Yes, we already have the other skating journal thread, but I thought I'd create this one to be used simply for posting the link to your blog, if you wish to do so. Personally, I love reading everyone's blogs and seeing what you're all up to skating-wise and this can serve as a quick reference to each other's sites. Perhaps compile a list of sorts and leave the discussion mainly to the other thread (http://skatingforums.com/showthread.php?t=17693)...

Here's some suggestions as to what to include...I'll start with mine:

Blog Name: Consistently Inconsistent on Ice
Blog Link: http://consistentlyinconsistentonice.blogspot.com/
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: To track daily practices/goals and monitor my progress
Began: September 3, 2007 - newbie!

Blog Name: Skittles Skates
Blog Link: http://community.livejournal.com/skittles_skates/
Public or Friends Only: Public, occasional friends only posts to www.livejournal.com/~skittl1321/friends
If private, can others add you: generally, no... but I occasionally add new people to my personal journal, so if you'd like to friend it you can.
Purpose: To keep track of what i'm working on. Post at least once a week, often 3 times a week (each time I skate)
Began: Since Day 1- March 6, 2006. (Though the first entries were emails that I added to the journal)

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-Jessi
What I need is a montage...
Visit my skating journal or my Youtube videos (updated with 2 new videos Sept 26, 2009)

Blog Name: Ice 'n' Easy
Blog Link: www.iceneasy.blogspot.com
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: Track progress, keep notes of things learnt, to moan occasionally and a few other bits chucked in for good measure!
Began: September 6 2006. Yes, today my blog is 1 year old and my first skating birthday as I started it on the day I stepped back on the ice!!

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Amanda

"If you are going to walk on thin ice, you might as well dance . . . "

My Skating Journal

Figure Skating Journal, Reflections of an Adult Figure Skater
www.skatejournal.com
Began: June 1999

Kay

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Visit my figure skating journal
http://www.skatejournal.com/

Blog Name: Figure Skating in Singapore
Blog Link: http://chowskates.blogspot.com/
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: Views of figure skating in Singapore
Began: end of 2005

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Blog: http://chowskates.blogspot.com

Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/chowskates
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Blog Name: The Great Skate Experiment (or Skating Through Life)
Blog Link: http://3turn.livejournal.com/
Public or Friends Only: Public (very rare friends only post)
If private, can others add you: yes, I will usually reciprocate
Purpose: Remind myself of what my coaches said in lesson, track progress
Began: began journal Feb 2005

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3turn
The Great Skate Experiment

Blog Name: Paper Wings (I'll try defying gravity)
Blog Link: http://paperwings1987.livejournal.com/
Public or Friends Only: Public (very rare friends only post)
If private, can others add you: Of course.
Purpose: Set goals, rehash lessons, track my accomplishments.

Blog Name: My Life on Ice
Blog Link: http://mrs-redboots.livejournal.com/
Public or Friends Only: Friends-only since 26 August
If private, can others add you: Will friend (almost) anyone who asks, but I do like to know who's reading it - I've had some unpleasant surprises.
Purpose: Mostly to log my skating, but do use it for general "life" stuff as well
Began: January 2006

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Mrs Redboots
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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

Blog Name: peanutskates
Blog Link: www.freewebs.com/peanutskates
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: just tso others can read about my experiences, to keep track of my achievements, to write on my blog, to get some feedback fom my blog.
Began: don't even remember. but a few months after I started skating (so maybe about march or april...)

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decided to start my own after reading some of yours!

Blog Name: Figure skate me out
Blog Link: figureskatemeout.blogspot.com
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: To see my improvement from day to day, keep track of my goals
Began: September 6, 2007 lol

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Youtube Videos

Blog Link: http://icekarlie.livejournal.com/
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: Please add me so I can ask beginner skating questions, especially the people on this board who already skate at Streatham, I'll be moving rinks and need to know simple things like who should sharpen my skates! And I do love comments.
Purpose: Ask questions! Track progress as a child gymnast turned adult skater who needs an outlet for any lingering flexibility.
Began: August 25th 2007

Have friended you. I have a couple of folk on my f-list on Livejournal who skate at Streatham.... where are you moving from?

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Mrs Redboots
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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

Blog Name: The Blog without a Title (because I can't think of one)
Blog Link: http://morgail.livejournal.com/
Public or Friends Only: Friends Only - Just reply to the one post you can see, tell me who you are, and I'll add you (but you have to have an LJ account for this to work)
Purpose: Mostly to talk about my skating & record practice sessions, but I also talk about other stuff (which is why it's Friends Only)
Began: December 2005 (about a month or so before I began skating again)

Blog Name: Just a girl, making her way through the world (life of a figure skater!)
Blog Link: http://tresk8saz.livejournal.com
Public or Friends Only: Public, with some Friends Only posts
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: Talk about skating, keep up with progress, some general life stuff as well
Began: September 11, 2006

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"Without a struggle, there can be no progress" ~ Frederick Douglass

I started skating at Murrayfield at the beginning of the year. It'll be another 7 weeks though until I start at Streatham, broken wrist. I definitely need a sharpening eventually, they're still as-is from the factory and I could do with a deeper hollow.

Blog Name: Jayne's skating ramblings
Blog Link: see signature below
Public or Friends Only: a bit of both
If private, can others add you: yep
Purpose: To track daily practices/goals and monitor my progress
Began: September 22, 2006

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Level one Field Moves......PASSED 05.06.08
Level one Free dance.....PASSED 02.10.08

GOALS FOR 2009

• Level One Compulsary dances.......PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Elements.....................PASSED 10.07.09
• Level Two Free dance.................PASSED 19.02.09
• Level One Free...........................
• Level Two compulsory dances.......

Loving it, Loving it, Loving it!!!!!

I should get them done before you come down - there isn't a dedicated person at Streatham (okay, you could get them done in the shop, but I'm not sure if the shop knows about figure skates) so you have to go to Gillingham or Slough. The person who does mine only does them as a favour to his friends, not for everybody.

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Mrs Redboots
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I love my computer because my friends live in it!
Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

http://www.timdavid.org/TIMDAVID.html

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Tim David's Website

Blog Name: it doesnt really have a name
Blog Link: http://www.freewebs.com/figureskater432
Public or Friends Only: Public
Purpose: just to track my skating progress and meet some other skaters
Began: middle of summer, i can't remember what day.

leave me a comment/guestbook entry sometime

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Blog Name: Rookie on Ice
Blog Link: Rookieskate.blogspot.com
Public or Friends Only: Public - feel free to check it out
Purpose: Track progress, connect with other adult skaters - kids are ok too!
Began: June 2007 when I started group lessons.

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My Blog - FINALLY updated!
Living out my childhood dream

Blog Name: Susan Losin' (mine started as a weight loss blog)
Blog Link: http://susanlosin.blogspot.com/
Public or Friends Only: Public
If private, can others add you: N/A
Purpose: Blog about weight loss, but frankly, my weight loss friends are annoyed that it's mostly about skating these days. It helps me not get discouraged by looking back at how far I've come.
Began: March 2006

Comments are welcome! When I get my act together, I'm going to put up some skating videos even though I am a large, lumpy skater learning the basics.