Below is an excerpt from a Skating magazine dated September 2007, exactly 1 month before I started ice dancing with coach P. It hit home then, and it hits home now. Like Monty Python's quest for the Holy Grail - my quest for the Gold Dances has taken some twists and turns. One day I will get my Gold medal in Ice Dance, but for now - I am on a ( Read more... )

Today started out ridiculously early in hopes to make the 8:45 FStyle session at Redwood City. I planned to take 680 instead of I80, but my TomTom messed me up. I did not even turn the GPS on until I was well on my way, but it directed me to 580 and then on to the hopelessly snarled 880. I did have enough lead time, and I arrived at 8:50, just ( Read more... )

before I can do a proper Kilian solo.  Yesterday, I made an early morning FS session - but missed the first 15 minutes.  The early AM's are usually on rink 2 - but they had cones in part of the parking lot and the back door to the rink was locked.  WTF ( Read more... )

and it was centered!

I'm saying "self, you must put one in a program".

I must....I must!

I am reading everyone's blogs, and just wrote my own.  I simply do not have time to comment.  Nice to hear everyone is still skating and dancing.  I will be gone on vacation next week & there is so much to do.

Love ya!

Today was the first summer lesson @ Redwood City, and I was hoping for some non-crowded ice.  I picked up my friend who also had a dance lesson scheduled.  At the last minute, Coach P moved our time up to the 1:30pm Dance session.  They call it a dance session, but it's mostly teens/tweens doing Freestyle.  Not too crowded though.  My friend took ( Read more... )

This weekend is our CCIA competition, and I had been asked to volunteer MEGA hours. It started Friday @ 6pm. I ran a little late because I had to turn around and go back home - forgot my jacket. I was to be the ice monitor from 6 - 10 pm. I have been an ice monitor many times before, but something in the stars or planetary alignments was working ( Read more... )

.......for the summer, at least.  I had the option this week of a lesson at Redwood City, but opted for the last Belmont ice Dance session today.  The summer kids camp will take over, and September seems so very far away.

The odometer on my Honda was 77,777 when I took the "motorway" this morning.  I took this as a sign for good luck.  My ( Read more... )

Starlight, star bright, first PreGold Dance I will dance tonight.....my dreams will be full of Waltzing around and around.........

I got to Belmont really early today - before coach P even took the ice.  We exchanged Hell0s, and when I came back in (had to use the ladies room real bad) he assaulted me with the invoices for the last 2 competitions ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I contacted Coach P to arrange for a later morning lesson on test day.  This worked out and we (yes, drug my husband along) left the house this morning at 7:00 am.  Timing must have been right on, because we arrived at Ice Oasis around 9:40 with no major traffic snags.  I didn't expect my lesson to start as promptly as it did, but this ( Read more... )