Kanye West

I have been a lover of Kanye West since College Dropout. I remember when Slow Jamz ,All falls down  {which had Stacey Dash in it. For all who doesn't know who Stacey Dash is ( side eye) she was Dion on Clueless.  }and  Jesus Walks which I knew  this song was going to BLOW UP.

I bought every album Kanye has dropped. Kanye really delivers a message that I don't think people are paying attention to. Most people who listen to rap are wanting to shake their butts in the club, or trying to disobey their parents. Kanye's music isn't just shake it music. The lyrical content is very relevant to what is happening in society or his life.

Graduation  was my favorite album. To this day if reminds me of college. Something about it struck a cord with me.

A couple months ago I was driving to Fl and I popped in a Kanye West CD and one of my friends asked me not to play him because she feels like Kanye brings her close to the devil. I asked why and she told me she thinks his music is devil worshipping . I tried my best to get her to explain to me why she has come to that conclusion but nothing she said convinced me that it was an informed decision .

 2 weeks ago I had someone else tell me that he is racist. Because he only picks on white artist .

So I feel like because I'm a supporter of Kanyes music I'm suppose to be able to answer all these questions about why he is this way or that way and honestly I can't .

I feel like Kanye has been in the media negatively and coming up in too many conversations that I'm around. And for the life of me I can not understand why.
I know that to some people all publicity is good publicity but in this case I have not seen so many people who have wanted to discredit and cut down one person in my life time.

I am not saying by any means that Kanye is God and he has not made mistakes. Or he hasn't done a thing or two that is out of the ordinary. But you can say that this man is very passionate about his craft, about his gift of music. He wants everyone to be on even playing grounds and for good music to be praised and give the same chances as others.
Now can you do these things without being on national TV and stealing an award from other artists? Possibly but I don't posses the same thoughts and passion for the things he has so I cant speak to that. And if you don't, you shouldn't either.  We all do things that we probably look back on and think man... I shouldn't have done that. We just aren't doing it in the view of millions of people who immediately get on their social media and give their unasked for opinions.

::Disclaimer:: I don't know Kanye West. I am a fan of music. I believe music gives people an eye into their heart and mind. So maybe that's why sometimes I feel like I know the true intent of their actions. Call me weird of whatever but that's just how I feel.

I think "regular" people take whatever they can to  separate famous people from the us regular people. So they can magnify their flaws. And that isn't right 


Kanye was on my favorite radio show the other day, Power 105.1 The Breakfast Club. He gave the best interview that I have heard in a year or so. Check it out.

Kanye was asked why on KUWTK was his voice different. He responded to something of the effect like "sometimes people don't listen to the angry black man. Its hard to get your point across when people tune you out. Sometimes you have to change in order to really get what you want accomplished." True Story ....


This isn't the best post I've done but it was just something I needed to get off my chest. Stop being so negative people. Give people in the spot light a chance to correct some of the things they do.  Embrace differences.


Enjoy!

All falls down
Man I promise, she's so self conscious
She has no idea what she's doing in college
That major that she majored in don't make no money
But she won't drop out, her parents will look at her funny
Now, tell me that ain't insecurrre
The concept of school seems so securrre
Sophmore three yearrrs aint picked a careerrr
She like fuck it, I'll just stay down herre and do hair
Cause that's enough money to buy her a few pairs of new Airs
Cause her baby daddy don't really care
She's so precious with the peer pressure
Couldn't afford a car so she named her daughter Alexus (a Lexus)
She had hair so long that it looked like weave
Then she cut it all off now she look like Eve
And she be dealing with some issues that you can't believe
Single black female addicted to retail and 


 Heard Em Say
And I heard 'em say, nothin' ever promised tomorrow today
From the Chi, like Tim its the Hard-a-way
So this is in the name of love, like a rob would say
Before you ask me to get a job today,
Can I at least get a raise on a minimum wage?
And I know the Government administered AIDS
So I guess we just pray like the minister say
Allah O'Akbar and throw 'em some hot cars
Things we seen on the screen are not ours
But these niggas from the hood so these dreams not far
Where I'm from, the dope boys is the rock stars
But they can't cop cars without seein' cop cars
I guess they want us all behind bars, I know it



Can money not buy you everything?




These are pictures from my January appointment at the Ortho . I'm still rocking my one band and according to my original paperwork I should be done in April. But dude I just don't know . I've been waiting for straight teeth all of life and when I finally get to get them I feel like I'm being messed over . Feb this year  will make it 2 years . 2 years ?! And they look like this .. But oh it gets worse. The other day I broke my bracket. I accidentally bit down on my water bottle and crack snapple pop.  I had to wait until Monday to get in to the ortho .
Then after waiting 20 minutes i walked back up to the desk and asked the receptionist if they had given the dr my chart and they were like oh no we thought we did 😒 wth were you doing  while I was brushing teeth ?

Then I got the meanest clinician that their is Lisa . She told me I could pick any color I wanted then she stole my dreams by telling me I have to get a chain again on my top teeth which means I can only have pink gray or purple. The doctor told her he wanted her to readjust the surrounding brackets and she was pissed .Apparently she had another idea of what she wanted to do besides fix my mouth . I even asked her if it was a bad thing and she was like Yeah .... With an attitude ( side eye) old hoe. 
After I was abused for 40 minutes I got back to my seat and this is the current status of my teeth

I just feel like I am back to square one . On top of that I have pain like I have never had before. My bottom teeth look like a keyboard .

Cant money buy you beautiful teeth ? I mean 4000 plus dollars should have gotten me somewhere . Right ?

Mascara

Don't you love it when you come across a buy one get one 50% . Then you try it and your lashes are sooo thankful to be used to their greatest potential.
 
 Heres two links to purchase at Ulta.
I purchased mine from Walgreens!
 
 






Mental Flashback

What do you do when you realize you were not a sane person at a point of your life ? 
Where's the life delete button? Steve Jobs why didn't you create that?!
The other night I was putting away some pictures I had in an envelop and came across a picture of me and a guy that I believed hung the moon and the stars . (Yes I've always been this dramatic)
I can't tell you why I was so in love but he literally captivated my heart . I did stupid stuff over him ... Well just now  I realized now stupid it really was.
 
Anywho the guy knew I was head over hills in love and he could care less. I can't even tell you how many tears I shed over him.
I was friends with his sister and I think I used that as an excuse to just hang out at their house . Even though she was really one of my good friends .
The more and more I think about it to write this post I am feeling a little overwhelmed .  I really don't have any problems with the way things ended up. This guy and JMN actually turned out to be good friends ( my luck) And he is now married with beautiful children and doing really well for himself. So although I didn't end up being apart of his solar system life turned out for the better most definitely.

I really needed to just get this out my system.

EXHALE- Queue waiting to exhale


Fossil



I have loved purses from the beginning of time . I think I began bringing a purse to school around the 3rd/4th grade. I didn't have anything remotely important in it but maybe some Chapstick, pencils, gel pens, and a notebook. 
When I got older I started sneaking my ggs purses to school because they were  bigger and I thought they were fancy. Turns out 60 year old fancy and teenage fancy are 2 different things. Ha

So purses have always been my thing. Not that I really treated them well or bought anything name brand. When I was in high school the fake designer label bags were IN. When I went to  Seattle in the summer I would come back with a couple from school . It was just cool then.( okay it wasn't cool but everyone did it) 
From walmart to Mervyns to Target and now I have finally graduated to Fossil.


 This is from a couple months ago, JMN and I were in Dillard's looking at the Polo section ( side eye) and stopped by to check out what was happening in the purse section. ( absolutely nothing) but I took this opportunity to pose.  ( Current fossil not fully pictured)
 
A couple weeks ago my friend Chels and I were out shopping and decided to stop at Dillard's. Boy did we hit the jack pot!
 I love wallets but lady wallets seem to be too compact and I have a lot of crap. The 3 wallets in the back were catching my eye. the maroon wallet on the right has a teal inside which is a bit much but hey, you never know when I might feel sassy and need it.
 Now all 3 of these bags need a new home . But ESPECIALLY this Maroon and black very vintage, very mammaw chic, very city let me hail a cab type bag. Unfortunately this bag is $138, and that is not in my budget. However I did make friends with the associate in the purse section and she told me when I should call and check for a sale. ALSO there is a matching wallet in the picture above.

 This pretty would be great for a concert or a club ( I cant even tell you the last time I went out to a club - sigh)

I named this bag Bertha . Bertha will carry everything in life that I need. AND there's a matching wallet WOOT!
 
After bringing my honey bunny to take a pit stop at the mall so he could see the amazing bags I found he convinced me that A- I own a lot of purses already- B- that I know the current prices of these purses were really too expensive. Especially all at once.  So since I couldn't go home with these beautiful treasures, I had to take picture just in case they aren't here when I come back.  ( Check out that fro)
 
Shout out to ANNA for my Salt and Pepper faux Céline from a year or so again.

  That's a good looking bag!

Yall thought I left the mall empty handed ? HA Bertha and mini B have made it home and are adjusting well to their new atmosphere. JMN wasn't going to get away without buying me at least one of those amazing creations.

Being the frugal Francis that I am I very rarely spend " big bucks" on my Fossil. Thank goodness there is an outlet about 2 hours away and I visit it and all of the other surrounding Fossils a couple times a year.
 

Kitchen Remodel: Part 2


If you are just tuning in to Casa De Nelson remodel check out Before and Part 1

Texturing! So the walls are sheetrock. Sheetrocks top layer is like paper that's how you have that smooth surface. Sometimes when you remove wallpaper you no longer have that smooth surface to just slap the desired paint on the wall. In that case you can either put up new sheetrock or apply texture.








 by the way we did not paint this  orange on our pantry. And I am thankful for whoever decided not to continue to do this throughout the kitchen.

 JMN has an obsession with syrup... I hate it!

As you can see I had to remove everything from our cabinets. For 2 people we have sooo much stuff. You cant even imagine what our living room looks like at this point.


Kitchen Remodel: Part 1

Stank you very much ..listening to my iTunes as I prepare this post and that lyric cracked me up so I thought I would add that on here. lol
Alrighty!  The 90s have officially left Casa De Nelson.
Believe me I love all that is the 90s but that wallpaper was just as bad as fanny packs.
 ( unintentional  Shadow selfie)




I want to prepare you. We, the Nelsons, are hoarders. We that island and our table is holding everything we had on our counters. And normally we don't soda at the house but we had a " party" on Christmas eve and our guest brought that so you know we had to finish it.
If you look at the last picture you will notice a lot of brown. There was tile there that was acting as a back splash and when he removed it the first layer of the Sheetrock was removed.

Stay tuned it gets better!

Sunday Mornings

My other half is the pancake king. And I have taught him to perfect crispy bacon.
How thankful am I to wake up to this!
( yes we still eat off plastic collegiate dinnerware from Target)