Nina on Ice

I like to ice skate, it reminds me of my roller skating days. The first time Nina tried to ice skate she made it about two minutes on the ice before exiting the rink. She fell down twice and that was enough for her. She spent the rest of her time at the snack bar spending her allotted $10 and she couldn't have been happier.

We are going to NYC in about two weeks and Mike wants the kids to ice skate at Rockefeller Center. So we figure Nina could use a little practice before she takes to the ice in NYC.

This time when we get to the rink it's just her and I and we have one goal in mind. I'm thinking "Good, she's focused this time, no problem".

Seriously, I cannot remember the last time I laughed SO HARD! Just entering the rink was an ordeal. About two steps in and down she went, giggling the WHOLE time. She was hanging onto the wall, with both hands, and still fell down! I was laughing so hard I couldn't pull her back up. She reminded me of Bambi when he first sailed across the frozen pond... all legs and arms, trying to find her center of balance. Luckily she had a very good sense of humor today and laughed throughout the whole ordeal. She also stuck with it and after about an hour she was starting to get the hang of it. We finally made a few loops around the rink without falling once.

I was doing really well keeping my balance and trying to help Nina keep hers, but in the end she finally brought me down once. It took us a minute to get up because we were laughing so hard.

I think we'll try to squeeze in a few more practices before we get to NYC.

~Diversions~

Another blog??? What the heck was I thinking?? I don't even have my website done. AH, I know what this is... a subconscious DIVERSION to keep me from finishing. I guess it's not so subconscious if I'm writing about it though. Damn, I'll have to find another excuse.

Not really sure what this blog is going to consist of... probably not much.... maybe some product reviews. Possibly a restaurant review or two. My husband is ever the critic when we go out, so maybe I'll put his food reviews here as well.

It's raining. That's good and bad... see we were suppose to go to Enchanted Rock this morning for a lovely hike in the hill country. I got up at 6am, which is a feat in itself. I am not an early riser. Fixed my hair, even put on a little makeup... should have checked the weather last night... DOH! Son knocks on the door and informs me of the weather situation DAMN! I guess I'm fixing breakfast now, unpack the trail mix, and console one very upset daughter. We really need the rain though and it looks like it's going to be a nice constant drizzle all day. Happy trees! (Bob Ross cracks me up)

I'm thinking about leaving all the typos in this post as free therapy for my friend Feathermaye who has serious issues with typos... muhahahahaha... just kidding! I'm totally leaving all the punctuation errors though. I can't bring myself to not run spell check.

Headed out to the studio, I hear beads calling my name. Oh wait! I have a website that's calling my name... sigh... ok, ok I'm going to work on it.