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Tuesday February 12 - Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras was on Tuesday...
For some, it was a day of celebration. For others, it passed quietly without a second thought. For me... it was a day of last minute munchies before giving up junk food for Lent.
Now, before you jump to any conclusions... no I am not Catholic, nor overly religious. BUT... I like the idea of having a defined period of time in which it give up something. Especially something that I could probably do without. Like junkfood.
Junkfood? What exactly defines junkfood? For me it is a lot of things.... chips, cookies, candy, fries, cake, brownies, ice cream...etc. Which is a lot to try to give up. 40 days. It will either feel like an eternity, or I will start feeling fantastic without the added junk in my diet. I have a feeling it will be a little bit of both.
I want to keep this blog updated as to my progress, partially to keep myself on track but also to be accountable. Or something... :) Fingers crossed.
For some, it was a day of celebration. For others, it passed quietly without a second thought. For me... it was a day of last minute munchies before giving up junk food for Lent.
Now, before you jump to any conclusions... no I am not Catholic, nor overly religious. BUT... I like the idea of having a defined period of time in which it give up something. Especially something that I could probably do without. Like junkfood.
Junkfood? What exactly defines junkfood? For me it is a lot of things.... chips, cookies, candy, fries, cake, brownies, ice cream...etc. Which is a lot to try to give up. 40 days. It will either feel like an eternity, or I will start feeling fantastic without the added junk in my diet. I have a feeling it will be a little bit of both.
I want to keep this blog updated as to my progress, partially to keep myself on track but also to be accountable. Or something... :) Fingers crossed.
Winter Feis
Winterfeis. Its been a few weeks and I have been horrible about updating everything....
So, Winterfeis was interesting. First off, it was the very first time our little &over Adult 4 hand competed. I whipped together the capes and belts for our team, and we did pretty well. It started a bit rough, but we got our lines right and kept the smiles on our faces!
As for solo competition... we started the day off by getting to the feis 2 hours early. Mostly because I had misread the schedule. Ooops! Luckily, the outlets were only a few minutes down the road so we were all able to head over and spend a little time shopping. Once solos actually got started... it was a MAD DASH! I barely made it on stage for Reels. They started early... which is shocking since feisanna almost never run on time. Much less early. Also... they had us competing 3 at a time. Which is rough since we don't compete on the largest of stages and most of us are over 5'5... so it was a bit of a cluster. Grrr....
But... I did feel pretty good about my steps. Especially my hornpipe! I have been struggling with these lately... not because I don't dance them well... but I COULD NOT PLACE THEM OUT OF NOVICE. But... my awesome buddy Julie (also a teacher and champ at our school) gave me the best advice ever. "Just dance it like you dance in class". Um... ok. So I did.
And I placed my HPs! Woot! Out of 14 people... I kicked some butt. Which was awesome. The rest of the feis was good... now to work on placing things out of prizewinner!
So, Winterfeis was interesting. First off, it was the very first time our little &over Adult 4 hand competed. I whipped together the capes and belts for our team, and we did pretty well. It started a bit rough, but we got our lines right and kept the smiles on our faces!
As for solo competition... we started the day off by getting to the feis 2 hours early. Mostly because I had misread the schedule. Ooops! Luckily, the outlets were only a few minutes down the road so we were all able to head over and spend a little time shopping. Once solos actually got started... it was a MAD DASH! I barely made it on stage for Reels. They started early... which is shocking since feisanna almost never run on time. Much less early. Also... they had us competing 3 at a time. Which is rough since we don't compete on the largest of stages and most of us are over 5'5... so it was a bit of a cluster. Grrr....
But... I did feel pretty good about my steps. Especially my hornpipe! I have been struggling with these lately... not because I don't dance them well... but I COULD NOT PLACE THEM OUT OF NOVICE. But... my awesome buddy Julie (also a teacher and champ at our school) gave me the best advice ever. "Just dance it like you dance in class". Um... ok. So I did.
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