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Kick @ss Hair Falls

Rebecca — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:52:19 GMT

Everytime I wear my pink yarn falls I always get asked where I've gotten them and how to get them... and my response has been.. my friend Anne makes them.. ummm.. errrrrr.... She will have them available soon. Well folks... Anne has them available now on ETSY.Com This isn't really a shameless plug for her site... rather.. just trying to reach all the people who have asked me about them. Her falls can be viewed from http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=40637 and hopefully will be available on SpinningInward.com in the near future! yea... :)

Sierra's Mad Hooping Skillz

Rebecca — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 23:34:36 GMT

Well the child never ceases to crack me up. We have posted a new video in the hoop video tribe but have posted it here for all our non-hooper friends. Peace and love! Rebecca and Sierra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEiOnsHsEAg

Talk about Crazy....

Rebecca — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:36:30 GMT

I haven't even begun to decompress from getting my nuts scorched. Note to self... 4 day burns require days of rest, reflection & nourishment before feeling "normal" again. Anyway, it's 5 am... I'm up and finished packing! On my way to North Carolina to retreat with the Hoop Path peeps and the many incredible people that are gathering. Yep... same feeling as before Convergence... that feeling that your life's about to change exponentially. Well.. anyway, no decompression for this week... ah... well hell.... let's just keep the party going! North Carolina here I come! :) Sending gratitude, gratitude and gratitude to all my SN friends for an incredible time last week.. and to the guy who told me my walls suck....thanks for your support... sending you xoxoxoxox's! Time for me to Shiva up... and head down for the spin!

Getting Your Nuts Scorched!

Rebecca — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 13:24:02 GMT

Wooo...it's been alot of work but finally we are on the eve of Scorched Nuts! Still lot's of cooking and packing to do but looking forward to 4 days full of friendship, music, hooping and debauchery! Tickets are still available at the gates! To learn how to get your burn on go to www.scorchednuts.com

Thank you

Rebecca — Thu, 01 May 2008 18:35:32 GMT

Just wanted to say thank you for all the birthday wishes that were sent to me in PM's. It was a beautiful day and a nice evening hooping and listening to music on the river front! I love you guys..

Love from the West Coast

Rebecca — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:17:55 GMT

Good morning from Sunny LA. I have been awake since 6 am and have watched a beautiful sunrise from the 16th floor of our hotel room. We are staying in Universal City about 10 minutes from the Ellen studios. Our travel yesterday went smooth for the most part. We arrived to the Louisville airport with hoops in hand and certainly had some odd looks from the staff at Untied when I handed them our hoops well packed in buble wrap and tape. I could see that they were holding back laughing and I could imagine the conversations from the people in the loading areas. As we passed through security... we were made to go to the "potential terrorist" area because our tickets were purchased at the last minute. I didnt care because I plan on having everything searched...anymore... but damn..something is a little absured when I see my 5 year old being patted down. Sierra made sure she told everybody where she was going and was sent with well wishes. I was so tired I fell asleep on the plane before we even took off ... waking up only to being told we were landing in Chicago. We had plenty enough time in our layover to actually walk through O'Hare. Sierra enjoyed seeing the dinasuar replica and the really awesome ligtht exhibit through the B to C terminals. We boarded a very full plane to LA...and this time I made it in the air before both of us fell asleep. Again we woke up about 10 minutes before landing which made for a really easy trip on us. When we landed we were contacted by Ellen's producers again and had a driver by the name of Tony waiting on us. He was incredibly nice and accomedating trying to get the bundle of hoops in his car! LOL. When we made it to the hotel, Sierra was wide-eyed.. and said.. this is this nicest hotel I have stayed in my whole entire life! (lol) and I must say.. it is very nice. Once we cleaned up.. we went up the hill to Universal City Walk and met up with one of my friends of 17 years and her husband. While we were walking around Sierra saw hoops in front of Bubba Gumps Shrimp restarurant...and had to go over. Needless to say she was wowing a crowd with her beam me ups and knee action. We all had a good laugh. Afterwards we went down into Hollywood.. and took sierra to the Kodak Theater and the walk of fame. She stood in John Travolta's foot prints and played with a silver man street preformer. Finally we went to eat at this little Italinan Restarurant over on Ventura Blvd. OMG.. It was incredible! Thank you Francisco ( the head chef) for all your kindess. I will post the name and location of it later.. so if anybody is in the LA area... please go. They make their pasta from scratch and it was truely one of the best meals I have had in awhile. I was so tired by the time we got back to the hotel room... I couldnt even connect to let everybody know we made it in safely. So I was floored this morning by all the messages and well wishes for Sierra and myself. Thank you all so much. I have said it at least 10 times to the producers.. the Hooping Community is the best... and I mean it. Amazingly supportive, kind and friendly. Thank you all so much!!!! Really my heart goes out to all of you. So.. we have alot to do this morning. The show is sending somebody at 1 pm to pick up up and we will be taping at 4 pm. Apparently they have changed the air date of the show. I was told it would air on thursday the 20th but accourding to the Ellen Website, it is showing on Friday the 21st. Urggg... emails to send out !!! Love to you all.... we willl post an update of our travel adventures later tonight or in the morning! Rebecca and Sierra.

Almost Ready ...

Rebecca — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:04:32 GMT

This is just an update for all of you who have been asking for one~ it is now 4:46 am. I have officially been up for 24 hours without sleep, but I am doing okay now. I didnt find out until almost 11pm when we were actually flying to LA. There had been quite a few phone calls between producers and myself. Finally an itenary... Our plane leaves at 9:17 am, so I will be leaving for the airport about 7:20 am. Why am I still up, seems to be a resonable question! Well I had so much to do to get ready to leave. A special thank you goes out to Rhonda for coming over tonight and helping me tape more childrens hoops, buying pizza, and keeping me sane! White furry gators had to be sewen... laundry done, an assortment of out fits for the producers to choose from, hoops bubble wrapped for transport... urgg.. the list goes on and on. So by this point.. now that I can finally take a deep breath.... I realize I am hungry and if I go to sleep now... We may miss our flight. I must get Sierra up in an 1.5 hours so.. I might as well stay up. We have a long flight and a layover in Chicago. I will sleep on the plane... I dont think anything will keep me up by that point. We will arrive in LAX around 2 pm and one of my friends of 17 years is going to meet us at the hotel for dinner and an evening out in LA. Im really excited to see her and her husband. Wednesday they will send for us around 1 pm and tape the show at 4 pm. Sierra is doing great. She was asked by one of the producers what she wanted to be when she grew up.. her response... " A Hoop Diva" ... well there you go! I think she is well on her way. ( **laughing**) The show will air on THURSDAY. That is this Thursday March 20th at 4pm est. It will air before we even land back in Louisville at 7:00pm. I have DVR set .. and they have promised a dvd too. So.. that's it.. Time for some breakfast, last minute checks and then waking her up. We are very excited... and appreciate all the well wishes! I will keep all updated as I can. Now.. what should a sleep deprived hoop addict do for an hour??? That's right... turn on some music and hoop for awhile.. gotta get that blood a pumping! Love to all ~

Sierra and I are leaving for LA ~

Rebecca — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:46:46 GMT

Hi... okay.. I have been bouncing all weekend... cause I couldn't post this until today..... Tomorrow Sierra and I will be flying to LA because Sierra is going to be on the Ellen Degeneres Show teaching her some "Hoop Tricks" girls!!!! It is totally crazy.. but here's what happened. A friend submitted Sierra's Hoop Trick Video ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3ES-UEVeE ) to the Ellen Show ( and told me after the fact). That was about 4 weeks ago, not to long after we posted it. Last Friday I was contacted by one of their producers via YouTube and then later by cellphone. Apparently they had showed Sierra's video to Ellen and she loved it. The plan for now is that we will be shooting on Wednesday and it will air this Thursday (unless something changes between now and then)!!! (Still in shock here)... Anyway, Sierra is almost ready to "explode" and so is her momma! Thank you all for all your kind remarks everyone has left on Tribe and on Youtube! We made the vids for fun, really thought it was funny when she was selected to be on hooping.org but this... has gone beyond our wildest dreams! Will post more as we know the details! Peace, Love and Hooping Hugs! Rebecca and Sierra

Spring Is Coming!

Rebecca — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 04:54:28 GMT

Yea! It was a beautiful, warm evening here in Louisville, after snow last weekend it reached 64 degrees! Crazy I know.. but it was a reminder that spring is almost here! Rhonda and I headed out, hoops in hand to the river front. Spent several hours out hooping, listening to music and working out the stress from the from the week. While we were out we had a chance to share some hooping with a young girl and her little brother. It's always a joy to be able to share some smiles and laughter with others in the park. The wind was blowing, the lights were glowing off the river and laughter from the park could be heard everywere. I love these early spring nights.

Demanding Danger Bunny!

Rebecca — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:26:45 GMT

Busy, yucky, crazy Monday in the office until I saw this and laughed! Damn Indigo.. do you always have to be so demanding? Oh yea.. your a red head now with a giant spoon... welcome to the club! :D

New Fire Toy... I want!! I want!!!

Rebecca — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:09:09 GMT

Oh most of you that know me, know I dont ohhh and ahhh to much about something, but when I do... I really am passionate about it.. Well I saw these fire wings today, my eyes popped out, my heart started racing, hands started shaking..... and I thought.. I must have these!! I can certainly get my burn on with them!! Now, brain is rolling thru the rolladex of metal workers I know to help me make these bad boys! They would be perfect for the Effigy night!

Office Blues

Rebecca — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 16:51:01 GMT

Saw this clip today and it made me laugh. Sadly, enough I can relate all to well... ah.. I love computers, I hate computers, I love computers... so for all of us unfortunate souls that are stuck in a square box the majority of our days... here's a little humor break for you... http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=baddayoffice

Sleep Deprived Thoughts....

Rebecca — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 06:26:32 GMT

What gets me through long nights of coding after I have coded all day?? Only 3 things.... *** Determination, Coffee, and Dark Chocolate (it's always about the chocolate) ***** www.scorchednuts.org is almost complete... Which is good cause I needzzzz sleep!

A Perfect Day...

Rebecca — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:14:43 GMT

As it has been noted in other blog post, yesterday was a perfect day... a perfect day on so many levels! I’m still bouncing, smiling and rejuvenated from it. Instead of exhausting me.... it's given me burst of motivation, energy and drive. It was a day I have needed... a day to pull me outside of myself... and a reminder that in serving others you are truly serving yourself. For the past several months, it has been my goal to unite the SOB's( Southern Ohio Burners) and the Kentucky Burners. I have been wearing Poosie Kat and Chaba's ears off over the subject, so when the opportunity to help out Wolf Run Animal Shelter came up... I knew this would be the perfect event.... and once the tribes were untied... what a force we were! Never have I seen a group of people make building roofs and repairing fences, not only fun.. But just down and out sexy. We had incredible warm, sunny weather, a large turn out of people, great food , fresh coffee, hooping sessions and were surround by amazing animals. It was a pleasure to finally meet the people from which I have only heard "rumors of". Connections were made instantly and bonds were formed. I’m so happy that my burner family has been expanded yet again.. and I look forward to future interactions. Finally there were the animals... oh what a joy to be around. The lions were humbling as they fur shined like gold in the sun, the goats made us laugh, the deer were sweet but then there were the wolves.. for which we were there. We built 3 roofs over the pre-existing kennels that had been damaged in February's tornados, cemented fence post that were leaning & mulched the kennels for fresh beddings. Several of the wolves were in a fenced area next to us and were nervous about the activities occurring in their homes... but by the end of the day.. they jumped eagerly into their new area with excitement. Then, there was the last gift .. I was handed the keys to another fenced area.. where there were 3 wolves on the inside and another on an outer ring. We were told we could go in with them if we wanted .. but we would get muddy. ( like we weren't already)... So Carrie, Graham, Poosie and I entered first, followed by others later. I was met with great enthusiasm by two of the wolves. They jumped up on us..giving us kisses, love, and an incredible energy. I wont forget the sight of Graham running in circles with them playing like a child, seeing Poosie Kat embracing the large male, being knocked down in the mud, or the look on everybody's face. Pure blissfulness. The sun was setting and it was definitely that "magical hour" for photographs.... there were many taken. So again, I must say Thank you to the SOB's for rallying to the cause and making the effort to come down. Thank you to Karine and the KY Burners or organizing the event and asking for help. Thank you to Wolf Run Refuge for what you are doing for these amazing animals... and Thank you to the animals for your unconditional love and support. It was you who by far helped us (me) more than we helped you. I feel very blessed. A comprehensive collection of pictures will be available from http://www.flickr.com/photos/rhellemans/sets/72157604030350666/

Sierra's Weekly Hooping Review

Rebecca — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 05:15:35 GMT

So a little hooping moster has been created! This week's hoop lesson is a review of last weeks. So get ready girls! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN3ES-UEVeE

Trials and Errors

Rebecca — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 05:17:46 GMT

Dying to make a travel hoop to carry on bike rides and other adventures... made my first collapsible hoop this evening. All in all I am very pleased with the ease of which it collapses and the overall weight. Will be making more of these bad boys.... and definately need to get back to spending more time in the hoop.

Sierra on Hooping.org website

Rebecca — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 02:41:15 GMT

Thanks to whoever submitted Sierra for the Hooping.Org Website. She is featured for her hoop trick of the week! http://www.hooping.org She told me last week she was famous.. and well this will seal the deal.