Spotlight on the Olympics!

Since I was a kid I've always loved the Olympics. The history, the athletes, the countries, the opening and closing ceremony and even the sporting events so when i saw shine.yahoo.com's post on the wildest moments in Olympics history I was very eager to read it. From the 54 years marathon completion time to Estonian wrestler Martin Klein. what did i take away from it? In life, Sometime all you have to do is just show up... (on time). 

London 2012, My eyes will be on Nigeria's Basketball team. The guys are doing great things. And Michael Phelps.. I love me some Phelps!

Been a bit down with a cold and a bad headache. probably definitely aided by the fact that Divalicious Taralicious's 1st birthday is around the corner. And Bobo has decided that its either we go big or we go home. As 1st year birthdays go here in Nigeria, this is actually low key. Temstar's was really low key as we had it at my mum's and the guest list was really exclusive. So hubby decides he wants it at our place coupled with the fact that he has a large family, there's no crowd control so guest list is currently at 60 kids and 45 adults all this on a budget is really putting a strain on me. I just don't believe it's right to spend so much on a 1st year birthday!! its just plain ridiculous. So like all things diva, i dived right in and been searching for inspiration I've come up with a few sites i think are definitely worth checking out for inspiration; cremedelacraft.com, craftgawker.com, thesweetestoccasion.com and my absolute favorite pinterest.com . Will definitely be posting pictures of all i make!

Naija Girls Rock

I stayed up late watching the BET awards 2012. I did the same thing a few weeks back watching the BET Black Girls rock awards. It's really cool seeing Black Women celebrate Black Women. When i watch certain things i sticks to my brain days. So i haven't stopped thinking about Black Girls Rock. I've checked out their website, read news reviews and I just can't get the thought out of my head. It will be nice to see Naija Women celebrating Naija Women. Nigerian women are not given enough credit, We hold hold things down, We work, We support our Men, We raise our Kids, and we make sure we look good. We are Divas. I culled this from the highly controversial BBC documentary Welcome to Lagos
"It's the kind of single mindedness and strength that is common to a lot of the women here. Not only do they all pop out dozens of babies and cook and clean and look after the house but a vast majority of them have full on jobs too. Running their own businesses, hawking food, hustling with the best of them. So it might appear that the city is run by men, everyone knows that without the women the whole place will fall apart"
Naija Gilrls Rock!
Please note that not only do i not support the documentary, i actually condemn it because it shows such a slighted view of the beautiful city of Lagos.

Busy Cook

Hello, Its been a while. Been a bit busy but I've decided to commit more to blogging. Trying to switch up on our regular dishes at home. Since i work 8-5, i just want to get home and crawl into bed but that never happens. so mealtimes are getting kind of boring and downright predictable so its time for a switcharoo. Asides for browsing recipes on busymoms and Martha Stewart, i stumbled on a really cool site 9jafoodie.com and i'm just itching to try these recipes out!! when i try something new i never go for the easy or simple i dive right into the deep end. Keep a look out for 9jafoodie.com pictures and posts on my cooking adventures!!