BrownSuga's Sweet Spot: The writer’s strike didn’t just affect TV shows!

I’m extremely sorry for disappearing like that. I have no excuse. But Lily tracked me down and had to brow-beat me into writing again. Ok so that’s not true. She appealed to my better nature. So here’s a short recap of what’s been going on in my world since I left you last…


I ended 2007 a bit more confused than when I started it. But I decided that in 08 I was going to make some real changes. My mottos for this year are:
Go Big or Go Home
What have you done today to make you feel proud?
For the GBGH motto it is to stop myself from becoming a person that is all talk. I was getting sick of saying “one day I’m going to…” And now I say “today I’m going to….”
I’ve always had a pet peeve with people who would always talk about doing stuff, changing the world, lose weight, get a new job, find a man or whatever the case may be. And as of a few years I found myself doing it more and more. I don’t’ want to be that person. I want to be the person who does what she says she’s going to do. I want to be the person who shows others it can be done. I just want more for myself. So I did.

A few of the things I’ve done that I’ve always talked about
Gave up soda (and in the process cleared up my skin and am losing weight!)
Got a tattoo (found that I like them and want more J )
Got a couple of piercings (I’m done with this one!)
Started putting my happiness first
Stopped enabling people in my life.


Those are some of the positive things going on. With the positives there are also negatives. It’s the way life goes. My family has been hit with cancer and we’re learning to deal with being dealt the cancer card that doesn’t have much hope for a positive ending.

I’m also learning some hard facts about myself, how I treat people and how I’ve let people treat me. As much as we might want certain things and people in our lives it might not be meant to be.

And no matter what mistakes we’ve made in our lives, everyone has to make their own. Making mistakes is actually a good thing. I believe they are a great source of knowledge and lessons if you are willing to see them.

So 2008 is a year of change, a real year of change. The new Brownsuga is a lil bit sweeter and whole lot better!!