February 28

• Grateful for the special acceptance speeches at the OSCARS that reminded me to keep dreaming!


• LOVED the acceptance speeches of Colin Firth, the screenwriter of The King's Speech and the Director of the King's Speech. SO glad my movie did so well!

• Also was inspired by the documentary winners. I will watch all the nominees and figure out what it will take to get myself a little golden man one of these days!

• Also glad my friend Anne (I met her when I went to see Audra McDonald, Phylicia Rashad, Sanaa Lathan and P Diddy in 'A Raisin in the Sun'. Yes, that makes us BFFs!) did so well and has SO much fun hosting!

February 27

I am grateful for Christopher Carter being in town and treating a couple of us to lunch! I had forgotten how thoughtful and generous he was. We talked about possible plans to get a crew to spend Memorial Day in Miami.

*Memorial Day Weekend 2010

February 26

Grateful that I got the coach I wanted at ILP after initially being assigned to someone else!

I am grateful that the ILP program seemed meant to be on about 100 levels. For e.g . a couple of people in my program had recently lost parents and were dealing with that...and two of the dads in the program were dads to all girls. AND I got the coach I wanted, and two of my friends are coaching in this program. It just feels like I was meant to be in THIS very program!

I'm also grateful for a fun date with Mike and for the new Adele CD.

Was too tired to hang with some friends who were in town for the weekend, but it was a full day!

February 25

I am grateful for my Dr's appointment with 'witch doctor' Alternative Medicine Physician Dr Marc Schwartz. I am not grateful for the news he gave me. He thinks my lifelong digestion issues/stomach problems are as a result of the fact that I'm allergic to most foods. Here's the list he game me.

Wait for it: wheat, oats, barley, cow dairy, goat's dairy, eggs, cocoa, soy, peanuts, paprika black pepper chili and vinegar. He has me eliminating all those foods from my diet, for now, and taking a BUNCH of supplements. Here's hoping I feel better soon...

SUPER grateful for my dinner with the 'Calling In' crew at a cute BYO, Sonata, in Northern Liberties. Had the most chocolatey dessert I could find. It should probably have been called 'Death by Chocolate'. Had it in defiance to my doctor's orders and loved every bite :)

February 23

I am grateful for my new obsession and inspiration. Isreali Palestinian Journalist, activist and author Rula Jebreal.

Check out this interview

Here she is on the set of the movie based on her book MIRAL which I'm reading now. Talk about living my life and doing it better than me!

February 21

Overwhelmed by family drama as I was picked up from my brief vacay and went right to work to do the overnight shift, so I'm honestly finding it hard to feel grateful today. But I'll find something...



I'm grateful that my friend Omar gets to live his dream of moving to South Africa to help out the campus ministries of our South African churches for a year.

Here's to figuring out my dream and calling and living it one day!

I guess I just learned, for the millionth time the benefit of being grateful - even when it's forced, it makes you more grateful. All of a sudden I can think of a few things.


I just saw part of the BET Honors 2011 Awards and it inspired me to dream again and to make contributions to the world through my dreams.

February 20

I"m grateful for the girls and I being able to keep two seats each to ourselves. (Sorry for two bus related posts so close together) When you spend 10 hours on a bus, two days apart you don't get to be grateful for much else :)

February 19

• I am grateful for the inspiration from Trudy's dance show.

• Glad I got to meet some of the fiercest and most beautiful dancers of the night Natasha and Jasmyn. I need to get into performing, dance and acting asap!

• Life is too short not to follow your dreams...

• I am also BEYOND grateful for the hospitality, beauty and incredible warmth of the gorgeous Gayle family home.
  

February 18

Getting rockstar seats on Megabus all the way to Toronto!

February 17

I'm grateful for time with Dez and for our turbo time at Whole Foods! I love shopping with others, since I'm not a natural shopper. I always end up discovering things I would never have noticed! Now I actually know which yummy wraps I'm packing for tomorrow's 10-hour bus trip.

February 16

Grateful for all the time my sister Ade spent helping me get my new resume together!

February 15

• I'm grateful for brunch with Brad.



• I'm SUPER grateful for getting my therapy reimbursement papers together! I've been putting this off for about 6 years!


• I'm grateful for Angels tonight. GREAT lesson from Doug Jacoby on God's nature - very helpful and much needed!

February 14th - Part II

Read that the big upset of GRAMMY night was my girl Esperanza Spalding beat Justin Beiber for the award for Best New Artist. (I am yet to watch the taped show on ole DVR). Frankly, not sure how either of them qualifies, they've both been out for at least a couple of years each. I need to read the GRAMMY rules. I often think that albums remain GRAMMY contenders years after I expect them to be ineligible.



Anyway, go Esperanza I own your album, not Justin's. Just a reminder of my superior musical taste!



Anyway, this all brings me to what I am grateful for and TOTALLY obsessed with, Esperanza's fro! Enjoy!



*Just watched the part of the GRAMMYS where the Best New Artist award was given out. What is wrong with people?!? I think that if Espy, as I like to call her, didn't win I think Florence and the Machine or Mumford and Sons would have probably won the award before Justin Beiber! These are the music academy voters we're talking about!


(random pic of Esperanza where's she clearly made-up. She's always stunning!)

February 14

I'm grateful that my eye doctor found me contacts that are the most comfortable ones I've ever tried! Grateful he didn't stop at 'good enough' when it came to finding a pair of contacts that feel great at least 90% of the time. I didn't even know that much comfort was possible!

Also REALLY grateful to be able to eat dessert again! Yahoo!!!

February 13

I am grateful for AMAZING music! I'm grateful for the GRAMMYS which I had to DVR tonight cause one of my friends called me and we ended up talking for 4 hours missing the entire telecast!



It was a fun, super helpful catch-up and networking conversation. I need to rework my entire resume as a result, but it was all much needed!

February 12

I am grateful for this book and for chapter --- " " which reminded me that God really cares about how I'm feeling and that there's NOTHING I'm going through with the loss of Mom, that God hasn't endured plus more on the cross. I haven't felt that way in a while.

Also grateful for bonding time with Chya and the life lessons we earned from Blue Valentine. Why are relationships so hard? Glad I'm learning all the things I'm learning now before getting married though...

February 11

I am grateful for a day of decluttering and watching a movie with the sisters. We saw the VERY cheesy 'Our Family Wedding'.

Also grateful for dinner with Christy at YATES! Fun times!

February 10

I am grateful for this book!

For study time with Angie and for crashing game night at Angie's fun Bible Talk!

February 9

I am grateful for my future free Chipotle salad for my troubles today!

February 8

I am grateful for my oldest male BFF, Bolaji and the accountability of souperFriends! I was talked out of my goal-less haze, took stock of how I did with my 2010 goals and made HUGE progress towards my 2011 goals (yes I realize it's already February).

February 7

I'm grateful that this is Day 7 of the Daniel Fast :)

I'm also grateful for having a catch up dinner of tofu, wild rice & broccoli dinner with Olenga stuffing wedding invitation envelopes!

February 6

I'm grateful for a chill night of catching up on Outsourced and other goodies on the DVR. Instead of being at a Super Bowl party when I wasn't in a Super Bowl state of mind... I did catch Xtina's Star Spangled Banner mistake before I retired to DVR world. I also DVR'd the game so I could watch the commercials later :) DVR for president!

February 5

I am grateful for a long-overdue, much-needed Skype call with Gracie!

I am grateful for a BFF who stays close to my heart across the world in Cambodia. I am grateful for someone who feels my pain when it comes to the loss of my mother. She is a kindred-spirit in too many ways to count. I love you Gracie!

February 4

I am grateful for my Skype-coaching call with Tim and my yummy meal of yam and lentils!

February 3

I'm grateful for being able to have it all. I got to pray with Shannon, go to seminar and leave early to get a nap in before my overnight shift at work!

February 2

I am grateful for Amanda Ifeoluwa! She used her culinary skills to make dinner during this Daniel Fast a delight. She also took on the scary task of cleaning out and arranging our refrigerator. Yay Ife!

February 1

I am grateful for my Tuesdays Angels! And for friends who know me and who worry about things that affect my life for me. Mandy et al. have thought about what I'm doing for the first anniversary of my Mom's death even more than I have. I love you guys!

January 31st

I am grateful for being called into work and for an extra day & it was a pretty smooth day too!