Did anyone else feel this way?  Ever???  I'm fighting it and usually push through it but I certainly don't like it.

Every Friday night I head out to drum circle and I bring my hoops. I like to hoop to the beat of the drums or anywhere there is music for that matter.  But I'm feeling so anxious because I know a lot of the hoopers that are going tonight are awesome.  They move so beautifully.  

I need to be around them to learn more and become more comfortable...and I will. I'm…

It's been a long day and all I could think of was I need some me time.  Me time=me and my hoops.

The sun was just coming through the trees, making those beautiful sun patterns in the woods.  Grabbed my hoops, called the dogs and off to the forest.  The wind is softly blowing, cooling my skin as the sun competes to heat it back up. There are wild flowers blooming all along the worn path as I make my way deeper into the woods.  Walking on the earth's floor still creates that…

I've been reading all the threads discussing ways of dressing, what people like, don't like - but I have to chuckle a bit as well.  I started hooping a little less than a year ago - and seeing all those beautiful people dancing in their small attire never took away from the dance with their hoops.  Secretly, I wished I looked that good.

When I first started hooping, my clothes covered me up.  I was not comfortable with all that skin showing because I was/am insecure - a little…

I just realized that I'm going to be 49 years old in August.  Seriously, I didn't even notice.  I quit counting years long ago and it's worked for me.  Wow - the whole thing has come to be quite a surprise. lol  I've never been big into numbers anyhow.

Throughout this 1+1=another year older thing - and the dreaded menopause - which no doctor would listen to me (another story, another time) I slowly gained 40 - 50 lbs.  Really, yuck....so I started looking for yet another fix to get…