HAHA!!

Heather's awesome Brad made this for me :) He rocks.
I think I'll call it 'Don't even think about sticking that thing in this flower!" heeheee

Last night

Was wonderful.
Mark and the guys were asked to perform at Virginia Samford Theater for the Birmingham International Center. It was a concert to celebrate "Bridging the Peace between Israel and Jordan".
Mark, Mike, Robert and Ryan played at the reception before the main event. They did so well.
I saw Naser arrive and went to say hello. He greeted me with the biggest hug, like an uncle I had not seen in years. I swear, he is the nicest human being ever. He went over and sat with the guys, picked up Mike's Oud and began playing with them! It was great!

After the reception we went to the main theater where some Israeli and Jordanian diplomats spoke, then we were treated to a concert by Naser, a Jordanian cellist and an Egyptian violinist. It was such a wonderful concert!
Tickets to the event were $100, but we were so very lucky to get in for free since Mark performed.

The musicians improved most of their performance and had never performed together before that night. A true symbol that multiple cultures can come together in "harmony". A truly peaceful evening.

SO much better

OK, dancing, some yard work and lots of wine over the weekend was the key to the pissiness ending :)
I am once again...happy DeAnna :) YAY

Did I mention that the barrel turn is my favorite slow move??

Solo...me?

My first solo on video...yay!! :) Thanks D!!

Also, as a bonus....there is a video on her profile of me and Wendi dancing with Carolena!! YAY! I didn't know one was out there! :)

myspacetv.com/index.cfm

10 year anniversary cruise!!!!!!!

Pirates and Rum!!! YAY!!!

Daddy just sent us a confirmation of a 7 night Eastern CarribeanCruise (oceanview room) on Royal Carribean!!! He paid for the whole shabang and flights to Puerto Rico! What an amazing gift!!

Holy frackin cow! I can't wait til August!!!

Depart San Juan (we arrive a day early to tour)
Ports are:
Barbados
St.Lucia
Antigua
St.Maarten
St.Thomas

WOW!! ummmmm....WOW!!!

One year ago

I became a certified FCBD ATS teacher!! I think teaching has taken my dance and technique to a whole new level and I am more in love with ATS today then ever before.
Thanks to my fellow teachers (and best buds) and students for always encouraging me!
Many many thanks to my momma teachers and the FatChance ladies for being such an amazing inspiration!

And a very special thanks to my love who has supported every decision, skirt purchase, weekend with the girls and makeup shopping excursion I have ever had :)

YAY for ATS!

email address change!!

Please change your contact list to reflect my new email address:
ishimmy4me@gmail.com

It defintitley suits me better than the old "Wiccan magickal name" email address did :)

ishimmy4 me represents a different kind of spirituality that I hope everyone finds one day!

Saltanah

Mark's new tattoo. Arabic calligraphy of the word Saltanah. It's beautiful.

Saltanah is an Arabic term that refers to a phenomenon that sometimes occurs during a live music performance.
“Saltanah is the feeling, the ecstasy really, that can occur during a performance, when the energy is flowing freely between the audience and the musicians, and a kind of magic happens … when there is Saltanah, musicians excel, they outdo themselves really and may do things they never thought themselves capable of”.

Little Baby Moemoe

I realized I love painting. I'm not really great at it, but hell...I've only painted 4 times in my life and they have all been in the last month.
We took my mom to Sips n Strokes Friday and here's my painting. I decided the black kitty needed a little nub tail like my sweet baby moe moe. I think she likes it.