I'm on vacation y'all--ain't gone no where yet--just taking a break from the world--and that includes blogging. I turned off the computer, the home phone and cell phone. So for the next week or so--enjoy the best of Sheletta.com. In today's blast from the past: After I had my baby--I picked up a few pounds (NOTE: Does 60 still count as a few?). I've tried girdles, oversized clothing, and wearing black all the time. One thing I didn't try was working out and cutting back on my portions. Doing that nearly killed me...   more »

just the other night--we were watching the BET Awards and Don Cheadel was receiving a humanitarian honor for the work he's doing in Darfur. Shawn was like "They doing all that stuff overseas--there are people right here in America who need a crusaider for their cause." I asked him "Who honey?" His response: "Husbands--now whose gonna lead us to freedom?"   more »

somebody else has had their friend embarass the hell out of them in a public place. My homeboy Chris--who is normally cool under pressure--saw the love of his life a few years ago in New Orleans. He cried like somebody told him that Big Momma had just died (And Sam's was out of potato salad!)!   more »

Some bad a$$ kids come to your house--and you were the only person in the room who knew they were just absoultely rotten? It's like their parents have no idea that they are raising little monsters. I hosted a play date a few days ago with two little girls who had to be shepards for the devil!   more »

is trying her best not to wind up on the blog--but after inviting us over for dinner--she knew her streak of not being mentioned would come to an end. Can somebody get a federal grant to teach all people in the state of Minnesota how to cook a damn meal?   more »

are one more messy diaper away from being divorced. If he touches me o even looks at me like he wants sex--so that he can "accidentally" get me pregnant again--I'm running away from home. Once we get out of pampers--honestly--I don't ever want to go back. I think it's "one and done" for the kid!   more »

where props are due! Recently, my girlfriend Ursula's niece "Boochie" graduated from a liberal arts college in California. Ursula's mom was taking care of her grandaughter--but died during our first year of college. Ursula dropped out of school so that she could work full time to raise Boochie in her mom's absence. Now--that little girl has grown up to be a wonderful woman--and Ursula deserves all the credick!   more »

sisters don't get a fair shake! I'm watching the NBA Finals and Eva Longoria is all over the television screen supporting her man Tony Parker. Now--nothing is wrong with that--but when Jackie Christie does it for her husband Doug--or when Jumana Kid did it with her husband Jason--they were seen as stalkers and gold-diggin' wives. OK, so Jumana might have been stalkin'--but that's another story...   more »

and I've gotta give love to my dad--for being a wonderful man and an awesome father. But over the past year--I've watched my own husband transform into a fantastic daddy to our son Andrew! Shawn goes above and beyond paying bills and buying pampers--the quality time--the reading--the playing he does with Andrew--sometimes I look at 'em and it brings tears to my eyes!   more »

even when you're white! Mike Nifong found out the hard way! I'm pissed 'cause they raking that poor man over the coals just because he falsely accused them Duke lacross players of rape. Not that they went to jail--not that they went to court--all they did was get indicted! Charges dropped--no harm--no foul. Right? Wrong! They are making him pay--with his livelihood.   more »

My little cousin deMarquis (that's my aunt Kathy's son) just had a beautiful baby girl named Serenity Sanaa Smith. Yeah, Serenity like the adult diapers.  But ain't little momma a cutie pie?  Oh I can't wait to see her in person. Those cheeks--I could just bite them off!

y'all know we are going to New Orleans with my in-laws and our friends Chris and Amber. I'm pissed 'cause I find out yesterday Amber got a personal trainer and she looks like Angela Bassett in "What's Love Got to Do With It"--and Chris has hired someone to help him too. Meanwhile, Shawn and I got a refrigerator in our bedroom--so we don't have to go all the way downstairs at night to get our snacks!   more »

since we the only black folks that we know of within a 100-mile radius (I'm in Minnesota y'all--come on). So when we hear words like "ni@@er" coming out of the mouth of a seven year old kid at a public park--and it's directed toward us--my husband and I are ready to throw down. There is bound to be some slow singing and flower bringing!   more »

I've heard from a lot of folks--but my webmaster ain't satisfied. Would y'all please--if you haven't already--take his old boot-leg survey so I can get it off my damn site. (White folks--that's why they all work in collections--they'll worry the hell outta ya until you give in.)   more »

I'm at work the other day and we get some court documents--this man cut his wife's tongue out of her mouth and slashed her throat because she wanted to smoke a cigarette! Damn--I guess second hand smoke does kill!   more »

Y'all know I work in the news media--and these dumb a$$ criminals would never get caught if they would keep their moufs shut! Mall security guards in Roseville were stealing from stores after hours--then fencing the merchandise in the darn parking lot. They bragged to perspective clients 'bout how they wait for the mall to close--then go in and wipe 'em out clean!   more »

so you know what that means--ghetto vacations for er'rebody. Wasn't no Disney World for us when we were kids--every summer, we drove 2-hours to my grandmother's house in Louisiana for a week. But once we got grown and left home though, my parents started going someplace new every year--Florida, Vegas and Jamaica--now that ain't right!   more »

If y'all are at home chillin' this afternoon--waiting for the NBA Finals tonight on ABC--log on to FM 107 from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (CST)--I'm going to be a guest on the radio program "Good Enough Moms" hosted by Dr. Marti Erickson (and her daughter Erin).  I know I'm pretty light skindeded, but I don't believe the state of Minnesota is ready for someone as black as me on the radio... we shall see...  To stream the show and listen live, click here.

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insist on inviting me to their houses for dinner? I know real southern food--don't ask me to come eat at your house and try to cook something like gumbo when you have a hard time with spaghetti. Lawd have mercy--I think this last lady who invited us over was trying to wipe me out.   more »

before having Andrew--cause if I had listened to my family--he'd surely be a ward of the state right now and I'd be in jail. I am surprised that I'm still alive with the stuff my family pulled. I was raised on smoke meat at an early age--everything my grandmother fed us was laced with cigarette smoke--Benson & Hedges Menthol Lights to be exact (in the soft pack, of course).   more »

I can't even feed my baby and buy him pampers because of these gas prices. They are through the roof! And nobody can explain the reason for the price jump... every little event causes an increase... Hurricane Katrina, the capture of Saddam Hussein; hell, when Destiny's Child broke up, gas prices jumped 20-cents!   more »

There are people out there online pumping up my site--giving me love--and I ain't have no idea until just now. I gotta tell y'all 'bout 'em, and bless them just like they been blessing me!   more »

'cause who else is gonna teach him how to hot-wire the car, sneak girls in the house and roll a tight one? We went to a baby story time in Saint Paul yesterday and my son was so excited to see all those other kids--I knew that he needed to be around his cousins back in Houston. We gonna have to move--my son needs his family.   more »

'cause you never know what's inside. Y'all know I live in Minnesota--the interracial couple capitol of the world!! The most shocking thing to me when I first got here was walking through the mall and seeing a white woman pushing a baby stroller with a little version of Wesley Snipes inside. Now that's a shock to the system!   more »

While I'm having a case of writer's block--the two funniest ladies on the planet--my friends Theresa and Mari are taking over the website. If you ain't peed yet--you might wanna go to the bathroom before reading this--these white ladies are crazy! One is going through a mid life crisis--the other is praying to God that I can find chit'tlins in Minnesota.   more »

if I can have a conversation with him WITHOUT talking about Andrew or Shawn. The answer to his question: HELL TO THE NO! That's all I'm doing these days so that's all I got to talk about; being a momma and being a wife. If there is anything else going on in the world--unless it's wrapped up in a poopy diaper--I don't know nothin' 'bout it.   more »