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Hey, I\’m back posting.

Thank you Lord for showing me…ME. Thank you for letting me see some things about myself that I needed to see. Thank you for forgiving me Lord when I\’m wrong. I don\’t mean any harm for the way I love people and want things to be right. Maybe I try to hard. Maybe I should listen more. Why Lord do I always have to explain something so deep till it really doesn\’t matter anyway? Why do I do that? I don\’t have any of these answers, but Lord, I do know this, all of what\’s happened this week, surely came to pass. And when the word was sent to me, I ignored it, didn\’t make sense to me, couldn\’t happen. Blew my mind, when it was bought to my remembrance. Well, it is written the message don\’t lie. I\’m sad, and hurt, but it is what it is, and what it is, is written.

For now…………. it is finished.

Last year I said to myself that I wanted to bless a kid with toys and goodies for Christmas. When we were growing up, we had the best Christmas any kids could have. By my parents making us share things, it was like we had everything. It is 4 of us, and there were a lot of toys under the tree. So this year, I\’m going to pray on this, and bless a child. I have no idea who, but this is what I have been wanting to do for the longest. So starting in Oct, I\’m going to start my Christmas shopping for my family and friends, and then come Dec, I will hope that God has found that child for me. It just kills me that people break into people homes during Christmas time and steal all of their presents, kids are left devastated by that. Can you imagine the parents having to tell the kids that someone broke in and stole their gives? Kids remember that when they are older, they never forget. That\’s devastation for them. I want to be a blessing to someone this year.

Now is the time to start buying winter coats and clothes. WE also have a clearance sale for summer items, clothes are $1.00 especially for kids, you know how they go through clothes. So just to let you all know Walmart has it going on right now. Stop in!

I\’m closing for now, gotta be to work in the morning. Talk to you later.

Lacrease

Thank you Lord for another day. Thank you for speaking to me just before work when you told me to *just listen* don\’t say much. Don\’t try to get the last word, don\’t *pull out your tools to fix anything*, just listen. Ive been paying attention more rather than talking. I\’m shaking my head right now, for something I would have missed today had Ive been doing it *my way*. The sad part about is, this has been going on all the time. God just needed ME to see it. I\’m going to say this… * the tools that I use to always fix things in my own life and in the life of others are put away, I\’m going to sit in the background sipping on my Dasani, watching it all go down.* Lacrease has left the building concerning that subject.

Bernie Mac passed away today at 50. I was kinda shocked when I read that this morning, then again, I had a feeling this time that he wasn\’t alright. I wish his mom had seen him make the world laugh, she would have been proud of him. Rest in Peace Bernie.

I\’m putting together somethings, and I hope to share them soon. Well, I\’m going to go do some research, and Ill be back tomorrow.

God Bless You All!!!

thatgurltheycallcree

Hey!

Thank you Lord for waking me up this morning. I had some crazy dreams this morning, but I do remember driving a truck that was mines. Thanks for telling me things in advance, if it wasn\’t for you doing it for me, I would be naive and in constant dark places. I just really want to Thank you. Lord, you know its on and popping now right? You know my heart and you know how I am? No more, it is released. I have turned it all over to you. I can\’t do it anymore. I won\’t do it anymore, and I especially don\’t feel like doing it anymore. Its a wrap. I have to get over this cold feeling I\’m feeling about this thing, but you already know when I\’m warm I\’m warm and when I\’m cold I\’m cold. Well, I\’m cold! LOL No turning around that\’s it.

Lord, I\’m now wondering did you grant me all the desires of this *thing* only because I really wanted it. I\’m wondering that now. Now that I\’m *letting it go*, cant wait * to see something*. Its going to really blow my mind, I can see it already. If something comes out differently than what I\’m thinking, that\’s so cool Lord. But I bet these legs wont be the first batter up again!!!

Talking to Neisha * Goodness I love her* made me realize tonight a lot of things about myself. And I\’m thinking in my head……….Lacrease are you slow? Are you slightly retarded? Of course I\’m making a bad joke about myself, but those thoughts came to my mind. One thing about a Virgo, you don\’t have to tell us nothing twice. WE get it. As far as I\’m concerned about whats going on it my head…… ITS A DONE DEAL. I CAN SHOW YOU BETTA THAN I CAN TELL YOU.

TODAY\’S DATE IS FRIDAY AUGUST 8, 2008!

thatgurltheycallcree

Lord thank you for another day. I don\’t know whats going to happen from day to day, but I do know at the end of the day, you have always kept me. And I thank you.

I have a gift where I can see things happening WITH PEOPLE ahead of time. I tell people to live right, be honest, and I tell them the right path to take. Don\’t nobody want to listen, they feel since its not happening now, they are *okay*, as soon as it happens they all want to talk and ask questions. Starting today August 5, NO MORE! FIND OUT ON YOUR OWN, DO THINGS YOUR OWN WAY. YOU DO YOU AND I WILL LEARN TO DO ME.

CREE

Thank you Lord for waking me up this morning. Thank you for all the lessons that youve shown me in the last few days. Thank you for blessing me. This post may be all over the place, because my mind is flowing like that right now. So keep up with me, if you can\’t…………. sorry. By the end of this blog hopefully you can take something with you and store it in your head for future use.

Back to work…..ugh. Same ole faces same ole thang. Why do we concern ourselves with issues that don\’t even concern us? I watched a coworker do that today, and I said to myself there is motivation behind what she\’s doing. But what? I say that because I have done the same thing a time or 2, so now I can ask myself why I am I doing this? I\’m home from Atlanta seeing myself in a different light, and still I ask myself…….what is it that I\’m suppose to be doing in life? I love working with teens and being a *second mom* to them. but there is something more. A friend of mine has a job waiting for me and still I\’m asking myself……..Lacrease is this something you really want to do? So I asked myself, what do you see yourself doing? Well, I like to plan and organize things. I love making phone calls to people, communicating, collecting information, research, writing, and things like that. Then I get this thought of managing a hotel working with people to * make things happen*. I want to work in a professional atmosphere with everyone on the same page. I desire to give tip top customer service. This has always meant a lot to me. I love kids and I will always mentor to them, and be there for them, but for some reason I can\’t see myself in that position of work right now. I have been feeling this way for a while now.

Ive been to Atlanta many times. About 17 years ago, I was there for a family reunion and fell in love. I was so geeked and so pumped about it, I went home told 2 of my closes friends, and within 2 months, me my cousin and my 2 friends were driving 13 hours to Atlanta to look for a job and a house to stay in. Me and my cousin got into a big argument, she stayed and I was ready to go. Of course we started back talking again, but she found an apartment and a job within that same week. She\’s still there to this day LIVING IT UP!!! Oh how I wish I had stayed. I wish I wasn\’t so touchy back then and stayed on track, I would be there as we speak. Neisha will be going to Law School next year and I am so thinking about going back to find me a place. I am tired of Detroit and all its problems. Not saying, that Atlanta is not that way. OH NO… I AM NOT THAT FOOLISH to think that. I told myself when I left, that if I got that same feeling I did 17 years ago, that I would consider it again, but this time the person I am will get the ball rolling. And I did get that feeling. I can see myself living there alone for some reason, but its okay. I see it so clearly. I feel it. I\’m going to be really thinking and doing my own research, and if things work out…..2010 its on!!!

When we were in ATL, of course Tyler\’s name came up plenty and many of times. I had to check myself one night when something happened * wont post on here for the life of me* and it really pissed me off. I mean it had me really thinking about somethings. I couldn\’t even sleep well when we went to bed. I stayed awake really thinking about some things they said to me. So, I said when I get home I\’m going to post on my yahoo page just what\’s on my mind about Tyler Perry.

First of all, yes I truly love and admire Tyler Perry very very much. I love the messages in his work, I love his motivation. I love many things about him. Yes, I do want to meet him someday. But let me make this clear. I\’m almost 41 years old, when I meet Tyler Perry, trust me I wont be running to him screaming and hollering, jumping on his back, nor will I run and jump on his hips kissing him, and scaring the poe man. That\’s not Lacrease. I\’m realizing that I must be very careful who I share my love and admiration for him with, because people don\’t know me, and they seem to take things the wrong way. So, I had to ask myself……Lacrease do you talk about him a little too much? What are you saying to make people think that you are * just one crazy sister for TP?* Only 2 people understand my love and admiration for Tyler and that\’s my Sister Pearl PT and Neisha. I never ever talk about marrying him, or being with him,having children or any of that crazy stuff, that\’s not even my connection I have with Tyler. People just really know how to run off with just a little bit. I\’m a supportive person when it comes to a project, idea,person or anything positive. Why do people have to associate anything else with that? It pisses me off to no end. So that\’s when I had to ask myself…. what am I putting out there to get those response? How do I present my admiration for Tyler to others? What a reality check I got in Atlanta.

We went to see the homes of a few celebrities and important people in Atlanta. Those stars have their gates and security people in place so tight, that if Jesus knocked on the door, he wouldn\’t be able to get in . I didn\’t know if I should shake my head in disbelief or say to myself, the only way to understand * this show* is to be *one of them*. I kept my mouth closed and kept it moving. I know its some crazy people out there, and I know and understand that everyone is not like Lacrease. l But its a shame when your house is so locked up and so way back in the boom docks and it has all kinds of notes and signs everywhere saying * No trespassing* but as soon as a concert, TV show, movie, game, CD, DVD comes out, they * trespass* on your commercials, Internet advertisements,talk shows, magazine pages, radio, TV. For the life of me, that\’s MATH I JUST DON\’T GET!!!! All I want to do is see your beautiful home from the outside, not sit up on your couch and eat your steaks. Yea, there are some things, Cree just don\’t understand. And this is surely one of them.

I realized that in this life I care about people toooooo much. don\’t get me wrong, I love everybody, and yes I\’m suppose too. But I get wrapped up on wanting people *to get* things. Its one thing to go through something and you get over that thing and minister to others, but some people just want to experience that same thing for themselves. I use to be mad at people like that, but you know what? I can\’t worry about that. I just have to sit back and watch it go down. No matter how bad it kills me. I just don\’t have nothing to say about anything.

I\’m gone.

Cree

I\’m home!!!

As you all know I went to Atlanta to be with my Sister Pearls 7 women whom I met from the Tyler Perry message board some 3 years ago. But only 6 of us were there. This was our 2ND year meeting. WE had a great time. I just wish that we had stayed longer. The people are so friendly there and so helpful. For some reason they understand and recognize that they live in a city that has many visitors. It was hot, but still that didn\’t keep us from going to see Evander Holyfield\’s home, TPS * Tyler Perry Studios*, Gladys Knight\’s restaurant Chicken and Waffles the food there is off the chain!!! We went to the Georgia Aquarium, and to the Martin Luther King Historical Site, we went to see where some of the riches black people live. Its amazing how far black folks have come. I wish Martin Luther King could see that. We fellowshipped at Creflo Dollar World Changers Church. His church is huge too. OMG!!! There are so many members and visitors that they had ushers in the bathroom ushering making sure everyone got in and out in a timely fashion. I LOVE THAT!! I never seen anything like it. They even have hand soap in the bathroom after you finish washing your hands.

We ate ate ate! LOL We had some good food while in Georgia. Those people know that they can cook!!! At Gladys Knight and Ron Winans restaurant, the waiter was so sweet, handsome, and so full of compassion we tipped him $30.00 NOT INCLUDING the 2 dollar something gratuity included. Awesome service.We took lots and lots of photos and video footage, but they are too big to post. Next year we are bringing it back to Detroit/Canada. Already I have the hotel we are staying in, but we just have to come up with 4 days in July. WE are excited and blessed for this friendship and sisterhood. This is rare and we know it. If you have some special friends in your life, treasure them, take care of them and make sure you make it your business to get together at least once a year. God Bless.

Cree

Hey!

Thank you Lord for waking me up this morning and starting me on my busy day!!! I slept like a Princess last night. I was freezing too. I was under the covers and still freezing. But here in Michigan if you turn your air off for one hour, you will BLAZE! So I left that baby on, and called it a night. LOL

Today I\’m thinking about children. That\’s probably why I posted those funny videos of them last night.

When Neisha was a little gurl, she use to ask me a million questions every single day. I can imagine how many times I told her * gurl if you don\’t stop asking me questions!*.

But you know what I learned? Those are the learning years. The years where they are learning what, who, where. They need to ask those questions in order to know the things they need to know in life. I know the questions come in at a time when mommy is busy, or daddy is tired, little brother is to busy, and sister is doing her own thing. But if you have small children and they ask a lot of questions just think forward to a time when you expect for them to know the answer to something, and take that time while they are small to tell them. When they are young, they are curious about how things work, how people function, how stuff goes. Everything starts at home. So, just have a little patience and talk with your child, allow them to ask questions, don\’t always say: you ask to many questions! Seed planting in your child starts young……….and with a whole lotta questions.

Cree

To Be Continued.

Hey Everybody!!!

First I want to say Thank you Jesus for waking me up another day. This weekend has truly been a good one. You know Lord whats so amazing? Everything that happened good or bad, has to run by you first. Then it happens. So no matter how good our bad it is, you know about it first. And by knowing that, it softens the blow. We can make it through it. And I Thank you!!

I love y\’all.

That\’s what me and my 2 Sisters say to each other when we are about to hang up the phone. Me and my Sisters are sooo funny. We have people cracking up. When we are on the phone or in person, somewhere in the conversation we get on a subject that causes 2 Sisters to double team the other. They usually gang up on me , because they know they can\’t get with me alone, so they have to double team me. LOL Ill pull out my Lawyer tactics and rip dey butts apart. ROFL

You know I hate to post negative stuff. I cant stand people who gossip. If you have a story to tell, tell it, don\’t gossip about it, and don\’t stretch your opinion!!! No matter how many days I\’m off work, when I get there something has always jumped off. If it aint got nothing to do with Cree dog, don\’t tell me jack!!! I don\’t care. People love to see what Cree has to say about everythang, and as soon as my face go blank, they have this look as if to say………….DANG I SHOULDNA TOLD HER.

And I\’m going to say this too. Just to get it off my chest and on to paper. I know I can be funny, and silly, and a person you can talk too. But when it comes to business. I\’M A DIFFERENT PERSON. I can be aggressive, I ask a lot of questions, maybe I don\’t smile, and maybe my voice speaks with authority. Maybe I *come across* unconcerned about your answers or reasons, but you wont see or find the same Cree that laughs and jokes when I\’m taking care of business. Maybe I do grill. I don\’t curse people out, I don\’t disrespect people, I just ask questions I need to ask. And if you can\’t help me, then I need to speak to someone who can . I\’m not mad at no one, I\’m not upset. I just need this taken care of, and that\’s the bottom line.

I\’m posting this for a reason. Ladies. Men, take care of your business. If you need assistance open your mouth , speak to people who can make it happen. Don\’t just settle for the first answer. People love to tell you stuff to put you off. If you stand for the okie doke, then thats what you\’ll get. If you call a store to ask them what time they are closing on a Holiday and they say * I dunno* I\’m not sure. don\’t just say………..well aiiiiiiiiight then!! Tell them that you will hold on, and that you need to speak to someone who knows the correct time. Don\’t be mean, don\’t be rude. Just ask the question find out what you need to know.

I have a question? How do you walk past someone and the word * Hello* don\’t just drop out of your mouth? Is that something you have to think about? I\’m just sayin. When you walk in front of someone, how the word excuse me don\’t just fall out of your mouth? . So what you have to say it 17 times a day, it shouldn\’t be rehearsed. Teach your kids those basic MANNERS. Its only polite.

Know that we train people how to treat us. If you never seen me sit on the arm of my couch or chair, don\’t do it. You wont see me doing it, why the hells you doing it? If you don\’t know how to work a $800.00 TV, PLEASE PASS ME MY REMOTE CONTROL!!! Maam/ SIR…. THANK YOU. If you\’re riding in someone Else\’s car or sitting up IN *dey* house, and they don\’t smoke. Don\’t ask them is it aiight to smoke. WTH.

I can\’t stand all about me people!!!! Its too many people in this world to make it all about YOU! Cause Imma say this, when you\’re in my presence, its all about ALL OF US, not just one person. One of my Sister Pearls who is going to ATL with us next weekend. She made a mistake and canceled the flight which leaves out of Georgia at 12 something pm, and kept the one that leaves out at 6:40 am. She said no no, Imma just take the Marta to the Airport, you guys can sleep, it was my fault. I SAID NO YOU AINT. WE HAVE A TRUCK, YOU MADE A MISTAKE, WE ALL MADE IT WITH YOU. WHO EVER IS UP AND WANT TO RIDE CAN GO WITH ME, BUT WE WILL TAKE YOU. But you are not riding ANYTHING alone in a unknown city. Its not about me me me. Its about us!!!

I have a co worker who I love dearly, but anything flies out of her mouth. She\’s a cute young gurl, but THAT MOUTH IS OFF THE CHAIN, and it just corrupts anything good. I said to her: When you\’re talking to someone, and you\’re being outspoken and in * hurting people\’s feelings* mode. DO SOMETHING IN YOUR MIND INTERRUPT YOUR REGULARY SCHEDULED CONVERSATION and said GURL YOU TALKING TOO MUCH? She laughed and said yeah……but I just keep going sometimes? WOW. I asked her that because when I\’m talking too much the same voice speak to me. We gotta learn to listen to that voice. OUR MOUTHS ARE KILLING US!!!!

This white guy name James that comes into Walmart all the time. So on yesterday he came through my line and since it wasn\’t busy we chatted for a moment. After I rung him up and gave him the receipt. He looked at it and said. dangggggggggg, I thought the scanner charge me extra for this coffee, because I was going to go and stand in that service desk line to get my bounty.

I said James: Now you will stand in that line knowing full well it was a scanner error instead of telling me so that I can correct it on the spot, but you\’ll go and collect 2 funky dollars, turn right around go outside, lose your wallet, call the closes Christian to God you know and ask them to pray for you. I said now what good is that? I said people don\’t realize that when they try to capitalize on someones MISTAKE, they are only setting themselves up for something greater to happen to them later. I said now if someone SEE YOU drop a $20.00 bill, and they pick it up TO KEEP IT FOR THEMSELVES, and then you catch them, you would want to KILL them just because they KNEW IT WAS YOUR MONEY. I said its the same thing. He just stared at me, and said Wow I never looked at it that way Lacrease. He was really amazed. Yep, I said and all that time you spend standing in line to get those funky 2 dollars, someone can be outside stealing your car.

One last thing!!! Watch what you say and do. Do everything our of Excellence. don\’t have do anything. If your name is on it, DO YOUR BEST. Don\’t look at a Budget, don\’t look at your situation, pray about it, tell God how you feel about it and it will happen for you. Stay positive, go for the best. Put your all in it, make it happen. Build Credit with people by your works and not your mouth. Let me post that again. Build credit with people by your works not your mouth!!!!

I like to rent 2008 cars and trucks when I\’m going to a special event. Just yesterday I took back a car I rented for the weekend. So they know me there. I needed a ride to Hertz because they wont let me car stay in the parking lot for the weekend at that location. I end up getting a ride there, and then I told him my story, he was like * What you didn\’t have a ride? Next time call me and I WILL PICK YOU UP*. Think he would say that to anyone? Nope!!! ITS ALL ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE/FAVOR CREDIT. And I\’m not talking about AMEX, VISA, OR MASTERCARD. I\’m talking about honesty, integrity, truthfulness, and trustworthiness. People see that in you, be the best you can be. don\’t be scheming on people, don\’t be HATING, DON\’T BE FAKE, DON\’T BE LYING, AND MAKING FALSE PROMISES. BE UPFRONT AND TRUTHFUL.

I\’m still learning this stuff myself.

*WINK*