Run For The Cure

I've finally finished my latest project...

My friend and I are taking part in the CIBC Run For The Cure this September.  I've been working for awhile on this logo to put on our t-shirts.  Not to flatter myself, but I think I did a really good job...

This is a very important cause to both of us, as we have both had family that has been affected by Breast Cancer.  Her mom, Nora, just had her last surgery on Wednesday, and she's in good shape.  I've set a goal for myself to raise at least $200.00 by the run date.  

On the other hand, I finished my sai form yesterday during the I Ho Chaun class.  I'm extremely proud of myself, as this is the first time I have essentially finished a form that I've started creating.  I've tried in the past, only to give it up because I'm so frustrated.  I'm so excited to be able to work towards getting it ready for demo purposes.  

It's Good To Be Home.

Our trip to Disneyland was amazing.  I loved being able to spend time with my family in a place that we all enjoy.  The weather was beautiful there, and even when it rained it was still hot outside, so it was perfect.  We got a lot done in the time that we were there and I got a lot of walking in =)  And yes, I cried the last night because I didn't want to leave.

But, now it's back to the grind.  We're coming up to a brand new month with the kids classes and I'm setting a goal for myself to always be in the moment and teaching with my full potential.  I also want to try a bit of a different method for how we are approaching striping the kids this month, Sifu Brinker and I had a discussion about it today, and I'm very hopeful that it's going to turn out better than ever.

Pandamonium is also coming up.  I'm planning on being there all day starting at 9:00 for the kids classes.  I plan on being able to help wherever I can with everything.  I have an extremely good feeling about the way we're doing things this year.  I think that it'll be a lot of fun.

Goodbye For Now.

I leave on Thursday morning for a much anticipated holiday with my family and some friends of ours. I'm extremely excited to go not just because of the holiday itself, but for the challenge that has been placed in front of me for my UBBT training.

I've been really working hard these past few weeks to try and get my numbers up to a level that allows me to stress less about how I complete my requirements while I'm on vacation. I've also spent a great amount of time trying to figure out when I'm going to have time to squeeze in some push ups and sit-ups every day. There's always time to fit them in, It's just the matter of disciplining myself to utilize the time, and actually drop down and do them. I know that if I were to not do any push ups or sit-ups while I'm gone, I would be back at square one when I arrived home. I have to keep myself in the game.

I've also decided that I'm going to be focusing a lot on my writing assignments while I'm gone. There's 8 hours total on a plane, plus time sitting in the airport waiting to board, and the shuttle ride to the hotel. I love to write, I used to be able to do it for 2 - 3 hours without taking a break, but I haven't exercised that ability in quite awhile and I'm really looking foreword to the chance to actually sit down and do it.

I'm also planning on taking a picture of me doing a push up in front of the castle... so stay tuned for that =)

"Around here, we don't look backwards for very long... We keep moving foreword, opening up new doors and doing new things, because we're very curious... And curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." ~Walt Disney

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Yea. I couldn't think of a blog title. I'm not feeling very creative today.

So with the great blessing of being able to have full use of my knees back, I've found that I've regressed in my forms when it comes to having a connection with my shoulders and my hips. Sifu Brinker brought to my attention that there's a large disconnect between the two when I move from stance to stance in my forms, and I hunch my shoulders really bad when I move.

This is something that I've noticed has always been a problem, and I almost had it fixed before my knees started giving me problems, and now I'm back to square one... It's frustrating... but it's a new challenge that I have to work on.

That's all for now.

Again!?!

Snow... Again... Are you kidding me??

Apparently it was enough for the busses to be cancelled today, so I didn't have to go to school...

Here's to weekends that are longer than weekdays.

I'll be blogging tomorrow... I just felt the need to post this =)

Katelyn.

Wow.

This week has been spectacular.

All of my numbers are looking fantastic, and I feel that I progressed more than I had expected this week. I've had a lot of 'me time,' more than anticipated and I feel great. I haven't felt this way about my training in a long time.

I got to see my grandmother this week. She's 87 and just moved into a seniors home in Saskatoon. I love sitting down and talking with her. She's always so happy and seeing her this week made me think about how lucky I am to have her in my life. I love her with all my heart, and she teaches me how to be the most loving, and nurturing person that I can be.

That's all for now.

Spring Break

It's finally here.

I love spring break haha. With no kids classes and no school, it gives me a lot of time to focus on myself more so than everything else. I can expect to get a boatful of my numbers caught up by the end of this weekend. I'm staying in Saskatoon this weekend with my cousin while my mom takes me baba an hour from Saskatoon out to Quill Lake to see everyone out there. I'm there until Tuesday, and i'll be home by myself at my grandma and grampas house while she's in school.

It should be a good week.