2014: 4, 4, 4, 4 fav shit

Non-stop: This movie was definitely a stumbled upon gem. Probably the best part is that I LOVE Liam Neeson. A lot of people don’t like him saying he plays the same role over and over. But why not? Especially if he does it so good. Denzel pretty much falls into the same boat. The movies a action, mystery type movie and he’s a Air Marshall who has to figure out who on the plane he’s flying on is threaten to kill passengers if he doesn’t get money within a certain time frame. Good action, good twists, and great story line.

Bill Burr, I’m sorry you feel that way: This was a straight to Netflix standup comedy and holy shit. Talk about hilarious? I typically don’t find most comedians funny. I think it’s all repetitive shit that every else is on but Bill Burr omg. He has me cracking up. He talks about real shit. I can’t even think off the top of my head thinks to quote just go and watch. I promise you’ll be cracking up.

Gone Girl: CAN YOU SAY... BEST MOVIE I’VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME? I literally just watched this tonight and I’m in love. I’m actually going to go and re-watch it after I post this because it is long and you know there’s a lot you miss the first time around. I won’t spoil ANY bit of this but if you like movies that involve major twists, sociopaths, mindfucks, thrillers, and so on. GO AND WATCH.

300: rise of an empire: I got forced into watching this movie by my boyfriend & although I kept asking “WHATS THAT, WHOS THAT, WHY’D THEY DO THAT” I have to admit that it was a good movie. He tells me that the first one is way better and we’ll watch (I’ll push it off as much as I can). Or maybe I will give it a try lol I’m just typically a thriller type movie girl.

Tory Lanez - Lost Cause: Weird because I typically don’t like Toronto rappers. I KNOW I SHOULD SUPPORT LOCAL ARTISTS. My problem is that they all sound the exact same and their flow is typically irritating. But hearing Tory lanez (especially on slower songs) he kind of gives me a mash up Drake, PND, and weeknd in one. Typically on song “Selfish” was the reason I even gave the rest of the mix tape a listen and I was somewhat surprised. Not bad at all!

Jhene Aiko - Souled Out: Her voice just lifts my soul. She’s not the regular Beyonce or Alicia Keys sounding chick. I think that watch catches my ear most of all. Plus the way she has a way with lyrics and making you able to connect completely, it’s magic. It’s defiantly a play right through album.

Trey Song – Trigga: Smartphone’s is what made me even give this album a listen. I admit that I do skip over all the faster paced tracks because sometimes I just want that nice slow and full of emotion song. Seems like all songs are sounding the same and geared to the same audience. Can I get my REAL R&B back? For now I’ll deal with picking out the slow jams.

Joe Budden – Some Love Lost: This man is simply amazing. Even though half the time I’m listening to albums/mix tapes by him, I always get stuck on maybe one or two songs and have them on repeat forever. He has a way of speaking from my heart. The words I cannot find, he writes them and puts them to a smooth as beat. He’s so fucking dope.

Gotham: Can we just say most amazing TV series in a LONG while? I’m not even into comics (only batman really) but when I watched the first episode I knew something great was going to come from this. Penguin’s character alone was simply amazing. Currently on a TWO FUCKING MONTH BREAK. I know greatest is going to come back next week.

Stalker: It reminds me a lot of L&O: SVU so I guess that’s what really made me get into it. Fell off, then picked back up. Typical show where some episodes are better than others, not consistent but still good. Still one of the better shows to be out this year.

Luther: Not even sure when this Series aired but it was a gem me & my bf found on Netflix. It’s a crime show but its super fast paced (instead of lots of talking, boring scenes). The entire 1st season we were glued to the screen! Moving onto season 2 very soon!

The Walking dead: I have to admit it. I was one of those omg stfu with TWD because EVERYONE and their damn mama were talking about the show. But come every Sunday my bf was glued to watching it so I was like let me give this show a go. WHY DIDN’T ANYONE INFORM ME ON WHAT I WAS MISSING? I watched all the way from season 1 until now (not even going to mention the time frame because I did lose sleep tryna catch up). But these stop long breaks? NOT COOL. Great show.

PND – Recognize: It was one day with a YouTube playlist going and me, my sister, and my bf (not my bf at the time) were drinking and this song popped on and my bf was like THIS SONG IS FOR YOU! From there I was hooked. Especially with him constantly singing and sending me :
“Fuck it girl, I'm 'bout whatever though
Yeah I guess a nigga just believe in you
And that's proof for you
Could name a lot of things any other man won't do for you
I'll do it for you, that's real”

Ed Sheeran – Thinking out loud: I’m sure ANY female would want this song to be dedicated to them sometime in their relationship. This song is the ultimate love song and the music video just makes it THAT much better. It’s almost as if ever word is being acted out through dance in the video. Trust me, listen and watch. You’ll fall in love with it and dedicate it to the one you love ;).

Sam Smith – Not The Only One: This man’s VOICE. God. From first hearing “Stay” once I heard the beginning of this song, not even when the lyrics kicked in. I knew I was going to become obsessed with it. I’m actually going to go search for more songs by him because this man’s voice is just too perfect.

August Alsina – No Love: Wasn’t everyone in love with this song? The Lyrics are so damn relatable. This probably was on repeat for a few months during this year.

tea & turkey !

One of the best things about working from home is now being able to blog whenever I want. So... as always, I’m tryna find ways to better my health and change my horrible habits. I have jumped on the green tea train! The benefits made me!

- Contains Various Bioactive Compounds That Can Improve Health
- Increases Fat Burning and Improves Physical Performance
- Antioxidants in Green Tea May Lower Your Risk of Various Types of Cancer
- Can Kill Bacteria, Which Improves Dental Health and Lowers Your Risk of Infection
- Can Help You Lose Weight and Lower Your Risk of Becoming Obese
PLUS SO MUCH MORE.

Leftover turkey? My favourite thing about cooking a turkey is making sandwiches and soup with the left over’s! I just happen to be obsessed with sandwiches and wraps. Thought I’d share one I made:

- Bun/bread/wrap/bagel/ whatever bread you like.
- Heated leftover turkey.
- Tomato, onion, lettuce, cheese
- Mayo, gravy, mustard, butter
Slap it all together for something easy, quick, and delicious.

DIY: photo boards

Tapping into a one of my hobbies “DIY projects” I thought I’ll a project I did a few months ago. It was very easy, didn’t take too much time, and cheap! I decided to start a little photo board wall using my nieces and nephews photos. This time moveable (instead of it just stuck to the wall like the one was).
All I need was. • 54 printed pictures = $8
• 3 form boards = $3
• black paint = $2
• brushes = $1
• glue = $2
• mod podge = $5

From there it was so simple. All I did was: paint the white form boards black, let them dry, and align the pictures how I wanted them to be (I probably should have used a ruler). Glued them down, mod podged over them and volia!

21 things about ME

I was thinking last night that this is a new blog an about me should have been my first post. Then when I started writing one, I realized how boring and dragged on it was becoming. Thank god for google and all the “tags” floating around. I’ll give somewhat more detailed answers so you get a little more but not too dragged on. Here we go!

1. Are you named after anyone? Kinda. My father named me (sadly) but my mother was smart enough to include her name as my middle name. Which I never tell anyone.

2. When was the last time you cried? A week ago. Probably the first time in maybe a year or so. I feel I’ve gotten really cold hearted lately and not so emotional. I’m typically a SUPER emotional person but dealing with all the bullshit lately, it’s given me tough skin. The cry was because my bf & I got in a huge argument (which turned out to be over a misunderstanding).

3. Do you have kids? Not yet. I had a little “ALMOST” this month but then was really disappointed when it came out that I wasn’t. I have high hopes for 2015 though, not saying I’m planning and not saying I’m not. Kinda just out there to happen if it’s meant to!

4. If you were another person, would you be a friend of yourself? Definitely! No one gives as much as they expect in friendships these days. Friendships aren’t the same as they once were or maybe because I’m getting older?

5. Do you use sarcasm a lot? Not really. Lol I’m kind of just a… it is what it is type person.

6. Will you ever bungee-jump? NEVER! The idea of even being that high up is enough to make me shit myself and run home crying. I give credit to anyone who has the balls to do it though.

7. What’s your favorite cereal? Anything involving granola OR apple cinnamon cheerios.

8. What’s the first thing you notice about people? Eyes. Everything is within someone’s eyes. It tells the story of the soul. I have a friend who told me what attracted her to me most was that she could relate to the hurt she seen in my eyes. That’s something I’ll never forget.

9. What is your eye colour? Brown.

10. Scary movie or happy endings? Scary movies! psychological thrillers to be exact.

11. Favorite smells? CANDLES BURNING. Not even just scented ones but the smell of the wick burning.

12. Summer or winter? Winter, 100%. Yeah the cold is brutal but you can ALWAYS bundle up more. When it’s too hot all I do is complain and bitch or feel like I’m going to die. Plus, winter = hot coco, warm blankets, candle light, and cuddling!

13. Computer or television? Computer. Does cable even exist anymore?

14. What’s the furthest you’ve ever been from home? Jamaica. But I was born there so does that mean that Canada was really the furthest I’ve been? Hmm.

15. Do you have any special talents? Shit. Good question. I’ll answer this .... Eventually lol.

16. Where were you born? Jamaica!

17. What are your hobbies? Trying new recipes, cooking period, photography, random diy projects, marathoning movies or shows, blogging.

18. Do you have any pets? No, but I think I want a puppy. One that never grows though! LOL

19. Favorite movie? Many. Saw (whole franchise), Armageddon, American Psycho, One hour photo.. Way too many to name. I’m a movie junkie!

20. Do you have any siblings? Yup! One sister (also my bff) and 3 brothers. 2 which I have no contact with at all.

21. What do you want to be when you grow up? HAPPY.

I hope this gives you a little more insight on who I am. If not, never hesitate to ask questions! I’m always willing to open up and answer anything.

MOBILE MOMENTS: 01

I’m still trying to figure out what direction I want to go with my blog. You know, like the features, add-on, etc. Well I know for sure that it’s going to be photography and food based with random bitching and ranting. Shit, I may have just figured it all out while typing this LOL. I recently picked my camera back up (before I’d have it 24/7 and taking nonstop pictures) but I realize I still do take a lot of pictures on my phone. More so in the moment, fun nights, random shit but you get it. Then thought... Hey, why not make a section where I post pictures just from my phone? Makes sense right? LOL It’ll be called “MOBILE MOMENTS” Straight genius!
- Gotham marathon
- Half and half pizza
- Cran +vodkas
- All by candlelight.

My bf came through (even with us arguing over stupid shit) that made me think our plans was ruined. But he walked into the room with pizza, liquor and mix. With a big cheesy smiling saying “GUESS WHAT TONIGHT IS?” Lol. Since we met we had this thing going where we’d just spend a whole night marathoning either a series or a trilogy of movies. It’s nice you know, just conversing, eating food, having drinks, and constant laughs. It’s on pause right now though so I can make this post (he’s cooperating really nicely). Oh and half and half pizza is def. the greatest. Idk what made me go so long forcing him to enjoy my style pizza!!!! NOTHING IS BETTER THAN TWO DIFFERENT PIZZAS IN ONE BOX! Well, I’m off to enjoy my night. Have a good weekend xoxo.

MERRY CHRISTMAS..... EVE!

Merry Christmas... Eve! My family has never really been big on holiday celebrations. We typically do it all for the kids, have some drinks, and call it a night. This year will be no different. I guess the only big change is having my boyfriend around. Luckily he’s pretty much the exact same as me but male form. When we initially were thinking about Christmas plans we both were like fuck it. Let’s get some pizza and marathon a TV show. But here came Christmas eve and I felt like actually cooking.

Turkey, pasta salad, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and croissants. As easy as it comes! After 4 hours of cooking my BF wakes up commenting on how good it smells followed by “I thought we were getting pizza” lol. Of course he appreciated the time and effort into coking but in the end, I should have just went with pizza cause you know, by the time you’re done cooking.. you barely feel like eating! After all that I ended up with a headache and falling asleep for the rest of the day as he left to go to his mother’s house. I would have joined but my nieces want me at their house for Christmas and I cannot say no to my babies.

I’m probably the worst with gifts. I never expect them and actually tell people don’t bother. After me talking about buying a ninja blender forever my boyfriend surprised me with one (I guess he does listen after all.) plus candles. THIS BOY KNOWS THE WAY TO MY HEART SO WELL! He did so well too because they smell amazing! But he’ll be back come the 27th and we’ll celebrate our way... Tacos + movies

I did have some last minute wrapping to do. Who likes wrapping gifts? ANYONE? Next year I’m buying all gift bags. Fuck this wrapping shit. Losing the tape every few minutes. Scissors just walking away... and a pile of pens being around you but STILL when it’s time to write, none in sight. Well.. everything is done and my carts full of gifts ready to bring to my babies tomorrow and spend the day probably playing games, doing karaoke and whatever else their heart desires!


HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

Back..... lets pretend i never left ;)

It feels good to sit here staring at a blank page knowing that I’m about to be able to get everything I’ve held in or that’s on my mind finally out. BUT, I’ve been sitting here for over 20 minutes contemplating if it even makes sense to revisit everything that’s happened over the past…. Almost two years. I honestly had no Idea that it’s even been that long and I can’t even remember what it was that made me stop. I won’t go into detail, maybe I will as I get back into the swing of blogging. You know, maybe certain stories will need to be told. Let’s just say that my life completely fell apart. In every way possible.. health, relationship, family, friends... EVERYTHING. But guess what? I survived. There were moments when I felt I couldn’t pick myself up. Where I thought this is it. I can’t do it anymore. Have you ever felt the feeling that breathing alone made it feel like your chest was caving in. That your heart was aching so bad death seemed like the only option? That living just wasn’t worth it anymore. I was sucked into that deep hole for far too long but again, I SURVIVED and now I feel like I’m stronger than ever. Everything has falling into place and I’m more happy than I ever remember being. Briana told me “sometimes you have to go through things to come out better in the end." Boy was she right!

Anyways, like I said. Not gonna hash up all the negative that is OVER and done with. I realized only that my camera memory cards slot is corrupted or some bullshit so once I get that fix I’m almost 100% sure that I will be starting another project 365. Especially since it’s a new camera and I haven’t touched it since I got it (crazy right). I’m team canon now BTW ;). For now, you have to deal with the shitty cell phone pictures. I’m still same old Keyshia battling the fact that I’m a fatty who loves pizza more than anything…. EVER. As always I’m on and off with eating healthy and it just so happens that right now I’m on.

Caesar salad minus croutons and not because its carbs but because I don’t have any! Lol. I’m in love with Caesar salad because I’m so simple when it comes to salad. Lettuce.....that’s it pretty much LOL anything else I’ll end up picking out and leaving to the side… unless it’s cheese of course. Over seasoned chicken AWLAYS though. Who wants dry... bland... unseasoned chicken…. No sir, not me.