This afternoon I watched the European Figure Skating Championship and really want to share with you a video of the 16-year-old Russian phenom who won the ladies event. She's amazing, so in tune with her music, so fast over the ice, had a gorgeously choreographed program and skated it to near perfection. I predict she will be our Gracie Gold's ( Read more... )

I should have posted this several days ago because I don't know how many of you figure skating fans will see this in time to watch the skating on TV, but here's the schedule:

Sat. 3:00 Pairs Free and Dance Free

Sat. 8:00 Ladies Free

Sun. 4:00 Mens Free

Sat., Jan. 30th 4:00 Exhibition

All on NBC.

Enjoy!

The icicles I posted pictures of a few days ago are gone now. It rained steadily and hard all day Saturday and the night before so our basement flooded. No damage at all, but the hole in the basement floor where the sump pump sits kept filling up and overflowing. Naturally, the pump picked yesterday to quit working so hubby and I spent most of ( Read more... )