SNOWED IN!
It's been a pretty quiet week here at Casa D'Alessandro because like so many people in the US we here in the Atlanta area are snowed in. The storm hit us last Sunday, dumping about six inches–not a huge amount, but for the south, it's A LOT. Due to temperatures that have remained in the 30's, the snow hasn't melted. Even worse, much of it turned to ice. Schools have been closed the entire week, and while the major roadways have finally been mostly cleared, many secondary roads are still icy dangers.
So we've stayed home. We shoveled snow on Monday, then watched the championship college football game with our neighbors Monday night. In the intervening days I've caught up on my laundry (a miracle) and am nearly finished reading the galleys for my May release. Pretty tame stuff.
Until last night.
Last night my DH and I did something we'd never done before. It was exhilarating and let me tell you, we worked up quite a sweat. What did we do?
We taught a line dancing class.
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This isn't our group, but we looked this professional by the end of the night!
Now, Fred and Ginger we are not. In fact, we only know a total of six line dances. But we decided to offer to teach them to anyone in our neighborhood who was interested in learning. We sent out an email blast to the community and reserved a room at the clubhouse. And hoped we wouldn't be the only ones there.
Well, about fifty people showed up! Both men and women attended and we had a fabulous time. We taught three dances–Black Velvet, Achy Breaky Heart, and Boot Scootin' Boogie. Everyone had a great time and is looking forward to doing it again next week–so looks like what we'd thought would be a one-time teaching class will be a weekly activity. Dancing, friendship, and calorie burning—it doesn't get much better than that on a Thursday night!
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"Don't tell my heart, my achy, breaky heart--I just don't think it'd understand..."
So what have you been up to this week? Are you snowed in? Or maybe you live in Florida–the only state without snow (lucky you!) What's your favorite stay-at-home activity?
