it's been a long time...

Wow! I haven't updated this in forever! Good news! I have stuck to ALL of my B~Day Resolutions :) i have been on a 3 day a week, 3 hour a day pole schedule for well over 6 months, & i can now do several inverts! Inverted Crucifix, Gemini, Scorpio, Cross Knee Release, Basic Butterfly, Cross Ankle Release, working on the Marley, Yogini & i just got my first Superman!

^^CKR ^^

^^Elbow Grip^^

^^Gemini (outside leg hang)^^

^^Scorpio (inside leg hand)^^

^^a sweet bruise from my Yogini attempt^^

pole has been going great! my parents got me a crash mat for christmas so that should be here soon & i can start working some harder inverts & i will be able to get higher up the pole when i invert! I entered a pole competition in october, i was selected to compete but i pulled something in my shoulder & didn't get to :-( but it did help me to complete one more of my B-Day resolutions, i choreographed a routine for my submission video & one for my competition!

i wore shorts almost every day over the summer :-) with SPF 110 all over me so i stayed nice & pale just the way i like me :-D

i cut most of the HFCS out too!!! I also have been stretching a lot more but i am not as flexible as i would like to be. i wanted to start working on over splits 1•1•11 but thats less than a week away & i don't think i will be there by then, i am still working on being more flexible so it will happen soon :) i just found out that my pole idol Alethea Austin is making a stretching DVD & i am super excited about getting that soon! it is scheduled to be out near the end of January 2011! if anyone is interested it will be sold on alethea-austin.net . she is an awesome pole artist so check her out!

let me see.. what else has happened since i last blogged?....

i hit 23,000 in my jeep :-) i think thats pretty good since i got it in February 2006! i love my jeep!

i discovered i am a perfume ho! lol!

i cooked & baked a lot of yummy vegan stuff! i discovered Gardein brand vegan meat replacements AKA "Faux meats". all of their products are insanely delicious!!!

^^Vegan chili mac^^

^^Vegan chicken fried "steak" with gravy && barley, snap peas & carrots^^

^^Veggie soup for the first sunday of NFL football this year^^

^^Potato, onion & mushroom Gnocchi^^

^^Cashew, Apricot & CreamCheese Muffins^^

^^ Primal Strips are so yummy!!^^

^^Gardin Buffalo wings^^

^^my cute new coffee mug^^

^^Chocolate Chunk Hazelnut Muffins^^

^^Peanut Butter Maple Syrup Cookies^^

i broke my first bone over the summer. on July 2nd i was working on a gemini & came out of it too fast & smacked my foot down too hard, my monkey toe popped & turns out thats what happens when you break something o_O ouch!

^^broken toe^^

^^Pups on the 4th of July^^

i had several hummingbirds visit my feeders everyday over during the warmer months, i really enjoyed watching them everyday & so did Alizé & Keyleigh!

i discovered Firefly Vodka!

i went to my first NFL game this year too! i have been a fan for years but i had never been to a game. it was a preseason game so we got to sit really close, only 12 rows from the field :-) i had a lot of fun! Go Falcons!

i was a retro pinup style sailor for halloween this year & had a lot of fun at my parents party!

^^i had to get a pic with my pole while i was dressed up, hehe^^

i went to some shows & had way too much fun, don't remember half of them or how i got home, but i do remember that i had a blast! lol!

^^Of Mice & Men^^

^^Emarosa^^

^^Dance Gavin Dance^^

^^i love the city at night^^

i voted in the Mid-term Elections November 2, 2010. it's fun to "make your voice heard" :-)

i cooked Thanksgiving dinner this year & had my parents over to eat for the first time ever! It was really yummy! i made a "Traditional Style" Roast Tofurky, a OJ & Brown Sugar Tofurky Roast, Green Bean Casserole, Roasted Veggies, Dressin' & Cranberry Chutney.

i crocheted a scarf while watching football on sundays, week 14-15. i just made it up as i went, i think it turned out pretty cute!

it snowed on Christmas here in GA, it was the first time since 1882! && it was my first white christmas EVER! i was really excited :-)

^^all of my babies playing on Christmas morning^^

so, thats whats been going on in my life over the past 8 months :) hopefully i'll remember too update this thing more often! i have misplaced so many recipes since i haven't been entering them here :-( i really should go through my stuff & type the ones i can still find in here!

February 20th 2009

i have a lot to say so here goes... 

Bella's 5th birthday is next thursday so i have been trying to come up with a nice doggy friendly vegan cake recipe to make for her, i think i am going to make a pineapple cake but i'm not sure about the icing yet. i really want it to be healthy or at the very least not terribly unhealthy for them. i got her a cut little squeaky plush diamond ring & martini for her B~day & a cute shirt && a collar... i hope she likes her stuff :-D i always get excited about my babies birthdays, lol. i need to get both pups new ID tags, i had changed my # around thanksgiving & when i got the pups new ID tags i got christmasy ones, so yeah i would say i need to get them some normal ones :-)  

i haven't been knitting much lately, i have been bored with patterns & the yarn that i have in my stash is boring too :-(  i have one more row to sew together on my filet crochet bat blanket & then that will be done, yay! too bad i'm being lazy with my crafty stuff.

this past wednesday i *rediscovered* vegan cheese! i had tried several brands in the past & i wasn't very impressed so i kinda gave up on having cheese for a few years, anyways, i tried the follow your heart vegan gourmet cheddar & i LOVE it! i think i have been vegan for so long that i forget how animal milk cheese taste, lol. i made some mac & cheese with it & i thought it turned out really yummy, Gary (he's a newbie vegetarian) liked it too & said he "could see where i would think that tasted like cheese" so i guess it's somewhat close. it melted very nicely too! yum! 

i've been looking for a nice little pair of vegan pumps in a cute/fun color, i'm having trouble finding any locally. i also want some cute new earrings... i'm just saying :-)

OMG! liveMocha! i have been learning french for free on a online site livemocha.com i also signed up for spanish & something else that i can't think of right now. you can take as many languages as you want, i like it a lot. 

moving on to super girly stuff (lol).. last spring i started using a diva cup, i loved it from the start, even with the slight *learning curve* i just had to say i love, love, love it! it is well worth the $30! i LOVE it! can't imagine life without it. 

well, i think i've said everything that was on my mind... night!

Halloween 2008 ! part 1!

it's already September 8th! halloween is creeping up on us :-) that means i need to figure out what kind of costumes i will be making for the pups with a quickness! last year i was thinking of making Osker a karate kid outfit, but i recently saw some clip from a movie called "karate dog" & it looked really dumb so i think he's gonna be something else, lol! we didn't do halloween last year (if you know me you know why) so this year i'm gonna *do halloween* for sure! i saw a cute Dr. outfit for Oskie & they have a cute nurse outfit that bella could wear too! but i'm not real sure yet.

ok, back to work!

7.29.08

Sunday was my first born baby girl, Alizé Elizabeth's 7th birthday! she had a nice little *party*, i'm pretty sure she enjoyed herself = ] i can't believe she is already 7 years old! time passes by so damn fast, it's crazy!  she always enjoys opening her presents & this year was no different, my baby is a toy hog, LOL!  here is a cute pic of her in all her B~Day paper = ]

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on to the knitting!!! i'm still working on my 2nd tube top, i'm almost done with it, only like 30% more to go = ] so yay!!! i'm getting bored with it, lol!!! i'm ready to be done!!! i have been wanting to knit socks again, i actually picked them up on sunday night & knit about ten rows = ] i really need to finnish my tube first, i can't keep stashing projects when they are almost done!  i think i'm gonna take August to finnish up *back projects* like my socks = ]  and of course *Moe*... my poor little *Moe* needs pants! i think i'm gonna have to undo what i have already done for his pants & re~crochet them because i altered the pattern a lot & i honestly don't have a clue where i put the little paper that i wrote what i did different on... can we say somebody needs to get their shit together?!?!?!  goodness! i piss myself off sometimes when i do shit like that! err! OKey dokey! i'm gonna go knit now = ]

knits,blogs & dogs

i have been working on a lime green bikini lately :o) i can't wait to finnish it! also i'm working on THIS blog layout! it looks like shit right now & i want to fix it! i think i an going to start working on a new sweater for miss Azabella Rayne, she really needs some new clothes! &&&& right now, i'm going back to bed :o)