New Video

Hi Everyone,
I just returned from Spokane.  It's late and I'm very tired, but it's good to be home.  I just posted a video of my performance at the non-test level at the 2012 Northwest Regionals.  I won 2nd place, with a couple of first place votes from the judges to boot.  Enjoy, and please share your comments with me as soon as you have a look.
'Night!

-Bonnie

Bonnie at Northwest Regionals!

This is going to be a long day!

Hi Everyone,

I have been living at the rink lately.  Today I woke up at 5:00am again and got to the rink for the 6:30 session and skated until 9:45.  I was suppose to get up at 4:00 am to make the 5:45 session but my mom had a hard time waking up.  I ended up having my dad take me.  It was nice having my dad there.  I don't see him as much any more since my mom has been taking me in the mornings.  It was an exhausting morning but totally worth it.  I landed my axle and did a pretty good camel spin.  My mom wants me to do six revolutions in the camel and fast but so far I only have done five on my good ones.  I really need to work on getting a good stretch in my camel position.  My mom and Diane were kind of laughing at me yesterday because I was bending my knee in the camel.  It did slow me down and so I know I need to work on that.  Diane, my coach, gave me a list of things to work on yesterday. 1) Be fast with out rushing.  2) Look up and show confidence. 3) Keep my knee up on the attitude.  4) Keep my leg strait on the lunge. 5) Hold out my landings but don't lose the speed of the program.  She probably told me a lot of other things but right now I can not remember.

During the ice cut today I got to watch part of Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy! It was so funny! That is one benefit of having my dad come.  Of course after that my dad cracked the whip and had me skate around the rink until my legs were burning.  Then he had me come off ice and do wall sits.  It hurt a lot!  I then went around the rink 5 times fast and then did my program again.  Diane wants me to go through my program at lest 5 times a day with the music, but my mom likes me to go through it ten times.  She wasn't here today so I did 7.   There are only 3 weeks until Regionals Diane changed my program around again yesterday.  She wants me to do the hardest jumps for my single jumps and for the combo jumps as well.  So I am doing a Flip, Lutz, and Salchow as my single jumps and Flip - toe, Lutz - Loop as my combo jumps.  I have got a lot of work to do to make this great, but everyone believes in me and I know if I keep working at it it will be great for Regionals.  My older sister Katherine is having her birthday just before Regionals on the 24th and we are trying to do something for her.  She really likes Harry Potter and the last movie just came out so it should be easy to find things for her.

(PS  I wrote most of this long hand with a pencil while waiting in my Dad's gray cubicle so that he could take me home at Lunch time.  I don't like gray carpeted walls.  yuck!)

I have a video my mom made of one of my program versions.  It keeps changing but this was one of my first times through so don't laugh.  And Yes I Know that I'm Slow. Very very slow.

Bonnie

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New News

This week I spent a lot of time on the ice because we changed my program up a lot. We need to get it perfect for regional's.  I am so sore from the ankle weights my mom got me.  I have to put them on and put my leg up as high as can get it and hold it for a minute.  Must rest.
It's in less than 4 weeks, so the pressure to prepare is on, but today I got to take a break!  After lessons today our whole family got to go to Sauvie Island  and picked a ton of blackberries and some peaches. We went to the store to get some canning things to make blackberry syrup and  jam we got to help make it. We're making jam, syrup, and a bunch of other things with the fruit. It's going to be soooo good! It's great to be in the kitchen and working with my mom and my sister.
In other news...while we were going home we smelled ash from forest fires near Mt. Hood.  I hope the firefighters are able to get that under control.  It was really, really smokey.  

New Program, New Chore

We just barely started putting together a brand new program to the same music and it's now 5 weeks until my next competition.  This means that I need to get it perfect really soon - people are telling me it's pretty cut-throat there.  By "there" I mean the Northwest Regionals in Spokane, WA.
I'm here at my home rink bright and early.  I'm doing every available freestyle session now.  And in case you were wondering, I have done dishes enough so that I get to trade that in for a new chore, probably the living room. Yes!!!
Off to warm up now.

All the best,

Bonnie

Ice Fest Video and Regionals

I just got my video of the Seattle Ice Fest.  It took forever to come but here it is.  I am working with Diane to rework my program for Regionals.   I will be competing at the non-test level.  We have a lot more jumps and combination spins and foot work so it really does not seem at all like this program, but I don't really have time to start from the beginning.  It is 5 weeks until Regionals! Yikes,  I really have to work hard if I want to be competitive.  Wish me luck!

Lessons, OMSI, China

I had lessons today and worked with Diane on some fun spin combinations.  After spending five hours at the ice arena my family and I went to OMSI and had a lot of fun.  We even got to see someone make ice cream with liquid nitrogen.  That was awesome!  It tasted pretty good too.      I finally got to talk with my Dad since he left for China.  It was great to talk with him.  I miss him when he's gone.  He sent me this picture though.  He took this from his hotel window. 

 

I am getting ready for Regionals now.  We are completely reworking my program.