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The Blingin' B*tches are Back

Blingin' B*tches SPQ 2010 We are back from our Sweet Potato Queen weekend! OMG, I had the time of my life.  Sister, if this event is not on your bucket list.....it should be.  TIP: Just start planning early! Go to Jill Conner Brown's site at www.sweetpotatoqueen.com and check it all out.  OK-I'm going to give you a little (very small) snap shot of our trip. Arrived in Style-Jackson, MS Airport Attended Meet and Greet at Hilton Went to Big Hat Luncheon Met Lots of Women from all over the country Attended the Ball in Fine Attire Marched in the St Paddy's Day Parade on Saturday Seriously, that was the funnest thing I think I have ever done as a grown up.  I loved the crowd, the children we gave beads to, the little old men who wanted kisses, the young men who wanted pics with us, the women who clapped for us-all of it.  I wanted to do it again right when we finished.  Right then and there I knew it......I was so meant to be a queen.   LOL We attended a pajama pa

Sweet Potato Queen Week

This is my picture of me wearing the outfit I plan to wear to the Big Hat Luncheon at the Sweet Potato Queen Parade in Jackson Mississippi this coming weekend.   I can't believe it is finally the week of the Sweet Potato Queen Parade in Jackson, Mississippi.   I have been waiting and preparing for this moment ever since I heard author  Jill Conner Brown speak at the Merry Market event in Odessa,TX  last year before Christmas.  Jill was just so much fun with her queenly act and comical interpretation of the life of a woman, wife, mother and friend in the South.  She just touched something in me with her message of how she discovered her calling....her talents.....and over came obstacles that many of us get stuck in.  You just have to read her books to get it.....her first book...."The Book Of Love" will make you laugh and cry and help you to understand this whole "sweet potato thing queen parade" thingy.  Read it!  Really... So, Jill got me at that speaki