The Sassy Steel Magnolia
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  • December26th

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     ”It is important to remember that we all have magic inside us.”

     - JK Rowling

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    When you need a little more than a smile or a cup of tea to get your week in motion, the Sassy Starter will be here every Monday to get your wheels turnin’ in a classy – sassy – fabulous sort of way.

  • December12th

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    See, Santa ….. I’m really just trying to do you a favor here. Honest.

    Help me, help you. That’s all I’m sayin.

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    *You can purchase the above graphic and more sassy sayings at Mary Phillips Designs, or follow the MPD fun on Facebook or Twitter. Cheers!

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     When you need a little more than a smile or a cup of tea to get your week in motion, the Sassy Starter will be here every Monday to get your wheels turnin’ in a classy – sassy – fabulous sort of way.

  • December5th

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    CHANCE

    chance/CHans/

    Noun:
    1. the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency.
    2.  luck or fortune.
    3.  a possibility or probability of anything happening.
    4.  an opportune or favorable time; opportunity.
    Adjective:
    Fortuitous; accidental.
    Verb:
    Do something by accident or without design: “if they chanced to meet”.
    Synonyms:
    noun.  occasion – opportunity – luck – fortune
    adjective.  fortuitous – accidental – random – casual
    verb.  risk – happen – venture – occur – gamble
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    take a chance – chance encounter – 50/50 chance – once in a lifetime chance – last chance – another chance – chanced it – missed chances – what are the chances – fat chance – give him/her/it a chance – stand a chance – stand a chance – given a chance – on the off chance – jump at the chance – fighting chance – chance it – chances are – only chance – make your own chances – leave it to chance – per~chance – lost the chance – snowball’s chance in hell – second chances

    *And that’s just the list I could come up with. (Feel free to add your own.) It’s amazing how much of our life is affected / changed / sometimes based on this one, little, 6-letter word. Amazing.

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    “For the happiest life, days should be rigorously planned, nights left open to chance.” - Mignon McLaughlin

    “All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.” – Aristotle

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    When you need a little more than a smile or a cup of tea to get your week in motion, the Sassy Starter will be here every Monday to get your wheels turnin’ in a classy – sassy – fabulous sort of way.

  • November28th

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    December 1, 2011 is in a few days. January 1, 2012 is just around the corner.

    With that being said, I have ONE question for you:

    What is ONE THING you haven’t done in 2011 that you had wanted to do?

    That’ all I’m asking. That’s it. Don’t think about a list of things. Just ONE. ONE thing.

    You still have plenty of time to make it happen. So get on it!

    I know mine …. but it’s a secret.

    Shhhh ;)

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    When you need a little more than a smile or a cup of tea to get your week in motion, the Sassy Starter will be here every Monday to get your wheels turnin’ in a classy – sassy – fabulous sort of way.

    *I took a slight break from my baby blog  last week for the Holiday. We’ll catch up in tomorrow’s post! xo, jennie b

  • November21st

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    [My favorite Holiday is almost here. Yay!]

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    When you need a little more than a smile or a cup of tea to get your week in motion, the Sassy Starter will be here every Monday to get your wheels turnin’ in a classy – sassy – fabulous sort of way.