Skate Pride - 6/14/09

Today was the LA Pride parade. I was excited to debut my snazzy new quad skates while walking with the Chico's Angels float. The angels rode in a boat (with bosssman) and the rest walked with them and handed out postcards. I am not an expert skater but I still love skating. When I was a kid my sisters and I lived on our roller skates.

It was a long and we had to wait for-freakin'-ever for the parade to start but once it did I had a blast! It was so fun to get to skate all around on a major LA street in the middle of the day.

I am tired and ready for a nap but I adore my Chico's peeps! It was good exercise and fun to boot... there should be a pride parade every week.

One of the LA Derby dolls gave me a postcard and said that I should join... when I laughed ... she said that she wasn't joking... rollerderby...... hmmmm maybe that will be a new and wacky way that I start spending my time :)

Irish Dancing at Molly Mallones 5/31/09

Here is a picture of Emily, Kate and I after we danced at Molly Malones (Kylie and Erin were there too).


I had a blast. When I first started taking Irish dance this is what I envisioned... dancing in a pub while folks drink and hang out.

I hope that Erin didn't mind me making up some new steps to amuse myself :)

Roller skating - 5/31/09

So I bought me some roller skates. Roller skates NOT Rollerblades because I hate those mother-scratchers. I decided to kick it old school. When I was young my sisters and I would get a radio and do full skating shows on our neighbor's driveway.

I went for my first skate in the driveway of my apartment. It ended up being a pretty good place to play around. Athena hates the skates and tried to eat my stoppers. I would skate and she would run beside me trying to chew on the wheels. She actually made me fall on my face because I was trying not to skate on her. Here is a picture of her eating the wheels... mmmmm yummy.

Pilates 5/30/09

I asked Steve to take my picture after my pilates class today. After 7 takes this is what we ended up with....

Irish Dancing with Ollie, Snoops and Athena 5/24/09

Mr. Snoops was pooped after a little Irish dancing with Athena, Olivia and me :)

Pilates wil Ana and Ollie 5/23/09

I take Pilates most Saturdays from my best buddy Olivia O'hare. My usual pilates partner is the fabulous Anastasia Coon. Both of these girls have generous hearts and patient souls. I am very lucky to get to hang out with them. This is us doing our final stretch on the "Cadillac". We are sometimes joined by the adorable Ms. Kendra Parsons but she is in Austin this week. Have fun in Austin sista!!! Pilates was hard work today... as Steve would say I was "schvitzing" all the over the place. I am glad I went... thanks girls for keeping me motivated!!

My first ever Acupuncture - 5/23/09

My sis-n-law Debi recommended that I visit her acupuncturist Irena. It was my very first time getting acupuncture. I have wanted to try it for a while but never could find the motivation. I wished I would have gone before because it was a swell experience. The pins didn't hurt and I found the whole experience relaxing. I also bought herbs for my killer cold and cough. I already felt a tiny bit better today so I am hoping the this stuff will put me on recovery road.
Irena also shared the diet that she would like me to follow. It almost made me freakin' cry. Why does everyone want me to give up dairy.... I LOVE CHEESE... not like... LOVE... could this be related to my weight issues .. NAH :) She also says that if I want to get rid of my allergies... I need to give up tomatoes, strawberries and spicy foods. This currently sounds horrible to me but I will give it a go for a week or so... She also told me to eat soup for lunch as much as possible... umm ok makes sense but sounds BORING. She actually told me a bunch of stuff but I am just writing what I remember off the top of my head. No dairy and tomatoes.. REALLY??????