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Yay!!! Christmas is upon us! This is my favorite Holiday. It is the celebration of our Lord & Savior, Jesus Christ's birth! I love Christmas, because it is a time of giving & sharing. It's also a time to be full of joy! So, I went to a Christmas Party on Friday, December 16, 2011. It was really nice & whimsical, the decorations that is. My co-workers and I danced, laughed, ate, and took pictures. Yep, Indeed I said "danced". lol.... I know that's not something I talk about much, because I don't do much dancing. Truth be told...I'm not very good at it. However, on the night of the Christmas Party, I decided to just let lose and enjoy myself to the fullest! With that being said, check out one of my pictures taken just outside of the party. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year! ~K.R. Brumfield

Yay!!! The NBA Lockout is officially over!! On one hand, I'm happy... On the other, not so much. That's because two of my favorite players could possibly be traded to the Lakers! I am not a Lakers fan at all!! Yes, Chris Paul of the New Orleans Hornets, and Dwight Howard of the Orlando Magic may be getting traded! Although these are not my only two favorite players, I still think they should've been traded to other teams. The Lakers already have Cocky Kobe! When I heard this news, I was heated to the point of needing to turn on my fan. Oh well, life goes on, right? So, I'll just go ahead and continue to root for the underdogs: Dallas Mavericks.

So tonight was the 2nd Annual Black Girls Rock Award Ceremony on BET. It was amazing! They honored Taraji P. Henson, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Tatyana Ali, Angela Davis, and many more. Regina King and Tracy Ellis Ross did a wonderful job of hosting the show. On another note...Man Regina look like she be in the gym like 7 days a week! All those muscles were just bulging out, OMG!!! However, her and Tracy definitely rocked it! Here are some of the performers: Erykah Badu, Melanie Fiona (loved her shoes!!), Estelle, Jill Scott (loved the outfit!!), Mary Mary (that blue dress was too much for a Gospel singer, or am I the only one who thought it was a bit over the top or too revealing?), and Mrs. Isaacs a.k.a. the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and R&B a.k.a. Mary J. Blige closed out the ceremony with two songs: "My Life" and "Just Fine". I gotta say that Mary J's outfit was off the chain!!! That blue blouse with the puffy sleeves, black fitting pants to show off her curves,...

On Friday, October 28, 2011 we had our 2nd Annual Family Harvest Party here in Dallas. It is a tradition we started last year, because we want to try to instill family values into the kids. Since we (myself & cousins) were kids, we have always loved family get-togethers. So, why not instill those same values into the kids? It will teach them how to love, share, and be unified, especially in times of need. We also wanted to start this tradition as an alternative to Trick-or-Treating for Halloween, as Halloween is not the same nowadays. It has become much too dangerous...actually from a Christian standpoint, looking at the history of Halloween, its quite evil. So, we decided to show the kids how they can still have a good time without door to door Trick-or-Treating. We decided to call it a Harvest Party because indeed this is the season for harvest. It is a season to be thankful for many blessings, as well as think back on all the seeds that we have sown throughout the year, which wi...

So, I spent the weekend of October 22, 2011 shopping for decorations for our 2nd Annual Family Harvest Party. Since most of us family members here in Dallas love to get together and do things collectively, we thought it'd be a great idea to start a family tradition so we can instill some family values into the kids, you know, the next generation coming up behind us. I was able to find some hanging Fall, decorative leaves and pumpkins. I also found the perfect florals at Michael's Craft Store to create a Fall Themed Centerpiece. I'll have to upload some pictures after the party. I also found a cute door wreath and confetti to sprinkle around the tables. My cousin found a Pumpkin Patch not too far away from Dallas. So, we'll take all the kids to the Pumpkin Patch on Saturday. Here's the plan: Friday night, everyone will show up at my place. We'll laugh, play games, listen to music, watch Charlie Brown & the Great Pumpkin Patch, and eat popcorn and other snacks...

Yep, my cousin turned 50 on October 6th. The Big 5-0! So, we went home to New Orleans for the weekend (Oct. 7-9, 2011) for a Family get together. We had a great time. We had barbecue ribs, barbecue chicken, barbecue hamburgers, jambalaya, red beans & rice, potato salad, deviled eggs, baked macaroni & cheese, and of course Birthday Cake! We laughed, reminisced, ate, danced, and joked around. If you all have not noticed by now...I am very BIG on Family! When we get together, we just have a blast! Although, I miss the days when I was a little girl living with my Great-Grandparents, and the entire family would come over and we'd play Bingo (For Money)! It was $.25 per Bingo card. usually my Great-Grandfather or my little cousin would win. There would be so many of us all throughout the house. My Great-Grandfather, Gramp, would yell all the way from his bedroom: "Man gone!" That was his way of yelling, "Bingo!" We would all just laugh at first, and then get m...

I went to sleep last night and woke up this morning with tears in my eyes; not just for Troy Davis, but because my heart is so heavy for all humans that have suffered and continue to suffer and be affected by our injust judicial system here in America. This story goes to show that there indeed still is racism in America, because why else would the Georgia parole/pardon board go through with the execution knowing there's so much reasonable doubt? I'm not an attorney, nor do I work in the judicial system, but I know what's right and unjust. Situations like Troy's case is what really has me more concerned for all Black men in general, because more often than not, they're being railroaded in the system. Yes, I care about Black women being railroaded as well, but they're not railroaded as much as the men. I remember when the movie " American Violet " hit the movie theaters, and I guess some cities were concerned that a riot would break out, because unfortun...