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10 years old. I always imagined that when Verastic reaches such a milestone - not that every year isn't a milestone - I would be doing something huge. Like, I don't know, giving away lands in Lekki. Ha! Well, I have no land to give away today, but Ada Verastic did bless me with an explosive poop today, so that was nice. She gave me one on my birthday, too, so that was nice too. I'm guessing that's her idea of giving gifts for now. Anyway, last year when Verastic turned 9 years old, I Read More
Next to reading and sleeping, one of my favorite things to do is watch TV. And there are so many TV shows to watch! I have put up a few posts about shows you should watch, and I don't know why I haven't blogged about this show: Masters of Sex on Showtime. If you watch Masters of Sex and have not watched the most current season to the end, please escape this post now and read any of these other very interesting posts instead. If you don't watch it, or if you don't care that this is a spoiler Read More
So far in my life, I have lived in three countries and in three continents (or four continents, depending on where you believe Russia is located). First, I lived in Russia which is located on the bother of Asia and Europe. Some people call it Europe, some call it Asia, and some others just call it Eurasia. I personally could not care less. Then I lived in Nigeria, located in the continent of Africa. Contrary to ignorant belief, Africa is actually not a country. And now, I'm in America, located Read More
Nigerians want to know. I remember a long time ago, I told Igwe that I wanted to sew a traditional male outfit for myself, and he said, "Really?" He thought it was going to be a fun experiment, as did I. Classic Vera, I thought about it and then I never followed up with it because there are always one million other things going on in my head. But 2016 will be different! Anyway, I never forgot it either but the price of sewing traditional outfits here [America] is about $100 [about N26,000], not Read More
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of American Heart Association. All opinions are 100% mine. As you know, I attended a couple of blog conferences last year, and in both of them, one very important question was asked: why? Why do we do the things we do? Why do we want to do the things we want to do? Why do we want to succeed with what we're doing? As writers, as bloggers, as speakers, as entrepreneurs, as designers, and of course, as moms. What is our Why? During both of Read More
