlando VS Miami game there. We purchased court side seats that cost us and arm and a leg just to witness this game. WOMP! As soon as we walked onto the property they made the announcement the game was cancelled do due a "slippery" floor. I guess there was a hockey game the night before and it caused problems with the court floor. LAME regardless. The weekend was still a lot of fun though. My friend Brody (@BrodyOrlando) works for XL 106.7 ended up coming to Tampa that weekend because he was able to get his hands on some Howl-O-Scream tickets and fast passes for all of us. Let me tell you, never in my life have I been so scared I wanted to cry. One of the houses I literally turned around and told Brody he was going to have to carry me out of the house because I couldn't take it any more. By the second house I was trying to sell my fast pass and not go in anymore of the houses. I don't know if it was my adrenaline but I ended up finishing all of the houses and by the 4th house I was laughing through out the whole house. Thanks for taking us Hater Faceeeeeee

Saturday night ... Pre Halloween! All month long people kept asking me what I was dressing up as and my response every time was, "I'm not dressing up this year. I said last year as Eve would be my last costume". Well, thanks to TB he talked me into dressing up and actually came up with my costume. The original idea was supposed to be a bad Cupid and wear all black because Cupid is known for putting all the wrong people together. After I parked at Lux with Allie (@allie_erickson) to go see Dre (@StopGassinEm) Skribe (@THErealSKRIBE) and Luch (@_iMotorboat) I decided I didn't want to carry my bow and arrow. My wings were already going to be a problem hitting people left and right. The last thing I wanted was to hold a bow and arrow all night. So I just let people decide what I was. I got dark angel a lot ... so that's what were going to go with. The boys costumes were hilarious! They dressed up as The Swamp People. They had the hillbilly accents down and even wrestled an inflatable gator at the club. They had people rolling. I still think you guys had the best costumes! Allie was supposed to be a vampire per our convo before I picked her up and by the time she got in my car she changed hers to Jennifer's Body. Vampire or Jennifer's Body all I can say is holy boobies :)





Allie and I stayed at Lux for 45 minutes just so I could see my boys and then we headed downtown for the block party. Cuh-Ra-Zee! some of the costumes were really great and others ... not so much. We originally went down town to meet up with my friend Nesto and some child hood friends of mine who happen to be friends with him as well. (shouts to kevin and keith Bonifacio) Then allie and I decided we were going to go Team Chocolate finding. We were walking around for a little while and then BAM we seen a cute group of guys. We crossed the road and went to walk over to them and the closer I got I started to recognize one of them, CP!! How were the only attractive team chocolate men downtown turn out to be my friends. It was nice running into him though. Thats my mr. lova lova face! I used to live with this kid for 2 years. Love you CP!
Beiber Fever! This kids costume was great! He was the only Justin Beiber I seen all night. He kind of looked like him too.
Ran into part of the "Hoss Movement" as well. Which by the way were all behaving if any of their girlfriends are reading this :)

This poor guy had to be sweating balls, but his costume was Grrrrreat! Teen wolf! That used to be my favorite movie.

Then we have my whole Dominican crew who dressed up as doctors and then theres Nesto the only non dominican in the bunch lol Shouts to Nesto, Keith and Kevin!

Happy Halloween! I was supposed to be out of town this weekend and responsibilities called and I ended up having to stay in town. It actually worked out for the best because I was able to take my little sisters out trick or treating, which I was upset about missing when I thought I was going to be out of town. You'd think little girls would want to dress up as a princess or something girly. Not mine sisters. One wanted to be a vampire and the other an Egyptian queen. I searched everywhere for their costumes. Literally, and when I thought I was done they both decided they wanted black wigs. I took them around my aunts neighborhood because there are theses two houses every year who have a haunted house. This is the first year my sisters decided they were going to go in it which was nice for a change minus the 30 minute wait. I felt like we were at Halloween Horror nights with out a fast pass. It was worth it though because they had a great time.

All in all this month was absolutely amazing! I had a blast! I'm actually sad October is over. November has big shoes to fill because October killed it and December is my birthday and Miami is already planned for that (shouts to Steve). Here's to finishing out the rest of the year with the same attitude and same amount of fun!