Guess who is engaged?

This post is about 3 months late, it took a while deciding whether or not to post, I finally decided and here i am!

I am engaged, woohooo!!!!! My timekeeper has proposed and i said yessss!!!

You all remember the story of how we met, if you can't, you can read it here.

So i went visiting my timekeeper in February, we planned to spend valentine's day together so the trip was around that time.

A day before he proposed, we had a little quarrel, i was so upset so i went to bed while he kept watching tv. I tossed and turned on the bed but the sleep refused to come, i tried getting his attention by sneezing and coughing in between but he was just too engrossed in the movie he was watching. So i just gave up until the sleep finally came.

The next morning, i told him i was hurt and we made up by me making a scrumptious breakfast to make up for the previous night's dinner that i didn't prepare. We spent the rest of the day watching roots by "alex haley". I kind of knew he would propose during my stay, i just didn't know when exactly and how. In between the movie, he asked if i wanted anything to drink to which i said yes, "i want coke".

So he went to get my drink and his and unknown to me, he also went to get the ring, he came back with the drinks and knelt down beside me, i was too engrossed in in my kunta kinte movie so i didn't even see what he was doing until he said "Will you marry me"? I turned and was speechless, the first thing i said was "No you didn't" and then i said "Yes i will". He brought the ring out of the case and slid it on my finger. I couldn't still believe that he got my perfect size because i deliberately travelled with several fancy rings that i thought he might use as a sample, but he never did.

I just couldn't stop smiling so we kissed and hugged. And as soon as i recovered from the shock, i asked me to give me a few minutes, took a picture of my finger with my blackberry and sent it to my friends. My full battery lasted for less than 30 minutes after i sent the picture.

I never expected my proposal to be dramatic as my timekeeper doesn't like drama, he is very simple. Infact he has been begging me already not to over dance at our wedding.

We called our parents and siblings who were also delighted to hear the news and the rest is history.

Wedding plans have commenced and things are going on smoothly. Many thanks to doll, she has been very helpful.

Blogville is filled with amazing people, i have made friends here and even though we have never met, they are part of my life already.

My next blog post will be about my introduction. Stay tuned.

My worst fear!

Hi people, i'm back again with my dakudaji moves. I want to say a big thank you to the people who commented in my 2nd to the
last post, you guys are amazing!

I made a painful decision about my hair, i visited a barber's shop and the rest is history.

I think its was best to grow my hair all over again,my receeding hairline was becoming catastrophic.

It was a very tough decision and i tried not to tell so many people my plans cause i didn't want anyone to discourage me, no on would have been able to anyway because my mind was already made up.

Here is a picture of my hair, my boss thinks i look like Fidho Didho.

Infact i have many nicknames now but i really do not mind,i did what is best for my hair, and now i can confidently say its growing.

Sometimes what we fear so much maybe what we really need.

I'm enjoying my low cut and rocking it like there is no tomorrow. If u see a sister wearing a punk, do not hesistate to holla!

The back-up plan

This blog post was inspired by a colleague.

Do people really have back up's when they are in relationships? I have asked a few people and the majority which are mainly guys seem to have back-ups. A back-up is having a plan B in case plan A doesn't work out.

No wonder some people are so quick to start another relationship after a break up because having a back-up means you are double dating and also cheating.

For a long time i kept wondering how my ex-boyfriend got married barely three months after we broke up. Yeah, so now i know.

Personally, i do not support double dating. But then, different strokes for different folks.

Whatever gets you through the day.

Happy new year! i'm getting bald!!!

Happy new year people!!!!

Runaway atoskin is back. It feels like i haven't blogged in years. o how i have missed blogville, i have been so busy at work and it feels good to be back!

The year has been very good, God has really been faithful and i am indeed grateful.

I'm now on twitter, i'm still trying to figure how it works though. I wanna say thank you to myne whitman, Toinlicious and 9jafoodie for following me. i don't have so many friends on blogsville so i have gotta appreciate the few i have.

Nothing much has happened to me except that i think i'm getting bald. The state of my front hairline has been so worrisome to me over the past few days. After jejely fixing orisirisi weaves and religiously applying Dr. Miracles Hair grow oil for over a year, i felt i needed a new look so i decided to braid my hair, the aftermath of those braids is a SUPER STORY!!! I have been having sleepless nights because of my hair, its so bad that i cannot even attempt to comb my hair all back, am sure any child that sees me will run for his/her life.

Okay, maybe i'm exaggerating, but its really terrible. I have my natural hair one now and i'm really hoping and praying that something happens fast.

I will appreciate if anyone has any idea of how i can grow my hairline. I have considered going on low cut but my oga no gree.

Please help a sister in need!!!

That being said "Life and Living" will be a year old on the 18th. I'm really very happy that i was able to pull it off after many failed attempts i have had blogging.

Right now, i see my blog as my baby, the excitement a mother would feel when her child starts talking or walking is exactly how i feel about my blogversary.

I wish everybody a wonderful year....

Merry Christmas

Hi people,

Yes its been a while since my last post. I have been in and out of town, weddings and plenty things like that. The past two weeks have been the best weeks of my life so far.

We are closing officially at work today, so we are working half day and there is a party afterwards.

I'm in very high spirits so its hard to put my words together.

Can u believe Nosa Omoregie, the guy who sang "i go always pray for you" was in my church last week sunday. That i believe is my christmas present from God.

My bestie got married last week and i was her cbm, it was a very beautiful wedding, i worked and danced plenty. Happy married life Chilli and Lafup, love u loads!

Happy married life to pearl dazzle and Tobi too.

I just had to drop by and wish my friends and readers a wonderful christmas. This might be my last post this year.

Merry xmas people and remember that Jesus is the reason for the season.

Enough is enough!

I read on Linda Ikeji's blog yesterday about the manslaughter in Yobe state, over 150 people lost their lives, i have never been so distraught in my entire life. When will this killing stop? Why are corps members still posted to the north? Why isn't the government doing anything about it? Is this how innocent people will continue to loose their lives?

The news of the female corp member that was killed is most disheartening, i cannot imagine what her family is going through right now. I was also posted to Yobe in 2009 for my NYSC. I had no intention of staying after my orientation, and i was priviledged to fall under the batch that had their orientation for just two weeks. I tried to re-deploy but that didn't work even after submitting the doctor's report that mentioned me as being asthmatic, i wasn't surprised though because i know that redeploying to Lagos doesn't come easily, besides that was just one of my many plans...

After the orientation, our posting was out and i was posted to Fika Local Government, i didn't care because i had no plan on staying in Yobe besides, i already had a job waiting for me in Lagos.

My plan was to settle my Zonal Inspector monthly and vamoose but then i was told that the ZI in Fika was a difficult person, so i had to relocate to another LG. I chose Potiskum which i found very easy, i did what i had to do and i fled.

I enjoyed every minute i spent in Yobe and i think i would have stayed back if i didn't have a job back here, it felt good to be away from home, i was super excited to explore the north, and i also had the opportunity of visiting my friend in Kano.

Now Boko Haram has made it impossible for Nigerians to explore the Northern part of the country, if they stopped at that it would have been fine but this act of genocide is a total calamity.

My pastor in church always says that Boko Haram is closer than we think. I used to wander how close it could get, now i understand what he means, the more we know people who are affected, the closer it gets to US.

I don't know what the government is doing about this but i believe in the power of prayer and i implore everyone to continually pray for Nigeria, evil must not prevail in our land.

May the souls of the departed rest in peace and may God comfort their families.

My conscience is INTACT.

God makes all things beautiful in his time.

I have come to realize that God has a plan and a purpose for everyone. I can personally testify that His ways are not our ways and that He knows what is best for us. God transformed a situation in my life and i must confess that i am still in awe, i still find it very difficult to comprehend. I can't wait to blog about it and i will do so in due time.

I have missed blogville o, all thanks to me. Our internet in the office expired before time because some people were downloading heavy stuffs online. Unfortunately i was part of it, i have been downloading desperate housewives and greys anatomy on my desktop. When the IT guy mentioned the reason why our internet expired, i felt very bad, not because anyone pointed a finger at me but because i knew i was solely responsible for it.

I have repented and consoled myself and infact i thank God that i feel guilty, it just means that i still have a conscience and that my mind is not reprobate.

I have more weddings coming up, i went to drop more aso-ebi's with the tailor and when my nice tailor gave me my bill, i almost passed out!

Talking of weddings, Kim and Kris really broke my heart, how could they? Like seriously, i am yet to watch the wedding sef!!! I was fooled into thinking they were in love, with all the vouching i vouched for them, they just fall my hand after 72 days. There is this male colleague of mine who can't help laughing at me and cannot understand why i am taking their break - up this seriously, he says i should stop using panadol for another man's headache.

On a lighter note, i have been re-inspired by Nosa's song titled "Always pray for you". I will post the link so you can also be inspired. Its topping my playlist and it has been on replay for the past two weeks.



My best part of the song is "if i offend you before forgive me, so that when we see again, you no go get BP (Blood pressure) for me". Sometimes when you are upset with someone and you don't forgive that person, the next time you see the person you just get very angry. I think that makes the blood pressure high, that's what Nosa means by BP.

Disclaimer: I used myself as case study, it may not apply to everybody.



Have a fantastic weekend people!!!