Let's Dance!

That is...Pole Dance!

For my birthday my husbands BFF bought me and his wife Pole Dancing lessons at Aradia fitness.

SO MUCH FUN!!!

Another one of my friends signed up for the class too and we three have been swinging ourselves sexy for the last 4 weeks.

The lessons are a lot of fun and definitely a work out! Our last class was last night and I am sore!

The first portion of the class is sexy walking and floor routines with the last half of the class on the pole. We learned how to Show Girl, Stripper Kick, left and right handed Pole Holds, Fireman Spin, Merry-Go-Round, and Big Dip among many (MANY!) other things.

If you are ever looking for a fun workout or just something fun to do with friends (that your significant other will definitely approve of!) I highly recommend finding a class near you! They have many different levels of Pole classes as well as Booty Boot Camps and other classes.

I hope you have as much fun as we did!

Who am I?

My world has been rocked! I'm not sure what is real anymore. Certainly the aliens are about to invade and are playing mind tricks on me as what I'm about to tell you can certainly not be true!

I think I have a new favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor.


I know! It's unheard of! It's dangerous! It's exciting! It's confusing!

As those close to me know, my favorite Ben & Jerry's flavor has always been .....oh no....I can't even remember what it's called anymore! Ahhhhh! Ok, breathe, breathe, click, click, it's Chunky Monkey! I cannot believe I had to look that up!! The world is coming to an end!!!!

The rival (wining?) flavor is now Strawberry Cheesecake.

Help! Has this ever happened to you? Did you survive? What was and is your favorite Ben & Jerry's/ice cream flavor?

Happy St. Patricks Day!!!

I really like this holiday for some reason....I'm not Irish (not fully anyway, I may have a little in me) and I've never been to Ireland, but for some reason I just really like this holiday. Hmm, on further thought, I think I'm a holiday junkie, lol! I think I just really like holidays, any day to celebrate and be happy is a day I like. Which, yes, I know we should celebrate and be happy every day, but I just really like holidays :)

Tomorrow is my sisters birthday and I'm hoping my card gets there in time. I meant to put it in yesterdays mail, but of course forgot and didn't have a stamp, so it will go in todays. She will be .... 30? That's what I have written, but I'm not quite sure. Wow! Time flies! Happy early birthday Sis! I love you bunches!

I have a new love :) It's called Knock Off Wood!


I love Ana's site and I know you will too! I've got a list a mile long of the things I want to make. I think I'll start with this and then move onto this! This chick seriously rocks!

Now off to work! I hope you all have a wonderful St. Patty's day! Here's an old Irish blessing for you :)

May the road rise up to meet you.
May the wind always be at your back.
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
and rains fall soft upon your fields.
And until we meet again,
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

A Birthday Celebration

Today is my birthday!

Happy Birthday to Me,
Happy Birthday to Me,
Happy Birthday to Meeeeee,
Happy Birthday to Me!

I always feel wierd saying "my" birthday because I have always shared my birthday with PB, who is my moms best friend and was there when I was born. Each year we celebrate together and there are always fun and lasting memories. We not only celebrate with each other but typically celebrate with her son Lyon, as his birthday is 9 days before ours, and her boyfriend Basil, as his birthday is 9 days after ours! Fun times!

This year was no exception for celebration, so we gathered at moms house on Sunday and had a wonderful meal with very fun and interesting conversations! Here are just a few pictures, enjoy!

We are NOT going to make it!

Shelby is going to be the death of me! Or, if not the death of me, definitely the cause of at least an ulcer.

I don't think the sedatives they gave us are enough and I have expressed my concern about this to the office but they keep giving me alternatives instead of Oking a higher dose or prescribing something more. The problem is that Shelby won't keep the e-collar on when we are not home and when we do let her out of the kennel she still has so much energy and wants to run and play. The problem with her not keeping her e-collar on is that I was worried that she would mess with the bandage over her stiches and yesterday all of my fears came true. Not only did she get the e-collar off again, but she ate the string that ties it on, making it useless, AND she pulled the bandage off her stiches. So now she is at home with only the measly sedative they prescribed and nothing keeping her from picking at her stiches! AHH! I just want to make it to Monday when she gets the stitches out!

Even after she gets the stiches out on Monday we are not out of the clear. The doctor said that the first 4 weeks are the most crucial, but that total recovery time should really be 8 weeks....we can't even make it through the first week!

It's a good thing she is so cute....

Sliced and Diced

Our sweet girl Shelby had surgery yesterday.

She has always had problems with her hind legs and in recent months it just seems to have gotten worse and worse, to the point she couldn't bear weight at all on her right rear leg. We took her in for a consult and were told what we already knew, that she would need surgery. So yesterday she had a femoral plateau leveling osteotomy along with some other stuff that I can't remember the name of. Her main diagnosis was a medial luxating patella, but they had concerns about her femur being curved that were confirmed when they got into surgery which lead to the leveling.

It seems, as odd as it may sound, that the easy part is over. The hard part will be the at least 8 weeks of recovery time. Dr. Keller (who looks EXACTLY like my uncle and is so sweet) said that for the first 4 weeks she needs to "be a rug"...yea. I go today to pick her up at around 3 and I am sooo nervous and scared for the next chapter. If she doesn't stay still and calm for at least these next 4 weeks she could cause the screws and plate in her lower femur to break out of the bone which I'm sure will cause a lot of pain, and another surgery.

Please keep your fingers crossed and send up a prayer for us, we are going to need all the help we can get!

Daddy In Training...