My addictions - Sewing and Dancing... :)

it's been crazy....

Maria — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:15:11 GMT

January has been crazy and so will February. For the past two weeks I've been practicing 5 days a week with Delirium Tribal and Saidi Belles. This Friday is our Art Bar show (Delirium) and Sat. is our museum gig. I'm excited and believe we will do well. I'm doing my first solo with wings and it's going pretty well. I'm also doing a veil duet with Nat which consist of lots of spinning. All I see are beautiful colors (our veils)..haha. It's fun but I never realized how tiring it would be. I should think twice before I agree to dance with Nat...she's killing me!! JK..LOVE YOU NAT!!!! I seriously need a breather after that routine but I love it!!! Next month Delirium will be getting ready for our TribalCon peformance. I'm excited and a bit nervous since it will be in front of the tribal world!! Plus..it will be my birthday!!!!!!!!!!!! Delirium has lots of talent and I know we will put on a great show. The following weekend is Saidi Belles show in Lexington, SC and after that I will be performing with Delirium and Saidi Belles at Southern Oasis and I will be vending. I must say that I will be glad when all this is over so I can breathe a little. My fiance has been very supportive and I love him for it. Well, at least I have today off. Gotta take advantage of my day off to sew a few things that I need for this weekend. Back to work.....

I've started my diet again....

Maria — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:52:14 GMT

I started a diet last year and stop during the holidays and gained all the weight back. Anyway...finally started again about a month ago but finally got serious about it about two weeks ago and I've lost 15 lbs. so far. 155 this morning. Feel pretty good and will continue until I reach my goal of 135. 20 more and counting. :)

I finally did it...it really happened

Maria — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 18:15:51 GMT

Today is a day I will never forget. Usually on Sat. mornings my fiance and I go out to breakfast. So we got up, got dress and out to eat. Afterwards we drove around and he was trying to find a place. I figured it was something related to his passion, photography. Well, to my surprise, we pulled up to a piercing place. Ohhh..I was in shock and nervous. I had talked to him about wanting to get my nose pierced and he finally said we could go one day and take a look. I never thought that I would actually be doing it. I a bit of a chicken and I had not prepared myself to do this. It was probably a good idea that I not know where we were going because I would have been a wreck. Anyway, we walked inside. I filled out the necessary paperwork. I was still in shock and very nervous. I was shaking and I just wanted to get it over. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It was killing me not know and I didn't want to fill any pain. She showed me where I was going to get the stud. I layed back and she pierced me nose. It was a pinch and my eyes watered a bit but it was over in a min. Now I have this pink stud and I love it. My nose is a bit sore but that's ok. It was worth it. You see, this is why I love him so much. He surprised me with this beautiful gift and I am the happiest woman in the world.

i can't feel my legs!!!!

Maria — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 18:17:02 GMT

It started last Sat. I own an condo in this nice little neighborhood were we pay a fee and they are supposed to take care of our landscaping. Well, they do a crappy job and we (fiance and I) got fed up and cut our bushes ourselves. The bushes were as tall as I am and wide. Now all we have is about 2 feet tall. hehe. So we took out roots, planted flowers and lay out some mulch. That was Sat. and Sun. Monday was my tribal class with Natalie and we did FLOORWORK. My poor legs were already sore and floorwork didn't help much but I still enjoyed class and got to work on my technique (which needs lots of work.) Tuesdays after work I took a little nap before heading to practice. Cesar asked me if I was ok since I never nap. I was just tired. Practice for our Art Bar show went ok for me. I'm usually not scared of performing in public but this Art Bar performance is a bit intimitating since it will be the first time I perform there and I'm the newbie!! After practice I was so tire that all I wanted was my bed. Today is my free day (no class, no practice, nada) and I plan to rest. I think I'm getting sick....arg. I'm still sore and need to remember to do some stretching tonight. This weekend we have to finish the other half of our yard, and Natalie said we would be doing floorwork until our Fan workshop in April so I don't see an end to this soreness. This should be fun!!!! I hope I make it..hahahaha :)

Melo crackle pants

Maria — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 23:16:58 GMT

My fiance says I can get them and he will pay for them..but I'm don't know if I should....am I crazy?????

My Birthday Gift

Maria — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:02:07 GMT

I now have a sword! It's soooo pretty and HEAVY! Wow. I finally arrived on Monday but I haven't had a chance to play with it. Between work, class, and practice, I've been sooooo busy and soooo tired but Jessie (troupe member) and I are meeting early for practice tomorrow and we are going to mess around with our swords. Maybe we will come up with a new duet...should be interesting. I'm really excited. Can't wait.

154.5!!

Maria — Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:10:45 GMT

I've lost a couple of more pounds! This is good. I wish it were always like my first week but that's ok. It's a slow process and it's working.

Week 2

Maria — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 17:03:51 GMT

This week was hard but I managed to loose another 3.5lbs. That's a total of 10.5lbs. 20 more to go!!

6 Week Body Makeover

Maria — Wed, 08 Nov 2006 14:03:02 GMT

I started this new "diet" last Monday and as of today I have lost 7.5 lbs!! I'm so excited and motivated. My goal is to loose 30lbs by the end of 6 weeks. Let's see if it happens! Wish me luck.

I have a new addiction

Maria — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 17:05:38 GMT

Since I started belly dancing, I'm addicted to fabric. I love making tiers skirts and harem pants of all colors and prints. I have a closet full of fabric. It first started out that all the fabric was in plastic bags at the bottom of my closet. My fiance then came up with the great idea of making "shelves" and I started putting all my fabric on bolts and stacking them. It literally goes from the floor to the ceiling. So now I've run out of space it's back to the bags again. What's next? I need my own sewing room. Don't have room in my town house so I need a bigger home. Fiance and I are looking at buying a new home with lots of rooms or one that we can expand. Back to my addiction. I have slow down a little bit but I still make my rounds to all the Wal-marts, Hancocks and JoAnns in town, once a week. Haha..I love sewing...