This is awesome: librarians gone wild!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
dinner
Last night I made chocolate-beet-cherry cupcakes. They are divine. Phew.
Thursday, July 09, 2009
officially summer
This guy is at every summer festival/outdoor event with music, and he's awesome. He cannot be contained.
Thursday, June 25, 2009
No life...
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Out of the house...
Our little family decided it needed to get out of the house and away from the TV for a little while today, after a morning of sleeping in and watching HGTV, so we ventured over to Lake Zorinsky for a walk. Wow, I forgot how long it takes to get around that thing when you're going so slow! It was hot, too, so Ryker pooped out quickly...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
accepted
Going a bit stir-crazy. I've been home for 6 days now (well, 5 if you don't count the day in the hospital), and haven't done squat. Today has been a bit more active - helped the hubby fix the gate on our fence, weeded my veggie garden, started some laundry. Can't tell if the exhaustion I'm feeling right now is the result of exertion or lack of calories. The DH says I've lost some weight already but I don't see it. And I bet the scale wouldn't see it either - the weight has probably just shifted to my fat face.
I miss dancing. I miss eating. I miss smiling. Not really missing work at all yet...doubt that will set in. But still - I really dislike this break from life. Obviously, I'm not missing whining, huh? :P I'll stop. Need to clean up a room, or make something, or read, or prepare for my summer class that starts this weekend...
Sunday, May 03, 2009
School's out!
In other exciting news, I'm days away from being put under anesthesia and having my face sawed apart. Fun! My jaw surgery is Thursday, so I'm trying to wrap up as much work-wise, dance-wise, home/garden-wise and volunteer-wise as I can before then. Tonight I'm going to set up my "command center" on the nightstand - move a power strip so I can have my laptop and cd player close by, stack my books and projects within reach, and see if we need more pillows. I put a bunch of audio books on reserve at the library, so those will be picked up tomorrow night, including another David Sedaris... I bet my dear sweet husband will be thrilled! (Last week before Ha Ha Tonka! I made him and my brother listed to part of "When You Are Engulfed In Flames" and I thought they were going to hurt me...but it's so funny!)
Better get moving - going to dance for a bit...while I still can.
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
only a belly dancer
Can clean the receipts out of her purse and find one that reads “Feather headband…$27.”
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Go Vermont!
Wow, first Iowa and now Vermont! Oh, to live in a state that isn’t stuck in the dark ages…
Monday, April 06, 2009
a belly dance month
This weekly, a few members of the Raqs Awn Belly Dance Collective (our newly formed troupe) braved the forecasted blizzard and drove to Des Moines, IA, for the 12th annual Rainbows of the Desert workshop. This year’s instructor was Jasmin Jahal. It was a great workshop – we learned a 6 ½ minute choreography that works with our dance style. Add to that some great shopping, free breakfast and a hot tub, and you’ve got the makings of a fabulous weekend. We even had a former Diva fly in from Colorado to go with us, so there was also a reunion of sorts.
This is the first belly dance weekend of several this month. This upcoming weekend, Calliste of Basharaat (Lincoln, NE) is teaching a drum solo workshop here in Omaha, after which ML and I will be performing in the evening show. The weekend after that is Tribal Elevation in Golden, CO. I’m really excited for that workshop – 3 days of classes with Rachel Brice, Ariellah and others… It’ll be a long road trip and some even longer hours of dancing, but it’s my first Elevation and I can’t wait!
While I’m off in CO, the rest of Raqs Awn (or as many girls as are available) will be dancing at the Earth Day Omaha festival in Elmwood Park with the Lotus Dancers as part of the Bellydance Caravan.
Phew…that’s a lot of dancing!
