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Dearly Beloved, Waddup! Howzit! Easy-Breezy-Lemon-Squeezy I hope (I know you are practically rolling your eyes at that Lemon squeezy thing). Valentine's Day came, went, people got dumped others got hitched, you know the good ol' Love Bug. Well, for yours truly, Valentine's Sunday was AMAZEBALLS!! (I am seriously not easing up on my 'millennial lingo' am I?) So, we all know I am in some serious possession of a couple of goats right? Sunday the 12th at around 8:30 pm, one of them gave birth to a BOUNCING BABY BOY. *Currently accepting congratulatory cards, MONEY, baby formula, MONEY, and if you find it suitable enough, MONEY (details will be below; post office, email address, bank account number etc) As you might have already guessed,we (the plural of I. That is :ME,MYSELF and I) named him Valentino (as if I would've named him anything else). Oh,he is a beautiful goat that one. We feed him from a bottle because his mother doesn't want him anywhere near t...

Dearly Beloved, Issanother post! (21 Savage voice). For all of you others who are not familiar with this rapper (probably because you are sixty years old and you thought this was a bridal blog where you could get all the information on how to look the part at your daughter's wedding, or maybe you thought this was that one-stop-shop for all things ruracio *consult the good guys over at Google, I can't fit that explanation in this already too long parentheses*) how do you do? Well now that we know what I think sexagenarians* do on the Internet (*and off to Google they go) , dearly beloved,let's get this show on the pot-holed road full of traffic and overlapping matatus and traffic cops doing their dance with gum-ended batons (applause for myself right there). Actually come to think of it, dearly beloved, Dearly Beloved isn't a shabby idea for a name, I mean it's no Beehive or Rihnavy (which I am all a religious part of, if I may add, also, if you don't know w...

Remember how I told you I know just what you need, yeah well, I just want to assert that position today as I give you a financial advisor person (actually not a real financial advisor,but hey, who's checking,right?) who taught me a little something about financial literacy. Read through and soak up some of the knowledge I don't possess but try to pass off as my own; By Nat Githinji Darlings, darlings.  As we all know, the new year comes with its perks. The dreaded Njaanuary is one of them. Now I know y'all have new year resolutions. And many of us have the common eye pathology (yes,I am a medic) where we don't see anything when we look into our pockets. Worry not though, Auntie Nat is here to save the day. Here are a few tips to make the January blues, well, less blue. 1. DO NOT MAKE IMPULSE PURCHASES. This has been said over and over. Instant purchases lead to instantly broke *insert your name here*. One wise man said failing to plan is planning to fail. These...

Excessive heat, check Water rationing, check Electricity rationing ,check Mama mboga loans,check Well, seeing as we have all we need for a Nairobi January, why don't we get started. January, also known as, Njaanuary on this side of things, has come. Bearing gifts such as heat and rationing. There you are, up early to go slave at the office, the only thing between you and poverty is that fifty bob you have for fare back home and Mama Mboga who of late has become your number one BFF, loaning you here and there, you know,helping you out in these tough times. This might be your story or might not be your story, depends on your level of financial planning. This is what I come with today; Financial Literacy. Now don't get me wrong, I am not the most financially literate earthling around (Heavens know I'm not even half of it) but I think I try. I am not much of an impulse buyer, what I am more of is an impulse EATER. I know over the years I have been doing this, quite a g...

Hey, what's up, hello! The last post of 2016, the year is really done isn't it? Well I thought I'd be kind enough and say a huge huge huge THANKYOU to all of you guys for coming through big time in 2016. From my OG readers (the old ones from the first post to now) to you new readers (I see you) my thankyou and kind regards are in order. What I have learnt from 2K16 is quite a lot. First, that it was a leap year- the 366 days thing. What's really interesting is how we come to 366 days. So, let me break it down for you, we have that 365 and 1/4 (a quarter) days trip Earth makes around The Sun. At this point,I'd like to introduce their nicknames; Hottie (sun) and Earthy (earth). I know I know, my nicknaming skills are a bit rough ,okay, not a bit, REALLY rough, but at least we have something to work with. So, Earthy revolves around Hottie for 365 and 1/4 days. All this while, Earthy is rotating on its own axis and making all sort of random weather patterns. Oh o...

  Ho ho ho!!!! So,I am sure some of you have your minds in the gutter after that very spirited christmasy salutation, too much English, I know bear with me. I think this little thing you and I have going on has gotten to that 'been married for 34 years' phase, you know? I feel like we need a little something to get our groove back on, get that freak back on (preferably on the streets, if you catch my very disturbing drift *eye wink*). So, since I am that 'on top of things' guy I have just the thing; a literary threesome. Oh come on, stop acting shocked at my choice of words at least it has literary in there. Anyway, I hit up a friend of mine Hilda who agreed to be the one helping you and I get through this rough patch. Read through: Christmas is celebrated all across the world and brings a better share of joy to all the people. Since I was a little girl I kept all my Christmas memories intact and stored, ready to take them down memory lane. We come from African c...

Hi there! November is finally upon us guys, you know what that means, pretty soon we will be drunk-screaming 'Happy Birthday Jesus' at the top of our lungs, wearing new clothes 'nguo za christmas' (I promise, this is usually my favourite part of the whole 'shabadabing' SHAMELESSLY). Let us not forget the activity we all religiously involve ourselves in, making new year resolutions and yes, this does include those self-righteous columnists who write how they are so debonair and cannot involve themselves in such foolery. Oh bother, do us all a favour and admit you are as self-consoling as the rest of us are, we all 'resolve' that in the coming year, we will; a. Join a gym, Go unfailingly, lose those extra kilos and get that crazy body by the next Christmas b. Be more careful with our resources and only spend money on what we really need and I mean 'REALLY' need c. A whole list of other things we think we can achieve by a simple flick of the ...