early friday morning blogging

have i already said how much i enjoy getting up & getting my day started before sunrise? because i do love having a lot more time in my day :) so glad i figured this out after only 28 years of sleeping until noon, lol! there is something special about the early morning, the birds are so excited when the sun starts to rise & the sing such pretty songs, not the same songs as you hear from them throughout the day, these are special "it's gonna be a good day" songs :) and the chipmunks are more relaxed too so you can watch them for longer too. since i live in the south i also love starting my day before the temps get up to 100! it makes poling so much easier when it's not blazing hot.

oh speaking of pole, i went to my audition on wednesday, it was my first time auditioning for anything ever so i was really excited about it. the studio i had my audition at was wonderful! they had such a great setup going on, they had a boutique, stage, a big pole room with several different poles in all kinds of materials :) stainless, brass, powder coated... i did my audition on the brass since i needed to hold extra tight with my newly acquired jade split. the ladies at the studio were so sweet & seemed like they would be a ton of fun to work with! i hope they call me back :D the pole dancing community is so tight & supportive that i don't believe anyone would ever say anything unkind to anyone about their style, moves, ect.. it is definitely something you want to be a part of! i also believe it is gonna blow up soon && i'm so happy to be as advanced as i already am when it does... that kinda makes me a pioneer you know?!? & that is pretty freakin' exciting!

(eating a blueberry crisp cliff bar & i'm not diggin' it so much this morning, coffee is yum though)

i only have 2 chapters left in Priceless & i am so glad i read it! it is a wonderful book, very easy to get drawn into. i hope Nicole Richie writes more books, she is great at it! i bought Pride & Prejudice the other day but i can't get into that style of writing :( when i was in school i wasn't made to read the classics at all, i just had to pick books that i was interested in. it was cool back then but now i wish i had read them so i am going to TRY to work them in to my reading schedule too!

i had TT yesterday for the first time, i enjoyed going & i'm glad i qualified to get it for free since i couldn't afford it otherwise. i feel like that is going to help me so much in my daily life, i hope i am right! i feel like i need a safe place to go & talk about things that nobody really cares to listen to, often times i am like a broken record but i seem to have to same ole BS go on all the time & it's stuff that is beyond my control for the most part :(

OMG & IDK if i said this or not but the last time i worked i got written up when i first walked in! there was a medical emergency in my BF family & i received a call after i was in the parking lot of my job so i took the call & it took a few mins longer than i expected (obviously since it was an emergency) i got into work 5 mins late (keep in mind i was in the parking lot & had been for a good 10 mins & we have cameras so you could see i was there) i was written up on the spot, even though my BF's father had just had a heart attack & was being rushed into emergency surgery. i seriously almost went off! but i didn't! it just set my day up to be horrible & for me to be in a fowl mood & feel so disrespected. not to be all blasé about it, i understand rules and all that shit, but when something like that happens & you still get in trouble it's honestly just a tad bit ridiculous. if i was any kind of girlfriend i would have said "fuck this place" & gone with my man during that difficult time. i can't imagine if something like that happened to my daddy! i would be a basket case! they really like to mess with your mood & mind there, it's border line abusive sometime. all the yelling when we can't read minds is insane. i'm so thankful to have a job but i can't wait to get something without meanies for bosses.

well damn! i guess i need to get to poling, it's nearly 7am!

Bangs! & Sedu love!

i THINK i want bangs! i haven't had them since i was about 12 & they were horrible back then! i blame that on me being too young to know what to do with my hair & being too old to ask my mom for help, lol! it's been 15+ years so i'm ready to try them again & if it looks like shit i can always pull my hair up with bobbie pins!... right?!?! nowadays i use a flat iron so i'm thinking i can pull off bangs ;-) i want longer bangs, not the short kind that go to your eyebrows. i actually cut "bangs" to my chin on new years day to see if they were annoying & so far so good! i would like to cut them to my cheek area & see how that works out for me. i have really thick hair so i have to do thin/wispy bangs or they "fro out", that is one more reason they looked like shit back when i was 12. Oh & speaking of flat irons, i got a really bad ass one! its a 1 1/2" Sedu Pro Ionic Ceramic Tourmaline Flat Iron! it works very fast & only takes me about 15 mins to straighten my hair! it makes a huge difference! see...

^^^before sedu^^^

^^^after sedu^^^

house stuff

so... i want to paint my pole room. i want to paint it either silver or bright white. i plan on putting a glaze over it too so i need to decide between glitter glaze & metallic. i would rather the room be a little darker so i'll probably go with the silver with a glitter glaze if it looks OK. i also want to paint a border/frame around my mirror "cluster" & get a few more mirrors to make them go floor to ceiling. when i hung them i wasn't able to climb the pole & i hadn't even begun to work on floorwork so having them only in the middle of the wall made sense.

^^^looking into my pole room^^^

^^^looking "out" of my pole room^^^

^^^the windows in my pole room(i would like to have some better looking curtains too!)^^^

^^^looking out from my pole room into my dining room, which is actually my game room^^^

i would LOVE to move the air hockey table & foosball table upstairs to to black room but they are really heavy & i can't move them by myself so they will be in the dining room until i can make someone help me :D

when i take down my christmas decorations in a few days i will need to re~decorate with my other stuff & since it's all put up i can kinda start fresh :-D i want to buy some white flowers for my living room since it's bright orange i need to stay away from adding even more color, i also wouldn't mind moving the furniture in my living room around. if i do that i'll need to do something with the walls too. i want some big metal flowers for my living room walls so bad but i can't find any that i LOVE! so until i do my walls can stay naked :-p i would also like some new lamps that actually match my shit! & if i could make the fireplace "blend in" a little more that'd be great too! it looked fine back when i had glass top tables in there, now that i have the darker wooden tables it kinda makes the fireplace stick out. IDK i just want it too look like it goes together.

that picture is older so i don't have that shit up on the mantle anymore, now its christmas trees & snowmen (only 2 more days of that) but everything else is the same. so you can see why i want to move things around & put stuff on the walls :D i would LOVE to put that TV up on the mantle just to get it off my floor but its one of the HUGE old TVs so i'm not so sure its a good idea to put something that heavy up there.

i have been eyeing a chandelier from Urban Outfitters for a while now & i've pretty much decided i'm never gonna be able to buy it. BUT the other day when i was taking the above pics of my pole room i happened to look over to my dining room & look what i found!

haha! yup! i have a chandelier in that room just waiting to be used! i never use my dining room, well i put the christmas tree up in there at holiday time & i have my air hockey table & foosball table in there... see, no reason to have a chandelier in that room at all!!! so i want to take it down, paint it & switch it out with the one above my kitchen table :-D

this is the one i've been drooling over

& this is one i saw while looking through etsy

now i know mine is a totally different shape than these but if i can find some paint that is safe to be used on a lamp (in hight heat) & some glass beads i will be able to recreate the look i love for really cheap! my kitchen is belize blue & i have been wanting to incorporate some red in there as an accent color. right now i only have red flowers for my accent color, lol. here are some pictures of my kitchen so you can get a better idea of what i wanna do.

i also want curtains for the windows by my front door. they are pretty expensive so i'll probably never get them :-/ i guess i need to make some!

i have too many ideas & NO money so all i can really do for now is scoot furniture around & blog about i would like to do someday...

*ETA IDK WTF happened with the color of the text on this post :(

pole stuff 12.30.2010

today while i was poling i decided to try inverts on spinny since i hadn't done that in a while & i was a lot better at it than the last time i tried :-D i would say its been about 3 months since i took the pin out & played so i was really happy to see how strong i've become! so far i can only do 3 inverts with out holding the pole with my hands so feeling secure to do that while spinning is a big thing for me :) my parents got me a crash mat for christmas & it should be here by 1.7.11, once it gets here i want to try some new stuff!

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!