Today's Inspiration

Flowers, sparkles, full skirts, zills and swords!!

Today's Inspiration

Alicia of BellyCraft has always inspired me.  Here is a clip of one of her latest performances.

Today's Inspiration

I don't like to watch Sadie when she is dancing with her partner.  Watch one video of her with her partner and one without and you will see why.  In this solo video, I find nothing to fault and a lot to be inspired by.

BDQ recently stated that if your dance wouldn't thrill without a prop then it is a crutch.  Sadie uses not only a regular veil but her costume's arm drapes to accent her dance perfectly.  Put that together with the great use of skill and musicality, this is a must watch video.

Today's Inspiration

I love how she not only shows great skill and musicality but also personality.  She gets off the stage so the audience feels more connected to her.

Today's Inspiration

Shushanna is a great individual I have become acquainted with on Bhuz.com.  I love the skill and showmanship she shows here.  Even though it is a big stage and the audience is not near her she gives enough attention to them that I bet it felt a lot more intimate than it was.  Her opening veil work while wearing zills is something I need to work up to.

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Beautiful arms and flow.  I will definitely want to watch this again when I am working on a drum solo to see the different accents that they used. 

Low Points and Working through Them

I have definitely hit a low point.  The bad thing about low points, at least for me, is that they tend to lead to actions that cause more low points.  I have been eating way too much and hardly working out.  This leads to me feeling just that much more depressed and also bloated.

The only way I know how to kick myself out of this is to literally kick myself out of it.  As such, I plan to have my workout clothes ready before I go to bed and go for a walk with my dog right after my first alarm goes off in the morning.  We will see how this goes as that dreaded alarm goes off at 4:30am.  YUCK!!  But it has been unseasonably warm here in Kansas and neither me nor my dog are used to the heat yet so this is the best time for any outside activity.

I got strawberries at the store today so I am planning to make these strawberry protein pancakes for breakfast tomorrow.  Cassey's recipes are always so good!  I can hardly wait.  That should get me up for the walk. lol  Then I will just try to focus on eating well the rest of the day.  Each day is a new chance to make your life better, I plan to make the most of that.

Huggs!!