After months and months and months of saving, and I do mean months, I finally have my brand new ice skates!  My last boots were Harlick.  I did not want to let them go as they were one of the first pair of ice skates I had ever owned.  I have been in...

If you are wondering upon the status of my funds raised for my study abraod trip to Japan please click on the Fundraising tab to the left.  It tells you what the total cost needed is, the goal, names of the contributors, and the amount raised thus far.  As you have probably noticed, the...

Why hello everyone!  It has been a while I know, but I have been very busy with there only being 2 weeks left of school, plus I have been sick, and I went to nationals!!  I placed 7th over all but hey, now I can say that I am the 7th best figure skater in the nation. Ha!  How many of...

So, I have been accepted into my summer study abroad program in Japan officially as of Tuesday.  I am super excited about it too.  I purchased my flights already.  They were cheaper than I expected them to be.  When I checked the flight prices about 5 months ago it was rather...

    Hello all!  I will be heading to Japan July 18th through August 15th.  My flight leaves Phoenix on July 17th around 10am.  I will arrive in Tokyo, Japan around 4:30pm on the 18th.  Its a total of 13 hours of travel but because of the time difference I time travel...

I am on cloud 9 right now.  I have been for a while.  You are all going to think I am cheezy and I just don't care. I am in love with my husband.  Right now I am wearing my "honeymoon" goggles and I just don't care.  I never want to take them off.  Nothing can make our...

JD and I went to H&R Block to have our taxes completed by a professional yesterday.  I am very glad that we did because otherwise, we would have been very confused.  The man was really nice and helped us out a lot.  We pretty much just had to sit there and let him do all the...

Adult figure skating nationals is taking place in Arizona and I am competing!!!  It is going to be happening April 9-13. My division will be skating Wednesday, the 10th of April.  The Bronze Ladies division is from 830-1. If I place high enough I will be able to skate again on the...

As some of you may be aware, I am  figure skater.  I'm not a very good one, but none the less, I am in fact, a figure skater.  I love figure skating.  It's my heart.  It's actually one of the things I always say: Music is my soul, and skating is my heart.  I thank...

So April 21, 2012 was my very first skating competition ever!!!  It wasn't my best performance but in the end I still got a bronze.  That made me pretty happy.  I hope to have more wonderful skating competition experiences in my life!!! Yay!!