Ok, so I know it’s mid April, but this past week I finally got around to giving Chris her Xmas present from me and BL!!  Needless to say, there has been a lot going on with re-opening BL and both of us being pulled in a million directions.  Still, it was 4 months late…hey better late than never.   A few years back I started a tradition of treating Chris to a play downtown or one year we even journeyed to Chicago to see Hamilton.  But of course, we needed to break that tradition this year and come up with something different.  So I got creative and ended up booking a private session with our own beloved Dr. Ronda Diegel, to chat about our personalities!!   Ha!!   I’m sure you’re thinking a far cry from sitting in a theater and watching Hamilton, but it was an amazing experience all the same.   The fancy word for what we did was called Enneagram.   I’m sure many of you have heard of it.  It’s basically one way to figure out which of 9 different personalities you are, and to not only understand the core of who you are but to figure out how you deal with other personality types as well.Read More

Yesterday I subbed for Jamie’s mini vin.  Believe it or not, I still get a bit nervous subbing this class, as Jamie has some pretty big shoes to fill.    One of the hardest parts about putting this class together is the music. So I found myself saying, “Hey it’s Jamie’s class, I’ll just go into Spotify and grab some of her songs and make a playlist that feels like Jamie.”  Thinking THIS will make her students happy.  Plus, I always love the music she plays in her classes.   But as I put the playlist together, I realized it sounded like Jamie…not me.  So I ended going back and sprinkled in some songs that were more me, intermixed with my favorite Jamie tunes.  It ended up being a perfect blend!!Read More