I’m guest posting over on the BYUtv blog “See the Good”.  Come on over and have a read.

The Casual Blogger Community is a great place to find new blog favorites as they introduce you to three new blogs per week.  They also share blogging tips and general hilariousness.  I recommend you visit them. Often.

When I saw this post in my reader, I knew I had to share it.  Some of you are seasoned bloggers and some are just now dipping their toe into the waters of blogging.  This post on Blogging Tips for Beginners is a must read for anyone who reads or writes a blog.

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Have you tried Zumba^® yet?  It’s my latest obsession!  I’ve been looking for a way to work out that didn’t feel like “work” and I’ve found it!  Their website calls it a “calorie-burning dance fitness-party™”.  They aren’t kidding.  It’s totally kicking my butt!  My sisters have tried for over a year to get me to go with them, but I never went. Then, two friends from my neighborhood invited me to go with them.  They even picked me up and drove me there. That’s all it took. I’m hooked!

I haven’t danced in years.  I took dance lessons when I was a little girl.  I liked to dance, but my teacher once described my dance ability like this: You dance like a librarian.  Get the picture?

The thing is, I don’t feel like I have a to be good at it, I just have fun.  There are ladies and girls of all ages (I go to a ladies only gym) and all abilities.  Sometimes there are as many as 60 people in the class, so I’m pretty sure no one is worried about watching Veronica the Librarian do the Samba.  If they are, more power to them.  I’m having a blast and gettin’ my girlish figure back in the process!   The music is loud, and most of it’s in Spanish.  I don’t understand a word of it, but that doesn’t matter.  The time flies by and I’m drop dead tired by the end.  It feels goooooood!

Now, if I could just figure out how to shake my hips like the instructor….

Anybody want to see real librarians dance?   Here you go:

No, they don’t do the Thriller Dance at Zumba^®.   We shake it to all kinds of fun Latin and American pop music.  

I want to know if you’ve tried Zumba^®.  Leave me a comment people!

The Zumba® people don’t have a clue who I am and did not sponsor or suggest this post.  I just really like Zumba^®.  Try it, you will too!

I’m guest posting today over at LeeLou Blogs!  This week on LeeLou it’s all about Social Media.  You’ll learn tips and tricks from some fabulous bloggers.  You might also find a few new blogs you’ll want to follow!

Today we are talking Twitter Basics. 

Come on over and join the conversation.

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Have you ever thought about running away?

I’m a wife, mom, daughter, sister, friend, aunt, neighbor, room mother, taxi driver, and persuader of all things homework.  If I’m not careful, when I make my list of responsibilities and duties I forget about just Veronica. 

I ran away once.  I couldn’t take it anymore. Too much noise, too much arguing, too much whining, too much stress, too much chaos. I made it as far as the laundry room.  I barricaded the door and being the dutiful laundress that I am, I moved the wet clothes into the dryer and put a new load into the washer.  I pressed start both machines and sat on the floor in front of them and cried.  The hum of the dryer served well in drowning out the elevating noise that continued beyond my little sanctuary.  I sat, I cried, I pondered the state of my household.  A thought came to my mind, “Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.”  It’s true, my chaos wasn’t going away.  Not one little bit.  Nor did I want it to.  It was MY chaos.  Those were MY kids.  All 50 fingers and all 50 toes, five button noses, ten bright eyes and five giggling mouths.  Loud though they may be, they were all mine.  I just needed to look for the good and remember why I wanted this job so much.

Since no one wants to see a repeat performance of the Great Meltdown of 2005 I decided to find ways each day to sneak in a little bit of “me” time.  Sometimes I can take an hour or two and head to my favorite boutique for some retail therapy.  Sometimes I treat myself to a pedicure.  But most of the time it’s the little things like reading a chapter of my favorite book while waiting for carpool or taking the kids to a park to enjoy the sunshine. Even making a quick phone call to a friend or watching one of the shows on my ever growing dvr queue can make a difference.  No matter what it is, I try to find something to remind me of the things that made me who I am.  Because remembering who I am is what allows me to be all those things to everyone else.

How do you take time to remember who you are?

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