Enjoy your life!

Hi everybody!  It’s me!  Thalie! LOL, I felt pretty cute today.  What’d you wear today?  Send me the photo / link and I’ll post ya later!  (nathalie407@yahoo.com)

If you’ve been to my house, you know my patio REALLY needs some help.  Kayla just ordered this set from Amazon.com and I was AMAZED by the cheap prices! (Table, $42.59; 2 chairs, $109.99)

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Tags: beach, friends, LightRoom, Miami, Photography, South Beach, sun

I spent this past weekend in Miami celebrating Jeane’s birthday.  The ride there was boring as hell, but well worth it.

Above are all of the usual suspects (and Natalie’s new pooch Roxy) jazzed up before heading to Opium for the night.

The Hostess wrote a WONDERFUL post today which caused me to add my two cents in.

Women all too often fall for great s.e.x.,  good looks, $MONEY$, or a dream that will never come to reality when choosing their mate.  This is cool for the short-term, but many eventually end up stuck with someone who’s really not good for them.

There are so many articles out there hinting at a shortage of viable men, dooming women everywhere to end up alone or better yet, share a man for the rest of their life.  I’m not sure if those rumors are true or not, but we shouldn’t use that speculation as an excuse to mate with people who really aren’t worth our time.

A WISE MAN once said, “You’ve got to appraise it before you buy it“, which translates to the fact that when choosing a potential mate, we all need to:

• Take into consideration the individual’s value (not just monetarily) in comparison to yours
• If they seem to be at a different place in life then you, look at their real potential in the near future and see how that fits into your plans for life.
• Don’t just start a serious relationship with someone based off what’s on the outside.  Take a deeper perspective at who they REALLY are.
• Take note of “Red Flags” and decide if you’re willing to deal with them…or back out of the contract.
• Before starting a real relationship (aka marriage, or making babies) with someone, make sure that all of the issues are fixed before “buying”

Of course, love is not a rational creature.  If we could all pick and choose who we fell in love with based on logical variables, the world would altogether be a better place.  We find ourselves doing the craziest things, going against our beliefes of right and wrong, putting ourselves in the strangest situations all in order to keep someone around and it’s just foolish.  If someone really wanted you in their life, and had your best interests at heart, you wouldn’t have to sacrifice your self-worth, priorities, hopes, and dreams to be with them….which brings me to her quote below.

I guess this goes back to women having this crazy idea that the more they sacrifice and prove their love, the clearer it will be to the object of their affection that he should be with her. HA! After all the sacrificing is done, if the woman doesn’t get what she wants (thinks she deserves) then she starts thinking about all the sacrifices she made to be with a man.

No relationships are cakewalks.  There are always sacrifices to be made, but one of the most important things is that BOTH parties involved are willing to make them.  If you appraised what you were purchasing before you bought it, you’d know if the fight was truly worth it.

Image from Meradith Farmer

I must confess, I MUST!  I’m a digital pack rat and I seriously need some help!  I honestly have a fear of deleting files and it’s getting ridiculous! (Is there a scientific term for this condition?)

Here are my symptoms:

• My Inbox has 2501 messages dated back from 2004
• Even though I use an external hard-drive, I have a lack of trust in it, so I have two or three copies of photo albums EVERYWHERE!
• When designing/redesigning websites, I keep ALL copies of the layouts…even if they’re ugly
• My 8GB Iphone ALMOST at full storage capacity

Maybe Niecy from Clean House can come help?

Do any of you out there share the same issue?  Any creative file organizing options you have to offer?

Gnarls Barkley - Who’s Gonna Save My Soul

Didn’t I say before that I LOVE creativity!!!?!?!  This song’s been running on my top 25 in the iPhone for about a month now.  The video is ON POINT!!!  What do you all think of it?  Was the heart too graphic for ya?

40 of 365 : Mommy Smiling

41 of 365 : Corey

42 of 365 : Flower Macro

43 of 365 : Juxtaposition

This weekend, we celebrated my mom’s 50th birthday.  We had so many friends and family show up that we actually ran out of food so I’m ELATED that so many people came to show her support.  I don’t have time to write much because I’ve already been threatened…gotta develop the pictures before I get my butt whooped!

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37 of 365 : Deena and Dolo

38 of 365 : Shiny Hallway
(Disclaimer, taken with cameraphone)

39 of 365 : Good MORNING!!!

I got up EARLY this morning!  And if you know me, you know that’s RARE.  I’m feeling good though!!!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY JEANE!!!!

Bentley Ft. Kanye, Sa-Ra & Andre 3000

I don’t think I’ve ever seen Kanye dance so hard in a video!  Interesting mix of characters!