Habibis' 1st Performance at Canterbury Court!

My first show was a hit! Everyone enjoyed it! Here are some pics as I promised. Jenny, my comrad Adri and the bellydance court "Habibis". I could not have done it without my friend Adri! Look out for the "Habibis" performance!

Weight - my never-ending saga

For those of you who know me know that my weight is constantly on my mind and I'm very hard on myself. Even before I had my children (3) I was always a pretty heavy girl! LOL! It was after my second child (really after seeing my hospital pictures) is when I decided to do something about it. I started my journey to loosing weight with a co-work (Esther), actually she started two months before I delivered, but when I came back to work we had the biggest "UMF" and went for it! No looking back! I started July 26, 2004 (7 weeks after Alec was born) my weight was 212 lbs (it included baby weight :) LOL). All we were doing was eating healthy - no particular diet; which is the biggest challenge ever working at VDC where food is all over the place. I walked every day. I started with only 1 mile which gradually lead up to 3 to 4 miles a day. Walking was the only exercise I did. In December 2004 I weighed 156lbs. WOW! 56lbs - but like always I was not happy. So I continued - came out pregnant with my last child Aiden in 2006 and gained some weight back. "No problem" I thought, "I'll just do it again" but it gets harder and harder to do. I now weigh 145.4 lbs, I didn't drop a dramatic amount of weight but it is slowly coming off. My good friend Adri and I have a goal for DECEMBER! I would like to fit in a size 4 or should I say - I bought a dress for a wedding that I'm standing up in 2 sizes smaller so I have no choice, LOL :) she hasn't told me her goal weight or size yet but I believe she can do it. She is a very strong person and keeps me going.... (Thanks Adri for being such an awesome friend) BB4L LOL, LOL :) Anyways, here are some pics of mine. Soon you'll Jennifer at 125 lbs...... :) see ya!

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The BUCKET Story

Here it goes... it may sound fun or a little gross My work had its annual summer picnic at the beach, Sat. August 4th. Aiden, like everyone, was enjoying it! Jessica, my friend's daughter, rushes to tell me that the baby had pooped. I went to see and could not find anything - that was until I picked him up! I soon realized that Aiden some how had lost his pamper! Who could have taken it off? So I asked his dad and sure enough the pamper was floating in the ocean!! yuk! G-E-T-T-O! I, not wanting to walk all the way back to the pavillion to wash him off, listened to my friend Pat (well she was laughing and and laughing) says just wash him off in the water and bury the poop.... So I did!!!! I put him in the bucket first then gave him to his daddy and he took him to the water. Sooooo embarrasing.... Like I said R-A-N-C-H-O How funny and gross!!!! O'well its only baby poop! Soft and sweet!

Family Beach Fun!!!

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Belly Dancing!

I joined a gym in Harlingen called Metro Gym, which this August I will be completing a year!There they offer Belly Dance Fitness Classes. Being that I was not into dance when I was younger, I was kind of embarrassed to try it out. I went to one of the classes anyway and right away I was hooked - from day 1. I met this awesome person named Elda, she’s the instructor, and encouraged me at every class to continue. So, I did and now I’m her substitute! How AWESOME is that! I love it!!….It’s very addicting. One day I hope to be as good as her! I’ve done a couple of performances one at my cousins 15th birthday party; which was crazy but lots of fun and a 2-day performance at Rio Fest this past April. My good friend Adri (my manager LOL) was there to record them, maybe I’ll put them on my blogspot once I learn how. O’ and couple of performances at the gym, can’t forget those, Friday’s after class are performance nights – this helps the nerves!! We have another performance coming up this Saturday, August 25th at Cantebury Court, if hurricane Dean does not hit, at 11:45 am and at 12:30 pm.