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A taste of Cuba

We had such a brilliant night last night, it was Cuban Salsa at the Staithe Sutton night, with Sharon, Richard and our friends.... what a night we all had.. it was amazing

Last night we were going to be shown rueda (the wheel) its always looked fun to watch but honestly when you are part of it, it was such brilliant fun..you cant help but smile and enjoy yourself..

Richard was calling out the moves, we learnt enough just on our first night, to all get together and have one hell of a night.. It was so beautifully warm, the music was so good, we had our own taste of cuba and transformed stalham into a place where we all wanted to be..

I managed not to mess up my footwork for a change, the whole night just felt so right

I came home so happy last night it was untrue.....

The guy calls out the moves and in a circle everyone dances together picking up the ladies on the way round...

The passion these guys are sending out through dancing is infectious.. so if you havent tried cuban salsa, you have your very own cuban nights here on the Norfolk broads to come and try..

We have sunshine, that distinctive cuban beat flowing into the night air, a bar, the best group of people you could hope to meet and dance with.......and Sharon and Richard !!

Who said paradise isnt easy to find ..........

I'll take Stalham any day......

come on everyone check out the website and see how much fun we all had http://www.dancecuban.co.uk/index.html

John Denver - Annie´s Song

I heard this song this morning, its so beautiful and has just made the start of my day feel special...
One of my all time favourites.....

Maroon 5 feat. Rihanna - If I Never See Your Face Again

Never thought these guys could work together.. but its really good..
Love this one.. no 1 all over it

Field work

My god what a day.. its been a hard one today..

Ive been up the stables working and helping out, theres so much to do on a Friday as alot of the horses owners go up over the weekend, so everythings done to make life easier for them..

We got rained on several times, which made me giggle, every time we were inside it was sunny, step outside in those fields and it starts, mind you i was so hot after mucking out and grooming i was quite pleased to get wet, it felt great.. even though we had endless fields to do..

My hands are blistered today, my legs feel like they are about to drop off, but its been a good one, hard but spiritually rewarding..

I learnt to drive a tractor this afternoon which i found highly amusing, the girls have been taking photos on their phones so as soon as someone takes the mickey and sends them through i promise ill post...

We were going out dancing tonight, but im going to swap nights and go tomorrow instead. a hot bath and some home cooking sounded too good to miss and i know ill be full of energy by tomorrow, so its a good desicion..

Right its time to clear up this bomb site that used to be called a house..lol my fellas been sitting for me (on a computer anyway!) so while ive still got some energy left and i smell like a stable, ill muck in here.............lol

Have a great night everyone, my dance shoes are getting a night off til tomorrow......lol

Bullies

Ive been having a little problem with my kids the last few months, two of them are getting badly bullied by a group of youngsters, one whos the ringleader isnt very nice at all..
Last week my youngest was pushed under a car, thankfully it was parked up, but its been really worrying me, so i decided id train them both up in kickboxing..lol
2 nights a week we have been using the handwraps and bag and ive been trying to pass on everything i learnt, i got pretty good, i boxed against blokes as well as women and although i was small i made sure i was quicker, so size wasnt an issue for me..
I took it up as my past put me in situtations that werent very nice, i was bullied not by groups but by an ex parter for years, so i know how these kids feel..
They have been doing really well, they both block well, which is always a good start in self defence, but i didnt want them using what i was teaching in a bad way, so both promised only to use it as self defence and if they were hit first.. two wrongs never make a right and i didnt want their new confidence to go to their head so they actually made the situaltion worse..
Yesterday they went to boys brigade as usual, but both came back with various marks accross the face and neck, but they were both looking so pleased with themselves.
Apparently the bully started again as soon as brandon walked in, he straight away punched him in the face and went to throw another.. Brandon said he couldnt stop the first hit as he was walking through the door but he did block the 2nd ! lol he then stuck his guard up to protect himself and sent a right hook flying round the bullies head... hehe (i know its not funny, but im glad he did it) ive watched my son shrink in confidence week after week, being the target of this horrible lads agression and it needed to stop...
The bully must have been surprised as he went off crying calling for his bigger mates.. he comes back with 3 more horrible ones just like him and then starts on my other son callum, now callum is the quiestest little lad you could ever meet..
He was shouting pay back time whilst he scratched my son straight accross his cheek laughing, the brigade leaders were informed by this time and were running accross the hall..
Instead of callum hiding up (which he would normally do) he somehow found the strength to rip open the bullys shirt punch him hard enough to put him down and calmly said,
" my mum taught me that all bullys only hit if you dont hit them back ! so now leave us alone ".....
Im not proud of them fighting, but i am proud of the fact they found enough confidence to stick up for themselves last night.. he wont bother them again im sure of that, and has a lovely black eye today to show for his bullying..
Ive been told im getting a visit tonight from the mother, ive dealt with her before and enjoy smiling nicely while she shouts obsenities at me... hehe
They blame the kids for todays unruley society, but as i found out it usually starts at home....
I was hoping for a quiet night in tonight too ......lol

Addicts

We were supposed to be having a quiet night last night, the boys had to be taxi'd to and from brigade my daughter had riding lessons so its was the usual uproar...lol

I got a text message from cheryl that made me laugh so much:

Six pounds will get you a great night out dancing and the pleasure of my company..hehe

If this sounds like an offer too good to refuse brown eyed girl meet me at 8.30 at the Hog In Armour... lol

Well i couldnt sit there and not go.......lol

So i rallied the kids into the car went in the clothes id been in all day to see what she was talking about............OMG

Why did we not know about this place...

I walked in spoke to Deda and paid my six pounds and the first guy i saw was Brett...... next to him another of the top dancers from the keir hardie and it just went on from there.. they were everywhere !! lol

The class was for 1 hour and it was run by a lady called Larissa,who specializes in cross body la style..

We sat there with our mouths open, just watching the basic class !! i decided i wasnt going to do the class as i felt too nervous and very scared id embarrass myself badly, we were just going to watch instead, but Larissa told us to have a go and just do what we could !!

I have never been so nervous in a class, one by one i went to the next guy who was just an endless list of those guys i sit at wishing i was good enough to partner them...

Im not sure how we got through the class but after a while i started to feel more relaxed, they are exceptionally good, but they are also very nice so were all helping, i finally got the routine right (which i am very pleased about) but what a high when you get through it............lol

Cheryl and Francesca both sailed through it, my fella. bless bear in mind what hes surrounded by, did just over half the class (he got stuck at one move) but he got up ad had a go, which in my eyes was brilliant..

We werent out long, just long enough to realise how much there is to this salsa dancing, my god it certainly motivates you.......

sting in its tail

lol...........I hope the day gets better

I was lying in bed this morning having such a lovely dream and what happens?

All of a sudden my right boob starting burning so i turned over to see what was the matter to find mr waspy sticking his arse in it ! im sure he was smiling at me too....

Greedy bugger, all that body hanging out of bed and he has to bite me there...lol

It must have been a male (straight for the bust area!).......... god it stings.....

So i now have 3 boobs for my claim to fame vodka talk...

I've had several offers of first aid that ive happily turned down (dirty sods) and im trying to pack with one arm and take no notice of the jibes ! hehe

Hes definately got me a good en and stuck it well in there, its swelling up like hell ...

So im the butt of everyones jokes today... but glad to say im not like my mum and alergic to them (although i could have had the day off in that lovely sun) so she was right, im bad blood just like my dad.....lol

Im not going to the chemist and exposing myself as its embarrassing... but if anyone sees a wasp floating about today looking really pleased with itself.......

Swat it !!!!!!!!

I couldnt catch the sod...............

Coco Xpress

A group of us went to see Coco Xpress at the Norwich Arts Centre last night.. wow what a great night... this band had everyone up dancing away, its contagious this salsa stuff..lol


Me Cheryl Steve and Francheska helped keep the bar takings up and enjoyed blaming the floor for our bad footwork....

lol we were all past sober and having the time of our lives out on that dance floor...

We met up with loads of people we know from the salsa community, Had a few dances with Ralph, David and some of the guys there, made new friends and thoroughly enjoyed the night..

The music was banging.... I can still hear it this morning..........lol


Its the first time ive seen a salsa live band, but it wont be the last, i honestly couldnt stand still...

I have to thank my fella for sticking to soft drinks and taking care of us all, he didnt look like he minded bless he was up and salsa steppin it all night again......where this guy gets his energy from i dont know (but id like a bottle ) but one song after another he was on that floor til we ran out of music..

Ralph managed to lead 2 of us at a time to merengue, this guy is something else.......... David was giving us all dances and as usual we didnt stop laughing for most of the night.....

A truely brilliant night, i have a sore head and very sore feet....... but im already dancing round the lounge this morning......

You guys are such good fun, thank you for making it such a fantastic night..

I bet Francheska's only just got in........lol

Sharon & Richard Dancing cuban salsa

Ive finally managed to get Sharon and Richard on video this week, so anyone who's interested in learning salsa can see how good these guys are...

Ive just had the most wonderful day, Ive been working at the stables all day, Ive done my work (so not skiving) i did that when most of you were still dreaming..lol but at 8 am i was in my element and up the stables....

I learnt so much today, Ive spent the day mucking out, grooming and roaming the fields, my feet and back ache, but my heads very happy and peaceful, all thanks to a few guys that don't speak but can show their appreciation in a way I appreciate......

I know horse ridng can get expensive, so i decided that id swap that for good old fashioned hard work, Kevin's said i did the work of 3 people today, so Ive been asked to go back in a few days to help out again, Price my flirty horse bats his huge eyelids every time i go past him now (he wants Polo's) and today managed to embarrass me when i groomed him, by getting rather excited....lol

To most people its nuts working 7 hours for a chance to ride, but not to me... i don't mind working hard if its for a good cause........

Last night was salsa (again..lol) which was another great night...... Ive finally managed to get Sharon and Richard on video so you can see for yourself how good these guys are, they really are something very special..

Im still struggling with my cuban feet as its tricky learning both styles at the same time, i constantly stand on people and struggle at times recognising the leads, but with Richards and sharons help im hoping ill get there, at least im having fun while im learning it too...


Regaetton was just as good as it always is, the girls all giggle when they do it, you simply cant help it, rompe is infectious....lol and last night Mark and Adrian braved us girls and joined in too, which was great to see ..... good on you fellas !

Its salsa again tonight with Cheryl and Francesca so I'm looking forward to sitting in a nice long bath and trading my riding boots for my salsa shoes and a vodka, its always a good night with these guys, I'm so lucky in having such great people around me....

Some things in life are special, and people make my time here special .......

I'm hitting the weekend smiling inside out you guys...

so i hope you all have a great weekend too...

Simply Salsa

Its wednesday already..........the weeks flying by...

Its been another busy week, monday i was at the stables all night getting dirty as usual, the horses will be getting fat soon, with the amount of polos im feeding them.....lol

Last night was belly dancing and salsa, followed by we will be the last to leave the bar night.......... (they were polishing the tables so we took that as a hint to leave)....lol

It was such a great night, Cheryl as usual was constantly making me giggle , the guys were all on fine form with their leads and us girls were all in our element....

I was tired to start with and a little low yesterday, but it soon went when i met up with our friends and that music started playing, its better than any medicine....

Belly dancing was great, i did try and take on a hip roll, but the only thing i got rolling were eyes and people laughing at my bad rendition of "shakiras" hips dont lie (well ok mine do)... i was crap ! but im not giving up on this! lol I really want to learn ......

Salsa was great, it was cross body night with our usual very funny group and everyone was as mad as ever, the guys though.. wow they were really strutting their stuff..

Me and Cheryl were taking it in turns to wear poor Derick out ! hehe his girlfriend Karen came too last night so I did try and not get him into trouble.. it didnt give her the best insight to me though wearing what i had on " 100% unsurpassed devious bitch " top !! lol ... but hopefully we will convince her we are all really such a friendly bunch there and she will enjoy the classes as much as we do, shes a really good dancer, so hopefully its another fun person to have a giggle with on a tuesday.

Adrian was teaching us cuban moves for most of the night !!! we were all laughing about that, i think it had something to do with us all dancing cuban for most of the night Friday, both our teachers were all there and i was interested to see what style my fella chose... cuban won hands down, he loves the music and we couldnt get him off that floor all night.. hes definately into this big time and at the most strangest moments i often catch him dancing away in his own little world...I can see a youtube moment coming on soon.........lol

I cant believe how well hes doing but its also the people we dance at these places with......... you honestly wouldnt meet nicer people, i have never been happier than i am when im out on these dance nights, they dont feel like lessons, its such good fun, we are making so many good friends along the way........ its opened a new door to something thats very exciting and such good fun..

Thursdays now are nights now when we rush home from work, its a social evening not just a dance class with these guys... The class last week was great so any men out there reading this, why arent you there? you get to tell us girls what to do and actually get away with it all night ! imagine that........ is it sounding tempting yet?? ....lol

Its riding tonight ...... twice !! well if im not dancing then i want to be riding, between these two things im constantly worn out but smiling madly.. ive nearly come through the " I constantly ache feeling" and must be getting fitter....as i get bored now if i have nothing to do.... tonight after riding im hitting Richards site http://www.dancecuban.co.uk/index.html logging into the music section and shimmeeing round my lounge.... i did so much wrong last week, kept hitting the men in the head trying to do the coka cola move and need to sort that out, Richards shown me where to step now, Sharons shown me what i should be doing with my arms (sorry about that adrian) so hopefully i will improve a bit for tomorrow night.....hehe

I had to giggle this morning though, Sandra came in to work and as usual wanted to see what moves we learnt last week ! so on goes "lovely day " and into gear steps Steve.. he was only just out of bed still half asleep yet was flying round the lounge in full form... its better than sex ! thats about the only thing ive found that gets him interested and moving that quickly especially at that hour.. so its official .........salsa especially cuban style is a great way to get you feeling uplifted whatever time of day or night......................if you could have seen the duracel bunny with attitude whizzing round my lounge this morning, i know you'd all agree........

He'd give any rampant rabbit a run for its money............lol

Here you go cheryl i said id found it................lol

Mobile phones

lol.... This is a call out to cheryl............lol
Im supposed to be meeting you tonight for dancing and ive left my mobile at work !!!
I left it there wednesday and found it this morning, now ive left work and left it on my desk.. boy am i having a blonde day today !!!
anyway we will be there at 8 as planned, so please ring me on my works no you can get it from my link in favourites bar or sharon and richard have it...