Hello From The UK, Newbie Here PINNEDHi, I'm Jasmin from the UK. Black biological father, white mother. Brought up with a fantastic parental father. Slightly, shall we say, estranged from my mother but have 4 other sisters. Love music, dancing, nature and movies. Loath fitness but try... See More »
Earth, Wind & Fire "Let's Groove"This came on earlier today. Gets stuck in my head Was playing it, and dancing, whilst I was cooking tea. Great vibe. (1)
Happy Birthday To My Sister!Happy Birthday to my BEAU-T-FUL Sister, Ami (Pronounced Am -Eeeeee) who's 3 today! Lots of lovely food, sparkly and noisy presents and smiles galore! A bundle of happiness and innocence.. Big sis Jasmin 🫶🏽 (1)
MY Top 5 Taylor Swift AlbumsThe Top 5 Taylor Swift Albums Why 5? Why not ?!? Taylor’s a bit like marmite to some. To some she’s a hero, to others she’s talent-less. To me, she’s a really good artist that’s been going on for decades now. She’s proved her longevity. As such,... See More » (5)
Lesson # 2 Million...or maybe I am exaggerating? Just a touch. Anyways, learning to drive and having lessons, most weeks, from my dad. He's got this people carrier.....which is hard to use navigate...but, still, spot of India Arie on the system to calm me down... See More »
Spicy Food Is Delish!So, black girl growing up into a (mostly) white family, living in a multi-cultural part of the country with a big Muslim contingent. There's also, like, 160+ different languages spoken, but that's me filling in the blanks for you. In the space of,... See More »
My Top 5 ABBA AlbumsGoing old school today, to include the widest demographic, and...The 5 Best ABBA Albums, as picked by my good self. See what you think. Agree? Disagree? 5 "The Album" (1977) For me, a continuing piece to 'Arrival', it has 'Eagle', 'Take A Chance... See More » (5)
People Who Find P.D.A's Difficult.I've very much the hugging and holding hands kind of girl - the whole PDA thing ; Public Diplays of Affection - with friends, family and loved ones.. It's hard to sit on my hands and not hold someone's hands or hug them. It never feels right, to... See More »
Jenny Tolman - 'Invent A T-Shirt'Was turned onto Jenny just a few months ago. This is, like, from 2020, and the lyrics really say what' s on my mind! Enjoy, Y'all ! 🫶🏽 (1)
Prefab Sprout - 'Appetite'This is my jam this morning. Spot of UK pop band, Prefab Sprout, called 'Appetite' from their wonderfully named 'Steve McQueen' album, all the way back in 1985. 🫶🏽 (1)
Madonna - 'Girl Gone Wild'Spot of Madonna is my jam today... 'Girl Gone Wild' from the 'MDNA' album... 🫶🏽 (1)
I Am Blessed!Don't tell my great aunt - Lol! - but I do have an ulterior motive of staying with her! Yes, she's cool. Yes, she's been very supportive of me...and, yes, she is very caring. I appreciate her and all that...but... ..She also has a cinema room at... See More »
India Arie - 'Good Morning'My jam today.... From India's 'Testimony, Volume 1 - Life & Relationships' album. Good Morning, SW ! 🫶🏽 (1)
It's Lesson # 2My second driving lesson. Again, with dad. Cold day today, so had the heating up. Again in the 'Starship Enterprise', as we call the people carrier, monster of a vehicle that he drives. So, getting a little bit more acquainted with the controls,... See More »
My Mental HealthI always think of it as tightrope walking with a few jumps, intermittently, as you go along. It's sometimes tough for me, sometimes easy. Family issues and lack of confidence are the main culprits. I've undertook Counselling for the last few months... See More »
I ADORE CuddlesCuddles do really make my world go around. Some of my fav memories are of getting a cuddle at night, when I was younger, when mum was heading to work. That always made me feel safe. Dad's cuddle's upon me doing something nice - usually something to... See More »
60 Years Ago TodayHard to believe that, 60 years ago today, 'Dr Who' came to that little screen in the corner of your room. The thrills, the spills, the tech talk, the monsters, the Darleks, the Cybermen, the Weeping Angels, the riddles, the cliffhangers... Phew!... See More » (1)
Mostly HappyMy counsellor tells me that I am mostly a happy-go-lucky kind of person but with occasional bouts of irrational thoughts and feelings that can go to quite extreme depths. I'll go along with that. I try to hang onto something - anything - that is... See More »
Hate Winter / Love SummerI always find this part of the year a little tough. Essentially, it's too dark! The weather, in the UK at the moment, is mild rather than the usual extremely cold weather that we generally have at this time of year. But, still... Summer....? It's... See More »
Little Jackie - 'Oprah Winfrey'More from Imani Coppola's side project, Little Jackie... A song about a certain daytime TV powerhouse of a celebrity... 🫶🏽 (1)
Little Jackie - 'The Stoop'My GLAMmother turned me onto Imani Coppola, back when I was younger, and I've followed her career ever since. She does a multitude of different styles, and in the early noughties she put together this group called Little Jackie. They're old school R... See More » (1)
Veganuary Coming UpFor the past handful of years, as a vegetarian, I have undertook the January-February Vegan, for want of a better term, 'challenge'. It's cool. I enjoy a wider range of vegetables than usual, in all manner of ways, but... I MISS CHEESE! And, with... See More »
I Take It That This Means..The band, Queen ?!? Phew! That's good! Queen's music has passed along the generations in our family. My dad loves Queen, my GLAMmother more so - she wrote up a list of her favourite Queen albums, her Top 10. @SammyJo - and whether it's been cooking... See More »
Taking Big StepsAKA, My first driving lesson! The Universe has been telling me, this last week or so, to start on the journey (hope you like the pun!) on learning to drive - from friends and family - so, when my dad offered mid-week, and the comment came out of... See More »
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