Hi,
I am Aphil...I just turned 29 this weekend! I am a married mother of two-a 3 year old boy named Raiden, and a 6 year old girl named Jasmine.
My husband is a process engineer in the automobile industry. I am self employed as a costume maker, seamstress, and a vendor of belly dance merchandise. I have been Middle Eastern dancing professionally for 2 years and am the costume director for a local dance troupe. (Yes-I have a "title" in the troupe now.
) I am a member of the costumes and props staff at
www.theforce.net, and I am a moderator right here at 3FC.
We have two female cats, Clarice and Gollum. (Clarice has markings that look like the "death's head moth" from Silence of the Lambs...and Gollum sneaks up on you in the dark and all you see is glowing eyes-like Gollum from Lord Of The Rings.)
My husband and I are "geeks" and are really into sci-fi and fantasy movies, Seinfeld and X-Files reruns, going to the local coffee shop to hang out and listen to bands, Renaissance Festivals, going to gaming and sci-fi conventions, and meeting up with and "trooping" with the 501st Division. (
www.501st.com) We are involved in costume and prop making pretty heavily.
I love to dance and exercise-and I currently belly dance 2-3 days a week, strength train 3 days a week, and also do some walking, Pilates, and light yoga on other days here and there.
I have lost a good deal of weight-although it has been slowly over the last 3 years. My mini goal right now is to get 161-which would put me at the "50 pounds lost" marker. I am hoping to reach 161 by Christmas. My goal weight right now is 140. (I am 5'7")