At about 1:30…..IT GOES DOWN!!!!!! LOL

She lost her shoe!!!! Give it up for SISTA ONE SHOE!!! LOL

You shouldn’t starve a cold and feed a fever — and you shouldn’t do the reverse, either. Neither expression is true, which might explain why so many people get them confused! Both colds and the flu (usually accompanied by fever) are caused by viruses, and neither should be intentionally starved.

The idea of starving a cold probably stems from the fact that you can’t smell or taste your food very well when you’re sick. Your body needs nutrients for recovery regardless of what virus you have, so it’s important to eat if possible.

What’s more critical, however, is consuming ample liquids. Staying hydrated will help you feel better while you’re sick and recover more quickly. Studies have found that patients report some relief after sipping something warm, so tea is a great option if you have a sore throat. Water, juice, soda or sports drinks are fine too.

Of course, you can avoid getting the flu in the first place if you get a flu shot. It’s not too late, since the CDC predicts that the flu won’t peak until January this year — and it will still be around in February and March. So if you haven’t gotten one yet, you should. Since we don’t have a cold vaccine yet, the best preventative measure is to wash your hands frequently and avoid contact with sick people whenever possible.

GOTCHA!! YOU BETTA PRAISE HIM!!!

You cannot expect others to love you if you do not love yourself. It sounds simple. It really is the root cause of why people have as many problems as they do in this world. They do not express the love that God gave them within themselves.  If we look at why there is such low  self esteem amongst our  people, it is because  we do not contain self love. There is a wonderful Gospel song that has the lyrics: “‘I Will… Bless The Lord …Oh My Soul… And All That Is Within Me …Bless His Holy Name”  If we can sing these words we must understand  that the blessings  start within me.

Here are a few things  to  begin  your self love project.

1- Forgive You – I know people who have carried their mistakes with them their entire life, and as result they remain unhappy at the core. I know what it’s like to make a mistake and feel like you shouldn’t be forgiven, but that kind of thinking is nonsense. There is no action not worthy of forgiveness.

2- Stop Comparing Yourself to Others – I’m just as guilty as the next person in this area, for this is something that I too am struggling with even today. But as I’ve come to realize the more you compare yourself to others the less self worth you place on yourself Only when you stop comparing yourself to others can then you then begin to love yourself

3- Stop Seeking Approval- Seeking approval is similar to comparing yourself to others, and it’s fair to say that we all do it from time to time. I’m not going to lie and say I’ve never sought approval from my family or friends, but I’m also going to tell you that when approval was my main focus those were also not the happiest times in my life.

4- Believe In Yourself- Loving and believing in yourself go hand in hand. You can’t love yourself if you don’t believe in yourself, and you can’t believe in yourself if you don’t love yourself first. To fully experience what it means to live you must have a confidence in all you do, even during the times in which you come up short.

5- Trust Your Judgment and know that through both the good and bad you are worthy. Inside of yourself you do know essentially what is best for you and how to apply it.

6- Practice Silence- Last week I wrote about discovering the true you in Silence. For me this means that I must remove myself from my natural environment in order to have peace and quiet.

7- Eat Healthy And Exercise- Part of loving yourself is allowing your body to be in its top form. An occasional indulgence in alcohol or some fast food isn’t the end of the in the world but making a habit of destroying your body is.

8- Express Yourself- Holding back on what you feel and how you feel makes you’re a prisoner inside. You do not deserve to be a prisoner. This is not what your Creator made you for. He made you to love, be loved and to know the world

If you really want to change the world, if you really want to experience that life you’ve always desired, you must first love yourself fully, because all the advice in the world won’t matter if you don’t. It won’t always be be easy, but your relationship with yourself is the most important relationship you will ever have. Make each day a day in which you continue to deepen your relationship with yourself and experience the life you know you were meant to live. The world depends on you to love yourself.

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• You know where to go if you “wanna go where everybody knows your name.”
• Conveyor belts regularly carried washing machines, deep-fat fryers and a cuddly toy.
• Partying “like it’s 1999″ seemed SO far away.
• You chewed Dr. Pepper bubble gum.
• You wore the little bootie socks with the colored balls on the back.
• “Poltergeist” totally freaked you out.
• You never questioned why the A-Team were always imprisoned in places that had sufficient tools to build an armored tank.
• You actually believed for a minute that K.I.T. (The night rider) actually was real.
• Ooh, you could crush a Grape!
• You remember the original version of Windows: Macintosh.
• At one point during your teenage years, you walked with a noticeable tilt to one side due to the number of plastic rings on that arm.
• You own any cassettes or records.
• You rolled the sleeves of your suit jacket up
• You remember when film critics raved that no movie could ever possibly get better special effects than those in the movie TRON.
• You remember Michael Jackson when he was still black.
• You know how to use a rotary phone.
• You knew what Willis was “talkin’ ’bout.”
• You yearned to be a member of The Babysitters Club, and tried to start a club of your own.
• You’re doing absolutely nothing with anything pertaining to your major degree
• You know what movie the phrase, “Number 5 is alive!” is from.
• Once, while spending hours in the arcade, you actually lined up quarters on the top panel of the game — to “reserve” your spot.
• If you ever said “I pity the fool”.
• Schoolhouse Rock played a HUGE part in how you actually learned the English language
• You fell victim to 80′s fashion: big hair, crimped, combed over to the side, and you wore spandex pants.
• You ever owned a thin, black leather tie (and were proud of it), or worse it was patterned like a piano.
• You ever wore fluorescent (neon if you will) clothing…
• You owned at least one Choose Your Own Adventure book.
• “Ca-vey Wa-vey!” means anything to you.
• You remember when you could buy half cans of soda (great for field trip days!).
• You can, right now, hum to yourself the theme to ‘Inspector Gadget’
• You had top-of-the-line Commodore 64s in your jr. high computer lab
• You had to stay after class to scrub your desk because your silver Outliner pen leaked through.
• You sat on your back porch, playing with your “My Little Pony” , “Rainbow Brite” , and “Strawberry Shortcake” dolls
• You can still sing the rap to “Fresh Prince of Belair”.
• You even wore fluorescent, neon if you will, clothing.
• You wore a banana clip or one of those slap on wrist bands at some point during your youth.
• You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish, or know someone who did.
• Cerise pink, electric blue and banana yellow have ever featured in your wardrobe or make-up collection.
• You inserted the word “like” into, like, every sentence.
• You remember with pain the sad day when the Green Machine hit the streets and made your old big wheel quite obsolete.
• You remember when Betamax was at the cutting edge of technology.
• In many of your childhood photos you are wearing something plaid.
• You believed that “By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!”
• There were days that the homework just had to wait until the ABC Afterschool Special was over.
• You know how (or wanted to be able) to Moonwalk!
• You wanted to communicate with Synergy, or you wanted green hair like that lead singer of the Misfits.
• You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
• You think there should be a Kids Incorporated original cast reunion.
• you’ve ever said “I’m a vegetarian” and immediately had someone call you a hypocrite by saying “Nice leather jacket you have there…and gee, is that a suede bag…those shoes leather, too?”
• You have heard of “Garbage Pail Kids” (and perhaps still have a collection of them).
• you’re starting to dread your 35th birthday, and have even begun going into denial about it’s possibility
• You remember when McDonald?s served their burgers in styrofoam boxes.
• You ever uttered the word “Radical!”
• You were disappointed when an episode of 3-2-1 Contact didn?t include a Bloodhound Gang segment.
• You still know the Big Mac song. “Two all beef patties, special sauce?”
• You owned a *realRubik’s cube.
• You always wondered why Tootie always wore those skates.
• You were afraid of the Sleestacks on Land of The Lost.
• You were sad when the “Where’s the Beef” lady died.
• You remember the episode of Good Times when Flo broke down after James’ funeral.
• You ever wanted to be gagged with a spoon.
• Words: “Atari” “IntelliVision” and “Coleco”. Sound familiar?
• Your lunch times were spent perfecting swan dives and backspins.
• You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
• You remember exactly where you were when you heard the space shuttle had exploded.
• You know the profound meaning of “Wax on, Wax off.”
• Your first Walkman weighed about as much as a brick.
• You used to own a Snoopy Sno Cone Machine.
• You wanted to be on Star Search.
• You carried you lunch to school in a Gremlins or an ET lunchbox.
• You are still baffled by the “day glo” clothing trend.
• You ever had a Swatch Watch, and a Swatch Guard for it.
• Jelly bracelets & shoes!
• You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we’d all be living on the moon.
• You tried to convince your Dad to fit a strip of red lights on the front of his Capri so it looked like KITT.
• You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
• You could have got away with it if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids.
• Your first computer was a Commodore 64 or an Atari 800.
• You wrote your boyfriends name on the side of your canvas Keds.
• Four-square was THE playground game.
• You wore French rolls on the bottom of your splatter painted jeans.
• Never let them see you sweat.
• Your dream car was either: the A-team van, KITT or The General Lee.
• You were convinced for years that Batman was a mildly overweight man with a moderate beer belly who wore his under wearoutside of his clothes and talked strangely
• You thought eating Reese’s Pieces would attract your own Alien.
• You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
• You used to hold in your head the thought that all those gold chains on Mr. T actually looked kinda cool and the thought that Mr. T made millions seemed rational to you at the time.
• You know what “Push Up” ice cream is.
• You played with Lego?s when they were just blocks of various sizes, not any of the special little parts.
• You know that another name for a keyboard is a “Synthesizer.”
• You were only cool if you hung out at the Roller Rink and actually knew how to skate.
• Chevy Chase was really funny in those Vacation movies.
• You carried a big colored comb in your back pocket.
• You can sing the McDonald’s Big Mack Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder, French Fry song while jump roping.
• You know what “sike” and “not!” mean
• You have worn a Banana Clip, or knew someone who did.

If I missed something..Leave it in the comment section. I wanna know!!!