New Business Venture

As pretty much all of you know by now, I have started a new business venture... Yes like every other person out there that is living paycheck to paycheck, I too needed something more.. So I decided to try something that I already was using as a client... I liked their product and decided to give it a whirl... So, I am proud to say that not only do I use the products from the company called "It Works Body Wraps" I am also an Independent Distributor... 

I know what a lot of you are probably thinking.. OMG why do something like that!!! Well, why not??? I like the products, they do work, they are natural (which is important) and if I can see results and help others feel better I see nothing wrong with that... I know that a lot of people do Herbalife, Oragami Owl, SouthHill, etc... I decided to use my very limited "free" time into helping out others like myself with a lifestyle change.. 

I must say that at first as with everything in life it was slow.. But once the momentum starts picking up and people start seeing a change in themselves it's all worth it,... It is hard for some people to start a "lifestyle" change..For many it will never be something that they want.. For those that are ready and need to improve their lives, this is their Motivator... I am attaching some pictures of some of my clients and some info just in case you have any questions or want some product info...  P.S. The last 2 sets are mine.. I'm my own MOTIVATOR.. 

You can follow me on facebook.. www.facebook.com/skinnyinminutesmiami

website is www.skinnyinminutesmiami.myitworks.com

Have a great Sunday and hope to hear from you guys soon.. 

These last 2 sets are my personal results after using 1 wrap... Can't wait til i do a full treatment of the other 3 wraps... 

New Years Resolution

HAPPY ALMOST NEW YEAR TO ALL MY PEEPS.....

Wow, can't believe that it's that time of year again!!! Where did the time go?? As I sit here typing this newest blog, I can't seem to wonder what would be this year's resolution?? Will it be loosing weight (again like every year), will it be traveling more (like I have always wanted to do but never seem to have the time to do it), would it be starting a new business (tried that, maybe will try again), will it be trying to relax more (lol), how about trying to spend quality time with those that are in my circle of friends.. Whatever it is, it's that time to make the "list"... 
How many of us have made the "list" and not crossed out a lot of what we wanted to accomplish?? I know that I have truly tried to make the best of the past year.. With all of it's ups and downs, I can truly say that I have become a lot stronger... My friends all have these longs lists of things that they want to accomplish this year.. I'm also making mine with time, just to make sure that I have added everything that needs to be there... 

Some of my items include:
* taking time for myself
* being happy with how i look (and if I'm not happy then changing it)
* traveling
* trying not to stress so much.. (hahaha)
* enjoying the roller coaster ride called life
* not always having to be in control (as if)
* taking time to bake more

I hope that you also find the time to make your "list" and make sure that you have all your items in order.. My wish to all my peeps for 2014 is a wonderful new journey that takes us to place that we have never been.. If we just remember that life is a journey and that we need to enjoy the ride, we will truly be happier.. 

I almost forgot.. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!! AND DON'T FORGET THE BUBBLY......

Couple Days Before Christmas

To all my friends are around the world...


I wanted to take a moment and wish every single one of you a blessed Merry Christmas..

 At this time in the holiday season, some of you are sad and lonely.. I just wanted to tell you that you are not alone..

 You are a part of this wonderful community and you are loved... No matter how near or far you will all always be in my heart... 

With that said, may this Christmas season be filled with laughter, joy, love and happiness.. 

From my family to yours.... 



Merry Christmas.. :)

CRAPPY ASS DATING LIFE..

Hey Everyone.. 

Sorry that I have been a little MIA lately.. With the new job and all the new responsibilities free time has been pretty bleak... But I'm back, so I will start again with the great topics that so many of you give me... 

 Today's topic is the Crappy Ass Dating Life.. So, I have been told that dating is getting worse and worse.. That some of us are ready to throw in the towel and not bother with dating anymore.. No matter if we are on Eharmony, Match, POF, Our Time etc... It's getting worse and worse... The people are being shallower and more unreliable than ever.. We all have friends that are on the dating sites or have gone through them.. The story is all the same.. You meet someone really nice.. You have one or two dates.. You feel that they are maybe someone that you might be able to keep seeing and BAMM!!! they turn into someone that you never saw coming!!!! What the heck is going on??? Why is it that the people that we are meeting are all crap!!! For those of you that aren't please don't take offense, but the majority are Crap.... So what are we to do??? Stay single forever and not deal with this anymore??? Or continue the search and hopefully after all the time searching finally find someone meaningful?? Who knows... As for my friends the guys/girls out there are not worth wasting there time on anymore.. I told them that maybe since we are all getting older we aren't putting up with that much crap anymore!!! They all looked at me and agreed.. Many of us are from other areas and are used to people being different and having some sort of common sense.. Which is really hard to find lately as I have been told... If i were to add my experience out there, I can't say that I have found anyone that I can actually write home about... Who knows, maybe just like my friends I will throw in the towel.. It gets discouraging sometimes.. and you feel that its better to be alone than to go through all the motions.. 

 So, I'm putting it out there... Do we continue on the dating journey and keep going through the box of chocolates to the other layer and keep trying or just throw in the towel??? Can't wait to hear the comments on this one.... 

PROTECTION!!!!! AKA (CONDOMS)

So this post might offend a few of you, but I need to talk about it.... It's called Protection (condoms)... So, why is it that we spend millions of dollars in commercials about Condoms, and when you speak about them people get upset??? What year are we in!!! I was so sure that I was in 2013... That when you speak to others about using protection that they wouldn't look at you weird... In schools we speak to the kids about using protection to safeguard yourselves from diseases, unwanted pregnancy and many other things.. So why is it that when you are going on dates and you ask your millions of questions and one of them happens to be "do you wear condoms" the guys/or girls look at you weird??? Are we just a bunch of people that don't want to protect ourselves from others?? Are we sure that people are really not lying to us when they say that they haven't been with anyone else in a long period of time?? I mean seriously, who can you believe?? 

I decided to write this blog to let others know that it's fine to want to wear protection and that if you talk about it your not some crazy person... I've had too many of my friends go through this situation.. It's sad... You start dating someone and you are thinking about sleeping with them, and when you make the statement of "let's use a condom" they look at you like your crazy and they end it with you!! Why?? What is wrong with using one until you know that you are in a serious monogamous relationship?? Isn't it up to you if you continue to use them or not?? What is wrong with wanting to protect yourself?? I have heard from my friends, that people in the dating world use the "i can't feel anything when I wear one"!!! Really... Wow...  I know the makers of Trojan condoms make ones called "Ecstasy" they are thin, in a purple wrapper and you can't even feel them on.... So, i beg to differ on the argument of " it doesn't feel the same"... 

I totally understand if you don't want to use them, because you believe in everyone that comes in and out of your life and that's great... But there a a few of us, that need to know that there is some sort of protection covering us at that time... If we decide within ourselves in the future to not wear them, then that is our own choice... But to go out into the dating world and not want to date someone because the want to wear protection is totally absurd... To those out there who have let go of great people because they want to wear protection I say "EWWWW YOUR NASTY".... Check yourself.. If you go around sleeping with others and don't protect yourself because you feel that it isn't the same, I would be careful.. You might just be one of those that is giving others issues that they truly don't need nor want.....

So in the end, if your out there in the dating world and they person you want to date isn't into protection, then maybe you shouldn't be into them.... just saying....  

Why Settle

So, I have come to the conclusion that I have to stop settling... Can that truly be done??  I was talking to one of my closest friends and we realized that we seem to just settle.... I asked myself why?? Why do I settle for less than I deserve?? Is it because I have the "gene" that tells me that it's not right to not settle?? Or is it that it's easier to settle than to have to actually wait for the right thing to come my way??? Or am I just tired of not seeing anything that I truly like and just go for the most convenient one?? It's funny, when you start making a list of all the things that you settle at it truly does become unsettling...lol...

For me it started with people.. To begin with, I was settling because I wanted to be accepted and to have others understand me.. It sounds simple enough, but when you start to really dig deep and see why was it that I settled for ordinary it does start to bother me... Even in the dating life we start to just settle because we are tired of the dating routine... It's true... Look at your life... At any time in it did you settle?? Why did you settle?? Sometimes we settle because of loneliness, acceptance, want some sort of adult conversations, or just plain tired of the same monotonous life that we lead...

I think that part of me also settled in the daily life.. I follow the same routine over and over.. Scared of trying or starting something new.. As I begin to realize that it happens, I have to stop and see if what I am doing is what I truly want... I do say to myself if I quit settling then what I truly want should come my way... It's something that we all need to learn to do.. NOT SETTLE!! Let what we are supposed to have come our way in it's due time... Letting yourself not settle make you a little stronger.. It's like you feel that there is something inside you telling you "watch out, your about to settle"... Once you start paying attention to that voice you react and move forward... Never looking back...

BACK TO SQUARE ONE....

Hey Everyone...

Hope everyone is enjoying the 4th of July weekend... So, yes I'm back to "square one"... I did land a job that lasted very briefly... So, part of me is sad and part of me is not really caring anymore.. I'm mostly upset at the lack of managerial skills that this last company has.. In my tenure of work, I have managed departments and people and never have I seen such a loss of communication and common courtesy.. I guess that as I get older I realize that not everyone has been trained like before.. Now a days, it doesn't matter if you don't communicate.. People are just supposed to have a crystal ball and know what is happening...

 In a nutshell, I was working at a restaurant (high end) and was going into my scheduled day of work and walked in and I was advised that I was no longer on the schedule.. WOW... can we say "confused"?? So, whatever happened to using something called the phone and calling people?? Needless to say, I was told that they had too many employees and that they had to lay off a couple of us.. OK, well thanks for letting me know!!! I was upset and shocked but truly not surprised.. So now I'm back on the block looking for jobs and putting my resume out there.. Oh yeah, I'm not putting this last adventure on the resume.. Not worth it...

I started to think about "square one".... Is this where I saw myself when I was younger?? Unemployed, figuring out how to make the bills, no health insurance, explaining it to the kids, unmarried??? Nope that wasn't what I had in mind.. So how is it that I got to "square one"?? Oh yeah, being laid off.... Well, there has to be a light at the end of the tunnel... We are all told that... Our Faith tells us, that God has a plan for us and that we have to believe... I do believe, I have Faith, I know that there is a Greater plan, it's just hard to not think about what is going to come next... I'm thankful that I was able to pay this months rent and bills... I am blessed to have my health and that my kids have their health.. I pray for wisdom, clarity, calmness and most of all that all the needs are met...

Hope to hear from some of you.. Let me know what you are doing?? What websites your using to send out resumes etc?? I will be adding some of the websites that I'm using.. It might help someone out there...


These are some of the websites that I have used to send out resumes... 
* Shiftgig.com
* Indeed.com
* Monster.com
* CareerBuilder.com