Open Up Your Heart To Me. Show Me All You Are. And I Would Be Your Slave. –David BowieThese Lyrics of David Bowie’s hold true for me. It is why I adore children and dogs. They open their hearts to me … Read More
Caught in the act! Blonde Bishop officially missing. Pablo chief suspect (I found a pawn in his mouth). My Chess Bud, The Pip. The King Stands Alone Mummy (Me) and Pip. My eldest daughter is going through an UK phase–loving all … Read More
The clip below is a Zumba dance choreographed by me to LMFAO’s Sexy and I know It.Just to be clear, the dances I post are not interpretive dances. I choreograph the dance specifically for a Zumba class. They are fitness … Read More
Pablo and Fernando. This is how my boys sleep during the day–piled on top of one another on the leather sofa back. It’s always Pablo on top–Big bro Fernando doesn’t seem to mind. Although, Pablo (Old Boston Bull Dog) is … Read More
You know you’re life is nothing but music and dancing when in the middle of showing your guy a new dance, the tea kettle beeps that it’s ready and you say, “Wait a sec. I just have to fill the … Read More
I live on the top of a mountain overlooking the city on one side and a massive lake on the other. The forests surrounding my home are filled with coyotes, deer, bob cats, raccoons, owls and the odd bear or … Read More
Tuesday night we attended a fabulous Jazz concert down town at the community theatre. Mist, my eldest daughter, played Monty (her bass clarinet). The concert was fabulous. Robert Fine, a local Jazz singer, accompanied the band on a few numbers. … Read More
My latest Cut-Up T-Shirt creation. I made it last night. It is my favorite. The secret is to purchase a tight and long t-shirt made of spandex and other artificial fibers. They fit so nicely without getting too saggy like … Read More
Queen of the world: Me on the Costa Brava, Spain I love chess. The queen is the most powerful piece. It is relaxing and challenging at the same time. I love to play with my girls. I’ve been looking for … Read More
HARD day. no. No. NO. NO. NO! That sums up my day. Tired from reading and hearing that word all day long. After a day of that word I received a last minute request from the University. Could I sub … Read More
Above pictures of me taken this past fall, 2011 by my daughters (they capture my true wanna-be personality). Vampires and Witches.We are no different than other moms. We just work after dusk.This is who I have become unwittingly. I want … Read More
For Pippi’s 6th Birthday party we invited her entire kindergarten class. I rented a hall and we held our first ZumbAtomic Party! We danced, played dance games and had pizza and cake. It was a raging success and Pippi had … Read More
My latest choreography for ZumbAtomics. My lovely dancers Tabs and Nem helped me out. I thank them as they were tired as we filmed this just after an hour long class. The song is The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The … Read More
I arrived home from teaching dance at 6:30 pm (yes my lungs held out for the entire class, YAY!) and this is what I found: Pippi sound asleep in the locked dogs’ kennel. Tabs was babysitting. I asked Tabs, “How long … Read More
OK, I am a self-admitting blogging addict. And as such, I had sworn of blogging for a few days. But I could not resist just one quick post of my darling pup Pablo in his ear braces. He has long … Read More