The Sassy Steel Magnolia
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  • June18th

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    If you know me, you know I am a big – BIG – fan of driving.  Big fan.

    It is my firm belief that there is no bad day, or situation, that can not be fixed, or at least altered for the better, by driving down an open road, with the windows down, great music coming through the speakers and an ice-cold Coke (from a can, poured into a corner store cup w/ crushed ice, preferably).   Can you tell I’ve done this a time or two? Pure bliss, I tell you.

    The key to the situation is the music. It’s always about the music. Me, being a reigning queen of the mixed tape, always has quite the eclectic match on hand at all times.  Because it is now the summer months, I felt the need to create the perfect summertime driving companion.

    And so with the help of iTunes and my iPhone app Shazam, I was able to capture some of the greatest songs for the summertime and put them all into one master mixed tape.  What do you think?

    In the summertime..when the weather is hot Mixed Tape by JB

    Ok so the last three were thrown in for a lil variety, but the rest…now those just exude summertime. I love it and I love driving around listening to it.

    What songs are on your summertime mixed tape? If you don’t have one, maybe mine will serve has a starting point to get you moving. 

    Smooth sailing to you all… xoxo

    (CD’s are available if you send me a blank one. *free of charge, of course!)

  • May21st

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    This video was sent to me by a good friend of mine, Philly.  I wanted to share it with all of you because I think it’s something that we all could benefit from:

  • May8th

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    Looking back I have started to notice more than one random thing falling into place.  Some people call these coincidences, in the book I’m reading the author calls them godwinks, and I prefer to call them road signs.  Little nudges of encouragement along the path of life. 

    For example a few weeks ago a friend and I were determined on attending a soccer game.  (I will admit, the sole purpose in going was to meet one particular person.)  Over the course of the week things seemed to fall into place which eventually led up to the moment of that meeting-the initial reason we went.   When all the events seem to somehow just “fall” into place, it makes you wonder…..somebody Up There really IS listening to me.  And they want to help me, guide me through the situation, lead me to the right people and the right places, all through Road Signs.

    This has happened quite a bit over the past couple of weeks and months even.  The people I have met, the people I have found through them, the places I have gone and just happened to run into something… ROAD SIGNS!!

    I wrote this post because I want you all to keep in mind that even when you may think you’ve hit a dead end….you really didn’t.  You just hit a Road Sign telling you to double check the GPS.  Things will fall into place.  I truly believe it and hope you do to. 

    Keep an eye out there…..  

    Photo courtesy of www.digital-artist-toolbox.com

    Photo courtesy of www.digital-artist-toolbox.com

  • March4th

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    Here is my horoscope for today:

    Your love life is on fire — in a good way, of course! If you’re single and don’t see any prospects, you just need to turn around to see the right person and while it might be a challenge, it’s worth it!

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    I’ll let you know how it goes.   ; )  Get it shorty.

    xoxo,

    Jennie B

  • February24th

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    ~Happy Mardi Gras~

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    (photo courtesy of-www.thirdcoastrs.com)

     

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