Snapshot Sunday!

A springtime sunset in south Georgia.

Competition Season

I love the Spring of the year but it is by far my busiest time of year. For a dance teacher the Spring of the year means Competition Season. It means new dances, new choreography, new songs that need to be cut, new costumes, new blocking and formations and presenting these masterpieces for adjudication. Nothing compares to the feeling a dance teacher experiences when they get to see the project they have shed blood, sweat and tears appear before them on the stage. Our competition season is already halfway over and the dancers have done a terrific job! Our greatest accomplishment was this year's production number "MJ Remix," not only receive a platinum award and 1st Place Overall at StarSystems but this 8 minute long production number also received the highest score of the day! What an accomplishment! I could not be more proud of the hard work these dancers have put into their extra rehearsals and teamwork for a job well done.
(Me and Monica with Lauren and Taylor, this year's tap soloists).

Snapshot Sunday!

Spring is coming! My favorite season of the year. I love seeing the flowers bloom and nature awakening from its' sleep. The weather this week has been wonderful! Temperatures in the mid to high 70's which is very uncommon for this time of year. But I'm not complaining! I took this picture last year at the entrance to Duke University's campus. I love the beautiful colors and I cannot wait for everything to be in full bloom like this.

Snapshot Sunday!

Peaceful.

Snapshot Sunday!

I think this is pretty cool. This is a picture I took of the Tea Country in Kenya. Tea Country- I keep these people in business. I am a true southern girl.. I drink Sweet Tea everyday. I never knew how tea was grown, but this is it. As far as the eye can see, for miles and miles.

Buffalo Wild Wings

Just like Kenny Chesney says, “My Only Friends are Pirates”.. ok well.. I have friends who aren't pirates too! But some of my very best friends are pirates! Seven years ago I began my college career at ECU. Little did I know the people that I shared a dorm, ate dining hall food, walked to classes, went to the Rec Center and attended FCA with on Monday nights would become my family. We helped each other through everything. Learning how to live on our own, making trips to the grocery store, learning how to cook and clean and solve life’s little problems – we got through them all. One of my favorite quotes says “The best memories are from the nights that turn into mornings and the friends that turn into family.” This is truly what we did. Since college we have all gone our separate ways and live in different towns, and unfortunately we don’t spend every waking moment together like we did for four wonderful years. When we all have a chance to get together we make the best out of it, and making the best of our time together – we certainly do! Last Saturday night, fifteen of us gathered at the new Buffalo Wild Wings at Southpoint Mall for a reunion. First we were excited to see each other and second we were beyond excited to eat at “Bdubs.” We ate at Bdubs all the time when we were in college. They have the best wings a pirate could ask for! The closest Buffalo Wild Wings to Raleigh is either Greenville, NC or Burlington, NC. Having a grand opening in our vicinity is very exciting. Most of us have not had the opportunity to eat at Buffalo Wild Wings since we graduated and our meal Saturday night was like heaven! We are a very talkative group and did not stop talking the whole dinner. But as soon as our food arrived, our large table of 15 hardly said a word. Sadly, not everyone could make it to our reunion Saturday night but we had a great time with those who could make it! We will be having many more Bdubs dinners now that we can have a taste of purple and gold so close to home.

Snapshot Sunday!

I took this picture at a candlelight vigil last April. A vast array of thoughts come to my mind when I look at this candle. I feel it captures feelings of isolated sadness, but it also exemplifies how one candle can bring a beautiful light to darkness. It shows how we as individuals can continue to shine our light to others when they may be in their darkness. Just a smile can brighten someone's day and completely turn it around.