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Karate

A collection of 20 issues

Catching up

All sorts of things get pushed off during November. Now it's December (when did that happen? I'm not ready!). Knit I finished a pair of socks for Heather for Christmas, pattern is a modification of Monkey with a toe-up heel-flap and a rolled brim. Did some

Purple Belt!

I took the test for my karate purple belt at Tracy's Karate in Kirkwood on Wednesday 25th November. The test was at 8pm, which gave me all day to get nervous. Today just didn't seem right without a quick run through of my Long Two kata

UKA Karate Tournament

Went to the UKA Karate Tournament on Saturday 18th July in Eureka, about 30 miles from home. Hubby and I turned up on time and watched students perform katas for the judges. I was surprised to see a white belt competing, and some orange belts like me. The white belt

State of the Union

NaNoWriMo has proved I work better with goals and a deadlines. I'm looking at the state of my knitting, spinning, and writing for the next few days and thinking about what goals I want to achieve. Passing the citizenship test was a huge personal goal, thank you for

Orange belt!

I've been learning Chinese Kenpo at Tracy's Karate Studio since 17th November 2008 and I passed my orange belt test yesterday. There is a photo of me wearing the new belt on the wall of the studio, and I have a certificate to prove my rank.

Testing day

Tracy's Karate Studio, Kirkwood.

Pocket full of random

I do most of my knitting at lunchtime, very irritating to get out of the car at work and realise I left my knitting bag at home. Current sock is made from allegedly "self-striping" yarn (Fyberspates BFL), but three stripes per sock is going to look a bit

Starting the year

I only made a couple of resolutions for 2009 and I believe both are do-able goals: * Spin on my new wheel at least twice a week. * Get my karate orange belt. My first ever karate lesson was on November 17th, on December 11th I signed up for five months of

Novelling Snapshot

Reached 40,000 words on Wednesday 19th and I'm only partway through chapter nine of twelve, looks like I'm writing a 60,000 word story. But it's moving along nicely and I hope to write "The End" by November 30th. The story

First Frost

Scraped ice off my car this morning, and there was a snow flurry over the weekend. It must be winter. This happens every year, and it's always a surprise. Got a new pair of leather gloves at the weekend, dug my roll-brim Rowan Coccoon hat out of the

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