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The Summer Youth League starts July 10 and T will be done with his lessons by then and ready to join a team. I, on the other hand, will be nowhere near ready. :(  So the little snot’ll be playing…

It’s a formula that’s worked for cats, dogs and attempts at English translation – so now, lolSkates.  The difference, though, is that my skating can make you laugh without misspelled captions. At today’s skate I had the girl-child take some…

Florida Bay Outfitters has an annual torment Paul rental fleet sale: Why am I drooling this year? Wilderness Systems Tarpon 160 w/ Rudder for $845 Yes, I already have a Tarpon, but it’s the older model.  The new model…

Nothing earth-shaking in skating this week.  T had his regular lesson today and I went to the public skate – after his lesson, he joined me and I had him work on his crossover and backward skating a little bit.…

T’s regular lesson in learn-to-play today and not much new, except that I’ve decided not to jump into the current adult learn-to-play session.  I’d like to, but I’ve watched it a couple times now and I’d be the worst skater…

No, this list will not be everything that T and I need to work on, just the most immediate couple of things I can see right now.  There’s not enough room on the interweb for the complete list.  One thing…

There are a lot of things I need to work on as far as general skating skills before I’ll really feel ready to play, so each new accomplishment is a big milestone for me – one step closer to that…

Today’s skate-and-shoot had very few people at it, so there was a lot of ice for T and I.  We started out with T skating with the puck and taking shots on goal while I poked the puck away once…

One thing I didn’t realize before starting all this was how much you sweat in hockey – I mean, ice, right? Cold? Sweat comes from heat, right? Well, once all that gear’s on and you skate for forty-five minutes, you…

I go looking for T after his skating lesson today to give him the wristband he needs for public skating, but he’s still on the ice where the lessons are. I figure they’re just taking advantage of some extra ice…