Thursdays are my fave...

I LOVE Thursdays. Seriously. I especially love Thursdays when I don't work on Friday because THEN it turns into Frusday! (Friday+Thursday)

anywho. Because it's Thursday that can only mean one thing around here in Alishka Babushka land.....

• first off, it's the 4th of July weekend! Wahoo! Fireworks! Barbecues! Friends! Picnics! YAY!!!! 

• I have a 4-day weekend! Since it's my Friday off and I have Monday off for the holiday....I can party! almost!

• I have rehearsal almost every night these days. The next two weeks there are a couple of days where I don't have rehearsal, but mostly it's every night. I don't mind, I'm having a blast!

• I'm making new friends with the cast of AIDA. The people in the cast are all so nice. It's a grand ol' time!

• I might have a date with Grizzly Bear tomorrow night. If, and only if, he gets his act together and calls me up to ask me out like I told him he should. We'll see how that goes down. IF it goes down.

• I got tickets to the Stadium of Fire from a friend...so I called up Percy to see if he wanted to go with me.

• He said YES!

• I am really excited about the Stadium of Fire for three reasons.
• Reason #1 - Brad Paisley. I hear he's amazing in concert.
• Reason #2 - my friend Sweetums (remember him?!) is in a band that is in the FINAL 3 for the talent search competition being featured in this year's Stadium of Fire!
• Reason #3 - Percy is my date! And we get to watch fireworks! It's going to be sooooo romantic! ;)

• I haven't really had a "romantic" evening date with Percy as of yet. I'm excited to spend more time with him...not during lunch. ha ha ha.

• I have a BBQ with Truit + husband. I'm stoked for that! It's going to be a blast! I love her AND her husband!

• My boss took me to lunch today. We went to a Thai restaurant. I love, love, love Thai food SO MUCH.

• I ate dinner with a former roommate yesterday. She's the best. I love her a lot and I am so glad that we got to sit and chat.

• We then took advantage of the semi-annual sale at Bath and Body Works. I got a new scent that I'm excited to wear on a regular basis. :o)

I think that's about it. I'm pretty happy today. :o) I'm really looking forward to the long weekend. It will be nice to have some time off. :o)

“Water is the only drink for a wise man.” - Henry David Thoreau

I have done a lot of research on the subject of water drinking. I even did a presentation on it in my Dance Conditioning and Injury Prevention class I took at the Y.

Lots of people say different things - one of the most common is the 8 glasses of 8 oz of water a day. this is a good general rule of thumb for those not wanting to do lots of math. I hate math, so this is the "formula" that I use to get enough water. I obviously drink more when I'm working out and what not.

ANYWAYS.

Sometimes it is VERY hard to get 64-oz of water into your body. It can be boring to drink that much water, you finish your water bottle and you forget to fill it up so you fail...etc. Well, I am here to share with you the trick that I have found for getting the most water into my body as easily as possible.


First - I have three water bottles. One 20-oz metal water bottle (bright pink! I LOVE it!) and then two-smart water water bottles. (approx 23-oz each) Each morning I fill up each water bottle with water. In one smart water I add fresh lemons every few days (I LOVE lemon water. It is my favorite thing ever). In the other smart water I add a crystal light on the go pack (my favorite flavors are the Energy wild strawberry and antioxidant natural pomegranate cherry). Finally, the third water bottle - the bright pink one stays just plain ice water.

By doing this, I have variety in my water drinking all day long. All three water bottle sit on my desk at work and when I want to drink something I just grab the closest one to me. This has been a fabulous thing and I've been doing it for almost two weeks now! :o) I always go home having drank all three water bottles fully and sometimes started on a fourth one. My body definitely is enjoying the extra water benefits, including many from this article. The one downside: always having to go to the bathroom. :( that stinks. But, I know it's healthy and so I'm happy.

Tender Mercy Tuesday - 27th edition

I remember when I first started this meme. I was blown away by all the major tender mercies being given to me. Today I don't feel like I've had anything earth shattering - or even minor for that matter. I do feel like I'm being blessed every day with love from all wakes of life. That in and of itself is a great tender mercy - to be feeling loved by those around me and by my Heavenly Father. I KNOW that he loves me.  Life isn't always sunshine and rainbows, but that's okay because some amazing things can happen in the middle of a storm.

I am loving life.  I am very busy with it these days, but that's how I roll - by being a busy bee!!!

What are your tender mercies today?

a dream is a wish your heart makes...

I have had some crazy dreams the past few days. Seriously, these dreams are whacked. I've been using this Dream Moods Dictionary to see what my dreams might possibly mean and let me tell you, sometimes it's pretty close to the truth.

For example, the other day I had a dream about toast. Yes, toast. Like, put bread in the toaster, watch it pop and then eat it. :o)

In my dream about toast I had put my favorite kind of bread into the toaster for breakfast. It popped up, I buttered it and began eating it. Before I had even come close to finishing my first piece I put more bread in the toaster for more toast! Before I knew it I had about 6 pieces of toast, it was still coming out of the toaster, but I really couldn't eat it all! It was so bizarre.

At first I thought it might have just been that I was hungry and wanted toast for breakfast. However, after looking up "toast" in the dream dictionary this is what I found:

To see or eat toast in your dream, signifies your appreciation for the simple things in life. If the toast is burnt, then it suggests that your passion may consume you.

Well, my toast definitely wasn't burnt and I guess I have been appreciating the simple things in life. How weird is that though? Who dreams about TOAST? lol.

Anywho. I highly recommend using the aforementioned dream dictionary to decipher your dreams, or your own personal dream interpreter, you know, whatever works for you. ;)

Friday Musings

Guys, I didn't think it was possible but I am MORE sore today compared to yesterday. Day two of AIDA rehearsals was FABULOUS. They split us up into two groups - guys and girls. The guys went off to learn their dance and the girls stayed and learned a different dance. If you're familiar with the music - we were learning the choreography for "My Strongest Suit." This dance is saucy, flirty, and FUN. It also features more "real" dancing compared to musical dancing. There are real-live fouettés en tournant in this piece! (see an amazing video HERE to see what I'm talking about!) I definitely worked REALLY hard and was uber tired by the end, but it felt oh so fabulous. I spent a lot of time last night stretching before going to bed, but I'm still sore today. Lucky for me we don't have choreography rehearsal again for a few days. :o)

So, I've been thinking. (A dangerous past time...I know. [name the movie!]) What have I been thinking about you ask? Astrology. I know, odd topic, right? Well..I don't take a TON of stock into horoscopes and astrological sign compatibility, but I do think it is a TON of fun to see what might happen if astrology is real at all. So, here I am sharing a few fun facts with you.

Fact one: sometimes horoscopes just WORK. Ya know? Like my one for the other day:

 Romance and marriage are very much on your mind today, Alishka. A special encounter with a possible love partner could have you hankering toward "living happily ever after." Books on attracting and maintaining relationships might be especially appealing as well as useful. Take care not to put too much stock in detailed analyses, however. Remember that such books are of necessity based on generalities, and you are a unique individual.

Doesn't that just sound lovely? The fun thing is that romance and marriage HAVE been on my mind. In fact, I even dreamed about marriage last night. It was a very odd dream.

Fact two: compatibility tests are fun! After Percy added me as a friend on Facebook, I took the opportunity to look at his birthday and then look up his astrological sign to see how we might be compatible. It just so happens that he is a Virgo while I am a Pisces. One of the best combinations ever. Don't believe me...ask the dishes! (again- name the movie!) or you can read THIS. fabulous no?

and Finally....

Fact three: on the dating site that Percy and I met on there is a compatibility test that you take to see how you match up with others on the dating site. It has a few levels of match ability that narrow in possibility. For example there is Very Good (which is a huge chunk of the scale) followed by High (a smaller chunk), Very High (an even smaller chunk/possibility) and then Extremely High (which is so minuscule it almost doesn't exist.) Most people that I see on this site match me in the Very Good area. I have seen several in the High section, a couple in the Very High, but never a person in the Extremely High area of compatibility. Can you guess which one Percy falls under?  If you guessed Very High, then you would be correct! While this isn't the sole reason why I said hello that very first time...it did play a part in it. So far, that little compatibility test has been spot on. We seem to be REALLY compatible. (that could change, and I do realize that. I don't put all my stock in that little 20 minute test I took)

So there you go. A little insight to the world of compatibility, horoscopes and ME. I find it highly entertaining on a daily basis. :o) What about you? Do you take stock in what the stars say will happen to YOU on any given day?? Does a person's sign make a difference to you? Would you believe a compatibility test if it told you that a certain someone and you were highly compatible? I'm curious!!