A week in pictures

It's been a little over a week since I last posted and I'm going to share the photos that I took over the week.

We had our photo shoot last Saturday!  Chris got tired and I passed the time by taking photos in between sessions.

I found a lovely lady in Taiwan to send me one of the Asia exclusive Pandora beads.  This beauty is on it's way to me as we speak (type) !!!!

I submitted this photo for last week's photo class, which focused on color contrast and balance.  I was chosen as one of the class standouts for it!!! (see badge to the right)

There was kitty love as always!

We went for a night bike ride later in the week and had to bundle up :)

Yesterday Stacey and I visited the Pandora store while Chris got tattooed.  I got a few goodies and the Pandora store showed me some love with a $20 gift certificate just for commenting on their facebook!

Today we had PBB rehearsal and I took my photo for my class.  This week's lesson was about background and depth.

I hope you enjoyed the pictures!  I've been continuing my running.  I just don't have any pics of that haha.  It's hard to take a picture when you feel like you're about to pass out haha.  It's getting better though.  I ran this morning for a little over a mile comfortably.  On Tuesday I'm going to up my distance to 2 miles.  I'll keep you updated on how that goes.  

Running and winning!

Hey folks!  It's been a busy week since I've been here.  In my last post I talked about some of the things that I wanted to get done in the coming year and boy did I kick it off right!

That next day I mailed out 2 postcards and did my first run/walk of the year!  I had been putting the running off because of the cold weather but I decided to suck it up and just do it.  It was around 32 degrees that morning but I didn't die.  I've been running/walking ever other day so far.  On Wednesday I ran the whole mile without stopping for a walk break!  I was so proud of myself.  Well I went out this morning in 25 degree weather and had to walk twice for a short stretch.  The cold really slowed me down.  I still made good time though.  I'm trying to get to where I can run a mile comfortably and then I'm going to up my distance.  I've been using the Nike+ GPS app on my phone and I really love it!

This past Monday was a great day!!!!  We won the National Championship!!!!  It was great game and we watched it with some awesome friends.  I don't know if I've mentioned this yet but Chris is building me a Alabama Pandora bracelet now.  Every time Bama wins a game I get a charm for my bracelet.  This was the other thing that I was referring to in my last "I Want Wednesday..."  We went to the Pandora store in the Summit on Tuesday and he let me pick out 4 charms!  He said that I needed more than 1 for the National Championship win and I won't be adding anymore beads until the fall.

I've also started taking an online photography class and the best part is it's FREE!  I follow this wonderful lady on Instagram and she's a high school photography teacher.  You can sign up for it through her blog.  <------Click there to join the fun!  We've already had one lesson but you can jump in at any time.  This is the picture I submitted for my first assignment.

I used Chris' fancy Nikon D3000 and I think it came out pretty good.  

Burlesque is back in full swing!  We have a Review show at Green bar on Jan. 28th and we are doing a Valentine's show Feb. 11th at Green bar also.  Check out www.Pinkboxburlesque.com for more info :) We have our individual and cast photo shoot tomorrow.  Should be lots of fun as long as it's not too cold.  

I think I've covered most of my busy week.  Hope everyone has a great weekend and see you soon ; )

I Want Wednesday...

I haven't done an I want Wednesday in a few weeks.  So I thought it was about time.  This one is going to be a little different.  I guess you would call it my New Year's Resolutions, sort of.
 

I want to become a runner this year.  I don't have to be able to run a marathon or anything.  I just want to be able to run a mile or two without feeling like I'm going to pass out.

I want to read more books this year.  I have a lot of free time at work and I'm really going to try to spend more of it glued to a book instead of a computer screen.

I want to send more snail mail this year.  I love postcards and letters!  Getting something in the mail (that you want) is a rare occasion.  I want to change that for my friends.  If you are reading this and want to do the same hit me with your address :)

I want to be a better Burlesque dancer.  I love burlesque and I want to only improve my skills.  I don't want people to feel like they see the same thing from me every show they see.


Well I'm sure I could think of lots of others to add to this list but I think that's enough for now.  I hope all of you had a great New Year's!  What do you want to do differently with this year?

Long Time, No See

I haven't blogged on here in a little over a year and I feel terrible about it.  Life just gets in the way sometimes.  Tons of stuff has happened since then but I won't bore you with all that.

Chris and I spend most of our time working but we manage to squeeze in a little fun here and there.

We have a PBB show tomorrow so I'm excited about that.  Show day is always a rollercoaster of emotions but in the end it's all worth it.  Hearing the audience clapping and cheering, you know that you've put on a great show!  Tomorrow's show has a "Christmas in July" theme.  I'm going to be a snowflake and presents just to name a few of the acts.

This is my attempt to keep this blog up.  So we'll see how that works out. :)

Ramblings

We went out to Kobe with Mama Dixie, Tesla, and her husband last night. We enjoyed some Japanese food and drinks while we talked PBB business. It was awesome getting to see them! I think I'm having burlesque withdrawals, haha. Not for long though. We are about to start a crazy rehearsal schedule that will take us to the end of the year. We have some awesome shows coming up and I will be sure to post about them on here.

Today has been a pretty good day at work. It looks like it's about to start pouring down rain outside though. Not surprised, I checked the weather on my phone today and it showed thunderstorms for the next 6 days! Crazy, I know. I've totally exhausted the internet today. I ran out of things to look at and read. Shocking, I know. I should have brought a book.

I've been looking at this website recently. It's swap-bot and it's pretty neat! I want to join it and participate but I'm afraid that I don't have the time. Have any of you ever used it?

So anyone got plans of the seeing the new Sex and the City movie this weekend? I want to see but not bad enough to fight the crowds this weekend.

Oh yea, I'm getting my hair cut and colored tomorrow!!! I'm excited, can you tell? haha Well I will try to take some flattering pics tomorrow and post them for you guys.

The Beginning

I've been tossing around the idea of starting a blog for weeks now. So today looks like the day it's going to happen. This isn't the first blog I've ever had but I hope it will be the best! I get kind of lazy with these things after a few months. So if you people like what you read you might have to harass me about it if I start slacking.

The title of this blog might change. Especially if we have some conversation over a few Margaritas. Haha. Tattoos and burlesque are definitely a huge part of my daily life but I know I can come up with something a little more clever, so bear with me.

Well I hope you've enjoyed the first post. They can only get better....I hope :)