Test Day

So, this afternoon I had a skating test. Their are four main types of skating tests; dance, skills, freeskate, and interpretive. I took a dance test this afternoon, the Paso Doble. midway through warm-up I tripped on my pick and fell flat on my face, really hitting my knee. Everybody kinda gasped when I went down, and asking if I was okay, and I was, but my legs were just shaking, so I got up, and kept practicing, but in the back of my mind thinking about falling again. I was just in alot of pain, but decided to just suck it up and do this. So, when it was my turn, I went to the start with my dance partner and started my dance, and it was going smoothly until we got to the part where I fell and I kinda blanked and missed a step and so I was just going to keep going, but the judge stopped the music, and I got a retry, which is the nice way of saying fail. So anyways, that was my afternoon. Hope you all have a great weekend!

Final Music Choice

So, I decided to go with It's On - Superchic[k]. I choreographed it this morning, so you can all come check it out at our annual skating carnival on March 10. The theme is Dreams and I have a good feeling about the finished product. The little kids are all so cute, I was watching a bunch of groups go through their routines on Friday, and it just makes you smile. Anyways, just thought I would let you know my final decision, and encourage everybody to come to carnival...March 10...don't forget.

Insight

This past week, I have gone through every emotion, and I kept dwelling on the bad times over and over again. Yeah, right now, life is kinda rocky, but I have so much to be thankful for. I have the most amazing friends, who know how to make me laugh and now what to say. Take this past week for example, I got home from work on tuesday, and I had been having a bad week and I went to check my email and my friend had sent me an email telling me how much she cared about me, and I hadn't even told anybody about my week yet, it was clearly God. Anyways, I know that life sometimes sucks, but even though my skating right now is really stressful, and I feel alone, I'm not, because skating is not my entire life, a large part yes, but now my entire life. So, my challenge for myself is to be thankful for the things and the people right in front of me, my friends, my family, and those who are supporting me. So, I guess thanks to them, without you, I wouldn't where I am.

Music Choice

So, Carnival is in three weeks and I haven't made a final decision for music. I was thinking about skating to:
It's On - Superchick

Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice

The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

or something like that, It's my first year to pick my own music, so yeah, anyways if you've got any suggestions, I was kinda leaning towards something more upbeat, but all suggestions are welcome

Skate In Face...Ouch

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison, the 2007 Canadian Gold Medalists [figure skating] recently competed at Four Continents.
During their side-by-side spins in their long program the got too close and Bryce's skate hit Jessica's face, cutting her face and causing her to fall to the ground. It was awful, I could barely watch it. The amazing thing is that they are planning to compete at the World Championships in Tokyo in March. I saw them in an interview today and she looked like she was doing pretty good, they had the camera from a side angle of her face[the side that didn't get cut], but I saw a little bit, and it didn't look that bad, so thats good. You can watch the accident at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbvR90D5Q1Q They have had such a rough season too, its unbelievable. At the beginning of the season Jess fell out of a lift, causing some knee problems, so they had to withdraw from the grand prix circuit, which is basically just the beginning competitions of the year. Then they competed at Canadians and won. Then they went to Four Continents and this happened. They just can't catch a break. Anyways, thats all for now.

January 2007 Editors Choice Award

So, every now and then I submit poetry to www.poetry.com and this January I won the Editors Choice Award for my poem,
"The Journey"

A Path has been marked

The way things are supposed to be

The feelings you are supposed to feel

I don't understand why this is happening to me

All the things I thought were real

Are being taken and changed into something new

Something different, something fake

All I depended on is taken away

There is a fork in the road

One path is bright and wide, easy to follow

The other has a great reward at the end

But is dark and has many obstacles

Which is the road to take?

What is more important, happiness or effort?

Take the road the leads you to something real

To real happiness and real life

Be strong with the strong winds blow

and the road is hard

Have faith in what is to come

In how the journey will end

If you want to see more of my poems they are on www.poetry.com and just type in my name.

Update

I haven't written on here in awhile so I decided I would quickly before I went to work. Life right now is pretty rough, going through alot of stuff, mainly skating, but other stuff as well. I'm feeling really down alot and starting to take things really personally lately. I've been contemplating taking batism classes and am really confused about what to do. I am just trying to figure out who I am and what it is that I want from life, so it's been a long few months. School is back in swing for second semester, I have a pretty full load, but I think I can handle it. I have consumer math [possibly the easiest class I have ever had], spare, english comp, english trans, and chemsitry.
In other amy news [my attempt at humor...sorry], my brother and his wife [kev and rach] are expecting a baby, so....I'm going to be an auntie. They live in Saskatoon so it's not really registering quite yet. Anyways, they told us the news by sending us flowers and on the card it said to grandma, grandpa and auntie from baby. Its so cute.
So, guess what...I can get marks for blogging. My english trans teacher said he'll give us marks if we have a blog. Can you believe it, I was like sweet...lol.
So, anyways, if you have any advise on what to do about skating or getting baptised, please let me know...hope you are having a good day
GOD BLESS

P.S. Sorry about the fact that my thoughts are kinda ramblish...Its been a long day.

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“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn't serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We are born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It's not just in some of us, it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”

*Just thought I would share this with you*

Update

Hello to all those you read my blog.
I just thought I would just wish you all a very belated Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I haven't decided if I am going to make any new years resolutions yet. Hopefully, this coming year I will be able to live it, by learning from my mistakes, and I have made alot lately. I'm ready for a new year, and hopefully a fresh start. Anyways, thats really all I wanted to say.
Hope you are having/had a wonderful holiday!
God Bless

I need some prayer

I thought I would update again, since I am in need of some prayer for some new difficulties in my life. I am currently coachless, due to various reasons. I have struggled alot this year, and now, I feel a little unworthy. Anyways, I just wanted to ask you for prayer as I need to figure out what I am going to do, and where I am going to go from here.

So, please pray for me, and God Bless You.

Update

I decided I would update...already.

I have been pondering about what I am going to do next year, and It's almost official, I'm LEAVING!!!, I was going to stay, but it has come to my attention, that I am not necessarily needed here, so I'm off. I thought It would be harder to leave skating, but due to a rough start, I'm finding the thought of leaving almost satisfying, but at the same time, bitter-sweet. I don't think I have had such a stressful, trying start to school/skating in my life, and I have grown so much through it, some good, some bad. I have learned who my real friends are, and what my true talents are, and where I am appreciated. It has been a hard bunch of lessons to learn, but it has been good for me to learn them.

On top of my on going skating frustrations, It has been a long week due to family illness. On Thursday Morning my Grandma took her final breath and went to be with Jesus. It was a bitter-sweet moment. I found today very hard to get through, but with the help of my friends, and God, I made it through.
I just ask that you pray for my family as we continue preperations for the funeral, and try to continue life with out our mother, grandmother, and sister.
May God Bless You Richly!

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Love is when . you miss him

even before he leaves;when you

could listen to him talk all night and

never get tired of hearing his voice

When the sound of his name will

send chills down your spine

and you see his smile

the second you

close your

eyes.

Ten to One

10. Favorite Songs

10. Rooftop - Lostprophets

9. You are Near - Krystal Meyers

8. Where'd You Go - Fort Minor

7. Call Me When Your Sober - Evanescence

6. Hero [red pill mix] - Superchic[k]

5. Don't Let Me Get Me - Pink

4. Enough - Barlow Girl

3. Broken and Beautiful - Mark Schultz

2. Let It Rise - Big Daddy Weave

1. Every Move I Make - FFH

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9. Favorite Movies

9. Step Up

8. Stick It

7. The Cutting Edge: Going For Gold

6. The Perfect Man

5. The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

4. Raise Your Voice

3. She's the Man

2. High School Musical

1. Just My Luck

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8. Places I Want to Visit

8. California

7. Australia

6. New Zealand

5. Oklahoma

4. Madagascar

3. P.E.I.

2. Japan

1. Brazil

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7. Things I Want To Do Before I Die

7. Be A Figure Skating Coach

6. Get Married

5. Have Kids

4. Adopt Kids

3. Be Someone's Inspiration

2. Win a Figure Skating Medal

1. Go To College/University

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6. People I Want To Meet

6. Jamie Sale and David Pelletier

5. Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

4. Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison

3. Joannie Rochette

2. Zac Efron

1. Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan

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5. People I Talk to Everyday

5. Mom

4. Dad

3. Janelle

2. God

1. Dianna [most days]

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4. Things I Have Never Done

4. Been Across the Ocean

3. Been on a Plane

2. Kissed A Boy [Had a Boyfriend]

1. Bungee Jumped

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3. Things I Do Everyday

3. Read

2. Listen to Music

1. Skating [on or off ice]

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2. My Favorite Shows

2. Brothers and Sisters

1. Numb3rs

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1. Daily Inspiration

1. Josiah, Logan, and Naomi and my little skaters

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Party!!

Last Friday, me and some friends got together to hang out and such...and anyways we took a ton of pictures...lol...anyways, here's the proof. ENJOY

Us Girls [rach, me, tara, and claire]RachMe and Rach in a tree...

Rach, Claire and Tara

Claire taking time to smell the flowers....haha

Skating!!

So, one of my favorite things is skating...And so I decided to do a post of two of my favorite teams. Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison

Jessica Dube and Bryce Davison

are ranked 2nd in Canada in Pairs, and 10th in the World
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

are ranked 3rd in Canada

The little things in life...

So, I haven't posted in a while so I decided that it was time for an update. Canskate, Kidskate, and Groupskate have started and we successfully completed a full week..whoo..lol. Anyways I am a P.A. [program assistant] for groupskate and canskate. We are short on p.a.'s to start off which is making this season seem really crazy and stressful. On friday, 3 of our p.a.'s couldn't make it to skating and the head coach was inside doing parent meetings so I was in charge and I had 23 kids in my group!! A normal size is 5-7. Anyways I got through that without going insane and actually kinda enjoyed myself. Hopefully this week will be a little less crazy with group changes and such.
At work this week I worked incredibly hard [jk], on Thursday I made a castle out of soap. The store is in the process of getting ready for christmas. My supervisor told me to make a display of lux soap and to make it look nice...it's soap, there's only so much you can do with soap right? Anyways I did what I was told and started putting these boxes on the pallet kinda angleing[sp.] them to add variety. Anyways once I had filled the pallet there was still 12 boxes to empty. So I started to put individual packs out and in the end it looked like a castle. That was only the first exciting thing at work this week. On Saturday, I got to work and started to put out some christmas stock when I had to work in the bull-pen [its what we call the beauty counter-dont ask why-I don't know]. So, we got these new necklaces in and they look more like something I would decorate my christmas tree with but thats besides the point, and anyways when the company sent them to us they just sent all the necklaces in one big box so we had to untangle them. Well when I got to work they had them all untangled except 4, and nobody could untangle them, so I decided to try. Well after 3 hours of constant frustration and untangling and retangling, I got them apart. It was quite exciting.
Anyways thats all for now,
hopefully I'll have more interesting news next time

Random Pictures

I thought I would add some pictures so that anybody who doesn't know me would be able to see what I looked like...anyways...here they are.

Krysten and Me
Janelle and Me
Me, Whitney, and Janelle
This is my sister-in-law and me and my brother's wedding.

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Just thought I would update...

Hey everybody! I figured that I would blog again since it has been awhile since I last blogged.
Life is pretty much a fixed routine with work, skating and school taking up all my time.
I'm already excited about canskate [a younger skater program] and kidskate [3 and 4 year olds] which start mid-october. My brother and sister-in-law are coming out for thanksgiving which is exciting! I'm in my last week of my current routine before it changes into the regular season which is double the ice time and the same amount of work and school...so lets just say goodbye free time and hello late night homework!!!

Anyways thats all I can think of right now

Bye for now

I guess I'm in the wrong sport!!

You Are Skiing

Graceful, athletic, and gusty - you're willing to put it all on the line.You're willing to take big risks for big rewards.

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