The Sassy Steel Magnolia

music snack: sing along on this one.

Jennie B — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:04:06 +0000

It is my finding that no matter where a person is – Subway, the Corner Store, a local Shrimp Shack, etc – when this song comes on they can’t help but sing along. (even if it’s to themselves) It’s just one of those songs. A tragedy if you DON’T sing along. You waist a completely perfect sing along song.

Bonnie Raitt – Something to Talk About

I hope you took a few minutes to sing along with Bonnie.

And if you didn’t, I hope you press play again. You’re welcome.

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

#winning

Jennie B — Wed, 16 May 2012 01:30:14 +0000

I’m not made of tiger blood as a certain Sheen apparently is, but I do indeed feel like throwing the #winning around lately. Remember those goals I told you about a few weeks ago? Well I’m happy to report I can officially cross two of them off.my.list. !

10 mile bike ride? CHECK!

Of course I made Justin stop for a photo op at the state line.

Running my first 5k since college? CHECK!

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM. (<—- that’s a boom of excitedment) Who doesn’t love a good overly-dramatic finish for the camera? Thanks, KG, for capturing my big moment. ha ha

And here’s a few more pictures from my trip to Connecticut. It was such a wonderful couple of days – I’m pretty sure I might still be on an emotional high from it all. I love my family.

My 80 lb early morning wake up call, Cadi.

My Sista Sista with my Precious Baby Niece and Goddaughter, Amelie. She’s the first baby I have ever willingly held in all my 28 years.

I don’t want to share too much, so that’s all for now. Just wanted to let yall know that I did indeed survive goals # 1 & 2. (still working on that # 3 but I’ve still got a few months) This past weekend I did yet another thing that shocked the ca-rap even out of me, but I’ll share that with you soon.

What can I say – life is good, my friends. Life is good.

music snack : she ain’t got that boom

Jennie B — Wed, 02 May 2012 09:02:02 +0000

Updating my playlist to put a little pep back in my step, I thought back to my college years and songs that would help me get through practice or early morning workouts. One in particular sprang to mind, and with it came memories of my dear friend, Brittany, who would always finish singing if I started. I officially added it to the playlist last night & thought I would share it with you all today. Enjoy!

Blaque – She Ain’t Got That Boom Like I Do

What can I say – I like to get a little sassy with my workouts. Makes the whole high-intensity, physical exertion situation a little more tolerable.

Cause she ain’t got that boom like I do ….

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The Music Snack comes out every Wednesday to put a little rhythm in your week. Requests are always welcome, so don’t be shy!

a girl & a goal (or three-ish)

Jennie B — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:22:06 +0000

It seems I have been a girl on a mission lately. A couple of them, actually. Three in particular.

Mission 1 - I’m flying to Connecticut this weekend to see my Sista Sista & meet her new precious baby girl, Amelie. While there I’ll be biking to Massachusetts with my brother Justin on Saturday morning. I just started riding again (and by again I mean since ohhhh about age 12) when I bought a used bike for $25 about a month ago. Now granted it’s only a 10-ish mile ride we’ll be going on, but I haven’t biked for longer than 6 1/2 miles without finding myself in quite the pain pickle. (I believe I may need a new seat.) My goal in this mission: not to fall off the bike, to make it the cafe in Mass, and to not seriously damage …. myself.

That's my bike!

Mission 2 - My practice is supporting a 5k race series out Charles Towne Landing which begins in May. I was doing my social media thing at the day job when on a wild whim I decided to sign up for the 5k on May 10th. Now that may not sound like a big deal to some of you, but for a girl who fell off the work out wagon big time in a I’m not dancing anymore and I don’t have to bust my body to be perfect in front of 60,000 people so I’m not gonna and you can’t make me frame of mind a few years back, a 5k is a pretty big deal. (yea, umm, someone had a few issues to deal with in case you couldn’t tell) I’ve been back on the work out wagon for a year or so now and well, here’s hopin! My goal in this mission: to finish in 35 minutes …. and still be able to enjoy the Caribbean food at the after dinner. (It’s Barbados night on my selected 5k!)

my usual running path (aka my yellow brick road)

And for the big finale: I came across a DVD titled Amelie the other day at Target. Given it’s my future goddaughter’s name, I couldn’t help but pick it up. It wasn’t until I got home that I realized the entire movie just happens to be in French. (pause & cue subtitles, here) Regardless, half way into the movie I was hooked. It really is a great movie with what I imagine to be very French-like quirks. Then the epiphany (for lack of better words) struck: I’m going to FINALLY learn French so I can watch my new movie without subtitles AND be able to understand it. And I am going to do this by the end of 2012. That’s 8 months. I have 2 iphone apps to help me get there and will gladly accept applications for practice chats. Tips, of course, are quite welcome. I took French in high school and have always wanted to be well versed in another language – so it’s looking like now is go time to get on that.

1/1/13 - I will watch you minus subtitles!

*So with all of that said – am I obsessing with the goal thing? Maybe / sorta. But since there’s two semi-short term and one long term, I think it’s okay. I know some may disagree with the idea of setting goals with all the backlash and personal ramifications if they don’t happen yadda yadda yadda, but I think it’s healthy to have a few goals swimming around out there. At least that’s my story and I’m sticking to it.

Au revoir pour le moment! ~jB

sassy starter : word of the day

Jennie B — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 09:09:33 +0000

de·sire

[dih-zahy^uhr]

Noun:

1. a longing or craving, as for something that brings satisfaction or enjoyment.

2. an expressed wish; request.

3. sexual appetite or a sexual urge.

Verb:

1. to wish or long for; crave; want.

2. to express a wish to obtain; ask for; request.

Synonyms:

noun. wish – longing – craving – request – lust – will – want

verb. wish – want – will – crave – like – yearn – long – covet

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Desire is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. Desire is the fire that sets action aflame. The same sense is expressed by emotions such as “craving” or “hankering”. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of longing is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of the item or person, and they want to take actions to obtain their goal. When a person desires something or someone, their sense of longing is excited by the enjoyment or the thought of the item or person, and they want to take actions to obtain their goal.

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Human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action. - Hobbes

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire. - Jean de La Fontaine

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman is for the desire of the man. - Madame de Stael