SparkleShan

There are several movies I could watch over and over again and never get sick of them. They are, in no particular order: Singing in the Rain Dirty Dancing Harry Potter (All of them) Grease Forrest Gump

The best memories I had as a child were all the years that I danced from age 8 to 19. I loved dancing ballet, jazz and lyrics so much. And performing on stage was the best feeling. I was so happy when I Ed chosen as one of the few girls at my dance to school to train in pointe. It was something I dreamed of for such a long time.

Today the challenge is to post about something that makes me happy. This one is really easy. My daughter. No matter what goes on or how bad of a mood I'm in she can always cheer me up. She is sweet, funny, smart and adorable. I am so lucky to have her as a daughter.

This days challenge is perfect for me because I'm really into quotes. Below is a short list of some of my all time favorite quotes. "There are too many mediocre things in life, love shouldn't be one of them." "An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind." -Ghandi "Love conquerors all." (I have this tattooed in Latin on my back.) "I'm tough, ambitious and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, okay." - Madonna "There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice."

Today's blog challenge is to post a self portrait and 5 random facts about myself. 1. I studied classical ballet for 12 years and I wanted to be in the New York City Ballet. 2. I am really good at cooking crepes. 3. I ran away from home my senior year of high school. 4. When I was in high school I dreamed opening my own animal rescue when I grew up. 5. I won a college scholarship my freshman year of college, I ended up with a .75 GPA at the end of freshmen year.

To help me to get into blogging I am going to do the 31 Day blog challenge I found on Pinterest. This should help me get back into the blogging flow.

Every Wednesday I am going to post about my current crafty (mostly knitting) works in progress. This week I am still working on the herbivore shawl in my lovely sparkley hand dyed sock yarn.