Challenge Day 2 – Top 5 in 5: Entertainment Channels on YouTube: ThesPNation – Brian is a trip and a half! YAK Films – Street dancing at it’s BEST Baratunde – funny, funny, funny…and SMART too! Yes, Divas Can Cook – you can be cute AND know how to cook! B. Scott – you just…
So I began my 30-Day video challenge on July 1 and here’s the blogpost I promised. Please check out my YouTube Channel – http://www.youtube.com/cybranch for all my videos. Challenge Day 1 – Top 5 in 5: YouTube Beauty Gurus. Check them out, subscribe to their channels, and their other links (Twitter, Facebook, blogs) are all…
Erin at Scandalous Beauty – my fave YouTube makeup guru – challenged her subscribers to posting blogs or YouTube videos on random subjects each day during the month of July. Being that my blog and YT channel are both called “This and That With Calandra” how could I NOT respond to the challenge. Her purpose…
My buddy Bill C. has an awesome blog, The Dating Genius. Now being married, I obviously don’t need any dating advice, but I love reading his posts…an interesting commentary and very real slice of dating and relationships. When I inject my comments to his posts, I find myself repeating the same theme…Women need to know…
Today is Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday the day that for many is the “last hurrah” before the Lenten season starts – 40 days of sacrifice and repentance leading up to Easter. Traditionally, many people “give up” something during this period – some vice or bad habit that they will sacrificially…
Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE music! Over the last several months, I have been jumping on the bandwagon of posting videos and song lyrics on my Facebook page. More often than not, there is a theme associated with all the songs I post on a given day. One friend even jokingly called…
OK Ladies and Gents…it’s February 5th and Valentine’s Day is 9 days away. Ladies…what do you have planned for your hubby, significant other, boyfriend, your “Boo”? No, I didn’t ask what YOU expected or planned for yourself. What are you giving HIM? When we think about Valentine’s Day, it seems to always conjure thoughts of heart-shaped…
The other day, I was listening to one of the newer hip-hop “artists” – and I use that term only for lack of a better one…and I was more than mildly disturbed at his “lyrics.” Not because of the profanity or any of the other criticisms many have of hip-hop, but because of the lack…
Most of us find ourselves wearing many hats, men and women alike. God knows I do. Let’s see, there’s Mrs. Branch (the wife), Mommy (self-explanatory!), Calandra Branch (the workplace budget diva!), Sis. Branch (Rev. Branch’s wife/the First Lady), and there’s even “user name/password” (my social media presence). But the most important hat that makes all the other…
Good morning! NO MORE APOLOGIES for lagging in my blog posts! I’ve embraced the fact that I will only say something when I really have something to say. If that means a month or two in between, then so be it. This morning, I was feeling quite empowered – for no particular reason. I kept…
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