Bullseye: Harris Tango is awesome! We're just working on adding a bit of difficulty with the hold on one step. Have to keep it looking good until Feburary! Made lots of improvements on the Kilian. Had a choctaw epiphany! However, I can either do the step slow with deep edges, or quickly on flats. So my challenge at the moment is getting the speed and the deep edges together. Blues is coming along pretty well. Still a bit tentative on the choctaw, but I am picking up speed and the lobes are getting bigger and stronger the more I practice the dance.

Also learned prelim and jr. bronze skills, and will be testing those in Jan. or Feb.! I am getting really comfortable with back three-turns, which I've really never had any practice at before. However...

Bull cookies: Who in their right mind thought it would be a good idea to put a left forward t-stop at the end of the jr. bronze exercise!!! AARRRGGGHHH!!! Am going home for two weeks for Christmas holidays, so I won't have a regular lesson now until Jan. 5. I should be able to get on the ice at least once while I'm home, but I'm hoping to find more sessions than just that!

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Back on the ice for the first time in ten days.

Bullseye! The ice was fantastic - we think the staff who cut it must have known the general manager would be in! Because, my coach said, I was relaxed and un-tired, everything worked better than usual. Did a good figure-8 of forwards crossovers, and my outside-to-inside changes of edge worked well. Mohawk okay, as good as it ever is. Working on inside 3s, and realising I am a bit stiffer on that side so rotating is more difficult.

Bull cookies: Backwards crossovers were awful - didn't cover any ice, toe-rakes, nodding donkey, you name it..... actually, to be fair, my coach said I didn't look too much like a pigeon. He worked with me to try to correct what was wrong - mostly not having my weight in the right place.

Arm really began to hurt half-way through the lesson, which surprised and dismayed me - it doesn't hurt most of the time, I suppose it is using different muscles. coach agreed I should only skate sporadically between now and the New Year - come in for lessons, and not much else. He says the rest will do me good - but it felt good to be out there skating

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Bullseye: I actually have edges, and now that I've dulled down the sharpening, I can stop again! Nailed my MITF practice, and managed to eke out a camel-sit-change sit spin.

Bull Cookies: My landing knee really hurts when I do lunges or jumps. Have to get that checked out soon. Back spins are wobbly, I'm not used to the new blade adjustments yet.

Bulleye!~~> Had a really good lesson, finished learning the Silver dances (American Waltz, Tango, and the Rocker) i can actually do all of the dances fairly well with out flipping over!! iwas so excited, also i got some cool new warm up footwork to do. My practice was good each time i did the dances i got closer and close to the beat, and my MIF were good too...i really really really need to test them. Off ice went well too we were in the pool today and yeah omg my legs hurt!

Bull Cookies~~>Even though i can do the dances, i have become rhythme impared and it seems that i have none!!lol it's especially bad on the american waltz omg, but the others are okay. My new warm up foot work has lots of twizzles...on the foot that i don't like blah, but oh well, i got told today that i looked retarded when i do my twizzles on that foot b/c i don't bring my arms in all the way (oops). My coach also tripped himself on my lesson, but i swear i had NOTHING to do with it. even though he claims that i should have caught him

Over all today was a very good day

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BULLCOOKIES for Thursday and Friday!

Thursday I didn't (couldn't) get up in time and Friday I left home at 6am, got half way to the rink (a 45-60 minute drive) and realised that I'd left my skates at home ..... by the time I got back on the road the rush hour traffic had started and it was pointless skating!!!!

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Bullseye- Started landing my axel on one foot! yay go me

Bull Cookies - Failed my Ten-fox...some questionable judging there though...oh well I shall test it again!

Bull Cookies: Yesterday, I had a tough FS session, trying to keep up with (or rather, away from ) "Crazy Lady" on what I felt was "inferior equipment". By that, I mean my skates felt really, really off, and both my right heel and my maneuvers were slipping all over the place.

Bullseye: Today I took my skates to Rainbo (the big famous skate shop you may have seen at competitions and such) to have my new Phantom K-Pick Blades mounted! While I was there, I also pointed out the problems I'd been having with heel slippage to Steve who happens to be not only a former coach of mine, but also a boot expert. He warmed my boots on the heat molder and showed me a different way to lace and tie my skates. When I was all laced up, he had me sit in my skates until they cooled off. When that was done, I was convinced I had a perfect fit again at last, and left them in the shop to have the K-Pick blades mounted.

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Luna_skater, I swear that t-stop is the hardest thing in the entire junior bronze test, not that I could do it, but from watching skaters finish the circles and then with the deadliest look of panic and fear on their face, try to get that t-stop before they end up at the other end of the rink. OK, I laugh a little. Once they learn it, it's like it was never a problem at all.

Today's lesson: Spirals. Ugh. It's not enough that my leg is high enough, I must streeeetttccchhh, and while I'm at it, hold my head up high and smile like it's easy. oh, and then do it on the other leg please!

Bulls eyes: had a good lesson worked on the Rocker, twas fun, i am glad my coaches are back^_^ i gave them their x-mas gift wich got changed at the last minute but oh well they still liek it so that is good, my practice was good too although i was a tad bit twizzle retarded this morining=/ had a good off ice sessions ran 11 laps aroudn the rink in sets of 3(twice i made it in 2:40sec the rest were in 3 minutes)my new blades came in today wheeee

Bull Cookies: left my tights at home, but my friend had a spare pair in her bag....was twizzle retarded this morning and way tired and there was alot of people at 8 AM, blah

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