I have been putting off writing this blog because that somehow makes the situation even more real (I guess?), but we lost Bunny on February 18. She had declined quickly and horribly the previous 2 days, and by that morning she was just done. She had thrown up on her bed and wet her bed and couldn't move a muscle. Just her sweet, big brown eyes ( Read more... )

As we say goodbye to another year, it's time to review the good, the bad and the ugly that came and went with it. 2009 was definitely a transition year ( Read more... )

I hate vacuuming. Not so much because it's just a sucky chore, but because my work is always in vain. I have 2 dogs, and therefore a hair problem that no vacuum can stand up to. For many years I have dreamed about one day getting a Dyson, the gold standard in vacuums that supposedly "never lose their suction." Sure they don't. After a few passes in ( Read more... )

So I returned from my Palm Springs vacation with Angie like, an hour ago, and just found out that my beloved Bunny has cancer.  I am so devastated right now.  She had that cough, and our vet said se was fine and it was a food/stomach problem.  It all cost us several hundred dollars, and it wasn't even what was wrong with her.  She was still sick, ( Read more... )

Tonight was the summer wrap-up ice cream social at the Zoo.  I was the only one of us who went, which I figured would happen since everyone else lives so far away.  I felt a little sad on Friday as I exited set for the last time, but tonight really feels like the big end because, well, it is.  lol   I have so many great memories from this summer, ( Read more... )

I have to leave in about 5 minutes for the first day of class and I am soooo excited!!  Even though i've been dancing most of this year in a company, nothing beats some good technique classes.  Well actually, I guess performing beats everything, but I'm just really looking forward to getting back to where I was.  I haven't been in Colleen's class ( Read more... )

So AG and I went to the Fray concert tonight at Coors (or Cricket or Verizon or whatever the hell it's called now), and it was AMAZING!!!  I have been thinking of writing a blog for some time now about my obsession with the lead vocalist's phenomenal voice, but have never gotten around to it....until tonight.  This band is just soooo great, and ( Read more... )

So I was supposed to teach a 5-week Ballroom session at a studio, when they decided to start the session a week early, knowing very well that I would be out of town at that time.  Trying to be as helpful and accommodating as I could, I agreed to let them have someone else cover that first week.  When I called to find out how that first week went, I ( Read more... )

So I was just reading A's friend E's LJ about an iron distance tri she's doing...Now THAT'S hard-core.  My little pussy distance tri is NOTHING compared to that!!  lol   I admire her so much!!      Well, baby steps for me, I guess.  :)

So my lovely but lofty goal for this year of training and competing all season in the sprint races so that I can do the super in October and win (insert cheesy smile HERE) totally went up in smoke.  I am just now starting to run and bike again (without my knee brace!!  YEA!!!) and am gearing up for October's race.  While I am bummed that my little ( Read more... )