Happy

I have been separated for a little over a week and I am truly the happiest I've ever been. My advice would be to not marry until you're at least 25. We got married when we were very young and I did not know who I really was. When I turned into my true self, my husband didn't like it. It's not his fault...but it is something that I couldn't contain any longer.

I'm glad he ended it because I would have lived that way for the rest of our lives....I didn't want to be the bad guy.

We plan to still do things together as a family for the sake of little Evan Jo.

I found a place!

I put a deposit down on a town home in the heart of Ogden Utah. It's in the Junction plaza. It's a brand new town home and I can see the megaplex theatre right from my bedroom window. I can walk to the children's museum, indoor skydiving center, rock climbing wall, perry's egyptian theatre, and so much more in under 2 minutes.

I am stoked! There are 3 bathrooms and two bedrooms and the place includes a washer and dryer and a dish washer. Those items were at the top of my want list.

If everything goes well I will move in this weekend!!!!!

I'll post pictures later today.

Don't walk all over me

I haven't told anyone about my husband leaving me. I have been too ashamed and embarassed. Lots of tears shed crying to myself and my dogs ;) I finally told my mom this morning and I feel so much better! I can't do this by myself and I realize that.

Yesterday I posted a blog saying that I would wait for my husband to fall back in love with me. And you know what? It's bull shit that I should have to settle for someone who isn't in love with me and who isn't physically attracted to me in hopes that he will "change his mind". I am a strong woman. I own my own business, I take care of myself, and I think I deserve nothing but the best.

So I'm not going to settle and wait around for someone who isn't crazy about me.

Yesterday, he informed me that he wants the house. Isn't that interesting? He is the one who wants a divorce and now he wants my family home. I didn't ask for a divorce but now I'm the one who has to live without a husband AND move out of the home I have remodeled, loved, and cared for.

So I am going apartment hunting in downtown Ogden today. I've always dreamed of living in a large city with no yard and honking horns out my bedroom window (really). Ogden isn't a big city....but it is a city.

I'm excited for the future but sad about the past. I know I'm only on day four of the separation/divorce...but I feel like I'm going to be much happier :) I shouldn't settle for someone who is reluctant to be with me. It has been a 6 year fight to try to make him be passionate about me and I'm done! I'm tired of watching happy couples hold hands and kissing in public. It hurts.

The hardest part is going to be watching our daughter live the way we grew up. I never thought that my daughter would grow up with divorced parents.

Operation "Get my husband back"

I'm still not sure why he left. Sure, I have a strange job which I love...but I cook, clean, and I love him and the family and life we have.

I'm brainstorming ways to reel him back in. He always seems to respond well to jealousy, but it seems a bit juvenile. I could sit home every night and try to make him feel sorry for me, but what if he goes out all the time while I'm at home being pathetic.

After much thought, I think I'm just going to go about life as it comes and if he should decide to fall back in love with me, I will drop everything and go running back to my man. I don't think this will happen in weeks or months. I think he needs to experience single life so he can find what he really wants. If it's me, great...I'm here. If it's not me, I will have a new life that I will move forward with.

Operation get my husband back will probably take about a year if it is going to be done correctly. So I have put an ad online for a room mate and I have laid off some employees so I can make my house payment and stay in my home.

I will never divorce him without a fight.

Through all of this, my best friend is away for the next two weeks and I haven't told any of my other friends or family. I'm feeling pretty alone. I made one of my employees sleep at my house last night so I wouldn't be alone (yes it was a girl).

AAAAGH! I hate this!

Split

Snuggling in bed this morning with my husband, my daughter, and her pet rat. I embrace my husband for a few minutes and then ask the silly question "Do you love me?"

He replies, "I've been meaning to talk to you about that....I am not in love with you anymore."

So he is packing his bags right now and then it's off to his Mommy's house.

It's hard...I'm still in love and I feel like I got completely blind sided. I'm numb right now...don't know what the next step is.

The big offer

Okay, so I was vague earlier. I had an investor approach me about franchising my business. He would like to franchise it to 10-15 stores across the nation and then turn around and sell it in three years. His company would supply all the money needed to set up that many dance studio's. All he asks from me is that I train the teachers and managers while also traveling to each location and getting each store running efficently for 2-3 weeks at a time.

He has done this to a very well known hotel chain...and it worked. He made more money in that deal than I care to think about.

I know the investor pretty well and he is very excited about my business and the kind of profit it could make. He is a very good friend of the mayor of my town.

I was very excited the first few days about making 6-7 digits per year...and then I came back down to earth. I know that I could be wealthy with my business. Pole fitness is on the rise and there is much money to be made.

However, the more I thought about it, I couldn't help but think that I would be hurting myself, my family, and my love for dance. If I were to just do the business aspect of it and stop teaching, choreographing, and interacting with my teachers and students...I would go crazy.

I haven't given the investor an answer yet, but I'm leaning toward opening a few more studio's in nearby counties with one of my friends. That way, I can still put my personal touch on everything while spending time with my family and keeping my sanity.

I don't know what to do! What does everyone else think??? Big money franchise or mom and pop dance studio????

Pole dancing classes in Utah

If you are looking for great pole dancing classes in Utah, look no further. Adult Dance & Fitness is located on the beautiful east bench of Ogden Utah.

Our facility has 10 poles, crash mats, wood flooring, and a very exotic setting. Pole fitness is the latest trend in exercise for strength and weight loss.

For all the details, visit our website at www.danceogden.com. You can also contact us by phone at 801-678-0225.

We also offer hip hop, aerial silk, ballroom, chair dancing, yoga, belly dancing, kick boxing, and much more!

Pole fitness will do wonders for your self confidence and body shape. Don't wait another week. You deserve this!!!

Big business

I got a business proposition today that I just can't refuse. My actions in the next 6 months will take me and my family to never before seen places. I feel a lot of pressure to succeed on this deal. I am so stressed...but very excited !!!

Things to remember

I have the worst memory. I am sure that I will have some form of alzeihmers when I am older. I don't remember anything about my life before the age of 13. A few random memories, but not much. I always lose my keys, and my grandpa suffers from alzeimers.

So, I'm going to start writing things that I would like to remember (while I'm still sharp).

- When I put on lip gloss or lip stick in front of my daugther, I'm not allowed to rub my lips together. She will scream "Don't eat your lip stick!"

- When she has an ear ache, she says "Momma. I have a bird in my ear."

- She doesn't say polka dots...she says polka bots :)

- She insisits on climbing through my car door to get to her car seat. It drives me crazy!

- She calls her Grandma Nielsen "Grandma Forsey". My mom has a horse...so what she reallly means is "Grandma Horsey". My dad is "Grandpa Mountain"...because he lives in the mountains. I have taught her to call them these names. In our family, everyone is divorced and she would have a Grandma Nielsen, Allgood, Burroughs, and Chapman. I think it's better to come up with cute names since there are so many to remember.

- She has the worst studder I've ever heard from a child her age. We're going to check into it after her fourth brithday if it doesn't improve. Personally, I think it's cute...but I don't want her to be teased by other children.

That's good for now. When I think of more, I will post again.

Crazy neighbors!

This morning, I was woken by two ambulances at a neighbors house. The woman is in her 50's and has a gentleman living with her. Not sure if he's a son, boyfriend, or husband, or just a friend.

Anyway, I waited at the window to see the gernie...wondering if it would contain a dead body or an injured person. It was the woman, she was injured. So I went about my day and when I came home tonight, there had been a wheel chair ramp built for her front step.

Concerned, I walked across the street to check up on her. There were three men working outside on the ramp. I asked one of them if she was okay.

"Yeah she's fine. Who in the hell are you?"

I told him I was the neighbor and I was here to ask if she needed any cleaning, dinner, yard work? He declined any of my offers and walked in the house and slammed the door.

What in the hell is wrong with some people? These neighbors have never been that nice, and I will never offer a hand to them again. But I ask...what age, income bracket, job title, life situation gives anyone the right to act like a jerk? My answer is none!!! There is no reason to treat people with disrespect, especially those who are offering help.

Quite annoying.

On a lighter note, I designed a logo for my brothers graduation present. He is a club DJ and lots of people have been asking him if he has a business card. So, I made him a logo and put it on a T-shirt and also some matching business cards. What do you think of the logo?



His DJ name is DJ C-Cee. Notice the two e's hidden in the logo and the headphone jacks coming down the bottom. I love it!!! I hope he does too.

Pole Fetish

The competition went great. One of my girls took second in the advanced category. Another took second in the intermediate category and another took third in the beginners division.

Everything went great until the other pole studio in Utah decided to claim "bragging" rights to the competition. I'm a little pissed right now. I put so much work into this thing and tried to be fair to everyone, only to have some of the competitors turn this into a very immature high school like competition.

Oh well. My girls rocked it and I was very proud of them. I'm refuse to participate in this drama. That's why I'm only writing this to my bloggy friends :)

Alone at the "top"

I remember my job at the credit union like it was yesterday. I was a teller (cashier)...basically at the bottom of the todem pole. I had lots of friends at work and we loved to talk shit on the management. We all bought scooters one year and rode to work every day and parked next to each other. We were so cool :)

Now, I own a business and I am the management. My employees talk shit on me and there's nothing I can do about it. I'm a good boss and I pay very well...but for some reason, people will always find nasty things to say.

Anyway, I miss the friendships I used to have with co-workers. But I know that the 20 year old girl at the credit union would kill to be at the "top".

Oh well...you can't win or lose. All I can do is run my business to the best of my ability and come home and love on my man and my super cute teenie weenie daughter whom I love to teenie weenie pieces.

Miss Pole Dance Utah 2009!

Oh my God. It's almost here! Utah's 1st pole fitness competition.

May 16th, 2009
Davis Conference Center
7:00pm-10:00pm
Layton, UT

$20 - General Admission
$50 - VIP Seating

If you would like more info, visitwww.misspoledanceutah.com

Please come support me if you can. It's gonna be freaking awesome!!!

Cats bug me

WARNING!
This post is not sexy, contains no controversy, or anything mean. But it is a little disgusting.


Okay. So I am a huge animal advocate...but my freaking cats are irritating the hell out of me.

Every day when I get home, my house smells like poop or pee. No, my cats aren't pooping or peeing on my floors. Does anyone have a guess as to why an entire house would smell of animal waste without any acutally being on the floor?

I'll tell you how. The stupid things go potty in their litter box and then refuse to cover the poop or pee up by simply kicking kitty litter on top of it. So the smell just goes upward into my stair well, kitchen, and living area.

AAAAgh!

My new favorite blogger

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Dreams withheld

Last night I felt like the luckiest woman in the world. When most men repress their women and make them feel dirty, my man is by my side letting me explore my world. Many women come to my studio craving the feeling of sexy. Some never make it to class because of a boyfriend or husband who forbids them from trying pole dancing.

I think it's near insanity for any man to not want their gal to pole dance. What kind of an ego driven, self centered bastard are these women married to?

I understand that some women don't want to experience anything sexy because of religion or morals....that I get. But when a woman wants to do it and her guy is pressuring her into false "morals" and "values"...I want to throw up in my mouth.

Sexy is natural. Sexy is normal. In Utah, most of us women are told that sex is secret and should never be talked about. Unusual sex positions are dirty. Talking to your girl friends about sex is trashy, and taking any sort of sexually oriented class is slutty.

Get over it Utah. The women are liberating themselves. So, you can join us and support us (like my cutie-pu-tootie husband) or you can get out of our way!

Tear.

My husband is leaving me this weekend to go to the sand dunes in Southern Utah. Normally, I'm cool with being independent and by myself...but he has been an EXTRA good husband for the past few weeks. So I'm gonna miss him like crazy.

To keep me busy, I've made some play dates with my friends. We're going to go to the D.I. and do some fun thrift shopping. I thought I'd take my daughter to the childrens museum or to the new Earth movie.

I'm also going to try rock climbing at the new rock gym by the Junction in Ogden, and I'm going to go see my friend dance at her new job she just started.

Anyhoo, that's my life this week :)

Pole Dancing in Utah ????

I know I told you a bit about the controversy earlier...but here is just one of about a dozen stories fox 13 did on the event.



We were also fortunate to be covered by KSL news, Standard Examiner, Davis County Clipper, Salt Lake Tribune, and shock radio.

It has been a crazy couple of weeks and I just can't wait for it to be over:)

Here is a column that a journalist did in support of our event:

Count us among those intrigued about the Miss Pole Dance Utah competition slated for May 16 at the Davis Conference Center in Layton.

It's an athletic event. That's what dancing is, athletics that requires strong physical conditioning. While they pole dance, contestants will have to be dressed and stay dressed. Any so-called "wardrobe malfunctions," says Meagan Burroughs, whose Ogden dance and fitness studio is one of the sponsors, will result in immediate disqualification and a quick hook off the stage.

Still, a county official has expressed concern over the potential prurient appeal of the competition. Davis County Commissioner Bret Milburn wants to know more about what exactly a pole-dancing competition is. As we mentioned, we, too, are interested.

But Milburn is concerned it's adult entertainment. After taking a peek at the event's Web site, misspoledanceutah.com, the commissioner said, "I have an issue with how it is portrayed on its Web site. It doesn't show me any sort of athletic component to it. It doesn't speak fitness. This speaks something else."

We went to the Web site. There is an attractive woman dancing in a manner that might be considered akin to gymnastics. The site makes it clear the Davis event is trying to move pole dancing from an entertainment largely considered prurient into an athletic competition.

We have to disagree with Milburn's assessment that there is no athletic or fitness connected to pole dancing. We'd be willing to wager a fitness bar that Commissioner Milburn can't imitate the athletic move of the pole dancer on the Web site. We know we can't.

All joking aside, in the past few years, pole dancing has become a preferred option toward physical fitness for many women. That's why there will be many women at the May 16 event. Some will be there with their teenage children, as ages 12 and under will not be admitted. The pole dancing will focus on the physical aspects of the competition. Those seeking a prurient thrill will be disappointed.

"This is just tricks, no hips involved, no bootie popping, no provocative movements or sexual gestures, including touching yourself," Burroughs told the Standard.

We'll be very disappointed if this event doesn't stay on the conference center's calendar. We don't want it to suffer the same type of prejudice that has hampered mixed-martial arts cage fighting, another athletic competition that is rapidly growing in popularity but has been shut down by officials who are out of touch with the changing culture in Utah.


Below is a letter to the editor that an obviously closed minded individual wrote concering pole dancing and it's one degree from prostitute:

Rationalization is "to create an excuse or more attractive explanation" (Webster's). It hides true motives behind a fake explanation which its users hope others will buy. The Standard Examiner editorial board provides a fine example in their support of public pole dancing, with the disingenuous excuse that such entertainment involves athletic moves and is "akin to gymnastics." Uh huh.


The counter to rationalization is to find the main purpose or motive. What is the main purpose of pole dancing? Anyone old enough to vote knows it is to erotically entertain. Duh. Grondahl's cartoon on the same page deftly demonstrates this point: the man watching the dance rationalizes, but his wife is smart enough to see through him. I'm sure that many accomplished prostitutes are able to perform athletic moves akin to gymnastics. Perhaps we should have a prostitution skills competition? The difference is one of degree only.


The editorial derides "officials who are out of touch with the changing culture of Utah." They seem to think that changing culture is necessarily good. They have demonstrated their blindness to the negative effects of some culture change, however, in their own paper. Once the Examiner had a strong ethic of honesty in requiring all authors they published to identify themselves by name. Now they publish anonymous sniping at letters to the editor, somehow in the name of free speech. It has the opposite effect of course. It takes greater fortitude to put your name out there when you know it may be attacked, even more when the attacks are anonymous, and worse, with the attack implicitly supported by the paper. This is indeed changing culture; from responsible to yellow journalism. I suppose there will be attacks and ridicule of this letter. Anonymous of course. That way the Examiner can claim they have nothing to do with it, while giving tacit support and endorsement. Rationalization and changing culture indeed.


David A. Cook
Syracuse

Pole Dancing Controversy

As many of you already know, Davis County commissioners are trying to ban my pole dancing competition on may 16th at the Davis Conference Center. Many news outlets have been following the story including FOX 13 news, The Standard Examiner, Salt Lake Tribune, and KSL news.

Since this is my blog, I'm going to say what I want to say about this happening.
The athletic women who are competing in this event are not strippers! They are women who are on a mission to change the way this world looks at pole dancing.

Did you know that pole dancing was origionally a circus event? In europe, a gentlemen's club decided to put one in their establishment. The rest is history. All we are doing is taking the pole back to its origional roots.

One of my favorite quotes:
"Not all strippers pole dance, and not all pole dancers strip".

For those who don't know, I am from Utah and I am trying to host this event in one of the most conservative counties in the state. Wish me luck!

Below are the links to read the news stories. The one that FOX 13 did was great!

http://www.fox13now.com/video/?clipId=3598048&topVideoCatNo=undefined&c=&autoStart=true&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=flv

http://www.standard.net/live/news/168306

http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=5992394

Investor friend

A month or so ago, I was approached by an investor who owns 30% of Ogden property. He is very interested in my studio and has convinced me to move to one of his buildings once my lease is up. This new building is 5,000 sq feet of dance floors!

Since I'm going to have so much room to work with, I will be adding two new styles of dance to my menu. Aerial Silk dancing and the Low Flying Trapeze. Both can be seen in any circus. Aerial Silk is when you suspend yourself 10-20 feet in the air from two long pieces of fabric and the low flying trapeze is pretty much what it sounds like.

Anyway, I am so excited to start perfecting my circus skills.

One day, I hope to have enough money to open my real dream business...a commerical based animal rescue. Basically it's an animal rescue that doesn't answer to the government. In my opinion, I can do much better than the government at saving animals and placing them in homes. And I think I can do it for a profit!

So there's where my head has been all day.

What do you think? Will you come fly on the trapeze, stripper poles, and the aerial silk with me???

DANCE!

The workshop yesterday was so freaking fun!
We started off with a stretch limo ride

Twitch, Katee, and Gev were all there. In case you don't know...they were in the top 12 on last seasons "so you think you can dance"



I don't have any pictures of Katee...because she wasn't that great. Her dance was WAY too hard for almost anyone to learn. She was teaching it as if we already knew it. She didn't take any time to go over moves, and she didn't really talk to us like we were realy human beings. We stopped learning the dance half way through because none of us were getting it so we quit. So she punished us by making us do the dance as a group in front of everyone. I am not normally a quitter...but when choreography is being thrown out at lightning speed by someone who is "above" everyone...I'm not down with it.

Anyway, Gev was great but Twitch was the best! His dance was so creative and he really took the time to go over and over the parts that were difficult. All of the celebrity instructors were given a half hour break in between classes...and twitch chose to spend that time with everyone in dance battles and conversation.



On the limo ride to the workshop, my teacher Jerome discovered that it was a girl's birthday...he decided to follow it up with a kiss and a lap dance. I have never laughed so hard in my life!!!

Anyway it was super fun!

And me, being the skank that I am...I decided to pole dance on the streets of SLC

The final rose!

Okay...so the bachelor totally pissed me off. The freakin' guy picks the cutest girl with a huge personality. The show ends. Three minutes later, the follow up show begins. Two minutes later, he breaks up with her. Two minutes later, he asks the rejected girl for another shot.

WTF!!!

Anyway, drama drama. Gotta love it.

I'm over all the financial shit that happened this week. I just need to remember that there are people sitting in a cubicle who would love to run their dream business. I wouldn't trade any job in the world for the one I have. Who else gets to lap dance, pole dance, do a little photography, host parties, meet celebrities, and get a workout at the same time? All while wearing short shorts and a tank. Definately better than dress down Friday at the credit union I used to work at.

This weekend, I get to go with my very best friends and some cool clients to a dance workshop in SLC. We will get to dance along side of Twitch, Gev, and Katee from So you think you can dance!!! I rented a limo for transportation. We're going to feel like a million bucks...at least for a day:)

Worst week ever!!!

Wow, this week was definately one of those that will go down in history for being so unkind to me.

#1 My basement flooded with 3 inches of water. Carpet pads needed replacing. Total: $400

#2 My landlord sent me a bill for back rent. Apparantely, his accountant forgot to include property taxes in my CAM fees for 2008. Total: $6200

#3 In addition to the back rent, he is also raising my rent each month. Total: $7200

#4 A friend of a friend killed herself. Very sad!

#5 My husbands truck broke. $160

#6 My bathroom is almost finished...but we needed to spend another $500 to finish it!


Worst week ever Total: $14,460

Hmmm. Not real sure how I'm going to manage to come up with it. But, I've definately surprised myself before :)

Anyway, I had a great year last year. I guess I had it coming. I'm kinda glad it came all at once. Get it out of the way so I can enjoy 2009!

What has been your worst moment this year?

Time for a change

Have you ever known someone, or been with someone who should be easy to like or love...but just isn't? The same problems keep popping up only to be shoved in the corner for another rainy day? I am so sick of re-hashing drama. If I am me, and you are you...and we don't get along when we are just being ourselves...then it's time for a change.

No. I am not having marriage problems :)

Do I think I can dance?

Yes! That's why I am headed to Denver, Colorado in two weeks to try out for "So you think you can dance". I am scared shitless. Just typing this up is giving me butterflies. My routine is so high energy...and when I get the adrenalin rush...I'm worried I'm going to over dance it.

AAAGH! Anyway, I will be sure to take pictures and tell everyone how it went. I am going with two of my super talented employees who also think they can dance.

Do I think I'll make it to Vegas? No. I am the type of dancer who is good at everything and great at nothing. But when I'm old and gray...I wanna say I did it all :)

Burning Bridges

If there is anything I have learned the past 5 years, it is that sucess comes by hard work, dedication, and just saying what you mean and meaning what you say. But I believe there is one other element to sucess.

Don't burn bridges! So many people in my past have pissed me off, ripped me off, didn't believe in me, or flat out didn't like me as a person. Guess what? I didn't burn bridges with any of those people. I may say things that put people off...and those people decide to cut ties with me. That's fine...but you know what? I still invite them to every single event I have. I still go when invited, and I always say kind things about them to everyone I meet...even if I don't mean it.

Those people have in some way or another played key roles in developing business, learning new trades, and comforting me when I fall.

If you want to be a sucess in life, business, and family...start building the bridges and don't let anymore burn.

Anyway, that's my two cents for today.

Have a great week!

My night as a lesbian

All of the following would lead one to believe that two women were on a date:

1. Two women at the strip club
2. One woman was paying for the others drinks
3. One woman opened the car door for the other
4. A lipstick kiss was found on the other womans cheek

Well let me explain why all of the above happened to me last night...and I was not on a lesbian date!

1. We went to the strip club to support one of my teachers who is an exotic dancer on the side. She just learned she is pregnant and it was her last night before retiring. I invited my good friend Anji to go along with me. That's why there were two women in the strip club together.

2. I was paying for her drinks because the strip club didn't have an atm...and she didn't have cash. She paid me right back.

3. I am unable to open my car door from the inside. It broke somehow...so I either have to climb out the passenger seat or have someone open the door for me. That's why she was opening my door for me all night!

4. It is customary at the strip club for the dancers to give everyone a kiss on the cheeck after she dances. After the club we went to dinner and I didn't know I had a kiss mark on my face!!! Everyone in the restaurant was giving us strange looks. Anji finally pointed out that the dancer had left a mark!!!

So, to on lookers, we were on a lesbian date. But in reality, it was just a bunch of coincidences that all came together to give me a fun girls night out with a really good friend :)

Preschool dropout

It was parent day at my daughters pre-school last week. I was heartbroken. My tiny angel didn't participate in one song or game. She was super shy and I was convinced that she hadn't learned anything over the past three months.

By the time I had reached the car I had sworn off the whole pre-school idea. I was sure that she was too young to be in that setting, after all, they had stuck her in a class with 4 year olds (she's only 3)....until she started singing all of the songs she was SUPPOSED to be singing in the classroom. There she is in the back seat of my car "OHHHHH skim-a-mir-ink-a-dink-a-dink skim-a-mir-ink-a-doo I LOVE YOU! I love you in the morning, and in the afternoon....

She had learned something! She just didn't want to show it in front of all of the other parents.

So, I guess we'll be going back to preschool tomorrow :)

A weird Valentine's Day

Okay. So with me, nothing is ever normal...especially the holidays. Here's how my Valentine's Day went:

6:00pm - Couples party at my studio. It included ballroom instruction, lap dancing instruction, and a "prom picture" in our sexy studio bed. We had 14 couples attend.
6:30pm - My husband decides he needs a little liquid courage so he can assist me in teaching the Swing.
7:30pm - We start the photography portion of the evening. I had invisioned each couple climbing into the bed and taking a sweet V-Day photograph. Wrong! The very first couple in the sack was doggy style, in hand cuffs, and he had a neck tie in her mouth and was riding her like a horse!!! Note: all of the couples were fully clothed, but basically dry humping.
7:45pm - My husband interrupts one of the couples photo shoots with his naked ass running around the bed.
7:49pm - My husband tackles me and forces me into bed while basically showing the photographer all of his favorite sex positions.
8:00pm - Everyone decides to hit up a bar for an after party.
11:00pm - I'm totally sober...the husband is totally drunk. He doesn't know it's Valentine's Day...and he's basically hitting on any girl who walks past him.
12:00pm - I've had enough! I tell him that we're leaving. I proceed to the car. He does not follow. I waited in the car for 10 minutes while he's doing god knows what.
12:30pm - Screaming, screaming, and more screaming!!!
1:00pm - He sleeps his butt on the couch.
5:00am - Tries to climb back in bed with me.
5:05am - I push him off the bed.
11:00am - We make up :)

So it's not the ideal Valentine's Day...but it's how we roll here in the Burroughs house. How was everyone elses V Day?

Don't Divorce Us!

Please watch:


"Fidelity": Don't Divorce... from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.

Ask a stripper

I had a sit down with one of my "stripper" friends and this is how it went:

Q: What does your husband think of your profession?
A: He loves it! He says it gives him a ego boost to know that he has something that so many men want. He's the only one who knows what it's like to actually sleep with me.

Q: What is your average take home each night you work?
A: It depends on how many dancers are working, what mood I'm in, ect. But on average I make between $150-$200/night for a 7 hour shift. I've heard that dancers actually make more money when they're ovulating.

Q: What are some of the Utah laws and rules for strip clubs and dancers?
A: We can only dance on stage in an alcohol serving bar. All clubs must have front rails to protect the dancer from the customer. We must stay 3 ft away from customers at all times. Pasties must be worn at all times and cover the entire areola. No g-strings.

Q: Do guys ever hit on you?
A: Yes. All the time. Some are polite and ask for a phone number while others straight out ask "How Much?" I always respectfully decline :)

Q: What's the crudest thing a guy has ever said to you?
A: "Show me your ass hole" and "I think it's so sexy that you have a pooch on your belly".

Q: Do a lot of strippers really do drugs?
A: In my club...NO! We are good girls. Of course there are some in other clubs that do, but usually the club owners handle it and hire classy girls who are dancing for the right reasons.

Q: Do you have to be tested for STD's?
A: No.

Q: What are girl customers like?
A: They're fun...but they try to get away with a lot. They always try to reach up on stage and touch us. They don't tip very well because they are usually too self involved...they don't pay much attention to what's going on on stage.

Q: What is your overhead?
A: The standard is to pay the DJ 10% and the bounder 5%. It's a courtesy....not a requirement.

Q: How has the economy affected your business?
A: It has actually impacted it a great deal. More people are staying home to drink vs. going out where the drinks are expensive. And most of our clients are blue collared workers who are struggling right now.

Q: Can you write off beauty enhancements?
A: Yes. I can write off anything I do to enchance my appearance. Hair treatments, teeth whitening, tanning...

Q: What is the most you've ever made in one night?
A: $360.

Q: How are you going to explain your job to your daughter?
A: She's only 3 right now, but I will explain it to her appropriate to her age. I am able to stay home with her all day and go to work when she is asleep. She doesn't even know I'm gone.

Q: So you're more like a house wife?
A: Yes! I am a mother and a wife first and a dancer second. I do all the same things that every house wife does. I cook, clean, worry about bills, save money to buy bigger clothes for my growing daughter. I have a family, a mortgage, two dogs, and a picket fence. I am just like every other wife and mother.

Q: Final question. What kind of music do you like to dance to?
A: I love rock, but if there is a hip hop crowd, I'll cater to them.

Pajama Jam!

Tonight I'm going to a "Ritzy" Valentine's Day party with my husband. The hostess of the party is one of my clients who has loads of money to throw around. I don't think I'm sophisticated enough to attend the party...but what the hell. She invited me, so she's going to have to deal with the consequences.

We're supposed to wear lingerie and the men are supposed to wear boxers...I'm thinking that the pair of us will show up in matching flannels :)

Lap dance to a better marriage.

Most women think that sensual dancing is not dancing. House wives go on the defense anytime the word "stripper" is brought up. Exotic dancers have a secret that all wives should know. They have unlocked the art of seductive dancing. It may be the most important style of dance that could possibly save your marriage. Men want to be seduced. I don't know of any man who prefers his wife to be on her back, in the dark, with a t-shirt, and arm pit smell. They want to be seduced!!!

Long before hip hop, jazz, ballet...there were women dancing for their men to arouse their senses and get ready to do the dirty deed :)

I think a lot of wives could learn a thing or two from exotic dancers. They are beautiful, they smell good, they move like the water running down a stream, they are exotic! So tonight...pull your hair down, put on the good lotion, find a great song, and bump and grind your man while flipping your hair in his face. I actually recommend going to the strip club with some girl friends. With an open mind, you will learn more in one hour than all the sex books made in the last decade.

Like momma always said. Be a lady in the street and a slut in the bed :) NOTE: Strippers are not sluts...but you know what I mean.

*I am not a dancer...but I sometimes envy the power they have :)

Miss Pole Dance Utah 2009!

Hey everyone!

I'm going be hosting Miss Pole Dance Utah 2009 at the Davis Conference Center in Layton, Utah. Expect to see the most athletic women do the most acrobatic moves ever attempted on a vertical pole.

Spectator tickets are $20 for general admission or $35 for V.I.P. I hope to see my famliy and friends come out and support this competition. Most of you have never been to my studio or seen me dance....this is your chance :)

I am putting together a website as we speak. I'll update you later :)

Peace, love, and dance!!!

Free money!

Did you know that if you are a single mom with three kids you can get free money? That's right you can get free housing, free day care, free health insurance, free groceries, free utilities, AND now free money!!!!???

What the fuck? Why is it that a free loading member of society who only worked for two months in 2008 got a $4600 tax return? AND THEN bought a plasma T.V. with that money.

I'm telling you what! If I don't at least get $4600, I'm gonna shout at the top of my lungs. My husband works 40 hours a week, I own a small business and employ 13 people. We only have one kid and we are all covered under health insurance that we pay for. I pay with my own cash at the grocery store...and I have to watch how full I fill the bath tub...because I know that I will have to pay for the water I use. So, if I don't get "rewarded" for my families hard work...I'm going to be one pissed off bitchy lady. And the free loaders had better watch out.

*I understand that people need a helping hand every once in a while. I happen to have two friends who are on polar opposite ends of the welfare game. One is abusing it, and one is using it as a stepping stone for a better life. When using the welfare system...please keep in mind that you are spending my money. So use it wisely!

Back on

Okay. So I had to shut down my blog for a little bit. But it's up again. Hip hooray...or as my three year old says "Hipee ewe ray".

Anyway, I've had so many blog ideas, but now I can't think of any. So I guess I'll just do a recap of the past few months.

Decided to open a new studio in Layton
Decided to not open a new studio in Layton
Went to Jenny's baby shower
Jenny had her baby
I fell in love with my husband all over again
Got annoyed by a few of my employees
Put up a classified ad for the annoying dog I found
Took off the classified ad for the same annoying dog
Decided he wasn't so bad
Starting to tap into journalism about the world of sex
My first story is about a stripper/housewife who is trying to get pregnant
Discovered one my most talented teachers is pregnant (not the same person)
Took my daughter for the first bike ride of the year
And now I'm writing about nothing

Anyway, I'm still naughty and nice...so don't be surprised by anything.
Whaaaaaa ha ha...I'm back!