Zuri She Wrote

The Glow

2012-02-02T14:09:00.001-05:00

It's amazing how different my blog is now. When I first started blogging 6 years ago (it's been SIX years!!! WOW), I wrote a lot of emotional melodramatic lyrics and poems about my confused, little life. (It's funny how I can say that now.) I talked a lot about finding myself, making friends, my love affair with music and of course, men. No doubt, I was obsessed with the process to finding a

My Fashion Stalkees

2012-02-01T16:15:00.000-05:00

Olivia Palermo Blake Lively

Ran-Dumb Thoughts

2012-01-31T09:57:00.000-05:00

I cried this morning while watching The Today Show. An elementary school girl was surprised by her father. He just arrived home from Afghanistan. She cried, so I cried. War tears families apart. How anyone can support such a machine is beyond me. There is nothing positive or loving about war. People argue that God was involved in wars. So because Jehovah backed his people through victory... That

My Manager...

2012-01-26T09:36:00.000-05:00

...likes to create work for ourselves. And thus I have the work blues. I don't know anyone who actually LIKES to be responsible for EVERYTHING. His breed is certainly of another kind. Do you know he told me that I need to create some sort of report to track when it's time for me to pay someone their spot award? Huh? Why would I go on a fishing expedition for someone who should come to ME when

Happy Tuesday!

2012-01-24T08:57:00.001-05:00

I've been busy creating my home inspiration board on pinterest. I love this site. Any and every picture that you see and drool over when you're surfing the web for cars, wedding stuff, photography ideas, home decor, etc., you can electronically pin it to a web-based board. Never do you again have to dig into your memory banks to remember where you saw that _______ that you loved so much. It's a

Talking It Out

2012-01-19T10:35:00.000-05:00

I've been thinking a lot. And about everything under the sun too. Moving into a house comes with a whole butt-load of new experiences, lessons, work, and relationship complexities. It's amazing how a new space can create so much newness. MJ has been working A LOT. Everyday when we get home from work, he's off somewhere in the house fixing or building something. I'm surprised that he isn't

Greece

2012-01-18T15:30:00.000-05:00

Man. I want to take an overseas trip BAD.

OMG - Joss & Main

2012-01-18T13:29:00.000-05:00

OMG. I'm hyperventilating. You know those savings sites like Living Social, Rue La La and Ideeli? Well I found one for home stuff! Joss & Main!!!! I see so many things on here I want to buy right NOW! Please God, keep me from reaching for my credit card! House savings here I come!!!!!! I need to do an update post on the house. The floors are finally in and we've been fixing and adding things.

Turn That Frown Upside Down

2012-01-11T10:02:00.001-05:00

Even though the house transformation is still on the move, I'm taking a break. (I'll post more about our floors that are almost done soon.) Today, I have the blues. I have no reason to have the blues. I just do. Maybe the rush of energy I had from purchasing and remodeling a home is dying out. Regular life is starting to seep back into my veins. But I'm going to try to combat these feelings. If

Lighting

2012-01-07T23:20:00.000-05:00

I'm looking for lighting. We went to Ikea today and realized that we were very ill-prepared for the trip. 'How much space do we have from the ceiling to the top of the powder room door?' 'Is the light in the stairway over the center landing or the top landing?' 'How big is the room because this chandelier might get swallowed up?' Unable to answer most of these questions, we went on to other

Inspiration

2012-01-06T15:55:00.001-05:00

I hear that the main floor of my house is under construction. I can't wait to see what it looks like when I go home in a few. Decoration time is almost here! With that in mind, here are a few inspirational photos I found. I love the theme of them all.

We Have One Of These In The Garage!

2012-01-06T15:52:00.000-05:00

GREAT idea. Wall art out of a pallet.

Realizations and Personal Progression

2012-01-04T10:39:00.001-05:00

Thanks for all the lovely comments on the last post guys! This house is truly a blessing and I am too excited about it! I'm now beginning to understand why people actually want fix it projects when looking for homes. As hubby and I finish one little thing after another, I get this wonderful sense of accomplishment that I've never felt before. It's quite enthralling! And as weird as this sounds,

New Home, New Year, New Beginnings

2012-01-03T10:58:00.001-05:00

We're in! We are officially homeowners of a single family home! It's cool how it all happened in agreement with the end of the year. It's nice to be in a new house at the beginning of a new year. It's a great milestone memory if I say so myself. So packing always sucks but we did most of it Friday. My sisters and brother-in-law came to help out. We couldn't have done it without them. Thank

Fashion: Best 5 Fashionistas of 2011

2011-12-29T08:29:00.000-05:00

Fashionbombdaily couldn't have picked a better bunch. I co-sign these choices 100%. No list is complete without Solange. Not only is she fashion forward, but the girl is so comfortable in her skin. Confidence is the best outfit ever. I'm super happy for Kelly. 2011 was definitely her year. Go 'head Kelly! Kerry has been undeniably classy in fashion for as long as I can remember. I

More House Inspiration: Sitting Room and Stairs

2011-12-22T15:19:00.001-05:00

Isn't this room just DIVINE! This is exactly what I want, but I don't think there's room for this in the new house. I have so many books that I wish I could peruse, but I have a feeling that they're going to get stuck in a box somewhere. This room would be simply perfect. The other thing we decided on last night was to paint our banister rail in a black or dark color. Since our floors will be

Ran-Dumb Thoughts

2011-12-19T16:36:00.000-05:00

Ugh. My uterus hurts. 4 more days and I'm done. Alabama is calling my name. I can't wait to see my parents and be with them while we explore their newly built house. The memories are going to stack on top of each another. When I get back to work, it'll be reporting time so stress is inevitable. Inasmuch, I'm going to milk this mini-vacation for all it's worth. I hope the days go by as slow as

THIS is What She Needs To Be Doing!

2011-12-16T15:50:00.000-05:00

I really like Nicole, so I'm saying this out of love. Her musical director or whoever is picking her lane of music needs to be fired. She needs to let go of the pop stuff and stick to showing off her vocals. Go Nicole!

Movies: 'Think Like A Man' Trailer

2011-12-09T14:00:00.000-05:00

Ha! This oughta be good. The film, based on Steve Harvey's book, "Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man" comes out in March 2012. Put this one on the list. Especially because Michael Ealy is in it. Mmm!

Home Maintenance Stuff

2011-12-09T11:29:00.002-05:00

Yesterday, my boss' boss asked me if the house we're trying to buy has a steep roof or a flat roof. While he went on explaining that steep roofs lead to more work in the gutter-cleaning department, I started to wonder what else I don't know about home maintenance. So here's to educating myself... "Homeowners can't simply call the landlord when the appliances need to be replaced or the hot water

The Good, The Bad, The Ugly

2011-12-06T16:33:00.002-05:00

Diane von Frustenburg, one of my favorite designers, said that to have a good relationship with oneself, you have to know what's good about yourself and what's bad about yourself. I think I'll use this exercise as my end of the year reflection. The Good smart pretty strong mature caring nice reasonable creative The Bad I have too many voices in my head. One tells me one thing while the other

Is Parenthood Losing Its Luster?

2011-12-06T15:09:00.005-05:00

There's a discussion going on under this title on VSB's blog. Click here to read. I'm finding out that many people in my demographic aren't in favor of having kids. My immediate and lasting reaction was shock. This stirred a bit of emotion in me that I can't shake. Three of the comments that hit me the most are the following: When I read that most don't want children, I had this emotion that I

GoodWood

2011-12-03T21:38:00.000-05:00

I searched online and found a great antique store on U Street in DC. Who's going to GoodWood with me?!

The Hunt for a Home

2011-12-03T19:58:00.004-05:00

We put a contract on a house! Yaaaay! The seller has already given us our congratulations speech, but I'm still holding my breath. We have inspection and appraisal to go through first. So while we chug along to our closing date of December 29th, here's some design and inspiration thoughts I've had. I really pray that we get this house so this blog isn't in vain! So, the first few things we need

Best Friend

2011-12-02T14:41:00.000-05:00

The very topic of "best friends" has been on my mind lately. I didn't know how to verbalize my thoughts until I read this article today. I couldn't put this better if it were my own words.

If You Were To Write Your Dreams, What Would They Look Like?

2011-11-28T15:10:00.001-05:00

Please type a comment.

Tyler Perry's 'For Better Or Worse'

2011-11-28T14:13:00.002-05:00

For a change, I like this Tyler Perry-created show. The first two episodes were cool. I love love love how Marcus stood his ground against his ex. I was worried that he was going to make a bad choice. But nope, he stayed loyal! We need more examples of loyal, black married couples. If you want to know what I'm talking about and the episodes are not sitting in your DVR or you haven't already

Spiritual Thoughts

2011-11-28T11:59:00.001-05:00

Been thinking about my relationship with Jehovah a lot more than usual over the past two weeks. I suppose it's because we had the visit of the circuit overseer who usually kicks us into shape. In one of his discourses, he told us to get it together not now, but RIGHT now. Of course, I've been teetering over this thought. Do I have it together? Lately people, namely my family members, have been

Bridget Kelly: Thinking About Forever (Acoustic)

2011-11-22T15:12:00.001-05:00

Frank Ocean wrote this song for Bridget Kelly...one of the newest signees to Roc Nation. I heard Frank sing it first and absolutely fell in love with the song, but Bridget is doing her thing on this acoustic version. Her voice is so pure.

Milk + Honey, Webisode 2

2011-11-22T13:42:00.000-05:00

To see webisode 1, click here.

Saving This Forever

2011-11-22T08:42:00.000-05:00