Belly Dancing

For those of you who have never tried belly dancing (and I was in that group until just a little bit ago), it is a blast! I decided to do a 2 hr stint at 24 hour today and do pilates and then belly dancing. I've been really unmotivated lately with exercising, so I'm trying to spice it up! Below are the reasons I think we should all move our bellies!

1. You will NOT be the fattest or the skinniest girl in the class! (always a plus)
2. You will now want to go out and buy the cute shiny, jingly thing that most people had around their waists--and yes, it comes in a multitude of colors--even hot pink!
3. You can learn a new dance form and improve your health at the same time
4. You can either learn a sensual new dance or take a few lessons from the one person trying to turn it into strip-tease belly dancing
5. You will laugh your butt off (which is good) when you look at yourself in the mirror trying to do this
6. You realize that the people who look cuter doing the "shimmy" moves are the ones with smaller chests---you normally realize this as you are trying NOT to turn yourself black and blue due to the size of your chest (except for the strip-tease artist mentioned in #4)
7. You realize in the middle of class, "I can't wait to write on my blog about this!!!"

I hope this encourages some of you to get out there and shake, shimmy (but be careful!), and in general get your groove on!

Lovin' Homeownership!

There are still TONS of things that I have absolutely no clue about, but I love having my own home! Thursday I wasn't feeling good, so I put off watering the plants thinking, "I think I remember the weather man telling me it was going to rain soon", and lo and behold a monster storm came through! That apparently was the highlight of my morning yesterday as I bragged to another teacher that I was so glad my plants got water--care of God, and not me. Oh well, they're still living after 3 weeks, which is the big goal!

I'm planting zinnias today--who knows what they do---guess I'll be finding out! Jeff's doing the yard work and I'm learning more on plants--what fun!

No news on the wedding invitations. I found a few possibles, but nothing that was absolutely it. Oh well, I'm narrowing down the "don't wants", so I guess that's the positive. The other positive is that there are only 6 more weeks (yes, I said 6) of school! It's been a rough year, and we're going to have lots of changes at school for next year, so I'm looking forward to it. Yes--you did just hear me say I was looking forward to change--and no, I'm not drunk or drugged as I'm typing!

Hmmmm.....

You know...there are so many things you have to think of when you do wedding stuff. For example, you have to think of what you'll like 40 years down the road--not just right now. That's one of the harder things because I change what I like all the time! A few years ago, I was "the child that hated polka dots"--when mom was trying to figure out things we liked/disliked. Now I love polka dots--not necessarily on clothes, but on other stuff it's really popular and cute. So now, poor mom is just absolutely confused. Just when she thought she'd figured something out, I go and change on her!

I'm really excited b/c mom and I are going to look at some invitations tomorrow. I've looked at TONS online and have even ordered catalogs and samples from a few places, but I haven't found "IT". I can't believe how "prom-like" some invitations are, and how expensive others are. What a business! Hopefully we'll at least find a few choices that are good--that's all I'm asking for!

Then, you have to think of what you are supposed to wear for engagement pictures. I know this is early, but I like to have my bases covered (those of you who know me really well, just think of it like my spreadsheet for apartment hunting!). I've kind of got the whole bridal portrait outfit covered, but now I'm on to other things!

One day (enter March 14, 2009), it will all be figured out. Until then.....who knows! By the way....exactly 11 months from yesterday!!! :)

Pictures--Finally!

Okay--I didn't go overboard with pictures (like I could!), so enjoy!

1. What every girl needs: room for shoes! If I double up, most fit---I've done a LOT of cleaning out! There are also built-in shelves for our clothes on the left. I also now have a double hanging section AND a long hanging section!

2. Vanity--still have to change out countertop and knobs, but now instead of getting to look at this lovely sight from my bed, Jeffery built a wall, so we could enclose the entire closet/shower/sink/toilet area instead of it looking like the 70's hotel wanna-be that it was! Jeff also put in another outlet and towel bar so a husband/wife would actually have their own area! I don't know what the people before me did for the past 30 years with only one!

3. View from the closet to the toilet/shower (on the left) area: I don't even have enough junk to fill up the shelves! Amazing! And no....you don't hit your head on the shelf when on the toilet---many people have asked!