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Pretty in yellow

September 16, 2007 by Tricia

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My brown eyed susans are still blooming. They aren’t looking quite as nice as the ones in this photo which was taken in early August, but they are still blooming.

Do you grow Brown eyed susan? (rudbeckia) Each year I have to pull out a number of plants as they spread very easily in my garden. I suppose some of the spread is related to reseeding themselves, but most of the spread that I’ve noticed is from underground roots growing outward. New plants come up on these roots and I end up pulling out quite a few each year as a result.

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Filed Under: Gardening, Green Thumb Sunday, Photography, Recreation Tagged With: bloom, blooming, brown eyed susan, garden, Green Thumb Sunday, photo, plant, plants, plants spreading, pretty, rudbeckia, spread, yellow flowers

Learn to dance the Salsa, Merengue, Cha-Cha and Bachata

September 15, 2007 by Tricia

Have you ever wanted to learn how to dance the Salsa? It’s a lovely dance and it’s fun too.

Perhaps you experimented with Latin dance while on a vacation? Come on, you’ve tried it haven’t you? I was lucky enough to learn to Salsa and Meringue when I was only 12 years old as I got to spend two months in the Caribbean visiting my brother. He lived and worked on one of the islands and I have wonderful memories of that time.

Never mind vacations and dancing I’ve noticed that over the last few years there’s been a lot of interest in various types of dance. Look at shows like Dancing with Stars – doesn’t that make you want to dance too?

I think people have become more interested in dance because the television shows have made it so much more popular, and also because the stars in the dance shows really get themselves in good shape. Just look at how their bodies change from the start of the dance competitions to the finales? The stars are in fantastic shape after all those hours of dancing. If dancing will do that for me – sign me up!

If you’re interested in dance you should visit the Salsa, Merengue & Bachata Dance Bootcamp. It’s an online dance school. Imagine that.

As a member of the online Salsa BootCamp you can watch videos that will take you step by step through each of the Latin dances that they teach. Lessons start off with the most basic of steps and work their way through to advanced dance steps. As a member you’ll also receive free professional quality DVDs that you can use to practice dance steps anywhere.

Just think. You can learn how to do these beautiful dances in the privacy of your own home. It’s a fun way to get some exercise and you’ll be able to surprise your family and friends when you show them how well you can do the Salsa, Merengue, Cha-cha and Bachata.

When you sign up to learn to Dance with Salsa Dancing BootCamp you’ll get two free DVD’s right off the bat. You can start with a three day free membership if you want to explore the site and begin a few dance lessons in order to see if you’ll enjoy the courses. If you want to continue after your first free three day trial you can choose from a month, three month or one year membership. You’ll get free DVD’s and Salsa dance music with each membership.

It certainly sounds like fun and there’s plenty of lessons to take at the Salsa Bootcamp. Who knows, I might even sign up and brush up on my mostly forgotten Salsa and Merengue dance steps too.

Filed Under: Culture, Education, Entertainment, Health Fitness and Beauty, Hobbies, Music, Recreation Tagged With: advanced dance, Bachata, basic dance, Cha Cha, dance, dance bootcamp, dance course, dance lessons, dance show, exercise, friends, get in shape, great shape, Hobbies, hobby, home, interest, lessons, member, membership, Merengue, muscle, online, online dance lessons, privacy, private, Salsa, salsa bootcamp, salsa dvd, salsa music, step by step, Television, tone, toned, vacation, Video, videos, visiting, watch

Time to cook

September 15, 2007 by Tricia

I’m starving.

With Chris away for the night I have to come up with a meal for one. Hmmm what should I have.

We’ve been eating a lot of baked skinless boneless chicken breasts lately – not every day, but several times a week.

Early this week I was getting a little tired of the baked version so I marinaded two chicken breasts in a honey mustard marinade after cutting the meat up into bit sized chunks. I think tossed the chicken in our Wok and stir fried the chicken until it was cooked.

Meanwhile I made a salad with mixed greens, fresh tomato and cucumber from the garden, and crumbled feta cheese. When the chicken was finished cooking I put it on top of the salad and we had a very filling chicken salad for dinner.

Perhaps I’ll make that again. I really enjoyed it the other night.

Filed Under: Dining and Restaurants, Health Fitness and Beauty, Home and Lifestyle, Recreation Tagged With: chicken, chicken breast, chicken salad, Chris, chunk, cook, cooking, cucumber, cut, dinner, eat, eating, feta cheese, garden, Green, honey mustard marinade, meat, mix, mixed greens, skin, starving, stir fry, tomato, Wok

My neighbors are infuriating!

September 15, 2007 by Tricia

Ohhhh my neighbors make me so mad sometimes!

Chris is out of town today and I’m convinced that whenever they don’t see our car in the driveway they must decide that no one is home at all. So up goes the music, the awful karaoke and any other really loud noises they can make.

It happens every time I’m home and Chris is away for the night.

Since I had an awful night and barely got any sleep I lay down on the couch at 2:30. Unfortunately I was woken up by loud guitar at 4 pm. Loud Guitar. Like it was in my living room.

I had a little freak out moment … I started to yell “Shut up, Shut up, Shut up”. Naturally that didn’t work because their music was so loud I could barely hear myself yelling. I tried phoning them, but I guess they didn’t hear the phone!

So … I went to the basement and got a hammer. I then proceeded to bang on the cement wall of the basement.

I think that worked because the loud guitar stopped.

I can not wait for these people to move! They told Chris in mid-August that they’d be putting their house up for sale in September, but so far no for sale signs gone up in front of their house.

There’s been lots of banging around as they repair things. Today I’ve heard hammering and sawing. Oh and the loud guitar … It’s not like we’re super quiet or anything, but they are so much louder it’s unbearable!

Just last week the lady of the house told my husband that they’d be having an open house this week. I’m pretty sure that didn’t happen.

I saw their house when they first moved in and it didn’t seem that bad. I mean, I would have done some work, but it didn’t look like it had to have work done. I guess 6 years of not maintaining their home must have taken it’s toll though, because they still aren’t ready to put that for sale sign up.

I know we might get even worse neighbors, but I wish they’d hurry up and move!

BTW I wrote this earlier in the day. Now it sounds like they are having a party! Geeezzz. I don’t mind if they have a party, but do they have to ALL jump up and down and sing to every song? Not to mention the karaoke that’s going on too? My house if vibrating!

Filed Under: Home and Lifestyle, Life with Chris, Recreation, The Neighborhood Tagged With: angry, basement, car, Chris, couch, for sale, guitar, hammer, home, house, husband, idiots, ill, infuriating, karaoke, living room, loud, loud guitar, moving, Music, neighbor, neighbors, noise, noises, noisy, not answering, open house, Party, rude, sing, sleep, sound, telephone, too loud

Remember the Cookie Monster?

September 15, 2007 by Tricia

Ha ha did you see the episode of Family Guy where the Cookie Monster from Sesame Street is in rehab?

You have to see this, it’s hilarious!

Filed Under: Entertainment, Humor, Recreation, Television, Video Tagged With: Cookie monster, cookies, Family, family guy, Humor, rehab, Sesame Street, Television, Video

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