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About Me

Ah, yes, here's me. This is how I get from room to room in my house, actually. Sometimes I partner with the mop. He's a very good dancer.My brother's girlfriend (delightful girl) is a very talented artist with a unique, whimsical style. Recently she launched her first attempt at bringing her art to the world and it can be found here:
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My Interests

..Lots of things. I teach voice, piano and tap dancing, so that stuff. And drama. Actually, anything that lets me get on stage and show off (all that about not liking to talk about myself was bologna. I'm a performer, I love talking about myself. I just don't like blatantly admitting that I love talking about myself). I LOVE reading. I am a fountain of useless knowledge. I like to know little trivia bits about things.To see some highly entertaining tap dancing, check this out:Then watch these guys do an impressive immitation:

I'd like to meet:

Gene Kelly. He's my all-time favorite dancer. Amazing footwork. And a pretty cool person, from what I've read.

Music:

I love music in so very many forms, which is why I majored in it. And being a musician, I have lots of musician friends. Several of the coolest ones are in this band:

Movies:

Romantic comedies, fantasy adventure (particularly old swashbuckling films) and of course the grand old movie musicals. "Singin' in the Rain", "The Music Man" and "The Sound of Music" are some of my favorites of those.

Television:

I don't really watch it anymore. There's a toddler in my house now, so The Upside Down Show (cheers, great show), or Sesame Street or (shudder) Barney is usually on in the background.

Books:

NOT-A-SPOILER WARNING: The banner below is for the results of a quiz I took BEFORE reading Deathly Hallows about what I THOUGHT was going to happen in it. The claim made on said banner and the answers to the questions you'll find if you follow the link are utterly devoid of authority as to the actual contents of the book and are therefore not spoilers. So, if you haven't read the book yet, fear not. You won't be spoiled by me.I dearly love C.S. Lewis' "Chronicles of Narnia". I also love the Christian romance/historical fiction of Francine Rivers and the work of Nora Roberts, and Mary Higgins Clark when I'm feeling suspenseful. I enjoy other classics like "Little Women", "Emma" and "Lord of the Rings". Books in general, actually. I always say that a well-loved book is like an old friend.

Heroes:

Miss Frances from my dance class. She's 83 and still dancing. This has lead to my dance (and life) philosophy: "Dance until you die".

My Blog

Loneliness and Aloneness

..>..> ..> I remember reading a children's book once on the difference between "loneliness" and "aloneness". Loneliness, of course, is being apart from someone, or everyone, and wishing you...
Posted by Ellie on Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:04:00 PST

Let them eat cake! (of the birthday variety)

This Saturday is Grady's birthday party. His first two parties were attended by grandparents, aunts, uncles, James and I, you know, family folks. This will be his first party with his frie...
Posted by Ellie on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:19:00 PST

Okay, Campers!!

Well, the Shelton family is going to church camp this week. James was the only one originally planning to go, but there was a need for another female counselor, so they asked if I would come as ...
Posted by Ellie on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 11:04:00 PST

A little culture...

This is your daily dose of poetry, if you haven't had any yet. After all, "A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that wo...
Posted by Ellie on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:47:00 PST

Special Father's Day Post

I started to post this in my other blog entry, but I decided that it deserves a post of its own. This is to declare that James is a wonderful father. I could not ask for a more loving influ...
Posted by Ellie on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 11:02:00 PST

So many good things in so little time!

There have been so many exciting things happening in the past few days it's hard to know where to start. First of all, we had a great week of VBS. There was an amazing number of kids...
Posted by Ellie on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:40:00 PST

If music be the food love...

Well, I managed to live through my last recital of the school year. Sunday afternoon was the recital for our School of Music and I was so pleased. We all agreed that this year we really ra...
Posted by Ellie on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 09:09:00 PST

Of Tap Shoes and Pirates

Well, I have officially made it through one of two recitals in which my students are performing. The dance recital that featured two of my tap classes was last weekend, and I...
Posted by Ellie on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:07:00 PST

Happy Anniversary to Me! (I mean us!)

Well, today is James' and my anniversary. Who knew anybody could put up with me for four years? After four years of being married (and seven years of being together), James and I not only ...
Posted by Ellie on Thu, 17 May 2007 09:51:00 PST

Talking About Not Talking About Myself

It would seem that I've spent my first few days of MySpace-dom talking about how I hate talking about myself (I think I counted 3 instinces and 1 retraction, actually). This might be a good time...
Posted by Ellie on Tue, 15 May 2007 12:43:00 PST