family portrait

family portrait

Monday, July 20, 2009

INTRO

Hello! I am attempting to enter the world of blogging. mostly to keep in touch with email buddies who are out of state. (hopefully I will keep it up as long as I can stay off the games long enough )

Thursday, May 7, 2009

My birthday present!

At my request, Mark brought me a sword for my birthday! 2 of my troupe members learned the sword for our show earlier this year and now I want to learn.
ok, now if I don't move..........I'm fine LOL

Celtic Woman

Last month we went with our best friends to see Celtic Woman. I have wanted to see them for a long time so it was quite a treat! The pictures didn not come out too great--We weren't supposed to take pictures and they were policing the area so I snapped a few at the end of the show. I figured if they threw me out then, it didn't matter LOL
Its not a good representation, but the staging was really pretty!

Monday, April 20, 2009

I attended a belly dance show in MA recently was really great





when i saw this leopard outfit I was drooling



just hanging!



Chillin' Beanie





an unusual sharing moment!




Friday, February 27, 2009

Beanie's growing up!


She's not itty bitty anymore! her favorite things are food, torturing the other 2 cats and laying in front of the heater :)

Beanie's growing up!

Her full name now is Beanie Bug Pirahna Ninja because she bites like a pirahna and she likes to sneak up and ninja people. (that's a verb in our house now, ninja)

AHHHHH!!!


Meghan and Beanie


Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Meghan's school picture



OK, who took away my little girl and left this young lady!! LOL! Its one of those cases where you see someone everyday, but you dont really see them.

Thursday, October 23, 2008

The newest member of our family

The newest member of our family

We finally gave in to Meghan's request for her own pet

We finally gave in to Meghan's request for her own pet

Not sure of her name yet either Beanie or Kitty

Not sure of her name yet either Beanie or Kitty

I have to admit, she's kinda cute!

I have to admit, she's kinda cute!

I have another belly dance performance under my belt!

I have another belly dance performance under my belt!

Even though I tested out my cane in the wind earlier in the day

Even though I tested out my cane in the wind earlier in the day
it was still interesting whirling it around!


all dance fun after the performance!

all dance fun after the performance!

Strike a pose!

Strike a pose!

Dance Oasis group picture

Dance Oasis group picture

I recently went on a retreat to my "heaven on Earth" Omega

I recently went on a retreat to my "heaven on Earth" Omega

me before heading up my favorite spot the sanctuary

me before heading up my favorite spot the sanctuary

stairs heading up to the sanctuary

stairs heading up to the sanctuary

Fountain in the sanctuary that I like to read by

Fountain in the sanctuary that I like to read by

looking down from the sanctuary

looking down from the sanctuary

Omega Flowers

Omega Flowers

Bird at the window

Bird at the window
one of my favorite things to do is to watch the birds at my window. this pretty gentleman decided to pay me a visit this morning during my morning oatmeal

Garden pictures

Garden pictures
After a year of searching I finally found a birdbath that I liked

close up

close up
It has celtic designs on it

My archway at night

My archway at night

Meghan's 12th birthday

Meghan's 12th birthday
We celebrated Meghan's birthday on her birthday this year

the cake

the cake

death of a pinata!

death of a pinata!

the scramble for the candy!

the scramble for the candy!

My little monkey butt!

My little monkey butt!

Meghan and her 2 best cuz

Meghan and her 2 best cuz
Meghan was lucky to have a visitor from TN here for her birthday this year!

Me and Ace

Me and Ace
I got to go to a mini concert and meet Ace Young from the 2006 American Idols!

Chicken!

Chicken!
He was giving all the girls a kiss on the cheek but I chickened out so I think he kissed the top of my head LOL

He was nice and down to earth (and handsome) :)

He was nice and down to earth (and handsome)   :)
Here I am spelling my long name for him, LOL

some pictures from the mini concert

some pictures from the mini concert

Lucky girl!

Lucky girl!
He sang happy birthday to a girl celebrating her 16th birthday!

belly dance show at Effendi's

belly dance show at Effendi's
well I survived my 3rd performance. It actually went quite well, even though I was really nervous before I started I relaxed a bit and actually enjoyed it

another one

another one

and another one

and another one

WooHoo! finally have my archway

WooHoo! finally have my archway

been collecting wood forever and finally got it up (with alot of Mark's help)

been collecting wood forever and finally got it up (with alot of Mark's help)

belly dance show

belly dance show
Well, I did it! I danced in my first belly dance show. During the first number, my heart was beating so fast I am surprised that it didnt explode! Out first number was an egyptian dance unfortunetly, there were difficulties with my camera and I only got one blurry picure It was really neat we had costumes and wigs it went really well it was an easy dance anyways with a lot of syncronized movements ps i am second from the left end

cane dance

cane dance
another one (I am on the right)

Cane dance

Cane dance
Our 2nd dance was a cane dance (that's me in the back)

cane dance

cane dance
I think the look on my face was when I realized I was in the front row LOL

and one last one

and one last one

celebrated Meghan's 11th birthday July 1st

celebrated Meghan's 11th birthday July 1st

It was very windy at the pond!

It was very windy at the pond!

the cake

the cake

opening presents

opening presents

my poor car

my poor car
I had a car accident on June 1 '07 and for those of you who know me well---no it wasnt my fault :P a car cut me off and i hit him, then bounced off went into a fence and barely missed 2 trees and came to rest against a small tree.

accident scene

accident scene
this is the fence i went through and the trees i barely missed

cute kitty

cute kitty
Cheyenne was snuggled against the teddy bear that the ambulance people gave Meghan I thought it was cute

Trouble

Trouble
gotta give equal time to the other kitty of course

and of course cant forget the mutt

and of course cant forget the mutt
Pedro

Front yard garden

Front yard garden
Wanted to share my garden project in my front yard Here is how I started out

Fencing

Fencing
here it is with the fencing all up and all the junk pulled up

and one more

and one more

Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry
We went to Nashville last month(April 07) and to visit an old friend (hi Jeri!) it was a great trip hope to go back wasnt able to do everthing I would have liked in 2.5 days got to visit the famous Grand Ole Opry

Me & Kenny

Me & Kenny
me at the airport with my man (I wish) Kenny Chesney

Restaurant

Restaurant
this was an aquarium restaurant we ate at

Me & Meghan

Me & Meghan
Me & Meghan on the boat

Rising star?

Rising star?
(as long as the mike is off LOL)

Meghan & Karen

Meghan & Karen
Meghan and her cousin Karen

river in smoky mountains

river in smoky mountains
unfortunately, it was close to dark when we got there but i plan on going back in 2009 and camping this place is beautiful!

view from the plane

view from the plane
havent been on a plane since 1984 so i was not looking forward to it. wasnt too bad though short trip on the way up we hit a storm but it was smooth sailing on the way back