Some of my favorites!

You may or may not know this about me, but I love figure skating. A whole lot. :)

The extent of most people’s figure skating knowledge is the Olympics. The majority of people I know can say they enjoy watching the events every 4 years, but that’s about it. What about Nationals? Or Worlds? Or the Grand Prix? I think not many people know these events even exist.

I’m thankful the skating season is pretty long- from October to March. It’s great to be able to watch it on TV: there are some televised events, but overall…skating is not represented as it should be. Unlike football. But I’ll say no more about that. :) I’m just happy to say we are in the midst of the Grand Prix right now!

I thought I’d post a couple of my very favorite skating performances from the last couple of years. It’s been really hard to narrow them down. I’m just so thankful for YouTube. Seriously…where we would be without it? I’d still be recording every event possible, and grieving over the countless events that aren’t shown on TV.

I’m gonna share some good stuff with you. I’ll give you 5 fabulous videos…enjoy!

Sasha Cohen’s Olympic short program [2006]: Dark Eyes

Johnny Weir short program at the Cup of Russia [2009]: Fallen Angel

Meryl Davis & Charlie White original dance at Nationals [2010]: Indian Folk Dance

Irina Slutskaya Olympic short program [2006]: Totentanz

Nathan Chen U.S. Nationals [2010]: Peter and the Wolf

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There’s been a shift.

Suddenly, it’s November.

Suddenly we’re in the season of fall that is much closer to winter than summer. With that, I am realizing how little time this semester has left…how close I am to not being in the safe, nurturing realm of college…and close I am to having to grow up for real. I have to admit, I am getting kind of freaked out! Some days I feel an even mix of nervousness and excitement, but some days that excitement is just scared away. Part of me just wants to start my student teaching right now, so I will know exactly how it’s going to be, instead of sitting here imagining the worst…because that’s what I do.

Suddenly life is going to get a whole lot different.

Suddenly I will be sure of very few things.

Simply Enchanted

Last month, a friend of mine turned 21 and had one simple birthday request: that we (her friends) make all the celebration plans. I was definitely all over this. I love birthdays, and celebrating, and the thrill you get when you create something really cute with little or no money. Brainstorming didn’t take too long, because soon I remembered how much my friend loved the movie Tangled. The first time I watched it was with her and another friend of mine- I remember being sandwiched in between two sobbing girls, feeling  a little awkward! Ha! But that’s just me, not a crier. Although I am becoming more emotional as I get older…but that’s a whole other blog post.

So knowing how much my friend liked Tangled, I knew that: [Tangled + her + surprise + friends] would equal…FUN! And it really was. Here’s a few pictures of how our party turned out.

There were, of course, cake and presents…

We played Pin-the-Tongue-on-Pascal…

And we made our own Tangled lanterns.

 

Such a fun party! Hit me up if you need a party planned at any time…I would love to do it. :)

We go together like milk and cookies…

Halloween has come and gone. It’s November, just like that. It seems it flew by so fast, but don’t worry! I didn’t miss out. I think my costume this year was pretty spiffy. :)

My roommate and I were Cruella DeVil and a Dalmatian puppy last year, and that was so much fun. We thought it would only be fitting if were were a pair like that again this year. We were totally gonna go Amish. How fun would that be?! But to be legit, to look like the most vunderful-gut Amish people we could, it would have cost us some moolah. Quite a bit actually. So instead of spending tons of money, or ending up looking not-so-legit, we decided to go an entirely different route. After much brainstorming, we agreed we would be milk and cookies!

Once the really hard part was finished- thinking of a costume- then I started on the easier (and more fun!) part: making the costumes. I was home over fall break, with a whole lot of nothing to do, so that was the perfect time to get creative. I can’t believe how long it took me to decide what kind of cookie (chocolate chip or Oreo?) and what style of milk (glass, jug, carton?). I definitely had Google to help me out. And I definitely had my dad to help me, too! It was so great. I asked him a simple question: “Do you have any ideas how to make costumes out of cardboard?” Not only did he give me tips, but he got out all his sweet tools. He drew straight lines and measured with a ruler, and cut with a box cutter. Heck, I was just gonna make a couple of really rough costumes, but he helped me do it well. It was super fun, too!

 

 

Kady and I go together like milk and cookies. No doubt about it :)