My Brackets are BUSTED

Whoosh.  That's what happens when you go with your heart.  I do it every year.  I always choose the Big East teams to go the furthest.  Well, Pitt, Gtwn, and UCONN are all out and we aren't even in the sweet 16 yet.  YIKES.  Oh well, that's part of the fun to see which of the lower seeds can beat the higher seeds

Easter weekend, spent time with my niece and nephew.  Both so sweet.  Easter egg hunts, coloring eggs, memory game.  Lots of delish food.  A good long weekend. 

Topping the Master

Last night I went to MSG- the most famous sports arena as they claim.  It is the start of one of my most favorite times of year..... The Big East Tournament and then the Big Dance!!!!  Anyway, I go with my friend Amy from high school.  (it's 30 years since we graduated from SHS) and she sits in her seat first, I go to sit in mine and as I sit down I look at the woman next to me as she looks at me....and.   OMG, another friend from High School.  Needless to say the 3 of us chatted thru most of the games.  Our team, UCONN, was already out so we were just watching to see who would be in Finals tonight.   

My cousin Amy, said I even topped my Dad on this one.  Dad runs in to people he knows all the time, he is the Master!  But last night, I guess I topped him

Tomorrow is Selection Sunday and then on to DANCING

getting the black belt

Yesterday our family watched Nate get his Youth Black Belt in Karate.  He has worked very hard for the last 6 years and yesterday was a culmination of his efforts.  He had about 15 relatives/friends come watch him achieve this goal.  We are all very proud of him.  He is  a good solid young man.  

In addition to attending the test, I also chatted with quite a few people about my yoga teaching.  As you know I am a strong believer in networking so speaking to others I believe is helping me figure out where and when I will teach.  I think I have decided to keep the current Thursday nights at 7:15 class at the Zen Zone in Tariffville.   My current instructor has created such a beautiful, peaceful environment to practice yoga.  

yoga teaching

I taught my first yoga class this past week. I am blessed to have a wonderful supportive teacher who has allowed me to use her space while I go through my teacher training. I need to teach 8 free classes to finish my certification. This past Thursday evening 11 of my friends from different walks of my life came together for the first class. It was a great feeling to watch them all practice yoga. I received great feedback and good ideas to improve my teaching. I am looking forward to teaching a permanent class.

I spent a weekend in Boston in January learning how to teach yoga. The program is called yogafit and it is a vinayasa stylle yoga.  It was a great weekend session.  I learned from the instructor Mary Comfort as well as from the students in the class.  Many were fitness instructors already and were adding yoga to their repertoire.   Check out their web site www.yogafit.com

I am backkkkkk

A reminder from DJB, I haven't blogged in quite some time. Let's see...... a busy month, February 2008. The month started with the Giants beating the Pat's. Personally I am not a big football fan, but was happy to see the Giants win. I attended the same Super Bowl party with same great group of friends again this year. I was one of I think 3 people rooting for the NYG. I am a true Boston Red Sox fan, but my loyalty stops there with Boston sports!! A couple of friends had new babies in 07, it was great to meet the new little boys.

The month continued with a week long trip to Las Vegas. The semi-annual trip to MAGIC, Project Show and MRket. Went out couple of days early, rented a car and saw the Red Rock Canyon, about 17 miles southwest of the city. A beautiful canyon, wish we'd had enough room in our luggage to pack hiking shoes!!!! We then went to a few open houses in a new condo complex just outside of the canyon. The trip was a success, new and old connections. I am amazed every time I travel out there how much construction is happening. Every resort is enormous. We stayed at the Mirage this time, more convenient to where we need to shop and 2 of the trade shows.

The service is incredible in the city. Everywhere you go, people who work there are always friendly and willing to help. They really welcome a person. The bellcap at the Mirage, Folk (real first name is Robert) always acknowledged us and gave me a nickname..... Hollywood. Based on my glasses. I might add his were similar, only his were all silver. Just an example of their hospitality.

Heading out to my a theater production my Dad is in...:The night of January 16th". Still going strong in his late 70's.

I start my free yoga class teaching on Thursday 2/21. I am excited and nervous. Have put together my first "lesson plan".

That's it for now. OK, DJB????? Love BAB

OMG it's 2008!!!

I can't believe that it has been two months and 3 holidays since I last blogged. Time has flown. Holidays were great, lots of family and friends time. One more party this Saturday night with the Ya-Ya's. I have put together a handful of goals for myself this year. And am looking forward to a wonderful year!

I will be working towards one of my goals later this month when I head to Boston to start training to teach yoga. Check out www.yogafit.com to see the type of yoga I will be teaching.

I was on line tonight and suddenly an old friend yahoo'd me from the islands. Hadn't chatted in years. Another Connecting With People adventure. He is married now and has a son. It was great to reconnect.

Tux and I are enjoying our winter nights at home. He is still picky with his food, but his T4 levels are stable so that is a good sign. Always the character and charmer

wow time has flown

Once again I realize it's been quite a while since my last posting. Let's see the Boston Red Sox won the World Series, Hofstra Women's Basketball has started, UCONN Men's and Women's Basketball has started. Woowiee. Fall mornings this year have been wonderful to walk, the air is nice and crisp this morning the sky was this deep azure blue with billowy white clouds. I have started to challenge myself to walk further in the morning. A co-worker told me about this site called www.mapmyrun.com you can map a walk, run, bike ride etc... When I mapped some of my walks, I realized many mornings I wasn't even reaching the 2 mile marker. This morning I walked just over 3 miles. What a great feeling.

Take a look at the web site, it even calculates calories burned, minutes per mile, etc...