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One of my friends made a comment on facebook today about Bank of America and while I totally agree with her ,it reminded me of a story that I must share with you. Before moving back to Colorado permanently, my husband and I had to return to Texas without our children to pack up our life there and bring it back here. This whole process was, well to say the least, probably the most stressful two weeks of my life. First off, I missed my kids like mad, even though there was no way we could have gotten everything done with them there. Second, we had two properties there including the one we were living in that needed renters. Third, we had a property management business consisting of 75 doors that needed to be handed off for good. Last but not least, pack all of our crap into a huge truck which always sucks!! (more…)

I believe seasonal change brings about new inspiration. Well that, in addition to the fact that I just moved back home to Colorado and have been “honeymoon” mode if you will for the past two months. Yes, I realize the honeymoon ends and at some point I might find myself again saying, “what am I gonna do now or what should I do next”? But while this possibility is off in the distance, I am embracing the much needed life change and starting to build up rather than just laying foundation. (more…)

Aside from life itself, so much as happened since the last time I posted. In due time, you will hear all about it, especially the really juicy stuff. But for now, I’m keepin’  it short and sweet. After a small sabatical if you will, I’m back. Back in the habit and back with a new found ambition. I was in church this past sunday and the pastor said something that I thought was very profound. (more…)

This really is my true passion. If you haven’t read my bio, please do, it really explains what makes me tick. When I was pregnant with my first I was so lucky to land the best job possible. My dad told me about an ad in the newspaper looking for a seamstress for a high end interior design workroom. Long description I know, but I thought I should go check it out. I did at that point just get my degree in Apparel Design and Merchandising with my concentration in Production so I happened to know my way around the sewing machine pretty damn good if I do say so myself. Plus I’m really good at doing things with my hands, I pick things up really easily. I can see something done once or twice and pretty much wing it from there. It’s actually how I learned to cut my husbands hair but that’s a whole another story. Turns out this job ended up being an amazing blessing. This was by far the ideal job for any pregnant girl, I got to sit all day and do the one thing I loved, which was sew. (more…)

Well the rumors are true. Familia Pina- Anderson is packing up and going home…. to Colorado that is. I am just as shocked as anyone else at this point. It all happened so fast it’s surreal. As I stated in my previous post, I had been praying for quite awhile as to what we should do, what direction we should go and when it was going to happen. If I wasn’t clear enough before, I got my long awaited answer upon my throne, my bike. I do not question at all the authenticity of this divine intervention. And since that point I have not faltered in willingness to follow orders. Now to dispell any, uh, how shall I say…. haters out there who don’t believe in getting answers from none other then yourselves, let me just explain how it  happened to me. I have yet to hear some loud booming voice saying “Jasmine, this is god, I’m here to tell you the answers you seek, you shall now go and……”  If that has happened to any of you than that’s freakin cool. I don’t doubt that god would take it upon himself to be that obvious if that were his will in order for that person to fully receive his message, yet I believe he created each and every one of us in such a unique way he expects us to use his guidance with our own intellect and go forth to seek, find or do on our own. Jesus does not magically provide a magic carpet to take us from one place to the next. Just like your mama said, “god gave you two legs, use them”. (more…)

I do and don’t mean this literally. God is the one responsible for saving my soul, but he saved it through a medium I would totally and completely understand. I want to add, I believe he does this for everyone. He uses the things he knows we have in our heart to send us messages. This has not been the first time he’s done it either. Back in college after being heartbroken from a breakup, I turned to music and fitness for solace. At first I did it for revenge, I did it to get in shape and turn his head. Despite what he may say I know it worked. But I’m grateful it turned into something for me, something I hadn’t expected and I quickly became addicted to it. I became addicted to the bass from the beats. (more…)

Well, I am turning 30 in 10 days now. I think I’m among the last out of all of my friends. In retrospect, if a forty year old were reading this post right now, she’d probably say, ” ha, thirty is nothing, wait till you turn forty, stop whining”!

It’s been really weird though I’ve been going through some really weird changes. For one, I woke up one morning and decided it was time to take my nose ring out. I’ve had this nose ring for ten years now but felt it just wasn’t me anymore. On to some ink maybe…. ha, as if that’s any more me than a stupid nose ring. No seriously, I really want a tattoo. (more…)

While my idea for this shot I think was in the right place, the outfit did not turn out so much as planned. Fear not, I have  ideas in the works that will visually convey mashupmama like it needs to be. In the meantime I’m lucky I share an office with an extremely talented photographer, Laurie Mire, and this shot she took combined with her graphic skills came a sunshine mashup. I’ve talked about it before, but since so many people have been asking me these days, where did I come up with the name mashup mama, I thought I should take the time to explain. Long story short, there’s five things in my life that I’m really passionate about. My faith, my family, my love of design in all facets but mostly interiors, my addiction to exercise and nutrition, and my never ending quest of entrepreneurship.

The beauty of blogging is that we can have our own voice on the internet and we can pretty much do and say what we want. Since there was no other way to for me to effectively do all of these things and choose five different titles, I chose one. Because at the end of the day, all I really am is five different women mashed into one. Thus, mashupmama.