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Aly's Weblog · 4M ago

Conclusion: Celebrity Dance Challenge

I want to thank EVERYONE for all your support and encouragement. From the moment I agreed to do EDIN’s Celebrity Dance Challenge you all made sure to ask how training was going and tell me how great I would do.When it came time to vote you all came out in droves! And on performance day [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 6M ago

Celebrity Dance Challenge Part 3: My former life as a personal trainer.

I have two children, Zach who is about to turn 18 and Quinn who just turned 16. Zach was born in 1993 and weighed 10.6 pounds. I gained 75 pounds. I remember spotting a scale after I delivered on my way to my hospital room and despite the fact I could barely move, I walked [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 7M ago

Celebrity Dance Challenge Part 2/ Cycling My Passion!!!!!

Once upon a time I was an athlete. From the time I can remember I was riding my big wheel, climbing trees and jungle gyms. I started gymnastics when I was five,  raced track, played tennis on the boy’s team in High School and then I found cycling. I had a guy friend who rode [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 7M ago

Celebrity Dance Challenge Part 1

Recurring memory:  I am 13 years old in theater classes at the prestigious Empire State Youth Theater Institute.  I LOVED  this program. (I always thought I was going to be an actress when I grew up). I took the city bus to downtown Albany, NY and went to class in the theater on the capital [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 1Y ago

My Talk “Define Your Business and Develop An Authentic Brand” from Tory Johnson’s National Spark and Hustle Conference

I was asked to speak at Tory Johnson’s Spark and Hustle Conference which is taking place here in Atlanta NOW (read my blog about it HERE). I spoke this morning. It was my FIRST time publicly speaking about Authentic Beauty as a business and not specifically talking about makeup. I was really n...
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Aly's Weblog · 2Y ago

There is a Season Turn, Turn, Turn

It’s 2:14 am and in order for me to complete my day or start my day-however you want to look at it I need to mark today with a special reflection. Today is the first day of the rest of my life. I am now fully responsible for the entire salon location at 4674 Roswell [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 2Y ago

Reflections

Today I am sitting on my couch in my robe playing on Facebook looking up random people/friends seeing what everyone has been up to. This week has been the busiest week of my career. Last month (or was it the month before ) when I came home from Rosemary Beach completely rejuvenated I had a [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 2Y ago

A Prayer for Rejuvenation

It is Day 3 of my vacation in Rosemary Beach. I can feel the stress and fogginess of the stress floating away from my soul. I feel a clarity and peace of mind coming over me. Ahhhh……. The sun is shining today and I am looking forward to sitting on the beach with our kids. [...]
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Aly's Weblog · 2Y ago

Vacation at Rosemary Beach

It has been three years since I have taken a vacation. Actually that vacation was my honeymoon. We are less than 50 miles until we arrive. I have spent the entire trip relearning how to navigate wordpress. An entrepreneurs best friend is an air card. I am sooo productive! I have had four hours of [....
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Aly's Weblog · 4Y ago

What I am learning

Another midnight posting. Is it possible to be an entrpreneur and go to sleep at normal hours? I am getting ready to go to Sundance Film Festival and it is my first national awards event. I have so many things to do to be ready AND I have my business to run. I think I [...]
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