Zumba

             Zumba is sweeping across the nation like wildfire and is like a community. Zumba is an amazing dance/workout class and it’s oh so much fun. I always thought it would be scary to try because everyone would be so much better than me, but it’s nothing like that at all. People don’t want to look silly in front of other people and that’s the main reason most people would not join the class. But, I am happy to say that I tried it and loved it. In my Zumba class, there are so many different kinds of people and we all come together for two common goals; we all want to lose weight and want to have fun while doing it, which is what holds the group together. Walking on the stair master for an hour seems like endless torture and Zumba makes cardio fun and exciting. There’s all kinds of people there, young and old. There is this one lady in my class who has to be at least 80 years old and she can shake her hips ten times better than I can! There are extremely fit women and not-so-fit women (like myself). And there are men in the class too! Granted, the number of men in the class compared to women is miniscule, but there are a few who aren’t intimidated by a class full of women, so kudos to them!
             This class is so much fun and the reason it has become a community is because everyone supports everyone. The main goal is to have fun, plain and simple. The music is so upbeat that my sister smiles the entire hour when she’s jumping around and sweating like a pig. Zumba really works for weight loss. My sister has lost 10 lbs. and there is a woman who has reached her goal weight loss of 100 pounds in just 8 months. We all help each other learn the moves and we all encourage one another.
              No one teases you for not getting the moves down right away and everyone only has positive encouragement for others. The first day I tried it, I was having a really hard time with the coordination (I think my motor skills are lacking) and this sweet older lady who can get down said, “Don’t worry about that song because it’s a really hard one.” Her words really made me smile. The instructor always says that you get out of it what you are willing to put into it and it’s completely true. But, when you’re having fun, you want to keep having fun, right? I am happy to say that I have lost 34 pounds all together and I am so glad I am part of the Zumba class community.

Hoarder

            What isn’t in my purse?  OK…so I get my purse out to start this paper/blog thing and I am completely floored at the amount of crap I have in my purse.  Can we say embarrassing?  Assuming that anyone would even try to figure out who’s mess this belongs too, their first thought would be, This women has got to be a hoarder and one of the most disorganized people in the ENTIRE world!

            Opening my purse, someone might think, Wow…why does this purse have small gathered hole to get into it?  Just for the record, I have hated this purse forever and think it might be time for a new one.  Many, many conclusions would be drawn from this purse.  Many things point to motherhood such as a purple hot wheels car, an orange sprocket looking thing, a purple plastic diamond ring and a binky.  Did I just say binky?  My kids are 2 ½ and  4 ½ and they have been off the binky since they were six months old.  Go figure.  (She must have boys and girls.)

            Neosporin, Band-Aids (yup, she's a mom.)  What a minute...are those starry strips?  There's hand sanitizer and the normal make up you would see in a woman's purse or make up bag but mine is strung all about my purse.  Make-up brushes, black eyeliner, pink lipstick, practically paper white powder (well, we know that this lady has never seen a day of sun in her life), black eye shadow (is she gothic?), chicken poop chap-stick that my mother thought was a hilarious Christmas gift,  a little Conair pink facial hair trimmer (Tee hee, she has whiskers.)

            Headphones, but no I-pod (she might like music), passport, (she travels…what only to Mexico?  Wow.  That is worst passport picture in the whole wide world), gum, a camera with 483 pictures on it since November (this girl might have a problem and I see that  she does have a boy and a girl), and a day-planner with nothing written it.  There are keys, three loose keys and two sets of the same keys, which I have actually been searching a month for (yup, she is a mom.  The #1 mom star key-chain and key chain with a picture of her son playing soccer confirms it), tacks, paper clips, shot records for her kids, and 15 different pictures of her son and daughter (seems like she takes really good care of her kids.)

            Cards strewn about my purse include: Flying J rewards card, Blockbuster, the Disney movie club, Toys-R-Us, Staples, Entertainment, Build-A-Bear, Best Buy, Craftsman Club card (this lady really like reward clubs), a license to foster parent, seven different credit cards (who in the world needs that many credit cards?  And not one expired...why are these just thrown in her purse?  This lady really needs to put them in a wallet.)  Which brings me to my wallet (is it alive?), that is so stuffed full of coupons and receipts that it's actually ripping at the seams.  There is also a vehicle registration certification for a 2001 silver Chevy Impala (totally a mom car). 

            The cards that I actually have in my wallet are: a business card for the Evergreen Sinus Center, a Family Fun Membership card to the Children’s Museum (this lady is really into her family), an USAA membership card for a Kurt Dickson (her husband must be in the military, or was), a church bulletin for last Sunday, two different types of health insurance cards, a student  ID number to Everett Community College, and finally, a driver's license (how could she find that under all that crap?)

            Someone's final conclusion about me based on my purse and wallet would probably be something like: this is an extremely disorganized pale lady who loves her family, her pictures and will likely be a future candidate for that Hoarders show.  I think it's time to clean out my purse....

           

Hello Everyone!

So, I have NEVER ever used a blog thing before and I hope I am doing it right.  Please someone let me know if I did it right. :-)
Liz