So that big comp that I've been mentioning that Miss 9 is supposed to be doing next month, is $110 per entry. She has both an artistic and a singles program, so that would make $220 in entry fees.
Since my significant other gets paid monthly, and the due date for the entries is this coming Monday (the day before he gets paid!) it's safe to say that she isn't going to be competing in that competition. We could enter her late, but with a double entry fee ($220 per entry, so $440 total) it's just not going to happen.
To add salt to the wound, she can't even pay for it herself even if she wanted to - that's because over the weekend we were burgled.
Amongst other things, they stole Miss 9's wallet, with all her birthday money in it, and both girls money boxes :(
Stinkers :(
Showing posts with label Ice skating. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ice skating. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Tuesday, June 8, 2010
She passed
Yes she did.
She kicked ass.
She rocked.
Miss 9 officially passed her Preliminary Skating Test last week. I was so incredibly proud - I cried like a big baby. I couldn't hold back the tears. The look of joy on her face was just priceless - honestly you could see how proud she was of herself. She kept saying "I can't believe I passed" like it was all a dream - but it wasn't!
So, now I can concentrate on finishing off her costumes for the next big Competition, which is end of this month I think (or maybe it's beginning of next month), it's during school holidays in any case.
I can't wait to see her concentrate on something other than the god-forsaken pattern she needed to do to pass this test!
She kicked ass.
She rocked.
Miss 9 officially passed her Preliminary Skating Test last week. I was so incredibly proud - I cried like a big baby. I couldn't hold back the tears. The look of joy on her face was just priceless - honestly you could see how proud she was of herself. She kept saying "I can't believe I passed" like it was all a dream - but it wasn't!
So, now I can concentrate on finishing off her costumes for the next big Competition, which is end of this month I think (or maybe it's beginning of next month), it's during school holidays in any case.
I can't wait to see her concentrate on something other than the god-forsaken pattern she needed to do to pass this test!
Monday, May 31, 2010
Cue the Nerves
Ok so I'm driving Miss 9 home from school today and she says "am I going to skating tonight?"
I've been sick, as has Miss 2 for over a week. The weather has really turned cold and it's playing havoc with her asthma, I've got tonsillitis and some wicked virus..... so I try to diplomatically talk her out of it.
"well, how about we give it a miss. It's cold, I'm not well" blah blah blah... and then she says.....
"oh I'm doing my test on Thursday"
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!!!
I literally shrieked !! I knew I had put in the forms, but I had forgotten how long ago it was, and that the test date was looming.
You see, this is the test that she failed in November. She is re-sitting on Thursday evening. While I'm confident she'll do her best, I'm not sure whether she will pass. This is her first step into the "big pond" of figure skating so to speak. She'll be at the very bottom of that pond, but she'll be IN the pond.
That means more money, more expensive entry costs for competitions (like one big one coming up next month, or is it the month after??). Everything is BIGGER and BETTER once you make it into the big pond. It's the stepping stone towards representing at State Championships and Nationals.
My wallet (and bank balance) need to be resuscitated, I'm sure they are in cardiac arrest just at the mere thought of the prospective costs involved with being a skater at this level.
Right-o then... best I get back to the more important things like taking up the hems on jeans and bedazzling costumes for the next skating competition!
Wish Miss 9 luck for Thursday if you happen to remember!
I've been sick, as has Miss 2 for over a week. The weather has really turned cold and it's playing havoc with her asthma, I've got tonsillitis and some wicked virus..... so I try to diplomatically talk her out of it.
"well, how about we give it a miss. It's cold, I'm not well" blah blah blah... and then she says.....
"oh I'm doing my test on Thursday"
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!!!
I literally shrieked !! I knew I had put in the forms, but I had forgotten how long ago it was, and that the test date was looming.
You see, this is the test that she failed in November. She is re-sitting on Thursday evening. While I'm confident she'll do her best, I'm not sure whether she will pass. This is her first step into the "big pond" of figure skating so to speak. She'll be at the very bottom of that pond, but she'll be IN the pond.
That means more money, more expensive entry costs for competitions (like one big one coming up next month, or is it the month after??). Everything is BIGGER and BETTER once you make it into the big pond. It's the stepping stone towards representing at State Championships and Nationals.
My wallet (and bank balance) need to be resuscitated, I'm sure they are in cardiac arrest just at the mere thought of the prospective costs involved with being a skater at this level.
Right-o then... best I get back to the more important things like taking up the hems on jeans and bedazzling costumes for the next skating competition!
Wish Miss 9 luck for Thursday if you happen to remember!
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Ice Skates are here!!
Miss 8's new ice skates finally arrived from Canada last week, after waiting since 17 June!!
I was so thrilled on Friday when she had her first lesson in about 3 months. She listened beautifully. She tried everything that was asked of her and she was listening attentively. I was really pleased, since her attention span can be either fantastic or completely goldfish-like.
I'm hoping that soon she'll be able to get a programme done, so I can make her a beautiful costume. It's been so long since she did any competitions, I really miss it.
I was so thrilled on Friday when she had her first lesson in about 3 months. She listened beautifully. She tried everything that was asked of her and she was listening attentively. I was really pleased, since her attention span can be either fantastic or completely goldfish-like.
I'm hoping that soon she'll be able to get a programme done, so I can make her a beautiful costume. It's been so long since she did any competitions, I really miss it.
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