Blogging and WEEKLY 3DS, BEDJ, BELLY DANCE, BELLYDANCE, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY LOVE, COSTUMES, MARIO, NINTENDO, OASIS BELLYDANCE, TROUPE, WINE AND LOVE 4:36 PM
It’s Wine and Love Thursday!! Go link up on Suki’s blog!!
Wine:
*Only thing I have to wine about is not getting enough sleep 
Love:
* IT’S ELAINE’S BIRTHDAY TODAY!!! GO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
* Our belly dance Gala is this Saturday!!!!
* All of my costumes are figured out and my skirt is now the right length.
* PJ got me an early birthday present: a Nintendo 3DS!!! I am having so much fun playing Super Mario 3D Land (also another early birthday present).
* Love letters.
Blogging BEDJ, BELLY DANCE, BELLYDANCE, COSTUMES, DANCE, TROUPE, WINE AND LOVE 2:38 PM
It’s Wine and Love Thursday! Head on over to visit Suki and sign up!!!
W(h)ine:
* Elaine hurt her wrist in rehearsal this week 
She’s going see a doctor this afternoon. I hope it’s not broken.
* All of a sudden, I got a case of the sads this afternoon. Right now, all I want to do is cry.
* Time sucks I don’t think I a real, free weekend until the first weekend of July. I won’t be able to see Elaine in her play this weekend b/c…..
Love:
* ….PJ’s sister’s graduation dinner is this Saturday night
* Elaine’s birthday is next Thursday!!! So, you all have to go wish her a Happy Birthday!!!!
* Gala is next Saturday!!!!! So excited to perform!!
*Routines are almost finished!!
* Costumes are all together (I think lol). I had to get my orange skirt altered because I am short and kept tripping on it.
Uncategorized BELLY DANCE, BELLYDANCE, BIRTHDAY, BIRTHDAY LOVE, BLOGGING, DANCE, READING, TROUPE, WINE AND LOVE, WoW 9:21 AM
It’s Wine and Love time!!! Created by Nora and hosted by Suki, we come together each week and say what’s got us reaching for the wine glass and what’s has our hearts bursting with love!
W(h)ine:
* I need a new mattress My back and shoulders hurt when I wake up in the morning.
* I think I have been wearing the wrong size shoe for some time now
* Where has the year gone? It seems to be going to fast
Love:
* Elaine’s and my birthday are next month!
* Choreography is coming together- excited that Gala is in a few weeks!!!
* Going to try blogging every day in June…TRY being the operative word here haha.
* Playing WoW! Haven’t had much time for it lately so it’s nice when I do get time to play.
* Reading a lot more. I need to more book suggestions so PLEASE send them my way (I am up for anything!!!).
WEEKLY BELLY DANCE, BELLYDANCE, COFFEE, FRIENDS, FRIENDSHIP, GALA, HOT CHOCOLATE ALL THE TIME, HOT COCOA, TROUPE, VEDA, WINE AND LOVE, WORLD MARKET 2:57 PM
Since Nora is no longer hosting Wine and Love (she decided to stop after 52 weeks), Suki has taken on the task of hosting! If you are new to the game, head on over to her blog and check it out!!
W(h)ine:
* Whatever is on my thumb isn’t going away fast enough, and I think it’s going to leave a scar. /sadface
Love:
* VEDApril 2012 is in full swing! Check out my latest video here!!
* Having amazing conversations with friends who are too far away to hug
* Got this (European Deep Dark Drinking Chocolate) in our Easter basket from PJ parents!! It’s soooo good! Makes amazing hot chocolate! I really want to try all of them! We also received some coffee that I can’t wait to try!!
* Easter was awesome!!
* Belldance Gala 2012 session started this week! Excited that we have music for Advanced and Tribal all picked out! Can’t wait to see what our second number for troupe is!!
* Happy that Suki is continuing to host Wine and Love!
WEEKLY ANGER ANGER EVERYWHERE, BELLY DANCE, BELLYDANCE, ISSUES, TROUPE, WINE AND LOVE 1:31 PM
It’s Wine and Love Thursday! Link up and tell us what’s on your list this week!
W(h)ine:
* Had a rough day on Monday
Love:
* Excited for troupe tonight
* Looking forward to purchasing more belly dance pieces
* I blogged about my anger issues
* I’m am excited to start learning choreography and putting everything together
* Had Jimmy John’s for the first time EVER- TWICE this week! (OMG…the #12 is AMAZING!)
*Looking forward to seeing the Hunger Games on Saturday
* Looking forward to a relaxing weekend!
WEEKLY DEPRESSED, FITNESS, HEALTH, PRAYERS, SELF HARM, SELF INJURY, TROUPE, WEIGHT LOSE, WINE AND LOVE, WRITING 12:12 PM
It’s Wine and Love time!!!
W(h)ine:
* Money….don’t make enough of it, never have enough of it lol
* Diet and exercise have not been going so well
Love:
* I bought both of these prompts from Doni and am so excited. Got my first prompts this week!! Can’t wait to see more. You should buy them (and use this links in here- I get money from each sale)!
* I made this awesome meal this week that I will hopefully blog about this weekend (including pictures!)
* Check out the Habibi Hips performance at Bellydance Superstars Club Bellydance:
* I blogged about my ongoing struggle with depression and cutting
* Had a great meeting with Madre Annie <3
* I have a lot of great things to look forward to next week: PJ and I’s 1 year anniversary, seeing the play Chicago, CRAWFISH!, Patty in the Park and a BBQ for the season finale of The Walking Dead with friends and family
Blogging and WEEKLY BELLY DANCE, BELLYDANCE, LOVE, STRATEJOY, TROUPE, WINE AND LOVE, WRITING 11:33 AM
It’s Thursday….again! Man, I just can’t believe how the week seems to fly by when I realize it’s Thursday. That mean Wine and Love time! Hosted by the lovely Nora!
Wine:
* I’m not getting enough sleep. When I don’t get enough sleep, that makes me grumpy. Not good for anyone!
* Finding out you aren’t friends with someone and not really know what happened and not being able to find out what went wrong.
* Not making enough money at work. I like my job, don’t get my wrong, but since Courtney moved out, rent and bills have to be split by three instead of four. It’s okay, though. We making it work!
* The weather has been so gross lately =/
Love:
* Monday was the day with ALL the good things: I got this book in the mail (which I WON in the giveaway by this awesome woman); y’all should all read it, it’s so good; I received my Valentine’s Day blog swap from her as well as stuff I ordered from Sephora!
* Tuesday was the day WE KICKED ALL THE ASSES! The troupes at the studio where I bellydance (you can check it out here) had the chance to dance the Bellydance Superstars Club Bellydance show! It was so awesome! We all had a great time. You can check out the Shimmy Peppers video here. Habibi Hips (the troupe that I am in) doesn’t have a video of just us up yet (though there is a video of us on Facebook featuring up around the 14 minute mark). I am working on getting the video from PJ’s phone ASAP. Will hopefully have it soon.
* On Wednesday, I found out I was the first winner in Doni’s giveaway. I got to pick which prize I wanted (they were all awesome), and I am now going to get 2 months of Birchbox for free!! I am excited about this because I LOVE LOVE LOVE makeup (I would love to be a makeup artist one day) and have always been curious about Birchbox. Now I get to try it and see if I really like it (I’m sure I will since a lot of people I know use it and love it hehe).
* I am also excited about her journal/blog prompts that start in this month!! You should totally do this!!!!
* Excited for the new season of Stratejoy bloggers! Although I didn’t make it this time, I am excited to see what this season brings! Oh, by the way, if you can spare a few minutes, go vote for the First Stratejoy Essay Contest! There are so many amazing ladies up for this!
Blogging BELLYDANCE, DANCE, FAMILY, LOVE, PICTURES, TROUPE 8:43 AM
Another year, another Gala down. This is my second Gala with Oasis. We celebrated 10 years this year. Such an awesome thing. This night was filled with love and stress and everything in between. I was in 5 numbers!! Yes, 5. I know, I’m crazy but I love it. I wouldn’t have it any other way. I also celebrated a year of being part of Habibi Hips. Oasis has become a second family to me. I have found life long friends here, I have grown (and continue to grow) as a dancer here, I have learned things about myself and how to express them here, I work out my problems here. We have cried together, we have laughed together, we celebrate life and one another together. This is love, pure and simple. I leave you with these pictures:
Me, before the Gala began
Shimmy Peppers
Tribal class
Habibi Hips
PJ and I
Uncategorized ANNIVERSARY, BELLY DANCE, BIRTHDAY, CELEBRATION, HAIR, LOVE, SHORT HAIR, TROUPE 3:55 PM
I’ve noticed that it has been some time since I’ve written an actual post. So, I thought I would give it a try today.
Life has been stressful lately. In case you do not know, I am a belly dancer. I take dance at a studio in town and am part of a troupe at the studio (Yay Habibi Hips!!!) Well, we have our annual Gala this year. It’s big because not only are we celebrating the awesomeness that is belly dancing, but we are also celebrating 10 years of the studio being open! Everyone dances at the Gala. I am in five numbers (one of them being a Zumba preview). Gala is NEXT Saturday, the 25th, the day AFTER my birthday! Yeah, it’s crunch time. I know that if we get it together and practice our butts off, we can pull this off. I know we will. We have some killer performances. I cannot wait to share them will you all. Hopefully my mom will get awesome pictures and give them too me soon after.
So, my birthday is next Friday. PJ and I are going have dinner somewhere nice. I can’t wait!! This Saturday, we are having my pajamas, potluck and pillow forts party at our apartment to celebrate mine and the roomies birthday (she is ten day older than I am). On the 25th, we are having a huge dinner at a Greek restaurant in town. It’s where we usually go for belly dance things. It’s a lot of fun and we get to dance more. I’ll get to spend my birthday with people I love and get to dance!!
PJ and I celebrated three months yesterday. He surprised me with lots of pictures from the past three months. We both cried. No one has ever done anything like that for me…..ever. I just couldn’t believe he put that all together for me. We had a great dinner and relaxing night catching up on TV. I’m lucky
This is what he did for me:
I’m also thinking about cutting my hair. Like this:
I haven’t received many positive comments but it is MY hair, like everyone is telling me.
So, that’s what’s been going on with me lately. What have you been up to?
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