a trip to iKEA

1. Salad Super Spinner

       2. 4 Souffle' Porcelain Cups 

3. 2 Scrub Brushes

4. 4 Latte/Espresso Porcelain Cups

5. 2 Deep Mouthed Wine Glasses

5. 365 days of Recipes ( book )

6. 2 Large Candles

7. 100pk. Tea Candles

8. 2 Deep Porcelain Bowls

9. 2 Large Porcelain Plates

10. 4 Clear Restaurant Tea/Water Glasses

11. 6pk of Juice Clear Glasses

TOTAL : $42.57 

THANKS iKEA 

Sometimes when i GET bored ..

i make FRUIT Tarlets and Chocolate Covered Strawberries

its ABOUT the MIX period ..

Mixing and ADDING accessories is the KEY component . 

Romans 12:1-2

 And so, dear brothers and sisters,I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind he will find acceptable. This is truly the way to worship him. Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

STREET chic

BLACK will NEVER be out of season

L.A. in NEW YORK for the DAY 

get INTO it 

BREAKFAST Croissant ?

eggs with spinach and onion , PAIRED with Turkey Bacon

This is how i SHOW gratitude

Spaghetti w/ Filet Mignon and Garlic Artisan Bread ...

Timeless PiECES

Leopard Print

... HOW many of us

Levy Murder Trial Starts With Opening Statements

(Oct. 25) -- A woman who was attacked by the same man accused of murdering Washington intern Chandra Levy said she screamed as loud as she could and fought to escape her "creepy" assailant.

Halle Shilling described the terrifying run-in with Ingmar Guandique in court today as prosecutors tried to prove that the attack is consistent with the way way Levy was killed in 2001.

Shilling said she was jogging in Washington D.C.'s Rock Creek Park in 2001 when she first noticed Guandique watching her.
"He was creepy," Shilling said this afternoon, according to The Washington Post. "He was watching me. His head tracked me as I ran by." Soon after, Guandique, armed with a knife, pounced. Shilling told the court today that she screamed and thrust her hand into his mouth in a self-defense tactic that may have saved her life.

In their opening statement this morning, prosecutors told a jury today that they have finally found the man who killed Chandra Levy, nearly a decade after the death of the Washington intern shocked the country and cast suspicion on the congressman with whom she was having an affair.

"Who is the face in the shadows? Who is following her?" Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Haines asked the jury in her opening statement, The Washington Post reported earlier today. "This man, Ingmar Guandique."

Eight years after her slaying, Guandique was charged with the 2001 murder, sexual assault and kidnapping of 24-year-old Levy. 


In the months after Levy's death, former Rep. Gary Condit, D-Calif., quickly came under scrutiny after reports that he and the 24-year-old intern were involved in a sexual relationship, something that never should have happened, Haines said today.

According to The Associated Press, Haines said law enforcement "really let Miss Levy and her family down" and "veered in the wrong direction because of the media and sensationalism."

But defense attorney Maria Hawilo said that "from the beginning, the police failed and fumbled this case," and told the jury that prosecutors are making the same mistake now. Guandique, she said,according to WTOP in Washington, is simply "an easy scapegoat." 

29-year-old Guandique, an illegal El Salvadoran immigrant and prominent MS-13 gang member, is serving a 10-year sentence for nonfatal attacks on two other women in Washington. Prosecutors say he told other prisoners that he raped and killed Levy.

Levy's disappearance on May 1, 2001, triggered a massive search and, later, a national obsession over what happened to the young intern. Her body was discovered a year later, in the city's Rock Creek Park, a wooded area filled with jogging trails. 


Guandique was convicted of the 2001 attacks on two women who were jogging in the park, Shilling and another woman who is also expected to testify at the murder trial. But prosecutors do not necessarily have a slam-dunk case. The only piece of evidence connecting Guandique to Levy is an alleged jailhouse confession and a photograph of her that prison officials found in his cell, The Washington Post noted. But there is no murder weapon and no DNA evidence linking him to the crime. He has pleaded not guilty.

Condit, 62, is expected to testify at the trial as well, CNN reports. Although he was never officially considered a suspect, the Democrat's political career never recovered from suspicions that he might have had something to do with Levy's killing. He is shopping a manuscript of a book he's written about the ordeal, AOL News reported earlier this month.

The trial, presided over by Judge Gerald I. Fisher in D.C. Superior Court, could last a month. Twelve women and four men have been seated on the jury.

WAKE UP AND SMELL iT

JUST SAYiNG ...

it GETS better ..

This is unreal.
Another gay teen has taken his life after being bullied at school.
The body of 17-year-old Terrel Williams was found hanging in his closet by his mother just hours after being attacked by 5 classmates after school.
A student at Clover Park High School in Lakewood, Washington, Terrel had endured several attacks including being shoved into a wall and even having his ribs broken.
Terrel had written in a note before hanging himself saying that coming out as a gay teen and having a relationship with boyfriend, Daric Rawr were some of the happiest times of his life. The couple would have celebrated their seventh anniversary this Saturday, which would have been Terrel's 18th birthday.
In his suicide note, he also wrote about the bullying in his school as well as apologizing to his loved ones.

"I'm sorry to my immediate loved ones, but I feel suicide is the only way out. Today, was the record worst day of my life, some kids at school stole some of my stuff that I got from people I really cared about, and that really pushed me over the top, next to being shoved into a wall, and my ribs being broken."

Earlier this week, Terrel's mother Cheryl Williams wrote on Twitter:

"My son meant the world, and high school bullies pushed him over the edge. I hope and pray, that no other child ever has to go through what he did. Bullying isn’t worth it. Why can’t people just be nice?"

Terrel's boyfriend Daric said, "He loved life, but felt the need to take it, because [the bullying] didn’t stop … respectful, whole-hearted people like Terrel, and the growing number of others, shouldn't have to feel suicide is the answer, because bullies won’t stop."
We need to have stricter laws to MAKE bullies stop and to also get the message out there that suicide is not the answer.
Terrel had so much more to offer, as did the countless teens who have taken their lives due to bullying.
So sad.
[Image via Advocate.com.]

via PerezHilton.com

final THOUGHTS on the Dinner ( 10-9-10 )

AS you all know i just recently ACCOMPLISHED the biggest GOAL in 2010 .. Chef'n for 100 of women of my CHURCH .. my church ! so the PRESSURE was definitely on!! i POSTED some pics and the MENU this week ( scroll through my posts ) i THANK God for this experience . it was soooooo CHAOTiC . Taking a LEADERSHiP roll means relinquishing some RESPONSiBLiTiES , having a STAFF was the ultimate challenge . Thats why TOP NOTCH restaurants are WELL executed , because the CHALLENGE is the staff . PLUS the guests . i feel like I ran a restaurant and had 100 women in it . I feel like I would HONESTLY hire the BEST staff .. Like i learned sooo much about different people on ... Hmm diifferent Levels ?!?!!! Smh but thank you LORD . i LEARNED that i can definitely OPEN my own RESTAURANT because of the way i handled that night . Dont get me wrong , it was a DiFFiCULT challenge but i finished on top . i also learned about PEOPLE in general , and to be in the INDUSTRIES ill be in in the FUTURE its good to continue to gain experience ..FEEDiNG my brain from a BUSiNESS stand point = time consuming , Performing a Praise Dance = Well Benefited , Cooking and Prepping = over $400 , being head CHEF and handling a staff = PRiCELESS ! What a experience .. so CHEERS ! to many MORE EVENTS in my FUTURE ..

JUST Whip it !