Mantra Monday: Reorganize

~ Reorganize ~

Wow, I woke up one day and realized that my house is all over the place--a complete MESS! Everything is disorganized; and for those of you that know me I am a neat organized person. I had to dig something out of the guest room closet, and this is what I walked into…YIKES!



So…my Mantra for this week is to start getting my house organized as well as my life. First step, figure out what items to give to the good will, too much clutter in this house. How do you start with a reorganization process?

BTW -- This post was inspired by Baby Tea Leaves, the creator of Mantra Monday, thank you Christi, I love your blog.

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Wordless Wednesday: At the Drag Show

GIVEAWAY: Fiber One Yogurt

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Mantra Monday: Relax

~ Relax ~



This time of year is stressful for everyone. But extremely stressful for someone that has lost their job and has somewhat lost their way. I’m not going to lie...life has been tough lately, it’s been hard for me to keep a smile on my face and keep positive. But I’m trying…so that’s why my Mantra of the week is to relax. Relax and enjoy the time with my family and start fresh in the new year. I know that things won’t just disappear for me…but I can re-group and plan a new strategy for 2010. I hope that all of you have a fantastic holiday season…and out of anyone we can all take our queues from Tucker, this boy sure knows how to relax. Enjoy your week.



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Spaz Moment of the Day: The fan

Let me give you a little background first before I tell you about the incident. I recently took over the 9:00 AM Jazzercise class at the Denver Center. I took over this class from an amazing instructor…so I have pretty big shoes to fill; of course, I’m nervous. When I am nervous, I tend to spaz out and knock things over. Another note, I have to move the fan to the front of the stage for two reasons: 1. It gives me a boundary for the end of the stage so I don’t fall off. 2. I sweat like a crazy woman when teaching and I overheat easily. That being said…here is what happened yesterday.

I started off my class without a hitch…my opener was flawless, I did everything perfectly. We started to move up the curve raising our heart rates and I thought, WHEW I’m getting toasty. I then realize that my fan is not on. Ut-oh, I need that fan! So I instruct the students to keep moving and I quickly walk over, grab the fan and put it on the front of the stage. Sounds simple, right? Um, not so much if you’re me. In the process of picking up the fan, I knock over the trash can and it falls off the stage then hitting an exercise ball. The force of the hit from the trash can forces the exercise ball to start rolling towards my students. *sigh* So now EVERYONE is laughing and wondering if the ball is going to come attack them; thankfully it’s a Jazzercise ball that has the little feets on the bottom so it stops right before the front row of my class. I am so distracted at this point, I know that the moves are changing in the song and I need to show the class what the next move is, so I ignore the mess that I just made step away from the fan and the front of the fan falls off. Wow, really? One of my students came up and fixed the fan for me so I could continue to teach. But hey, at least my class was entertained and had a story to tell that afternoon. You never know what is going to happen in class, good thing they require me to have insurance!

So there you go…the Spaz master at work! I hope this made you giggle a little, enjoy your day.

Curious about the Jazzercise moves? You can check them out HERE.

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Tucker hearts Jazzercise

So, I was practicing some new routines the other day and I caught my 4 year old German Short Haired Pointer, Tucker watching the Jazzercise videos! I think that he has a crush on Shanna, she is amazing!

Tucker likes Jazzercise too...maybe he should be my new assistant.



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Dad’s Birthday

This post is a bit late, but we still had a great time at my Dad’s birthday party. I think the hit of the party were the pinwheels on the cake. Everyone played with them at one point, but seeing my 91 year old Grandfather’s face light up when it spun was one of the best things I have ever seen. As always the women of my family (except me) put together a FANTASTIC home made Italian dinner for Dad. We ate, sang Happy Birthday, had some cake and watched Dad open his presents. Of course, before each present was opened Tucker had to sniff it to make sure it was OK to open. Happy Birthday Dad, I love you!

Here are some pictures from the party

The yummy birthday cake


Dad & Daughter with his birthday present


Tucker LOVES his Grandpa


The pinwheels!

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Wordless Wednesday: Snowshoeing

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Mantra Monday: Motivation

~ Motivation ~



OK, I’ve been lazy lately. REALLY lazy…basically all that I really have motivation for is exercise. I have kept up with my Jazzercise classes and learning new routines. But I have been neglecting my house and my dogs. I used to get up every morning and take the pups on a 3 mile walk…now, not so much. The poor pups have ‘Ants in their Pants’ all the time and I just seem to have no desire to gear up and take a walk. That’s BAD! I need it and my pups need it. So my Mantra for the week is to find my Motivation.

Step one, take the dogs for a walk. Step two, set up a cleaning schedule for my house so I don’t get overwhelmed. Step three, give my stanks a bath, poor Tucker has such bad allergies and he’s scratching like crazy. Step four…not sure yet. LOL


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Wordless Wednesday: 12/09/2009

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SPAZ MOMENT OF THE DAY: Icky Fish

OK, I have never mentioned that I have a 75 gallon fish tank. I’m not a big fan of fish, but I have this GINORMOUS fish tank in my kitchen. I am terrible at maintaining it, no matter WHAT I do it turns green with Algae and I kill everything in it.

Well, the fish that I hate THE MOST are Plecostomus’. They creep me out, BIG TIME!!! Well Cesar Milan always talks about how your dogs are a mirror of you, and the other day I caught Tucker staring at the fish tank ‘hunting’ the Plecostomus that was stuck to the front of the tank. *shutter* Once that icky thing moved Tucker started barking and scratching at the tank. Thank GOODNESS that tank is heavy or else I would’ve had a kitchen that was now a fish tank. Well I don’t know what happened but the next day one of the Plecostomus’ turned up dead. Oh boy…now I have to fish that sucker out and flush it. Have I mentioned that I HATE these fish?

So, I get out my lovely fish net and head over to the fish tank…open the top and start fishing for the carcass. Um ya, during this process I am dry heaving because I hate them…HATE them. Once I get him into the net, I pull him out of the water (I scream because I accidentally touched him thru the net) I RUN to the bathroom and toss him in the toilet. Once he’s in the toilet, I slam the lid shut and flushed. During this time I proceed to do the ‘OH MY GOD THAT IS UCKY’ dance. And realize that I have freaked myself out so much that I am crying, not a proud moment…here I pride myself on being this big tough girl and one dead Plecostomus brought me to tears. But seriously, have you SEEN these things? They are NASTY!





Hopefully we can get the ‘OH MY GOD THAT IS UCKY DANCE’ on camera. I should teach dancing lessons so that everyone can perfect it. So go ahead and laugh at the girly girl and her episode with the Plecostomus.

Mantra Monday: Patience

~ Patience ~



This is something that I do NOT have. I am an instant gratification person, always have been…I don’t like to wait. Waiting is like pure torture for me…and yet, every day I am faced with some sort of challenge to wait. So my Mantra for this week is patience. There are a lot of ‘balls up in the air’ for me right now, and now I have to hurry up and wait. So, I am hoping that I am granted the virtue of patience. I know that my friends and family need this from me, so I will try my hardest.

I think this picture explains it all…you want the food, but you know you can not disturb the other animal to get it. And if you do disturb it, you will regret it for a very long, stinky time.


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RECIPE: 3-Bean Chili

I have posted a new recipe on my cooking bog!
3-BEAN CHILI



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