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  • November18th

    This week’s SSM Music Snack was chosen by our Dating Gal from yesterday, Katie.  I love her selection and the reasoning behind it and the song instantly made me smile.  Sit back and enjoy..

    I’m Alive by Kenny Chesney and Dave Matthews

    A message from Katie:

    Why this song?  Well,  since mid-September I’ve been going to see a counselor every two weeks.  Why?  Well, because I want to.  I firmly believe that mental health is an essential ingredient to a happy, healthy and full life.  Nothing is going seriously wrong in my life, but I wanted to sit down with a professional and see if there is/was anything that I could do to improve my mental game before I embark upon my first career in a new city in January.
    Well, Dan the Counselor Man and I have been talking about positivity.  Wow, I’ve never realized until now what an energy drain even one negative thought can be!  So, I’m making a concerted effort to be more positive and thankful.  Come on now, we all have problems/tiffs/bumps in the road, but talk about it with a rationale friend and get that negative thought out of your head!  Dan told me for every negative thought that comes across your mind, you should think of at LEAST three positive ones--even if they are as trivial as saying- I’m thankful to be alive!

    So SSM readers- Make a concerted effort to be happy- it’s so much better than being a negative Nancy! After all, we’re alive and well.

    Ciao for now,
    Katie

  • November4th

    What I like love about music: the way different songs can touch you in different ways, you can be sassy or silly, cynical or sad, screaming or snapping, it doesn’t matter -- there’s a song for all of them.

    Because of that reason, I’ve decided that every Wednesday morning I’m going to post a song.  A little SSM Mid-Week Music Snack for ya to take a peek into what I’m feelin, what I’m diggin or just what I’m jammin out to in my car.

    This week’s song is Happy by Leona Lewis.  I heard it for the first time two days ago and can not stop listening to it.  Listen to the words and I know you’ll find a time (or two, or thirty) that you’ve felt the exact same way, and then just simply smile..and be Happy..even if only momentarily..

  • August21st

    The following list of Random Thoughts was sent to me via email by two different people this week. I couldn’t help but share it with you guys. I keep laughing at them over and over.  I repeat, I did not write the below comments and am in now way taking credit for them, just simply sharing the awesomeness which ended up in my Inbox twice this past week. Now…..if only I can figure out WHO this guy is who wrote the list……he might just be my other half. ;)

    Enjoy!

     received via email forward…

    Brief explanation: This is from a “20-something” and offers some fresh insight. Just a few Random Thoughts:

    I wish Google Maps had an “Avoid Ghetto” routing option.

    Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you’re wrong.

     I don’t understand the purpose of the line, “I don’t need to drink to have fun.” Great, no one does. But why start a fire with flint and sticks when they’ve invented the lighter? 

    Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you’re going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you’re crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

     I totally take back all those times I didn’t want to nap when I was younger.

     The letters T and G are very close to each other on a keyboard. This recently became all too apparent to me and consequently I will never be ending a work email with the phrase “Regards” again.

     Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn’t work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ’s. We just figured it out. Today’s kids are soft.  

    There is a great need for sarcasm font.

     Sometimes, I’ll watch a movie that I watched when I was younger and suddenly realize I had no idea what the hell was going on when I first saw it.

     I think everyone has a movie that they love so much, it actually becomes stressful to watch it with other people. I’ll end up wasting 90 minutes shiftily glancing around to confirm that everyone’s laughing at the right parts, then making sure I laugh just a little bit harder (and a millisecond earlier) to prove that I’m still the only one who really, really gets it.

     How the hell are you supposed to fold a fitted sheet?

     I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in. 

    I think part of a best friend’s job should be to immediately clear your computer history if you die. 

    The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

     A recent study has shown that playing beer pong contributes to the spread of mono and the flu. Yeah, if you suck at it.  

    Was learning cursive really necessary? 

    Lol has gone from meaning, “laugh out loud” to “I have nothing else to say”.

     I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

     Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.  

    Whenever someone says “I’m not book smart, but I’m street smart”, all I hear is “I’m not real smart, but I’m imaginary smart”. 

    How many times is it appropriate to say “What?” before you just nod and smile because you still didn’t hear what they said? 

    Every time I have to spell a word over the phone using ‘as in’ examples, I will undoubtedly draw a blank and sound like a complete idiot. Today I had to spell my boss’s last name to an attorney and said “Yes that’s G as in…(10 second lapse)..ummm…Goonies”

     What would happen if I hired two private investigators to follow each other?    

    While driving yesterday I saw a banana peel in the road and instinctively swerved to avoid it…thanks Mario Kart. 

    MapQuest really needs to start their directions on #5. Pretty sure I know how to get out of my neighborhood.  

    Obituaries would be a lot more interesting if they told you how the person  died. 

    I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water. 

    Shirts get dirty. Underwear gets dirty. Pants? Pants never get dirty, and you can wear them forever.  

    I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least kind of tired. 

    Bad decisions make good stories.  

    Whenever I’m Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don’t mind if I do!

    If Carmen San Diego and Waldo ever got together, their offspring would probably just be completely invisible.

     Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I’m from, this shouldn’t be a problem….

     You never know when it will strike, but there comes a moment at work when you’ve made up your mind that you just aren’t doing anything productive for the rest of the day.

     Can we all just agree to ignore whatever comes after DVDs? I don’t want to have to restart my collection. 

    There’s no worse feeling than that millisecond you’re sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.  

    I’m always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to. 

     ”Do not machine wash or tumble dry” means I will never wash this ever. 

    I hate being the one with the remote in a room full of people watching TV. There’s so much pressure. ‘I love this show, but will they judge me if I keep it on? I bet everyone is wishing we weren’t watching this. It’s only a matter of time before they all get up and leave the room. Will we still be friends after this?’ 

    I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Aghh!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What’d you do after I didn’t answer? Drop the phone and run away?

     I hate leaving my house confident and looking good and then not seeing anyone of importance the entire day. What a waste.  

    When I meet a new girl, I’m terrified of mentioning something she hasn’t already told me but that I have learned from some light internet stalking.

     I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it’s on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.  

    Why is a school zone 20 mph? That seems like the optimal cruising speed for pedophiles… 

    As a driver I hate pedestrians, and as a pedestrian I hate drivers, but no matter what the mode of transportation, I always hate cyclists. 

    Sometimes I’ll look down at my watch 3 consecutive times and still not know what time it is. 

    It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood. 

    I keep some people’s phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call. 

    Even if I knew your social security number, I wouldn’t know what do to with it.

     Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey – but I’d bet my ass everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time… 

     My 4-year old son asked me in the car the other day “Dad what would happen if you ran over a ninja?” How the hell do I respond to that?  

    I wonder if cops ever get pissed off at the fact that everyone they drive behind obeys the speed limit. 

    I think the freezer deserves a light as well.

     I disagree with Kay Jewelers. I would bet on any given Friday or Saturday night more kisses begin with Miller Lites than Kay. 

    The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimate d that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself.

     

    I hope you laughed as much as I did. Have a wonderful weekend, everyone! ~xoxo Jennie B

  • June17th

    Some days you’re like “woo hoo!!” and others you’re like “mraaaah!?!?!”

    National Geographic Turtle

    No matter what kind of day it is..this turtle says ‘em both.  And he makes me smile, hope he does the same for you.  Happy Wednesday. 

    The weekend is just around the corner..

  • June2nd

    “If it is your time love will track you down like a cruise missile. If you say “No! I don’t want it right now,” that’s when you’ll get it for sure. Love will make a way out of no way. Love is an exploding cigar which we willingly smoke.”  ~ Lynda Barry, writer & cartoonist – via lifeinshort

    love words