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Happy Wednesday!

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:40:10 -0700

Vamp Brittany, me as the french maid & Judy as a sexy cop at many of the house parties we crashed on Halloween.

Hey hey, what's happening! I'm sorry I have been M.I.A, but it has been CRAZY this last week.. I still don't have my car, but I've definitely been staying strong & making things happen.. all the while having fun with my friends & I am so thankful for every breath that I take.

Sexy mamas

Me & Mario.. he was dressed as an 80's cholo, haha.

Me & Lady Gaga {from the VMA's} (aka Rosa); I didn't even know this was her house we were going to! I haven't seen this girl in 5 years! such a small world!

I feel October was such an eventful month because good things & bad things happened. I'm just ready to bid 2009 goodbye & start fresh. I've lost 17 lbs the past 3 months & I feel like a new woman. I can't believe my trip to California is only 3 weeks away! I can't wait to see my friends & family over there.

I finally got cable service, AT&T U-Verse with DVR! It's amazing to have it after not having any type of TV for a year & 2 months!

I decided I'm going to join a bellydancing class starting next week! I'm really looking forward to it & I think my friend is coming along.

I GET MY CAR BACK TOMORROW! thank you Jesus! It costs $9,500 to fix, ouch! So thankful for insurance!

Until next time..

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Birthday Girl

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:15:29 -0600

I have to say this was one of the best birthdays ever! I got soooooooo much love on Facebook from my friends & family wishing me a happy birthday.. I got plenty of birthday calls, including one from my real dad. I remember last year I got emotional 'cause I didn't hear from him on my bday. This time he was so sweet when he said, "This day was really special for me because it's when I found out you were a girl & out of my other kids who were all boys, I was happy that you were finally born" Aaawwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!! I almost cried when he told me that, so sweet!

I got treated to a birthday lunch by my guy friend. We went to Taco Diner & sat outside. I was so glad that it was a gorgeous day! I felt like God gave me a sunny day just for me, hehe. My parents came over & we went to have dinner at Olive Garden. It was so good! I've missed that place. We had a really good time & pics to come.

Pic taken by my friend, hehe.

I took a nice 2 hour nap to get me ready for the night & I'm glad I did because we partied hardy boy! We went to club Wish since we heard it's a good place to go on Tuesday nights & man, it was crunk. It was so packed, it felt like a Saturday night. On Saturday, we celebrated my birthday early & had the VIP treatment at club Plush! We had such a great time, see for yourself in these pics on my Vox. {They're also on Flickr}

Going out again tonight & I can't wait for this weekend to celebrate Halloween~! Not sure if I'll have my car back by this Friday (they said it could be a possibility I get it back on Friday), but if not it will take 2 more weeks, sigh. I miss my car so badly.

Let me know what you think about my pics :) Later!

Originally published at Laura Melanie Is Love. You can comment here or there.

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Car Accident

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:43:20 -0600

I just want to thank God that I'm alive & that I walked out of this accident without a scratch. It seems so surreal how fast everything can change, I've taken a lot in from this experience & I hope to share with you what I learned so that you don't find yourself in a situation like I was in.

It happened on Saturday night as I was coming back from my parent's house & I was on my way to my place to get ready to go out for my friend Mayra's birthday dinner. I was on the far right lane getting ready to exit the Tollway, when all of a sudden this Ford truck got over from the fast lane, to the middle lane & I'm right next to him, probably on his blind spot & I saw that he was about to get over, so I honked & I had to pump my breaks because if I hadn't, he would've side swapped my car against his bed trailer. I was so angry I honked at him for like 2 or 3 seconds, & he break checked me.. by this time the exit ramp was there & I was following too close to him & when I saw his break lights, I swerved to the right where the exit ramp is & all of a sudden my car fish tailed ... left, right, left & I saw the huge concrete wall on the right & I knew I was going to hit it. By this point, I wanted to be stopped so that way I wouldn't go into a full spin & probably merge back into the highway & do more damage, so I saw my car go to the right & I took my hands off the wheel & it hit, BAM! I saw the guy in his truck on the exit lane too because he was going to exit, so he must've seen that I hit the wall, & he got back on the tollway & ran. I didn't even have a chance to get his plates, it all happened super fast.

My side air bags deployed, my windshield cracked from the far right, & at least I could drive away from the freeway but I knew there was some damage to my tire because it was wobbly & I could hear it screeching. I got back on the tollway to follow the guy, but he took off really fast & I knew I couldn't drive at a high speed because of my tire, so I took the next exit & I couldn't see anything on the right because my airbags were just hanging there so I blindly took a right at the light, & thankfully there were no cars on the service road & I got back to my apartments a minute after I exited.

I called my insurance & told them what happened. I was so calm throughout it all, it's so weird. Normally, I would've been crying & been hysterical but I was just thankful that I was okay. When I got out of my car & looked at the damage I was amazed that it wasn't as extensive as I thought it was gonna be. I think I was going about 65 mph when I hit that wall so it was a miracle that my car only had the damage on the right bumper & the rim was ripped. My car is a trooper! if I would've had a Ford Focus or something, I'm sure it would've been more wrecked.

Here are some pics I took the morning after:

I was surprised that my front headlight didn't even shatter!

So what I learned from this is that you cannot control what people do, especially not on the roads.. but what you can control is yourself & your vehicle because you are accountable if something goes wrong, especially if you end up losing your life because of it. It made me realize that I need to be more patient & be aware of any possibilities where things could go wrong & know the right approach I need to take from there & not act on my emotions. IT'S NOT WORTH IT! especially since my birthday is coming up & now I have to pay my deductible to get my poor little car fixed. This is not only a hard lesson learned, but an expensive one for sure. Not to get all spiritual, but I think the main reason why I was so calm throughout this whole ordeal when it happened, was cuz I felt like God, or an angel, was protecting me.

I talked with my insurance people today & they said that I was not at fault.. this really made me feel better because at least my premium is not going to be substantially high because of this.

What's really interesting is how I renew my lease next month & I got a special so all I pay is half of November's rent, which means that I have the extra money that I would've used for shopping, drinking, what have you, but now I can use that to fix my car.

Here's my car on its way to the shop

I don't know when I'll get it back.. I'm sure I'll find out tomorrow or the day after. At least my boss is letting me work from home this week so I'm thankful for that too.

I have another post to post, lots of pics from Mayra's birthday party so stay tuned for that too.

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Going to Paris!!!

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:40:49 -0600

This weekend my mom told me she won tickets to go to Paris, France for MLK weekend! so she asked me if I wanted to go along, & I said "hell yeah!" LOL.. I meant to update about it on my last blog post but since so much has happened, I forgot.

We're going on the 16th through the 19th of January I believe. I seriously cannot wait! & I also need to save money for any shopping, or travel expenses.

Oh & I'm still going to Mexico.. at the end of January. My friends & I are going on a cruise to Cozumel, Mexico the last weekend of January.

Looks like 2010 will be starting off great with traveling to places I've never been before.

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In Love With Life

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:26:04 -0600

This past week has been so eventful, I can't even imagine what the weekend has in store for me. Monday I went to this live show taping of this show called "Inside The Huddle", & my friend Michelle invited me so I went to meet her there. It was held at the House of Blues & they were doing a meet-&-greet with Miles Austin & Tashard Choice, Dallas Cowboys players. I didn't get there 'til late because I get off work at 6pm. I somehow got there in time to see Miles & I made my way towards him & got Michelle to take a picture of us!

Gorgeous man! OMG.. he looks like A-Rod too, & it's funny because I also met A-Rod way back in the day when I used to work at Six Flags. What was even better was that I got to meet him briefly after his big game the day before. I told him "You're awesome!" and he goes, "Thank you!" This dude made my night.

Me & Tashard Choice.. this was also a brief picture because he was headed downstairs to start the filming of the show. I don't know why but I forgot to take a picture with my girl Michelle! but anyway here she is with Miles..

We were just hanging at the Foundation Room, which is upstairs.. I was surprised there were no hukkas around cuz it had that middle eastern feel in that room.

Mike Jenkins & I.. this dude is such a sweetheart. We talked for awhile & hung out afterwards at BlackFinn, which is a bar in Addison. I grabbed his iPhone & added my Twitter account to his Twitter! LOL.. I'm crazy I know. My girl Leona came with me to BlackFinn & I was glad because I didn't feel like going by myself.. Michelle had to work back at the radio station so she couldn't swing it. It was so packed there at the bar too, it felt like a Saturday night.

Moving on to other things..

My book club started back up! We met up last night at this bookstore in our neighborhood & we were trying to choose which book to read next. We had like 4 or 5 of Jodi Picoult's books, The Lucky One by Nicholas Sparks & some other ones I've never heard of. I spoke up & said, "Family stories are fine & all but I'm newly single & this ain't gonna do it for me, sorry to say" & all the girls agreed with me! haha. So in a way I persuaded them to choose this one book about mystery & it's called The Lace Reader by Brunonia Barry. The author happened to be there at the bookstore, so luckily our friend bought us all the books & the author signed it! How neat is that?

I can't wait to dive into this book.. I've recently neglected my reading so I'm happy to get back into it again.

So glad tomorrow is Thursday.. oh yeah & it's my little sister's birthday! she's turning 12! my God, where does the time go?! I can't wait 'til the weekend <3

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October Started Off With a Bang!

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:22:59 -0600

This weekend was full of all around fun, laughs, crazy moments, & great memories were born.. along with great pictures. It was my dear friend Beth's birthday celebration weekend so we went out on the town & had a fabulous time dancing the night away.

I did a little shopping at this store because Beth found some great jeans for a reasonable price, & since I've lost weight I've been needing some nice jeans that fit so I got these really cute jeans! & 3 tops.. including the one I'm wearing.

We had dinner in downtown Fort Worth at this pizza place called Uno's. They had the best deep dish pizza, it was yummy. Then this guy sang Happy Birthday to Beth in his Opera singing voice, it was impressive! We each had like 2 or 3 bites of the chocolate cake they gave her.. I had worked out for 45 min on the elliptical that day so I didn't feel bad having a tiny bite.

We made out way to this club called Vice.. I hardly ever go to "Funkytown" aka Fort Worth, so it was a nice atmosphere & the DJ was playing a lot of songs that we remember from back in highschool! haha.

Sunday I was bored so I styled my hair in curls with the flat iron & I love how it came out. I used Photoshop to make the background from beige to black. Me likey!

New about me photo. I love October!

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Happy October!

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:06:10 -0600

I welcome October with open arms, finally! I felt like September took forever to end. Now it really feels like fall, the weather has cooled & some of my favorite tv shows have started back up. Time to bust out with some hot chocolate & cuddle by a fireplace (yeah right, I wish I had one), snuggle to a favorite book & drink some savory hot soups.

My book club finally starts back up next week & I can't wait. It's been awhile since us girls last got together. We may read The Vampire Diaries, so that will be pretty neat. Speaking of which, Vampire Diaries airs tonight so hopefully I can go to my friend's house & watch it.

Been such a busy day already & I'm ready to go home & hit the gym. I gotta go pick up my dog from the vet after I get off though. He's doing better now, so I'm happy that he is in good health & so am I. Looking forward to the weekend, this week just flew right by!

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Buh-bye September

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:05:53 -0600

Originally published at Laura Melanie Is Love. You can comment here or there.

I'm happy to see September go.. mainly because October is my favorite month besides December for the holidays. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, friends' birthdays as well as family's, & MY birthday! Woohoo!!!

Also, a new layout is underway.. I'm really excited about getting a new look to this site since this layout is getting old.

I think I may go out of town for my birthday {Houston specifically}. My friend Melissa & her friends are throwing a Michael Jackson' Thriller Halloween Bash & it's gonna be so much fun. Since the theme is MJ, everyone will be in MJ inspired costumes from his videos, etc. They will also have drinks customized to a few of his song names so it's gonna be really unique. My friend Melissa & I share the exact same birthday & out of the 5 years that we've known each other we have never gotten a chance to celebrate it together, so this is our year to do it yay!

Here's a little poster for the party:

I uploaded the Pink concert pics last night so all I have to do is upload them.. probably tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to a Cowboys' watch party at a friend's house. I hope everyone's weekend was great! Mine was fabulous & danced the night away 'til I could dance no more. Dancing is such a drug to me, I get a high off of it.

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Please read!

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:07:36 -0600

I found a new plugin, thanks to my girl Ana, where I can post private entries & only those who have signed up & registered for my site can see the private entries, so you have to register & log in in order to see them. So please feel free to register with my site & then I will add you to my settings so that you can see private posts. I really dig this plugin because the one I had before was not private enough, let me just leave it at that. So I hope this will help for you guys to get to know me a little bit better & I'm really excited about this.

If you haven't registered the register link is located under the 'Meta' heading on my right sidebar.

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Retail Therapy

nobody@vox.com(Laura Melanie) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:05:04 -0600

I've been needing some new shoes lately because the ones I bought in Miami a few years ago are dunzo, I guess I wore them to the ground. Anyway, so I got 2 pairs of shoes from Charlotte Russe since they were having a special for buy one, get one for $10, couldn't resist! I've been needing some black shoes that I could wear when I go out, or go to work, perfect for the fall weather so I got these black studded pumps. Love, love, love 'em! I also got some brown high heel sandals, but I couldn't find a pic of them on their site, so I'll take a photo of them later.

The P!NK concert was just amazing! I have been so busy this week, I haven't had a chance to upload the photos. But I did take this photo with my iPhone so you can see how close to the stage we were. Click on the pic to see larger. You can't see her, but she's by the stairs where there is the bright lights.

I will give you guys the low down on how it all turned out & pics to come! My friend Roman happened to be there too & he was actually on the floor! so I wanna see if he took pics so that way I can post them on here too.

So glad it's Friday! it's play time!

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