Meet the Blussians

Kickin' Off Clean Living Week!

Over the past several years, I've been slowly but surely employing lots of home remedies, easy lifestyle, and clean living in our little home. While we haven't completely cut out red meat from our diet, we only eat it once or twice a week (we tend to eat it every three or four days, so it can properly digest through our bodies). And I always make sure we have
Mommy Commentary

How Badly Do I Really Need A FB Page?

It's something I've been going back and forth for about a year now. Honestly, when I started this little blog about four years ago, it was just to document my pregnancy with Bear, struggling with my loss of Ethan, giving details to my cerclage, and highlighting life - both good and bad. I opened up my personal IG to be public, created a YouTube channel (that I'm still ignoring but
Makeup and Natural Hair Care

Hello Unicorn…

So, I've been kinda stuck on what I wanted to do with my hair. I'm like in that in between stage of wanting to let it grow out and wanting to go bald again. Yeah, weird stage. I decided to go completely different - unicorn. So maybe not quite like that...but kinda like this... Kinda like that.... I documented the process in my IG story but here's a small sample of what happened....(What
Mommy Commentary

#MAGA

They yelled racial slurs at people, started fights, & surrounded a church, yet they weren't met with teargas like BLM. #Charlottesville pic.twitter.com/TbbYtC3hXJ — Black Aziz Ansari 👏 (@Freeyourmindkid) August 12, 2017 These are the faces of white supremacy, and they should be shared. It's a public protest. If they wanted privacy should've worn their hoods. pic.twitter.com/bDBu362Qun — Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) August 12, 2017 I urge the Department of Justice to immediately investigate and
Meet the Blussians

#FlashbackFriday: The Blussians

It occurred to me that I feature Bear and I a lot but not really the reason why we're the Blussians. Heh. I think I need to start featuring my hubby more before people make assumptions, LOL. Here's an old photo of us. Gosh, looking at how beat my face was, I really wish I did a video so I could remember what I did!
Meet the Blussians

Queer As Folk

Last week, I posted about how a gay parent at my son's preschool helped me to understand more about gender identity. (Click here for a refresher.)  I decided to continue the series by interviewing one of my close friends, Susan Stewart. She is the owner of a totally awesome store, Strapping Fit, in Sacramento. We grew up together in Palm Springs and I'll keep it one hundred, I never knew
Meet the Blussians

What a Gay Parent at My Son's Preschool Taught Me About Gender Identity

Several months back, I met a gay couple during the Christmas program at my son's preschool. Lovely couple. They have a daughter who attends the same class as Bear. I talked to *Anne (names and other personal information changed for privacy) and she was very pleasant. I found out she's a teacher and her wife works as well. Fast-forward a few months  later, I see Anne as I'm picking Bear
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My Mortality

(Banner courtesy of the Stroke Association. Visit their website here.) Recently, two of my closest friends suffered strokes. One is in perfect health, always watched her weight, exercised religiously, stayed out of trouble. The other has sickle cell and has had many health crises throughout the years. They're both under 40. They're both mothers. It's weird when someone your age suffers a serious health problem. You see, we tend to think we're
Russian Soul Sundays

Another chicken recipe…how 'bout dat?

It's rare I post two recipes in one week here but yo...this one was pretty damn good. I made mayonnaise chicken and it was super juicy and good. I'm not really a mayonnaise person but this mixed with the parmesan cheese and other spices came out very good! Very good! Link to the recipe here. Now, those little things next to the chicken are not tater tots, but rather, these. Yeah, I