Summer is Here!

Summer time is finally here!

There are so many good things about summer, the beautiful scenery, the sports, the family time…etc.

This summer I am sailing all summer long! That is really exciting for me but sometimes I wish I could go camping or to marine land, I miss the other summer fun sometimes.

Sailing is a lot like camping in a sense. You are careful in what you pack making sure you have everything you need clothing wise (lots of layers), with food, and sleeping bags. You have to find your sea legs you eventually find them!

Now that I think about it more there are many similarities in with both of them. You are out in the sun and rain whatever the weather is, you are always learning, and most of all having fun. 

(This video is on the tall ship St. Lawrence II) 

Dance

I love dancing, and I miss it so much!

My personal feeling about dancing is it’s your own way of expressing yourself.  It is an art, beautiful, unique, and you.

I took dance lessons for 10 years. My first year of dance I took ballet. I was to young to realize I should have stayed with it but I only took the 1-year of ballet. I wish now that I stuck with it. Ballet is such a beautiful dance.

The next 9 years of dance lessons I took tap. I fell in love with tap dance since day one. Tap is more upbeat then ballet but it does have its slow graceful dances like a tap waltz.

 

The dance company I took dance lessons from would bring people over from Britain to test us on our dances and theory work. The highest mark you can get in this is honors.

Other types of dances out there are lyrical dance, jazz, hip-hop …etc. and that is only the beginning. 

So many shoes for so many unique dances!

Clubfoot

Do you know what a clubfoot is?

A family member of mine has a clubfoot. The medical description of a clubfoot is Clubfoot is a condition in which one or both feet are twisted into an abnormal position at birth. The condition is also known as talipes or talipes equinovarus.  (you can find other definitions at http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/clubfoot ).

There are different levels of severity a clubfoot or clubfeet.

Minor clubfoot:

Severe clubfoot:

My family member happens to have a severe clubfoot. She was put in a cast the day she was born. When she was 6 weeks old she had her first surgery. In total, to this day she has had 8 surgeries.

In a lot of ways I feel really bad for her but I have to remember that there are people out there that have it worse then her. She is always has an optimistic attitude and that’s what I admire her for.

Whats up with the weather these days

Today, Monday April 23, 2012, it is snowing in Kingston ON. It’s April for goodness sakes! Don’t get me wrong, I love snow but only for the months that it is supposed to be here (November, December, January, February, and a little bit of March.)

This past year has been crazy for weather. We barely had any snow at Christmas time then in March 2012 we had summer weather! Highs of 25 degrees calculus!

When I s this crazy weather going to end? I hope it does soon! Sailing weather is on the way; I am so excited for it. This year it’s the 200^th anniversary of ‘the war of 1812’. Many ships were involved in this war, there are many reenactments happening this summer. The St. Lawrence II is going to be re-painted for these reenactments and many of her crew will be dressing up as well. It is going to be a great summer. 

Farm!

Hello again, over the past few weeks on my farm there have been a lot of new faces.

Yes that means babies!

I have many different animals on my family farm. We have Goats, Cows, a dog, cats, ducks, and an alpaca.

So far there is only about 4 goats left to have their kids. Right now, we have 9 healthy baby goats. Out of all of them my favorites by far are Paisley and Cooper.

The thing so unique about these kids is they had to be bottle fed for the first few weeks of their life. Paisley, a sweet little girl, her mother didn’t want her so we took to feeding her ourselves.

There is special formula milk for baby goats that we tried to feed her but she didn’t like it at all. That’s when we decided to milk her mother and feed it to her from a bottle.

 She is so used to people feeding her she loves being with people. 

Now Cooper. Cooper is my other favorite. Cooper started off being really sick. His mom wasn’t making enough milk and he wasn’t getting the nutrients he needed. When I found him I knew that there was something wrong. I stayed at my dad’s house for a week and took care of him. I fed him a bottle about 3-4 times a day and I started to see a huge improvement.

He is now a healthy boy, and very friendly towards people to. 

Dreams

I can’t wait for summer! Can you? There are so many things to do in the summer. Sailing, camping, going to beaches, as I was talking about before my passion is sailing. Someday I hope to sail the world. I want to sail on as many tall ships as possible.

I believe in following your dreams. Someday I dream of being a paramedic and sailing around the world. Both very different, it is going to take a lot to be able to fulfill both dreams but I am up for the challenge.

I often wonder if there is a way for me to do both at the same time. I think with my other passion of helping people and sailing.

I have always been told as long as you follow your heart anything is possible. I hope that is true in this case.

Sailing and helping people will be amazing someday.