MOMMA SAID NOT TO!

I was talking with a friend recently (more like chastising her for doing something silly), and she said, ‘that’s what my mother would say’. I thought about it, and that’s what my Momma would have said to her too! Made me smile, and all this was written in that moment….

When we were much younger, Momma would feed us before we went to a birthday party. Why? “So we wouldn’t go there and eat like we’d just been released from prison”, she’d say. I love my mother! And you know, I’ve taken that habit with me o, I try to go ‘almost stuffed’ to any event where there’ll be food. And when I’m hungry and in the buffet line, sometimes I see my Momma’s face in my head and it makes me chuckle! I love you Momma!

You know, it’s the little things that define a person; the little instructions/rules we had as children that define who we are as adults. Unconsciously, those pearls of knowledge stay and I guess that’s what Proverbs alludes to in saying, “….and when he is old he will not depart from it”.

My mom taught me, if it’s not ours, it is not yours. And so I couldn’t go to school with one pencil and come home with four.  What!! She’d march me back to school the next day and I’d return the ones that didn’t belong to me, probably after getting a good smacking too!

Momma taught us never to accept any gifts without clearing with her first. Of course that meant immediately we collected it, to take it to her and she’d bless it before we could eat, play with or use it.

It was a Sunday, and I must have been about four years old. Sunday school class was over and I’d run from my class to the choir in the ‘big’ church where Momma was. Cute and adorable as I was (wink), a family friend saw me and gave me a sweet. I thanked her and in my little mind, the distance between my Momma and I was too much to cover just to show her a sweet, and too far for her to see me anyway.

For good measure, I backed the choir, unwrapped the sweet, and popped it into my mouth. I closed my eyes and was just about to run my tongue over the sweet when I heard my name. Opened my eyes and it was like my mother had teleported cos she was now standing in front of me! In one fluid movement, she slapped me, and then used two fingers to scoop the sweet out of my mouth. I couldn’t even cry; I guess I was too stunned by the turn of events plus I had just done wrong.  Did I ever do that again? I doubt.

Mwah! Love you Momma!

Momma taught me never to settle. Why have a B when you can get an A+? Why be an ordinary member of the class when you can lead it? Why be a regular Christian when you can have an extraordinary relationship with God?

That’s where I’m at today; why settle for less? Why look down on yourself and the things you can do or become? Why settle for  that lame, insecure, mediocre bastard because you think the clock is ‘ticking’? Especially when deep down you know you’ve had and can have better? Why settle for ‘good’ when you can be ‘employee of the month’ several times over?

Be the best, don’t settle for less

Go the extra mile, make the extra pile

Trust in God today, your hard work and toil will pay

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(So I ran out of things to rhyme with here but I’m sure you get the general idea)!

Wait…that rhymed! That’s another rhyme! *off I go in search of a record deal*

P:S – did I mention your dream of being the best has to be feasible, realistic, that kind of thing?

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Kids Dramatize the Darndest Things

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I think around 4 years of age most of us can readily access long-term-ish memories and use them to surmise patterns about everyday life, for example, like how most kids eventually realize forks really suck when eating cereal, and how spoons don’t really quite understand the intricacies of spaghetti. One prominent pattern that began emerging, for me, was the link between going to the Dr’s office and getting some sort of painful injection.

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I totally loved this!! And I love this blog! While I never bolted from a doctor's office as a child, or demanded their credentials (don't think I had the time, I probably was too busy being afraid), I'm unashamed to say I still have a morbid fear of needles! It is the reason I don't have any other piercing, and the reason why I work very hard to suppress any discomfort I have! I remember the last time I had to take an injection (which was recently), before I started crying there were at least three people holding, and trying to calm me down! *sigh*

THERE’S STILL A PLACE……

I was in church on Children’s Day, House On The Rock (HOTR), The Refuge, in Abuja, and immediately Pastor Obi Ekwueme said the words that are both the title and the concluding lines of this post, they hit me so hard I knew I had to write!

To start with, in the service yesterday, a man gave a testimony about the support he received from the church in his time of need. Apparently his wife had issues with her liver; he’s resident in Lagos while she lived in Abuja. He lost her to the illness (God rest her soul) but he came to thank the church for standing by him through that period, and for catering to all the hospital bills.

Brought tears to my eyes because dearly beloved, that’s what church is about; that’s what it is meant to be! Beyond the Word from the altar, the prayers, the miracles and deliverances, the church is supposed to be a brother/sister/mother/father to people. My dad says, “church members don’t care about the words you preach till they know how much you care”. Remember Jesus feeding the five thousand? Do you think He could not have just preached and let the people go home fed on the euphoria of the miracles He performed? We’ll tackle that in full another time…

Can I say the Tehilah Company (HOTR’s choir) is the best choir ever? And I’ve been in some really fabulous choirs in my life! Whoop whoop!!! I mean, everyone knows that HOTR invested madly in sound infrastructure/equipment but if the choir was crap, all the equipment in the world wouldn’t matter. Every time they minister, I feel truly blessed, as in truly blessed. Say a ‘thank you Jesus’ for the Tehilah Company for me will ya?

I would talk about the cuteness/handsomeness/top of the line presentation/appearance/swag (for lack of a better word) of their pastor but err, that would take up the rest of my word count for this post, and I need to get to the message already!

There’s still a place……….. Pastor Obi Ekwueme said that regardless of how dissatisfied with what we have/are now, we are not what where/what we used to be. So you were not always a university graduate, you were not always a secretary; you’ve not always been married, etc. Ladies and gentlemen, God has been good! You’ve made progress! Now we may not be where we want to be, but we’ve definitely left where we started the race from! Is that true for you? Have you lifted up your hands and said thank you Jesus yet?

Right. How do we get ‘there’? How do we improve on the gifts and skills we’ve got so they can take us ‘there’? By now we should all know that random complaints and murmuring will get us nowhere abi?

What’s the extra we’re doing/giving to be better at school/work/wherever we find ourselves? Are we the ones who watch the clock instead of doing any work, just idling about and waiting for the end of the month? Or worse still, are we in the class of extremely negative people, who blame everything and everyone else for their woes, and yet will pass up on opportunities to set things right? God forbid.

I’ve said it before… Twitter is slowly turning into CNN, the harbinger of evil news! How can there be so much negativity flying around so early in the day?

Take this around with you today!! Smile! Live! And have a super, extra productive day in Jesus name! Amen!

Words for the week. Aspire! Be ambitious! For God’s sake, let the work you put in be commensurate to your ‘dreams’! Why?

There’s a place; there’s still a place called ‘there’.

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ABUJA: Integrated Parking Services, Starcomms, And Other Disasters…

The events in this blog post are dated 18th May, 2012….. *cue ’24′ soundtrack* Lol. Not funny though, I was literally spitting fire at the end of the day.

So the morning started ok, a work related call woke me up at 6.20am and by the time I finished catering to it, it was time to get ready for the day, and a 9am meeting that ended up happening at 11.45am (let’s not even go there)!

I left the office about 1.20pm, hungry, and in need of air that wasn’t official. Took a taxi to my bestie’s spot, and after I chatted with her and another friend a bit, eaten lunch (or breakfast, since it was the first thing I was having), I lent the friend’s car to make a few stops. Why I did that now I can’t really explain, cos I’d been happy in my taxis since I got in.

Right. First stop was at the bank, and that was pretty uneventful. Was given my NUBAN account numbers for the umpteenth time (lol); I hope they have them to hand because the next time I’m in they’ll probably have to give them to me again!

Anyway, so I left the bank, and headed to Starcomms on Durban Street, Off Ademola Adetokunbo (Abuja) to buy a modem, which is what I’ll use when I’m done typing to publish. I got on the street, and for starters I totally think they should move to an area that’ll allow for better parking for their customers, and repaint the place at least!! Jeez! You would think that a telecommunications outfit would look pretty on the outside, and not like a structure that can be converted to a makeshift shrine.

Speak my language? I doubt it.

Time check? About 10 minutes past 4pm. I parked opposite the building, outside a dry cleaning company. I asked the security guard if it was alright to park there, and he said yes. Then I asked if I had to get a ticket because I’d seen one of their signs at the beginning of the street, and he said no. So, I parked. All these questions were because I’d heard severally about the sham called the Integrated Parking Services, who in my opinion have been empowered to people part with their monies for reasons I cannot fathom, and for causes as sure as the moon turning pink.

Let’s digress a bit; why else would the FCTA and Integrated Parking Services Limited leave more pressing issues like housing, roads, healthcare, and whatever else they’ve been charged with and bother themselves with Road Traffic Regulation which only exists to issue parking violation notices, parking violation charges and clamp down vehicles of offenders. You mean to tell me that of all the problems Abuja has, parking ranks as #1? Or is the government of the day only happiest when they’ve chanced on any new way to further impoverish its citizens? Where do these fees go? What have they been earmarked for? Organized crime? I agree. Is there any other country with priorities as warped as ours? Don’t even get me started on the 2015 plan to send astronauts to space and launch satellites. Have we finished catering to people on the ground?

Back to my story. I got out of the car, and just as I entered the gate, I saw two guys WEARING STARCOMMS tags who said hello and asked how they could help. I said I came to buy a dongle and they said to go upstairs with them. I did, and I was offered a seat in what looked like the repairs office. I asked to see a brochure or a price list and one of the guys said there was none, and that the only modems they had cost thirteen thousand naira. Dodgy, especially since bestie had called a friend in the office and he said it was eight thousand naira. I demanded anything written to that effect and again the guy said there was none, and then said the one that cost eight thousand naira was old and out of stock. When he produced a rumpled form for me to fill out, I was convinced there was something wrong and I was already on my feet when a security guard came in and said the car had been clamped.

Exasperated (did I mention it was really hot), I went outside and not only had the wheel been clamped, they had loosened the license plates as well. I said hello to the lady officer and asked what the matter was, since I had been told I could park there, etc. As though she were reading a script, she said ‘you have broken the law’. Of course she’d magnified her office, shoulders in the air, attitude et al and so wasn’t listening to me. When she said ‘if you don’t have the money we’ll tow your car to our office and when you have the money….’ I got pissed, shushed her, paid the fine (five thousand naira) and collected my receipt. Did I hear you say ‘welcome to Nigeria’? Lol.

Parking ticket? SMH.

They’ve even got envelopes. Absolute rubbish.

I still needed the dongle so I parked somewhere else and went back into Starcomms. I went in through what looked like the main doors and saw a few people behind a counter and a couple others on a queue; turns out that’s where I should have been in the first place and guess what? The dongle was eight thousand naira! That’s when I started yelling (not very loudly though, I’m a lady). You know what annoyed me the most? When I was done telling my story, one of the staff said, ‘we’ve been having cases of fraud here’. Are you for real? So you’ve got people parading themselves as Starcomms staff, using your offices to perpetuate fraud and all you’ve got is ‘we’ve been having cases of fraud here’? Seriously? In 2012? How do they have tags, and access to your offices?

I paid for the modem, registered the sim, and left with a broken heart, and apologies I will forget immediately I publish this.

Nigeria will be great, but at this rate, not anytime soon.

#RANT OVER

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ANOTHER SATURDAY……

Good people!!

Guess what! It’s another Saturday, and even better, it’s the Saturday before my birthday!!! If you didn’t know, now you know… Send those gifts in already jor! I’d have put out a wish list but I know you know the things I want right? Trust you! Lol…

Right! So I’m excited about the responses I’ve been getting, thank you for the pictures you’ve been sending in!! If you didn’t know, the pinch of humor category is what it is, pictures from any and everywhere that have amused you and you’d like to share. Have any? Send them to dfairygodsister@yahoo.com, and I promise to credit you! Please include a first/nick name or a Twitter handle in your email too!! Thanks!

Enjoy the pictures for this week!

Totally love this one!! Courtesy the @i_blend group on bbm; the day I’ll give gifts for the ‘most pictures from’ category, for now it’s easy to tell where it’ll go!

Awesome!! This one’s courtesy KLBEENG! Thank you!

Courtesy Berry, permit me to be petty enough to dedicate this to anyone who’s beefing me! Get well soon!

Seriously!! As in seriously!!!

Beautiful way to end today’s post!! Yes darling, I studied ‘banker’ too!

That’s all folks!! Have a fabulous weekend, and don’t forget to say happy birthday to me tomorrow!! Hugs!!

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A PINCH OF HUMOR…..

I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes!! Saw this one on the @i_blend group!

Hello!!! Welcome to the third week, sharing love, laughter, and reminding ourselves that life is too short to spend every minute of it complaining. Live a little, take some time to chill, to smile, to be grateful for the fact that despite the challenges before you now, it could have been worse, and there are people who are worse off!

This is simple; look, enjoy, and share with a friend! If you’d like to see your pictures featured here, email them to dfairygodsister@yahoo.com. Enjoy the rest of it, a pinch of humor!

Who speaks Hausa? Interpretation please, after you’ve cleaned your brain of course!!! Also gotten off the @i_blend group..

Funny but very true….be safe!

Life ain’t fair!!

Guys is this true? Prove this person wrong jor!!!

That’s it for this week!!! Spread the love, share the joy, and enjoy a beautiful weekend!!

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TEN WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR BLOG

Hello!!!

this post was originally posted here, and is my pod for all things social media. It got such a response I decided I would put it on here for people who didn’t know that site existed! Now you know! You’re welcome to like our page on Facebook , enjoy the post!

If you’re looking for new ways to improve your blog and increase your readership, there are always a few key tips you can follow to inject some energy back into the blog and garner some excitement. They’re very simple, and I guarantee you’ll have fun with them as you explore!

1. Talk about yourself! A good place to start is by telling your own story.  Who are you, why are you writing this blog, and what do you want to share with the world? Your readers want to know you, and know why you’re writing.  Plus, if you’re stuck with a bit of writer’s block, what subject do you know better than yourself? What lessons have you learnt in your time on earth? How can you make your readers smile? Go on, dig deep!

2. Create a regular feature. Find a topic that you can write on and feature regularly. Whether it’s interviews related to the subject of your blog, or maybe just a weekly photo, creating a recurring feature gives you some structure within which to plan, and gives your readers something to look forward to. A regular feature also suggests that your articles not be too far and in-between. Write as often as you can, don’t let your readers wait too long for something new.

3. Focus on images. If you have writer’s block, look through your trove of photographs related to your blog, and start sharing some of those. Start with just writing quick captions to explain the photos, or create an entire post or story around a picture. Images are important to help your blog stand out from the others. Instead of using stock images, try taking your own pictures to make your content unique. If you are not good at photography, ask around your friends or check http://www.tradestable.com.ng to find somebody more skilled to help you.

4. Use audio and video as well. Make a short video instead of writing a post. Your readers will get to know you a little better, and you’ll get to try something different and exciting. Experiment with podcasting, video blogging, see how you feel about it!

Photo credit: Google

5. Seek out inspiration.  Think about why you started the blog in the first place, what you love to write about, where your passions lay. Go out and experience those things again, find experiences for you to write about and share. Think about things that make you laugh, pleasant memories, and if you’re brave enough, things that have made you cry. People relate very well to things like that….

6. Explore the offline world. There are now blogger conferences for just about every genre. Find a meet-up in your area and get out there and network. Talk to others who write about similar topics. You’ll come away with new ideas and new friends! Never forget that online drives offline, and vice versa; they don’t exist exclusively!

7. Don’t be afraid to ask for advice. Whether it’s from other bloggers or just trusted friends, seek out their feedback, and advice on your work.  Solicit suggestions on where you could take the blog and what improvements you could make. No one is beyond correction, and what looks marvelous to you might just be putting your readers off!

courtesy gembapantarei.com

8. Invite guest bloggers. Bringing a new voice onto your site will generate excitement among your readers, as well as inspiration in yourself. Reach out to bloggers that cover a similar topic, and propose a post exchange. You’ll each gain new readers and new ideas! Put in your best when writing for them, you don’t get too many chances to sell yourself!

9. Redesign your blog. Whether it’s a full overhaul or just a new template, spend some time looking at the design of your blog and whether it best fits your needs. Besides, a new theme is a brilliant way to re-invent yourself, and is a good justification to toot your horn without feeling  vain!

10. Enter the world of social media. By engaging with social networks like Twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest, you can promote your brand, as well as encounter new sources of inspiration from your fans, followers, and fellow bloggers. You can also take advantage of the many functionalities these platforms allow, like syndicating publishing, sharing, etc.

There you go, 10 ways to improve your blog!! I’ll add an eleventh for good measure….

11. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.  If you want people to read your articles and comment, like, share, or reblog them, when last were you on someone else’s blog? When last did you comment on a post, or share something you read and really liked? When was the last time you linked to someone else’s blog in a post? Do unto others as you would have them do unto you!

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ALL IN A DAY’S WORK!

Hello!!!

Did you have a nice week? Mine was awesome! Made progress on several fronts, things are looking up!

Thanks a lot for the positive reviews the newly introduced ‘pinch of humor’ category got last week, I’m happy it’s achieving the purpose for which it was created, lifting our spirits and giving us one more reason to smile! Only issue is, just one person sent me a picture for this week…*tears* We need to do better so this category stays around for a bit, can I count on you for next week? I can? Good stuff!! Send an email to dfairygodsister@yahoo.com, and I’ll be sure to credit you when it goes up!

Enjoy! And share with a friend!

Believe me I love Nollywood but I just couldn’t ignore this! These guys transcribing eh?

Seriously? Your scarf?

You need to bring out your pidgin for this one!

With God all things are definitely possible!

Shout out to @Matse,  @ChiefSista, and @EniOjeaga for the pictures, enjoy the rest of the weekend!

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FIELD TRIP!!! WHOOP!!!

Exactly one month today (04/04/12), I visited BEN TV and OHTV! Not alone though, it was an excursion organized by the Nigerian Students’ Society of Birmingham City University under the leadership of Miss Amuta. I’ll save you the gist of the night before (remember I can’t sleep before any ‘big day’) and start from the train ride to meet the team at Tottenham Hale.

Can I say again that every time I get on a train here, I’m reminded how much I love the peace predictability brings with it? That again is a story for another day.

I got to BEN TV ok; fortunately the building housing the television studios is opposite the station so I didn’t have too much trouble. Especially since there’s absolutely no signage outside! Even inside the building, sigh. And by now we must know I’m horrible with directions!

Once inside, looking around was reminiscent of my days in television; very recently as an intern at BBC West Midlands.

I learnt quite a few things there, one of them the simple reason the EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) might be saying one thing but you’re watching something totally different. Ask nicely if you didn’t already know and I’ll tell you!

Blogging in the go! Funnily, I have to write on paper first….

It was a privilege for us to meet the CEO of BEN TV, Allistia Soyode; an unassuming but very confident man. It was also a privilege for us to make a 10 minute interview recording with him, he answering questions about the birth and growth of BEN TV, challenges he faces by the day, and yes the extremely silly question about his ‘short term plans’. After he said the station’s been running for 10 years? SMH!

Ok, so I know I said it was the NIGERIAN Student’s Society…..

Mr Soyode said something remarkable when I asked about his company’s ‘relationship’ with social media, especially in these days of the struggle for ‘dominance’ between traditional and citizen journalism. He said, “social media is more Western than African. The people using social media in Africa are people who don’t make decisions; so it’s not the politicians, the government, or business owners. It is used more by the pretentious youth (in Africa), and people in the West”. Of course I don’t agree with him, but what do you think?

It was a beautiful visit there though, and I must doff my hat at the courage to pursue the BEN TV dream, and then the tenacity to keep working at it, 10 years later.

Me and pictures eh….. *sigh*

After taking pictures, we were off to the station to catch the underground to Vauxhall, home to OHTV. The 25 minutes ride gave me the opportunity to catch up on my novel, Fatal Cure by Robin Cook, and in no time, we were getting off.

OHTV

We got to OHTV an hour behind schedule (polite phrase for ‘late’), were met and shown around by the delectable Lola (@Lola_Ebony on Twitter). We went straight to the studios and were introduced to Mirat, a director par excellence (in my opinion). He talked us through the equipment/software OHTV uses, gave us a crash course in directing (one for me in sound), and then we all had a go either at presentation, directing, or managing light and sound.

First thing that struck me about OHTV was the attention and consequently funds given to/for infrastructure; really impressive! Amongst other things, everything is produced in HD, and like BEN TV, everyone is trained to be a multi-skilled operator (MSO).

While we were prepping for the mini recording, Patrick Campbell, Creative Director at OHTV and producer of the award-winning Mirror Boy (produced in conjunction with OH Films as I’d later find out), came in and gave us an earful about showing up late. *sigh*

Simulating a live programme made me appreciate (again) the amount of work that goes into good TV; especially since I was running sound. Mirat said, “working with sound during a live TV production is like playing poker, you’ve got to be fast, anticipate the next move, and act on it before anyone else (in this case the guests)”. Good experience that was!

Then we went upstairs, met and said hello to the receptionist, accounts executive, production manager, head of administration, folks in the editing suite, and then we were ushered into the board room where Akin Salami (CEO OHTV) and the business development manager were meeting.

The most striking thing about OHTV for me was the atmosphere; was pretty easy and laid back. And even though I know they must have their ‘crazy’ days, it looked like everyone genuinely wanted to be there!

Turned out to be an exciting hour tracing the growth of OHTV, exploring the cutting edge technology OHTV is dabbling in, and getting tons of life lessons from Mr Salami. Below are some nuggets I jotted down, thank me later.

• On starting OH Films, “content is king but it is the guy who shoots/makes the film who makes the money”
• On showcasing your talent, “visibility sells. Put something out with your picture in it. Someone somewhere will see, and not forget”
• On staying ahead, “first person with the idea is a leader; first person with the best adaptation of that idea is the one who will stay around for long”
• On OH TV, “can you do good stuff, make money by doing it and still keep your respect? We wanted to show that good TV could be clean”

At some point we had to leave so my mates would catch their ride back to Birmingham but not before we’d taken more pictures!

Nice!! From left to right there’s……..Oh never mind, just look at the picture!

Shout out to OHTV for the love they showed, the very warm reception, and for the gifts they gave!

INTRODUCING THE ‘PINCH OF HUMOR’ CATEGORY!!

Hello you!!

Beautiful Saturday morning, and am I grateful it’s not raining!!! It’s rained every day since Tuesday, and by last night I was pretty fed up with it! Talk about humans never being satisfied; when it doesn’t rain now we’ll be holding vigils to ‘open the heavens’, now I’m complaining that it’s too much! God forgive me!

Anyone who knows me knows I love a good laugh, it’s the fastest way to get through to me. Give me something to laugh/smile about, and you’d be well on your way to securing my friendship! I think that came from my dad, one of the funniest people I know. Never misses an opportunity to make us laugh, even in difficult times; it’s one of the things I miss about him, his rich laughter and the way he’ll clap his hand on his knee when he’s really amused! I love you daddy!

Ok, so on Twitter last night I said I would be starting a new category on the blog today, a permanent feature published every Saturday at noon. This is it, the ‘pinch of humor‘ category!! The inspiration for this? Recently I was disgusted with the way a friend handled an incident and so I put as my BBM status something I wouldn’t want to print here! Another friend saw the update and asked what was wrong, I explained to him and he cheered me up. I’m grateful for him because apart from working very hard that evening to cheer me up (believe me I was smoking from the ears), he reminded me of a very important fact: Life is too short to wallow in anger/misery!

After we got done talking, I looked through some of the pictures I’ve been storing on my phone for the simple fact that they amused me, and I gave myself a good laugh! And then I decided that every Saturday, I would share some of those pictures so I can give others a laugh as well!

That’s it, the gist behind this category; among other things I want you to be able to come on here to chill, put your worries aside for a bit, and just have a laugh because sweetheart, life is too short to be worked up every day!! That’s the reason why ‘pinch of humor’ will come only on Saturdays too, so you’re not in work mode or anything. Doesn’t mean you can’t revisit the page during the week though, please feel free! And don’t be stingy, share with your friends and family!

The best part of this new category is you have a say on what pictures go up, so if something made you smile, share the love!! Send an email to dfairygodsister@yahoo.com and I’ll credit you when I put the pictures up! All I ask is they be rated ‘family’, nothing x-rated or political. Agreed? Good stuff!

That’s it then, enjoy the pictures for this week!

Arsenal fans forgive me o!!! I think I saw this picture last year, when Arsenal received one major whupping like that....

This is my personal favorite! I should adopt this answer for the self-proclaimed monitors of my weight!

That’s it, a pinch of humor for the day! Which was your favorite? Send me yours!

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