Penny Says.... HELLO AND WELCOME TO MY WORLD!!

Well today is the day -- June 3, 2013. "What day is it?" you ask -- it's the day that I FINALLY STOP PROCRASTINATING and get this blog up and running!! I've tried a brief stunt (actually it was only one time I posted on FB using the "notes" option), but I failed about being consistent. Honestly, doesn't "inconsistency" account for 99% of why we oftentimes fail at things? ... but there's a cure for inconsistency, and it's called "effort", so today I will attempt to make this part of my life work.

I have been encouraged for YEARS to blog, host my own television show, write a book, etc, because of the MANY thoughts and the raw expression of those thoughts I use when posting on social media forums such as Facebook and Twitter. Some will even say that I am a "Facebook junkie" -- I can post up to 10 or more posts per day, then I was introduced to Twitter by a friend -- why did she EVER decide to do that.

So WELCOME TO MY WORLD -- and boy can it be a tumultuous one at that! 

On Friday, May 31st, I turned 44 years old -- yes I know, I know, besides the weight I don't look 44 -- that's because "good Black don't crack" -- now I KNOW that's a little funny saying
Black people often use -- but it's true.  Something about our skin keeps us looking ageless.... but enough about that until a future time (I could go on and on forever). I am the mother of four (4) children ages 27, 21, 20 and 19 and the proud grandmother of a grandson Joshua who just turned 5 years old. In 2005, after raising my children for the majority of their childhood as a single parent, I met my gorgeous husband Antonio, and in September of 2006 we were married. To-date, we have no biological children together, but our one-year window has just started where we plan to get pregnant via IVF in September, 2013 provided I secure full-time employment and lose 25 more pounds.

You'll learn more about me along the way -- I've learned that I'm too large of a pill to swallow in just one sitting -- you've got to take me in small doses sometimes.

I look forward to sharing my life with you, educating you, learning FROM YOU while living, loving and laughing along the way.

Nice to meet you!!