You can do it!
posted over 4 years ago | 5 comments
I really want to make a point of thanking everybody that has sent me the most amazing condolences, all the beautiful flowers I've received. I've never known anything like it. I've been walking around my house just looking at all these beautiful fl...
Let's Get Ready to Rumba!
posted over 4 years ago | 10 comments
Its week 5 and Tony has diligently been trying to teach me the Rumba and I've devotedly been trying to learn it! The Rumba is all about passion and heat, it's a very sexy dance, but let me tell you, it's not as easy as it looks. I thought the Rumb...
My Mother's Gift
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 15 comments
Last Tuesday was just an amazing day. I didn’t have the stress of having to dance again. I was able to really accept everyone’s kind words. I had tried so hard not to cry the day before and of course I wept immediately after the dance. It was the ...
I Was Transported
posted over 4 years ago, updated 2 minutes later | 8 comments
In England, I wanted Tony to see something more than the inside of a dance studio, so we grabbed him, put him in the car and rushed him up to St Catherine’s in Bath, which is our country home and just before it got dark he got to see how beautiful...
A Celebration of Mieke's Life
posted over 4 years ago, updated 3 days later | 16 comments
I did this c...
Tonight we Mambo
posted over 4 years ago | 34 comments
Tonight, I have got to twist those hips and challenge my spine and see whether I can go beyond the danger of dislodging my discs. Tony has got me doing the mambo and it requires really complicated hip action. I’ve been working on it for quite a wh...
The Time of My Life
posted over 4 years ago | 24 comments
Results day is tonight and I’m really excited. I’m hoping that I still get to dance, but what’s really important to me is I want to thank everybody who has been so supportive and everybody who has been voting because according to Yahoo I’ve got so...
It was a dream come true
posted over 4 years ago, updated 14 minutes later | 19 comments
I just wanted to say I am just so excited. Yesterday when I went out and I had to dance I was so nervous. I was watching all the other dancers and they were so amazing. Mel B. was out there with Maks and they were just heating up the dance floor. ...
Going on Ellen's Show
posted over 4 years ago, updated 1 minute later | 15 comments
Tony and I are going to be guests on the Ellen DeGeneres show! We tape it today (Thursday) and it airs on Monday. Please tune in and watch us chat with Ellen! And if we're lucky, you'll see a snippet of our Foxtrot.
Thank you again for all your s...
Thank you again for all your s...
One Week to Go and Mambo
posted over 4 years ago | 32 comments
One week to go! This past month of training has positively flown by. I can’t believe that I now actually can dance the Foxtrot. It’s a lovely elegant dance and I feel as light as air when Tony and I dance the steps.
I can feel the excitement buil...
I can feel the excitement buil...
