Ice Doesn't Care--2nd Year Blogiversary!

Can't believe I made two years!  I thought I'd run out of topics after a couple of months, then I realized I  could  cover things so trivial no other skater would touch them…and, of course, pictures of cats.

So, what were my most popular posts of the last year (based on page views) ?

The Six Stages of Adult Figure Skating thanks to Lori over at International Adult Ice Skaters for mentioning it.

Judges--Thinking Positive. Apparently a coach at Bowie Ice Rink (I don't know who) posted it on Facebook. Thanks!

My favorite posts of the last year?

Types of Coaches

The Great Skate Bag Debate,

The most popular posts involving cats…

When I'm the tallest skater on the ice.  I have to admit, the punchline on this was a lucky find.

String Theory for Figure Skaters

So, do you have a favorite post? Waiting to hear about it!

My motto for every lesson is as follows:

When You Lose Something Precious

This weekend someone backed their car into mine before I went skating.  I made it to the rink after the ritual exchange of insurance information (note: everyone takes pictures of the registration cards now). I even have a witness that I'm not at fault.  I felt calm cool, and collected.

I must have been more rattled than I realized, since,  when I left the rink after my lesson, I left my SkatingSafe kneepads behind, along with my super-duper best blade rag ever a Simonize waffle weave car detailing cloth. The kneepads I can replace, but the Simonize detailing cloth they don't make anymore.

When I went back to the rink the next day, no sign of the knee pads in lost and found.

The Desk Clerk checked the Lost and found all the way to the bottom.

The Skating Director even checked the "Figure Skaters Hidden Lost and Found".
No luck there either.

I was desperate enough to even open the benches to look inside, and behind them to see if they'd been pushed between the bench and the wall.

Someplace, somewhere, someone has my pads.

Okay, probably not this guy.

Anyway, I ordered new knee pads. I can't skate without them.

You Know You Skate too Much.2

And you don't regret it for a minute!