The Long Black Veil (Again)

Today I was playing with my black veil. I love it so much. It's almost 4 yards long, and I love the way it flows. Roseanne Cash was on a late night talk show tonight, and sang the song her father sang so often. Halloween is so close, and it's so great for this time of year. Happy, happy, happy!

Anubis

Yipeee! We moved the Anubis columns out into the yard today. They still need work, but we are already getting thumbs up from drivers as they pass by. We also moved the golden ox out into the yard, which the cat is not happy about. He has been taking his naps under the ox, and I think he will miss it.

A Nice Day

I had a good day today. Got a nice compliment in dance class. :)

Had a good time painting Anubis for Halloween. Nice!

Golden Ox

My very nice brother-in-law gave us a wire frame ox, and I covered it with gold tissue lame' for our Egyptian-themed Halloween. Happy, happy, happy!

Cupcakes

I love Karin Jurick's site:
http://www.differentstrokesfromdifferentfolks.blogspot.com/
This week's photo was cupcakes, and if I do this correctly, I'm going to try to post an image of what I did in response.

My helpful son got it to work - yeah! Good enough to eat.

Phaedra

Opa! I had a *great* time Sunday at the Middle Eastern dance convention. I was glad I started on my makeup so early, because we were rushed as it was. We rehearsed 3 times instead of just once, which we needed, but it did set us behind in preparation. I've worn eyeliner maybe a dozen times in my entire life, and I piled the makeup on, but everyone kept telling me to put on more, because the lights really wash everything out. Leslie from Beaumont was nice enough to help (hugs!).

I did make a few minor flubs, but no one noticed, so that's a good thing! :) It went by so quickly! I tried not to think about the crowd, but pretend I was at home practicing by myself, but it is very distracting having a large audience.

Afterwards, we went back stage, and I jumped up and down for joy. I was soooooo happy! We hugged each other, but had to be really quiet so we wouldn't be heard up front. It was nice that there was a monitor back stage so we could watch the other dancers.

I soon went to the check in table, to show my costume to Thelma. She's the one who showed me how to make my costume. I became very emotional, because other than dancing in the studio in class of for a very small group, I had not performed in over 20 years. I sure do miss it! I gave Isis a big hug, and told her thank you, because she put in a lot of work to get me back to where I wanted to be. Opa!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuhlYo4aDdA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqWwbMdMrhQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-SVPJM4L4

Step By Step

Whew! I've been practicing the dance routine, and with some tutoring, I'm making a lot of progress. I still have some rough patches, but at least I have a better understanding of what I'm doing now. One week until the big day!