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  • April14th

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    Music Snack – A bit o’ Bublé

    Posted in: LOVE, Music Snack, let go

    Oh love, love, love …..some people have it, some people chase it and some people think it’s just not out there.  I have friends that fall into all the above categories as have I a time or two.

    How is it that life’s most powerful emotion can cause so much stress and worry sometimes? Am I going to find it? Is he the one I’m meant to spend the rest of my life with? Why can’t I make myself love him? (you can fill in the blank on this one, you know the list) Some people get so caught up in chasing after love they lose faith in love itself.

    I heard this song a few weeks ago and immediately sent it to my regular email group, insisting they all listen to it. Not only does it make you smile, make you swoon a little (hello…Michael Bublé…I rest my case.) but if you’re stuck in one of those “ruts” or find yourself lost in the chase maybe it’ll calm your spirit a bit, help you to remember that it’s the journey not the destination that counts. *and if you happen to think this song is too cheesy for your liking – and you know who you are – maybe you could go for a little more cheese in your life ;)

    Sit back and enjoy….

    Michael Bublé – Haven’t Met You Yet

    (if you have trouble viewing this video, please click here)

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    Purchase the MP3 here at The Sassy Steel Magnolia Online Store.

  • March8th

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    Sassy Starter – Just Say Yes

    Posted in: Sassy Starter, freedom., let go

    Often we get so caught up in daily routines that we forget the excitement and possible serendipity which can occur from saying the word “Yes” when we would often have replied “No.”

    The usual excuses come into play – I’m tired. I have to work tomorrow. I have to do laundry / clean house / catch up on sleep / etc. etc. I know this, because I’m very guilty of doing it more often than not. I forgot how fun saying Yes can be when saying No seems so much more convenient at the time. But…….life doesn’t happen quite as easily when you say No and let those excuses hold you back.

    So this week (and hopefully a lot more often)…..

    • Just say Yes •

    Ignore any reason you may try to come up with and just say YES! Some of the best times of your life will come from saying Yes, so why not start now? Go have those drinks. Take that afternoon off and get a mani / pedi. Call that boy you met the other night for a dinner. Go see that movie you were invited to at the last minute. I think you might be surprised what happens when you say Yes a little more…

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    *Note: as I’m typing this it’s 11:32 on a ’school night’ – aka I have to work tomorrow – and I just got back from going out to a semi-last minute dinner and drinks with friends and having a great time. See…..saying Yes when you’d normally would say No can be a truly great thing sometimes ;)

  • January12th

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    Come Away With Me

    Posted in: let go, life, this thing called Fate

    About a month ago I decided the best thing for me to do is:

    Move to an island where my biggest concern or worry is what color umbrella to put in my drink.

    I’ve always toyed with the idea of moving to some tropical location and being a beach bum. I find it a perfectly acceptable life-style and career choice. (Wouldn’t you love getting SSM updates via ocean side manor?) It’s something that is always, always in the back of my mind. Especially when it’s cold outside, or when I’m waiting in the airport to board my plane and just happen to hear “final boarding call for St. Thomas”, or even when I’m walking on the beach and I know I can’t stay there all day and night. What can I say – some people like camping in the desert, some people love to be surrounded by snow and some of us that just want to earn our title of being one of the “Locals” on the island.

    Ocean Front Villa

     My roommate and I even plotted to get one-way tickets down to the Caribbean and just go. (FYI – Spirit Airlines has phenomenal prices for this sort of thing) Had the date picked out and everything. Didn’t happen, but I still visit the idea from time to time, check the flights and such. You know – keep tabs on the situation. Well lately signs seem to keep popping up here and there. A friend starting Med School down in Dominica, another friend telling me about private boats that hire staff and they just cruise from port to port, and then there was the incident where someone was quite flabber-gasted that I had never been to the Bahamas.  

     

    All roads (and boats) appear to be pointing South. Now the question is, is do I jump ship?

    I don’t know..I don’t know if I’ll ever know..

    Unless….unless someone wants to come with me. I hate to involve myself in adventures with out someone to plot and laugh with along the way. It doesn’t have to be forever. Just a couple of months or years or..maybe..maybe longer..maybe we’ll set up shop and stay for a decade! I’m sure that if worse comes to worse, someone would help us get back to the continental US.

    It’s that simple. Call me up, we’ll get our one-way tickets and just GO. Over-thinkers and expert analyzers need not apply. (I find those types seem to be a little too cautious in times when reckless abandonment is greatly needed.) So what do you say? Who’s with me? Anybody? Beuler…. Beuler….. (Ferris would do it.)

    Come on, you know you want to….

    Finding Paradise

    serious inquires need only apply

  • January6th

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    SSM Mid-Week Music Snack 9

    Posted in: Music Snack, let go

    I’ve been listening to Shakira a lot lately. (always happens when I come back from a visit to Texas) Incredible vocals, bangin body and don’t even get me started on her dancing skills….

    Green with envy and gold with admiration.

    I’m lovin her song Give It Up To Me.  How can you not with lyrics like:

    You can have it all • Anything you want you can make it yours Anything you want in the world • Anything you want in the world

    Nothing too big or small • Anything you want you can make it yours Anything you want in the world • Anything you want in the world

    (If you have trouble viewing this video, please click here.)

    Enjoy and try to stay warm. I hear it’s pretty cold out there.  ;)

  • November10th

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    List of One Things

    Posted in: legacy, let go, life

    Grocery, bucket, shopping, to-do, Christmas, prospect, VIP .. lists, lists and more lists.  It seems these days, we are surrounded by lists.  (Even Twitter now has “lists”!)  Well here at The Sassy Steel Magnolia, we’ve decided to make a little list of our own….

    I say we because this list isn’t just comprised of things I thought needed to be on it.  I turned to friends and readers of The SSM for their thoughts and  insights on this one.  I asked the following question:

    ” What is one thing that you think EVERY girl should do at least once in life? ”

    Needless to say, the out-poor of answers proved my suspicions that I was not the only one who had thought about this.  I received answers from all across the board and compiled them all into our own little list just for you.  To make things a little easier, I put them in categories .. if for nothing else to help you be a little more well rounded in life.  And now with out further a do, here is

    SSM List of One Things

    Well ladies (and gentlemen) there you have it.  The first ever Sassy Steel Magnolia List of One Things.  I wasn’t able to get every suggestion that came in on the list, and of course I decided it would be best to..edit some content to make it appropriate for all ages ;)

    So go ahead dolls and print the list out, save it as your desk top, send it on to your girlfriends and all of the above.  I know I’ve got some work to do on a few things listed up there.  I want to say Thank You again to all who contributed in making the list.  You ladies have some awesome One Things in your very near future and I hope you’ll come back and share the experience with the rest of us here at The Sassy Steel Magnolia.

    I wish you all only the best of wishes. Happy living and many besos ~ Jennie B

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