still alive & kickin'! and strawberry pickin'!

yum. delicious! ellie turned 2 in March. crazy. time flies. but i love it. and her. SO much. she's a bird. such a funny little character. and she loves to dance, like her mama. and play with her blue dinosaur. and eat rice krispies with bananas. (which she calls 'pop'-- short for snap, crackle, pop!) anyhoo, in other news, i've been teaching zumba toning classes twice a week now for the last 5 months. it's nice to get paid to exercise, but i don't really feel like i'm cut out to be part of the zumba machine. and i refuse to wear ridiculous neon "zumbawear" from head to toe. and tassles?! oh hell no. ;o) i'm a black and gray girl when i exercise-- it's a funeral for my fat. ha! might try to get my AFAA group exercise fitness certification so i can teach other classes and maybe even get into spin instruction. we'll see. life's good. i even got back into 'making' just a bit... and have a few projects goin' on. a couple of quilts for some friends who are getting married. not gonna lie, they're gonna be pretty darn nifty when they're finished.... assuming i can buckle down and get around to finishing them! fell out of blogland for a good while, as i tend to do. but i might be back. perhaps. xo.