Michelle Anzalone is getting ready to compete in the OCB Fitness and figure competition next April and has asked me to work with her on choreography.

My job is to choreograph a routine that combines dance, kickboxing and the required poses of the competition.  We chose the song “Run The Show” by Kat Deluna.  I was stuck for a couple of weeks on what to do but then yesterday afternoon we spent hours at the gym and I believe we have finished the routine and we’re pretty happy with it.  Now we practice… over and over and over til it’s perfect! It’s fun to use my dance and choreography abilities for something other than my Zumba classes.

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.  The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one”  Mark Twain

This is from last night’s sunset.  The color of the sun is amazing, it doesn’t even look real.  I’m happy to have some down time to enjoy the last of the summer evenings.

Those of you who know me well are probably saying “Susan? Dog???” I am, or was, deathly afraid of dogs but I’m working on that.  This is my friend Greg’s dog, Norman.  Norman has helped me work on my fear and I can actually walk him alone, yup, no fear.  Here I think Norman was walking me rather than the other way around…

Me and Norman at Turkey Hill

With or without a dog, a simple exercise with great benefits is walking and depending on your pace, you could burn anywhere from 200 to 450 calories per hour. Read the rest of this entry »