I started taking a liturgical dance class at our local dance studio in October. I'm the lone adult taking the class with five teens. I'm not sure what they think of me but they're nice girls. I never really wanted to learn ballet (hip-hop, jazz, modern......okay. Ballet? Uhm, I never considered myself graceful) until our instructor started using a lot of it in class. All those French words! I'm now wanting to learn more. I've asked for a recommendation for a good beginning ballet video as there is no class for this for adults. Julie says I'm doing fine, but for those who know me well, know that I have this perfectionist tendency ;-) . Anyway, I'm also an impatient sort of person when it comes to wanting to learn something new (you know, right now?) so I looked on the internet and found some videos done by a professional ballerina and teacher named Jodie Gates. Guess what? All those French words are getting more familiar :-)
Learn Basic Ballet
Placement and Alignment for Basic Ballet
Ballet Barre Basics
The 5 Basic Ballet Positions
Moving Between Ballet Positions
How to Move Forward in Ballet
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Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Hard Drive Failure
No, I didn't have it backed up. Yes, I lost a lot from the last couple years (a lot of my pictures have been preserved on Flickr and Picasa, PTL for that, but the videos are gone). The hard drive was so dead that I wasn't even charged a fee by the computer shop for trying to retrieve my files. Some lessons in life are learned the hard way *sigh*
I have a new hard drive now. I've also resolved to buy an external hard drive to do back ups on, as well as continuing to use online sites for storage. I'm trying not to be paranoid about the whole thing, just going to do what I should have been doing all along.
What caused the failure? I didn't get my firmware update accomplished in time. If only life didn't get so busy that many things get put on hold until "a time when things aren't so busy". That's my excuse anyway ;-P
Oh well, moving on....
I have a new hard drive now. I've also resolved to buy an external hard drive to do back ups on, as well as continuing to use online sites for storage. I'm trying not to be paranoid about the whole thing, just going to do what I should have been doing all along.
What caused the failure? I didn't get my firmware update accomplished in time. If only life didn't get so busy that many things get put on hold until "a time when things aren't so busy". That's my excuse anyway ;-P
Oh well, moving on....
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
I Continue to Stand in Awe of You, Lord Jesus
I am continually humbled by my Lord and Savior. I'm very moved by all expressions of worship and after watching/listening to this song just had to share. Enjoy!
When I Speak Your Name by Gateway Worship
When I Speak Your Name by Gateway Worship
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Life Right Now
My life feels so strange lately. I'm sure it has a lot to do with my dad dying from cancer and him not knowing the Lord. But there is so much else that I don't share with anyone but God. Sometimes I feel trapped by my life. Most of the time I just keep moving along and leaning heavily on my Jesus, or like now, just letting Him carry me.
This morning, I was reading a book that was recommended to me. I'm not particularly fond of this author's writing style, it comes across as rather offensive in some areas. However, there is a lot of truth in what she has written. This book was supposed to enlighten me on educating my teens but instead of that, it made me realize the many chains I have on my own life. They are chains that I have no way of removing either.
With this realization, I was struck by a major need to get out of this house and go for a walk. To be out in God's creation. So, I got dressed, grabbed the leash, the dog, a water bottle and my camera. There is a route that I walk sometimes that is about 2 miles long and in the woods for most of it. It was very peaceful and Owen was grateful for the exercise as well.
The first thing we saw that made me get out my camera was this doe. She stood there and watched me get the camera out of the carrier and after the first picture decided to take off.
Trying to take pictures with a dog attached to you is a little difficult, hence the slightly blurry pictures. Here are some of the different views along my walk.
Owen loves the woods, so many new smells and so little time with mom dragging you along (or keeping you by her side).
I have some video I took as well but its taking too long to upload them. I'll try again later.
Sometimes getting out and about really helps you refocus and recharge.
This morning, I was reading a book that was recommended to me. I'm not particularly fond of this author's writing style, it comes across as rather offensive in some areas. However, there is a lot of truth in what she has written. This book was supposed to enlighten me on educating my teens but instead of that, it made me realize the many chains I have on my own life. They are chains that I have no way of removing either.
With this realization, I was struck by a major need to get out of this house and go for a walk. To be out in God's creation. So, I got dressed, grabbed the leash, the dog, a water bottle and my camera. There is a route that I walk sometimes that is about 2 miles long and in the woods for most of it. It was very peaceful and Owen was grateful for the exercise as well.
The first thing we saw that made me get out my camera was this doe. She stood there and watched me get the camera out of the carrier and after the first picture decided to take off.
Trying to take pictures with a dog attached to you is a little difficult, hence the slightly blurry pictures. Here are some of the different views along my walk.
Owen loves the woods, so many new smells and so little time with mom dragging you along (or keeping you by her side).
I have some video I took as well but its taking too long to upload them. I'll try again later.Sometimes getting out and about really helps you refocus and recharge.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Pymatuning
On Saturday, we decided to go to Pymatuning Reservoir.
We stopped at the car wash on the way and the kids and I took some goofy pictures.
We had originally planned to go to the deer park (actually a small zoo) but the place was crowded beyond belief (we'll go back on a weekday). We were hungry anyway so headed into Jamestown for some lunch. Then we drove over to the dam to explore.
Next we drove to the other end of the reservoir to feed the carp. Noelle has a joke she tells about how to cook a carp: Take a pine board and nail the carp to the board, cook in a 350 degree oven for 4-5 hours, take out of oven and throw out the carp, eat the pine board ;o)
Here's a couple videos of the hungry buggers:
We stopped at the car wash on the way and the kids and I took some goofy pictures.
We had originally planned to go to the deer park (actually a small zoo) but the place was crowded beyond belief (we'll go back on a weekday). We were hungry anyway so headed into Jamestown for some lunch. Then we drove over to the dam to explore.
Next we drove to the other end of the reservoir to feed the carp. Noelle has a joke she tells about how to cook a carp: Take a pine board and nail the carp to the board, cook in a 350 degree oven for 4-5 hours, take out of oven and throw out the carp, eat the pine board ;o)
Here's a couple videos of the hungry buggers:We stopped at Family Ties on the way home and ate dessert instead of dinner. I mean come on, who has room for dessert after eating a meal? ;o)
To top off the day, we went for a walk to see how progress was coming on the community swimming pool. The plaster crew came all the way from Texas and they were swarming all over the place trying to get things finished for the opening in a few days.
All in all, a very busy day!
To top off the day, we went for a walk to see how progress was coming on the community swimming pool. The plaster crew came all the way from Texas and they were swarming all over the place trying to get things finished for the opening in a few days.
All in all, a very busy day!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Maybe We Should Move to Wyoming
To homeschool all you have to submit is a letter of intent each school year. Hhmm.....
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Friday, April 10, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Noelle's Birthday Celebration
Katlyn's birthday is 6 days before Noelle's so it was a double celebration. They both got some flip flops, candy, a Webkinz horse, Faith Girlz books, and went out to dinner. While waiting for Katlyn's parents to pick her up the girls jumped on the trampoline and still didn't want the day to end when they showed up.
Here's a video montage of the day. Enjoy!
Here's a video montage of the day. Enjoy!
Friday, April 3, 2009
Picture and Video Sharing
I've been on Blogger for over a year now and just discovered Picasa 3 photo/video software. I think it may be because I use to get Flickr Pro for free with my ISP (quite irritated that I now get almost nothing extra for all the money I pay them). I didn't want to lose access to my photos original sizes (which you don't have with their free version) so bought a one year subscription. It will take me at least that long to remove the over 3,000 photos I have on there. Since I have my blog on here I thought I'd do a little exploring of Picasa and really like what is offered. I will be switching all my photo sharing to Picasa Web Albums. Keeping everything in one place should make my life a little easier. Oh, and thanks to our new computer I will be able to store my photos and video originals on DVDs.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Human Achievement Hour
Monday, February 9, 2009
Friday, January 30, 2009
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
El caminito del Rey
A friend sent me this video. Wow! I was sweating just watching it. I think the guy who took the footage is either really brave or really stupid, not sure which though, lol.
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