Thank you for all the well wishes, everyone!!!

Cathy, you may have come out of your sit spin on TWO FEET, but I'll bet it's NOTHING compared with my back crossovers!?!?!

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

How about my popped camel spin? LOL

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Or my attempted loop... or rather, as my primary coach said "What *IS* that jump anyway???" LOL

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11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

Or both of my two-footed lutzes

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Congratulations Joanna!!!

And good job Cathy on landing 1 of 2 axels...if I could have done that in my Gold test I would have PASSED! I was 0 for 2 and you don't get a third try, Oh well How did you place?

Now I really wished that I had gone. My skates were stolen out of my car last night because my dingbat husband left our garage door open last night. Had I been in SF, this wouldn't have happened. That will teach me not to back out of competing next time.

Thank you!!! And I guess I've redeemed myself from primary coach for one night! He was nice to me tonight (no lesson though!) Seemed particularly proud when people asked me about my placement at my event and added in his $0.02. I'm still recovering from the shock though. I was not expecting to even medal, since I had 5 people in the event, but only 4 showed up. Afterwards, while I was waiting for the scores, the reaction from the crowd seemed to be that I might get the gold. (Nope! Straight 2 ordinals except for one judge who did placement me in 4 out of 4. ISI judge #2 did NOT like my program at all.)

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Now I really wished that I had gone. My skates were stolen out of my car last night because my dingbat husband left our garage door open last night. Had I been in SF, this wouldn't have happened. That will teach me not to back out of competing next time.

Oh, no!!! And you already have enough expenses as is with the new car and all. I guess you're gonna be getting an early Christmas present from your husband, huh?

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jazzpants

11-04-2006: Shredded "Pre-Bronze FS for Life" Club Membership card!!!
Silver Moves is the next "Mission Impossible"
(Dare I try for Championship Adult Gold someday???)

Thank you for the support, you guys!!!

That sort of jump is apt to go on the judges' sheets, so I'm told, as "UHT", standing for "Unidentified Hoppy Thing!"

Many, many congratulations on your Silver - I do hope it's the first of many, many non-default medals for you.

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Ice dancers have lovely big curves!

Oh, no!!! And you already have enough expenses as is with the new car and all. I guess you're gonna be getting an early Christmas present from your husband, huh? [/QUOTE]

What's another $1000 in debt! The trip to SF would have cost me less, but at least I will have brand new skates!

The good news it that Harlick actually had my size IN STOCK They will ship them today and I will have them this week! I should get blades in another week and will be back on the ice with new equipment!

This little set back will prevent me from testing in the next couple of months so it looks like I will have another year at Silver. That is fine since I can't seem to get my stinkin' doubles anyway.

PattyP

oh Patty, terrible!!! I'm so sorry... Although you are lucky to be getting your replacement boots so quickly. I saw your coach at Skate SF. She was putting on one of her little Juve girls who was just an awesome skater. Sweet little girl too.
I placed second at the competition. I think I made too many mistakes PLUS I forgot my program after falling out of my camel spin and it showed! But that's ok. Not bad for having only prepared a week before.
Joanna, thanks for the sk8ingcat pin. I LOVE IT!!!!
Cathy

Cathy,

Congrats on second!...although I know you had hoped to skate better.

Was the little girl blond? Won the competition? If so, that is her daughter, Lauren. She is an awesome skater and a very sweet person. I skate with her and her brother early in the mornings. They are a lot of fun and always offer a lot of encouragement to me.

My boots and blades are on the way. I should be in new skates by the middle of next week. I was really very lucky to get them so quickly.

I had the rust taken off my old blades and with a little hockey tape I should be able to skate them for the rest of this week.

PattyP