Ok, so I am finally, finally starting to shed the awful 48 lbs I gained while working as a Captionist for 4 1/2 years. We will just say that desk jobs and constant access to fast food do not suit me. I have no idea how that much weight creeped up on to my body, but it did and I am horrified to think about it. Actually, I think moving to a little town with not a lot of easy access to the 8 million stores and malls within a 2 mile radius of both my job and home has had a lot to do with it. ... read more

Today I wish I were writing about something nice, but instead I found out something really sad. When I was first learning to belly dance, I had a wonderful teacher named Kim Forrester in Albuquerque, NM. She was always enthusiastic and fun and highly skilled and she shared what she knew for a very reasonable price. I had no idea what this meant at the time, but her first teacher was Suhaila Salimpour. To me, that was unimportant. All that mattered was that I was finally learning the danc... read more

The time is getting closer for us to be moving into our new house. We have 20 days left before we sign all the final paperwork and take our drumming and dancing selves in to 'warm the place up' a bit. I can't wait to unpack and dig out all my costuming. It's all been hiding away in boxes since February along with most everything I own except for my laptop, a few books, and a very few crafty things like embroidery and knitting and my CD's and weights. I have been living on a pittance of 2 ... read more