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Finally Someone Stops The Madness

Finally Someone Stops The Madness

Omgoodness!  I’m so glad someone somewhere has the cajones (balls in Spanish) to stop the madness when parents are trying to name their babies ridiculous things.  Yes, some parents over in France wanted to name their baby Nutella.  WHY!?  Why would you have your child publicly ridiculed and chased around the playground taunted until they get so mad they start slappin people for messing with them or sink into depression.

Listen parents, all names are not good names for children, maybe animals.  I named my beta fish Quinjarius and Zytarius as a joke but as a Human Resource professional, I promise you, employers discriminate based on names.  I’ve seen it first hand. That’s the first thing they see when someone applies, their name.  I’ve literally been witness to a recruiting session and as colorful names come through on resumes the recruiters would act the way the name sounds with the stereotypes we all know too well. They would make jokes about the kind and color of hair, if the person would be late all the time because of all their kids, speak with heavy accents etc.

Now, my people are high offenders of the name-a-geddon. Hell my grandma’s name is hilarious because my great grandma was so in love she spliced her name and his name together for a crazy concoction of a name no one knows how to pronounce outside the family.

My thing is children get teased over their names.  I was teased endlessly about my real name and for a long time, I wanted to change it.  When you name your baby Apple, Abcde, Millions, PrincessAsia, Vas-e-line, Whizdom, Puff, Wednesday, Virgin or Adrenaline, it’s gonna take a lot to get people to say it correct and it will be amusement to everyone including recruiters to see who shows up with a name like that.

No one says you can’t or shouldn’t be creative just think about the child’s future and how life can be affected by the choice you make.

 

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Simply Adorable!

Simply Adorable!

If you don’t saw Awwwwww after seeing this precious little being, something is wrong.

Meet the new Gerber baby, Grace!

https://www.yahoo.com/parenting/meet-the-new-gerber-baby-108831971057.html

Article by Rachel Bertsche from Yahoo. Photo from Gerber.

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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Random Sips

 

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My Love is Calling Me

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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Foodie Sips

 

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Morning Inspiration

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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Random Sips

 

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The 1st Book I Fell In Love With

On my 21st birthday I was lying on my parent’s couch bored out of my mind. I wasn’t a clubber and my friends were back on campus. There were no drunken festivities happening for me that night. Earlier that day, my sister-in-law brought a garbage bag full of books for me to take back to my friend at school. I was not a reader. 🙂 That sounds very funny to me now because that night changed my life forever.

While rummaging through the bag full of books on a whim, I pulled out Christina Dodd’s Just the Way You Are.

This book was so amazing to me. I was already a fan of suspense and my mind was constantly thinking about sex and this book combined both of these genres. Here is the blurb:


Mystery and misery scar their young lives. Three sisters and their foster brother are torn apart by tragedy and scattered across the country to grow up apart…

Hope Prescott lives in Boston, far from the warm, southern home she recalls. She works with one goal in mind—finding her long-lost siblings. Yet her job at the answering service and her own loving nature creates a family of friends, people she knows only by their voices. She especially likes Griswald, gruff old butler for wealthy Zack Givens.

Meeting Griswald is a shock; he is neither gruff nor old, but a powerful, handsome man. In fact, he is Zack Givens, mysterious, cold, heartless—and charmed by the artless young woman who brings him chicken soup, treats him like a friend…and falls in love with the humble man she imagines him to be. When she discovers Zack’s secret and faces his betrayal, she leaves without a backward glance. Can Zack solve the mystery that haunts Hope’s past to prove their futures lie together?

Christina Dodd is a fantastic writer. She makes you fall in love with the characters as if they were real people. Hope reminded me so much of myself as well because she was pretty much a loner and didn’t let a lot of people in. But when people are in need she is selfless. She didn’t allow men to get close to her  because she was focused on one agenda. Fine and wealthy ass Zack Givens changed all of that. This is a must-read. I first read this book over 10 years ago, but every now and then I pull it back out. The story has a 50 Shades of Grey feel to it, but it is highly developed and well-written.

Currently, Christina Dodd has written 50 books across the genres. Over time authors change the covers of their work, but below is the original cover.

I’ve read this entire series and they’re all amazing. Because of that one encounter I found my passion for reading and writing. As far as Romance or Romance Suspense genres go, my other favorite authors are Iris Johansen, Lori Foster, Kasey Moone, Allison Kent, Noire, and J.D. Robb to name a few. Like every author you have hits and misses, but all of these guys are great!

So, Cocoa Drops share your favorite authors and books with us so we can enjoy the good read as much as you have!

KT

 
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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Book Sips

 

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Take Responsibility For Yourself from Oprah’s Lifeclass

 
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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Inspirational Sips

 

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Handsome and a Healthy Cook

You just can’t beat a good looking man who knows his way around the kitchen. Kevin Curry of Fitmencook.com makes some beautiful, delicious, and healthy meals. Talk about food porn. He is big on meal prep too. His food is bright and brilliant and healthy. Check out his website and YouTube channel for videos.

Taken directly from the About section on the website fitmencook.com:

Fit (Wo)Men Cook is the “fit” story of all of us. It’s taking our individual success stories and fitness and nutrition philosophies and sharing those ideas with the each other to grow and improve together. It’s all about everyday people—no matter the fitness level or athletic ability—aiming to live the best life possible through fitness and healthy eating.

Kevin also has a recipe book named No Cheats Needed. Please see the video below for more info.

Below are a couple of his beautiful dishes and infused waters.

BBQ Turkey & Sweet Potato Slider

Infused Waters

Chicken & Waffle Bites

Go check him out at fitmencook.com. There’s tons more where that came from.

KT

 
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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Healthy Sips

 

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Baby Born Without Eyes

Baby Born Without Eyes

I’ve never heard of a case like this.  View the story below from UPI.com.

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/01/25/Baby-in-Arizona-born-without-eyes/5741422237446/

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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Are you Serious Sips

 

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$947 Million Dollar Check

$947 Million Dollar Check

If you didn’t know, there have been some pretty sensational divorces and settlements.  I think we all knew about Tiger Woods and Elin when they divorced with her walking away with $750 million and half his pride (cause she whooped his ass).  I even remember Michael Jordan’s divorce where Juanita got over $168 million.  Well, CNBC.com did an article on the top 20 most expensive divorces but this check is among one of the top 5 divorce settlements, it’s not even #1 on the list.  Number 1 on the list got 2.5 billion!  However, I was simply taken aback regarding the sight of a check this big.  Harold Hamm (oil tycoon) and his wife Sue were married for 24-26 years and the total of their assets is around $18 billion.  She was awarded $1 billion but she feels she deserves more and I agree.

They have been through a lot in over 2 1/2 decades.  I think she should get around $5-$8 billion as a settlement.  They prolly had children she had to acknowledge everyday when the nannies brought them in to say good morning.  She had to keep her up looks with all the plastic surgery and yo-yo dieting.  She had to sleep with him on a regular basis or when his escorts weren’t available.  Then, hire someone to take care of him after all them hair follicle implant treatments.  Oh, and the parties, how exhausting.

Let’s think about this check for a minute though……You’re a teller at Bank of America and some lady comes through your line with this check.  What do you ask?  You can’t say how would you like this back because if she’s says all $20s, you’ll be there for 3 days counting that money down in that little money machine.  If I were mad enough about the divorce and hateful, I’d do just that.  Make the teller count it down in all five dollar bills.  LOL

No, but I’m sure it went directly in to her account but imagine how different her life will have to be with a measly $947 million.  Now, instead of having a separate chef for breakfast, mid morning snack, brunch, lunch, afternoon snack, appetizer, dinner, dessert, midnight snack, all meals have to be cooked by one chef!  That is simply disgusting.  Who has to live like this?

Her house staff has to be reduced from 100 down to 20 people and the apartment complex they all lived in will have to be rented out.  The 20 house members left will have to share 10 rooms with jack n jill bathrooms instead of their own studio apartment like before.  They will prolly file grievances with their union rep about the unsafe living conditions after that.

Her black card will now be a red card which stands for “Alert, she has a spending limit now, she ain’t rich no more!”.  She may have to actually look at the tags when she shops for anything too.  And to add insult to injury, she will not have the store shut down for private shopping sessions, she’ll have to learn how to shop during regular business hours along with common folk.  How terrible!

Now she has to do cut down on facials, instead of everyday she can only go every other day.  Imagine the toll that will have on her pores, ewwwwww.  The million dollar diamond nail polish she use to use will be limited to special occasions and Vera Wang will no longer accept her calls for special gowns.  Harry Winston blocked her number too since he only deals with the mega rich, movie and music stars.  She’s not mega rich anymore.  She prolly got her membership to the country club revoked behind this loss of income and you know she had to down grade from an 80 bedroom, 75 bath, 8 pool castle with a moat with live alligators in it to a 15 bedroom, 13 bath, 1 pool compound down the street from Justin Bieber’s house.  Hope he doesn’t egg her house. LOL

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Posted by on January 26, 2015 in Are you Serious Sips

 

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