Jan 04 2009
Are You a Regular Reader Who Wants To Know More About This Blogger?
Nicole, at Juicy Alligator , tagged me. According to the rules, I’m supposed to tell you seven (7) things about myself. I’ve participated in these tags before, so I don’t want to just regurgitate the same things I’ve already mentioned. I’m going to follow Nicole’s lead and enlist my husband this time. Hopefully, he’ll write nice things… but, it’s his show. No holds barred. Let it rip, baby!!!
1. Davida is brutally honest. On our first date I realized that Davida had no problems telling the truth. Typically, most people send their representatives in the beginning of a relationship, but not Davida. She was present from day 1. Strangely enough, this is a quality that I very much enjoy about her, but it can be difficult for those who are faint of heart because many times the truth hurts.
2. Davida is bittersweet. The bitter part of her stems from the brutal honesty that was mentioned above, because we all know that the truth can be a bitter pill to swallow. The sweet part of her, is the fact that she is not a fair weather person and will have your best interest in mind. Over the course of a day she can cover the entire range of emotions, to be both the sweetest and harshest person you’ll ever run across.
3. Davida is practical. Well she wrote a blog about this aspect of herself the other day which you can see here , so I don’t have to say too much about this. I will say even though she sometimes prides herself on being a diva, she does it in a much more practical manner. Although, even after she wrote a blog about it she still seems to cringe at the term “low-maintenance.”
4. Davida does most things well without much practice or effort. You ever known a person who you know put way less effort into an endeavor and still did it 100 times better than you did or would have done at it? Well that’s Davida. It doesn’t take her very much time to excel at most things. Writing and speaking are two of the things that come most natural for her. Although you may expect this from an attorney, you may be surprised.
5. Davida remembers conversations. If you are someone like me, who forgets half of a conversation almost immediately after you end it, then you may be confronted with Davida’s bitter side, because she hates repeating herself. This quality has bit me on the butt more than the brutal honesty mentioned earlier.
6. Davida is observant and slightly compulsive. If you’ve ever seen the show Monk, then you know the main character is a great detective because he is so observant, due to his compulsion for order. Davida picks up on the small details that most of us overlook and puts things together pretty fast. I think in her former life she was a detective.
7. Davida is creative. I would imagine most people who write on a regular basis would have this quality. Being able to think outside the box is a trait that has allowed Davida to come up with many great new ideas. In addition to being a world class blog writer 
, it has helped her cook, decorate, dress fashionably and do a number of other things in a trendsetter manner.
Geez! I thought I was long-winded. I am just not THAT interesting… but thanks, Sweetie! I had time to take a shower, eat, prepare for my hearing tomorrow (I realize my client has NO CASE. I’m going to have to pull a rabbit out of a hat like I had to do at the hearing Friday… but, I digress…) Maybe you need to have your own blog… hmmm… or maybe you can guest-write here more… we’ll talk about it… I mean, this was kind of funny hilarious!
Kim, thanks for the being the lone one to care. My husband will be proud his efforts were not wasted.
Updated: Kim, thanks for being one of the ones to care.
Davida
My father-in-law usually email his comments directly to me, but he has given me permission to post them. So here is a comment from Randolph, sent on 05 Jan 2009 at 3:48 PM:
“Through years of experiences I have learned that being candidly honest with others and brutally honest with myself brings great value to relationships. Being frank and undiscerning of the feeling of others often time has caused me to be brutally honest yet the truth was told and the damages far out weight the truth.. Webster’s definition of brutal is “savage;cruel; inhuman; harsh; coarse irrational;unreasoning; of or pertaining to lower animals. My quest for spirituality has cause me to examine myself vigilantly
Thinking that I had some mastery of the English language I found myself lacking because of cruelty en which I used the Kings English.
My greatest mentors in relationships are my wife and mother. Having been with my wife for thirty six years she is a power that words can’t truly describe. , Here goes: in all areas of her life she is a pillars of humanity, she walks the talk. Of the thirty six years never have I heard any statement to others that would emotionally bring them down. Even with employees that she had to reprimand or fire. Our children and parents are in great adornment of her. She makes me sick. LOL! My mother on the other hand is a little different. In a moment of clarity she once told me to watch what I say to people. I had just verbally brutalized a few of our employees for poor performance. I replied ” I was right was I?” She replied “yes however is not what you say to people its how you say it.” From that point on I still say things the wrong way yet awareness is such a bright light that my conscience lets me know that I could have handled that a better way. So I practice to the best of my ability to be candid not brutal. Some days are better then others, I look for progress not perfection.
Another way of being candidly honest that my mother is so good at that skipped me(dam) and went to my son is, too just look at you in such a way that you feel the candidness and you know that he knows that you know he knows your short coming without a word(shit)LOL
. Our real estate attorney in Chicago Mike has always stated that mom was one of the most candidly honest person he has ever met and there is nothing that he would not do for her. With too great mentors what happen to me? LOL! Oh well I am still a work in progress. Well as Danyahel always says “as long as you learn” That dam candidness again. I enjoyed writing this hope this helps half as much as it help me writing it. I could only get to the number one thing about me. ”
Randolph