Hi everybody!! I will write stuff about past meets, upcoming meets, anything.

March 12, 2003.
Hi!!
I'm terrible at writing here!! Since my 3 main sites have gotten quite popular :-) I don't have time for this site. It's a big mess and I've GOT to fix it up soon! My gymnastics is going ok, meet season will be over this weekend, yay!!! I'm SOOO sick of routines, even though I LOVE my new floor routine!! I've been to 3 meets this year, they've all been ok, better than I expected. I actually won 2 events at the first one! Everyone is always totally amazed that a 20-year-old is competing--and now there are 2 of us "old ladies" on my team!! :-) Worked on some different tumbling the other day, and I made some pretty good layout front fulls. I always had lots of trouble with those in the past! Definitely not competing it this year though! My goal this year was to have relatively clean, but pretty low difficulty routines. Somehow I've gotten totally dumb and am scared to do my layout on beam. :P So I've been competing BHS BHS with a small stop in between, which SUCKS because I've NEVER had a problem connecting beam stuff before!
I'm still on the synchro skating team, we have a competition pretty soon. :-)
A lot of other cool stuff has been going on, but I don't have time to write much more here. :-)
TTYL!

July 9, 2002.
Hello!!
Been a long time since I wrote here, this year has FLOWN by! Ooops, outdated picture at the top of this page!!
My gymnastics is going fine, but my gym is a little nuts, with a LOT of coaching changes! I won't go into it here. :/ Anyway, I LOVE working on new skills in the summer, but I HATE our summer schedule, which is mostly 9 or 10 every morning! Anyone that knows me knows that I am **NOT** a morning person! I am the definition of "NIGHT OWL"!! haha Anyway, we got a vaulting table a few months ago and I LOVE it!! No fear of missing my hands! I have actually flipped handspring fronts on it! With a spot, and it was to my back on a Resi-Pit, but it was SOO fun! I've also worked on Yurchenkos--not on the table but on a trapezoid-thing and they aren't as bad as I thought! I still don't like bars AT ALL, but I love beam even though we don't do it much! Floor's pretty good, I'm working on double backs but not as much as I'd like! I've done some 2 1/2 twists in the pit, I NEVER thought I'd even get to attempt those! :) I am probably getting a new floor routine this year, the music I want is "Lord of the Rings". I have edited it myself, and I'm hoping to choreograph it myself too!! :) I absolutely LOVE making up routines!
Skating is ok, I'm thinking about quitting the drill team and focusing more on singles stuff. I've been working on my flip for a LOOOONG time but I hardly ever get to practice so I still haven't landed it on 1 foot. But I have gotten my sit-spin! Speaking of skating, the Olympics were very disappointing to me. I was so looking forward to it, and so "into" it, and the only thing that actually went well (IMO) was dance! Pairs of course was totally srewed up, but at least they tried to correct it. I was hoping Evgeny Plushenko would win men's, and I felt so bad for Todd Eldredge! I wasn't happy at the time that Yagudin won, I'd never really liked him, but when I met him on my b-day, he was really nice! I always look at the personality rather than skating when deciding who I like. I was so sad that Michelle didn't win, but it doesn't matter cause she is still the best skater ever!!! Not to mention a very sweet person!
What else has been going on? Oh yeah, I am 20 now!!! No longer a teenager! :P
I put together a recital for the kids that I teach, that was in May. It went really well!
I have also gotten interested in (some would say obsessed :) The Lord of the Rings. I saw the movie in December, absolutely LOVED it, seen it an unmentionable number of times :) and have made a website for it! Ever since I can remember, my mom has tried to get me to read the books, but I couldn't have been less interested until seeing the movie! Now I've read them twice! Along with watching, buying, reading or whatever Lord of the Rings stuff possible, I now have almost every movie Elijah Wood has been in. :) My favs in LOTR are (who else) Frodo and Legolas!!! I even got the Black Hawk Down DVD cause Orlando Bloom is in it!! Less than a month now til the Fellowship of the Ring DVD is out, and according to the clock that is on my desktop, 161 days til The Two Towers! I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, this was actually a long entry! Talk to ya soon!

January 10, 2002.
Hello!!
Ooops, guess I've been forgetting to update this page!
Gymnastics is going pretty well, my first meet is this weekend. I recently got a new floor routine (to Jellicle Ball from Cats). I've been doing it for less than a month so at this meet I'm going to water down my tumbling just a bit. Vault is ok, I'm hoping to compete my Tsuk soon. Beam's great, it's probably my favorite and best event now. Bars still sucks, as always though! :P
Skating is great! I joined the synchronized team several months ago and that's a lot of fun. We had our first competition in Nov. and we won! :) Also in Nov I went to a skating clinic-thing with Tara Lipinski. She was so nice!!
I can't believe the Olympics are almost here!! Less than a month away! The Torch came through Memphis in Dec. and I went and saw it, it was really cool. I can't wait to see the skating part, and I'm keeping my fingers crossed for Michelle Kwan!!! My other favorites for gold in the other disciplines are Evgeny Plushenko, Sale & Pelletier, and Anissina & Peizarat! I also hope that Todd Eldredge gets a medal. :)
Hhhmm, what else is there to write about?? Oh yeah, Christmas!! I had a great Christmas! I got a bunch of skating stuff, some gymnastics stuff, clothes, a new VCR, and a DVD player!! I got a bunch of other stuff too, and I'm supposed to get a new scanner--mine takes forever to come on and now it won't scan in color. :P

April 13, 2001.
Hello!!
Wow, it's been a LONG time since I've written here!!!
Well, competition season is over for the year. I have to say that I'm pretty glad, I was SO sick of doing routines all the time! My meets were ok, I'm very happy with most of my routines in my meets but a little disappointed in a few scores. Except on beam, I got a 9 in every meet except one!! :) Now it's time to have fun for a while and work on new skills!!! I started working on Stalders on bars today, they're pretty fun!! I also worked on double backs in the pit yesterday (from the floor, but also bars too) and I love them!!! :)
Skating is fine, I'm in freestyle 3 now. I can do everything in that level (toe loop, Salchow, backward spiral) except the change-foot spin. I HATE that!!! I CAN'T spin on my right foot!!! I actually can't do anything on my right foot LOL I spin on my left and I jump the other way, so I land on my left foot! My back spin is getting a little better though.
I coach gymnastics at a school, and since it's getting near the end of the school year, the kids are going to have a recital! So I've been making up routines and trying to teach them to the kids, and they are doing really well remembering them! :) It's a lot of fun working with them.
I am going to Denver at the beginning of May, to see Champions on Ice. COI is not coming anywhere NEAR here (Memphis), and we (me and my mom) have been wanting to go Denver (for a bunch of reasons) for a while, so this is a great time to go! :) I can't wait!!
I'll try to remember to write more often! :)

December 20, 2000.
Hey!!
I probably won't write again until the new year, so I hope every has a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!!
I had a practice meet at gym a few weeks ago, I did pretty well. I stuck my layout on beam!!! Then I fell on my gainer BHS!! :P I never miss that!!! I didn't compete my double back flyaway on bars, I'm working on getting it back in the pit. I landed my vaults ok, and my floor routine was really good until the last pass--I OVER-rotated a 1 1/2! I didn't fall though. I got an 8.75 with a pretty big mistake!! :) My first real meet is in about a month.
The skating rink is open again!!!!!! I am in a freestyle 2 class now, that's the only class on Tuesday, which is the only day I don't have gym and the rink is open. I can of most of the stuff in that level. :) I have missed skating SOOO much, I'm glad I can skate again now!!!!
My job is going well, I like coaching!
I am going to Champions on Ice in about 2 weeks, and I got tickets to Stars on Ice, but it's not til March. I love going to ice shows!!!
TTYL!

November 8, 2000.
Hey!!
This is going to be short, sorry! :)
Gym's fine, we're doing mostly routines now. My first meet is January 19th or sometime around then. Then I am going to Disney World for a meet! :) I can't wait!! Also I get to start skating again in about a week or 2!!! The rink opens Nov. 17th I think, and classes start the week after Thanksgiving. I am going to the gymnastics post-Olympic tour the weekend after Thanksgiving. :) I also got tickets to Champions on Ice in Little Rock AR in January--front row, 1 section from the center!!!!
I am coaching gymnastics now at a school, the kids are about 3-8. It's a lot of fun, I work every Friday--I've only done one week so far. :)

October 25, 2000.
Hello!!
Wow, it's been a long time since I've written here! I didn't realize it had been this long!
Gym's great, I got my BHS layout on the high beam by myself!! I actually like beam now! :) The only thing that's not great is bars--I don't have any grips!! My old ones are too worn out to use--they are so stiff I'm scared to use them, and I got some new ones and they're too big! All I can do with them is one giant before they start slipping too far down my hand. I ordered some other ones but they still aren't here. Vault is fine, floor is great! :) I'm almost making my double fulls.
I miss skating SOOO much!! It's been 3 months since I skated last. The rink opens in about 3 weeks, I can't wait!!! :)
Once again, the gymnastics tour stop I was supposed to go was cancelled. :( This is the third time that's happened. I was so disappointed about that, but I ended up getting tickets to another stop--only problem is, the place is WAY farther away than the original one. I HAVE to see the show though, LOL! :)
OK, there's one more thing I want to write about--the Olympics. This was definitely the most disappointing Olympics I have ever watched. Andreea Raducan's medal being taken away was just awful--SHE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG!!!!! She deserves that medal, I think it was very sweet of Simona Amanar to give it back to her. The whole vault thing in the AA was ridiculous, I have NEVER seen that happen at any meet!!!
Well, I'll try to write here more often! :)

September 13, 2000.
Hi!!
The Olympics are almost here! I can't wait to watch it on tv!! It doesn't seem like it's been over 4 YEARS since the last Olympics! I feel so bad for Morgan White. She looked so good at Trials, it's just terrible that she can't compete. :(
Gym's going fine! I did some double backs off bars on the "real" bars for the first time in months! I also got my aerial on the high beam, I can do everything in my beam routine on the high beam except my BHS layout, but I have that on the "lower high beam" LOL. I connected my new floor pass--FHS barani BHS layout step-out. :)
I probably won't update this site again until after the Olympics! TTYL!

July 24, 2000.
Hello!!
I'm leaving to go to the Nationals tomorrow!! I'm SOO excited! I haven't been to an elite meet in over 2 years! I have tickets to all the sessions, and I'm also going to 6 Flags and the St. Louis Zoo. I am also going to ice-skate while I'm there, "my" rink's been closed for 2 weeks! :**(
Hhmm, who do I think will win Nationals?? Right now I will have to say Vanessa Atler, or Elise Ray, or Kristen Maloney...... I'm looking forward to seeing Shannon Miller compete, even if it's not AA. And for juniors, I'd have to say Ashley Postell has a great chance! :) Also Kristal Uzelac, I think it'll be close between those 2. I think this entire competition will be really great!!
Gym's going fine, I have been working on gainer ff layout step-outs on beam. I also did a few Tsuks on the "real" vault!! They weren't very good, but better than the last time I tried that!! LOL
I better go, I haven't packed yet!!
I'll write after nationals, I'm going to take TONS of pictures!!!

June 28, 2000.
Hi!!
I am 18 now!!! I had a really good birthday, me and some of my friends from gym went to this amusement park here, then rode around in a limousine! :) Here are some of my presents--Sakura Beanie Baby, some Beanie Kids, clothes, money, leotards, and a whole new computer!! It is purple, even the keyboard and mouse!!
Gym's fine, I did some aerials on the high beam with no one even standing there! :) I'm working on round-offs, I/ve never really worked on thsoe before. Yesterday I was doing RO backs tucks off the high beam with a "runway" thing on it, and when I punched fot the tuck, the runway tilted way off sideways and I went sideways and landed on my back! But there were mats stacked up as high as the beam so it didn't hurt but it scared me BAD!!! I did some more after that so I guess I'm not scared anymore LOL. I'm working on fixing my giants on bars, since they SUCKED last year!! I think they're getting better. :)
Only about 2 weeks left of skating! There's a new rink in town that might be opening soon, so I can skate there when the other one is closed. :) My class did our whole routine together, I think it was pretty good!
I can't WAIT til Nationals, less than a month away!!! :)
TTYS!

June 14, 2000.
Hi!!
Hi!! This will be short!!
My b-day is next week!! I will be 18! Gym is going fine, I got my front-full on floor with no mat!! I kinda had it last year until I freaked out and was scared to do forward twisting. Now I'm working on doing a punch front out of it! :)
Skating is fine too, the rink is closing in July until November!! :*( They are totally re-doing it. We're doing a "grand finale" the day before it closes. My class is doing a drill team thing to the song "Smooth".
Only a little over a month to Nationals!! :)
TTYS!

May 24, 2000.
Hi!!
Hi!! Gym was so cool today!!!! We had like 30 minutes left of practice, and one of my coaches tells me to go get some ice for a teammate. So I go get it and when I come back everyone is standing there waiting for me!! I'm like "What's going on??" and one of my coaches says CONGRATULATIONS (graduation)!!!! I was SO SURPRISED!!!! :) They had a cake and gave me some presents. I also got a "piece of the beam" with my name and Class of 2000 on it! I'll try to scan a pic of it. :) It was really cool, I've never had a surprise "party" before!
Gym is great!!! I got my aerial on the high beam (ok not the HIGH high beam :) by myself!! I am working on a new pass--front tuck step-out RO full BHS 1 1/2 or double full!! I can't do it yet but I made a full at the end with a spot. :)
Saturday is graduation!!! I have a banquet thing & rehearsal on Friday, me and my friend are going in a limo. :)
2 months until Nationals!! I am SO looking forward to it!! I haven't been to an elite gymnastics meet since the 1998 ITC!!!! I think it is going to be a great meet to watch, and I always have so much fun meeting (hopefully :) the gymnasts!! I have never met Ashley Postell and I do her official site! Can't wait to see her!
TTYS!

May 3, 2000.
Hi!!
Wow, I haven't written here in a long time!! Gym is going great, I love working on new skills!! On bars I'm working on bails and fixing my giants, floor, double backs, double fulls, on beam, ff layout (step-out and 2 foot), side aerials, and I got my gainer ff on the high beam by myself!! I did it a few times on the low beam and then by myself on the high beam the same day! I am usually pretty scared to do stuff on beam LOL but gainers are so fun!! I dod some handspring front vaulss the other day!! They were in the pit with a HUGE spot but I had never tried them before! I'm also working on Tsuks. Skating is also great!! I changed classes, I was learning in my other class, but I can only go on Tuesdays and there are no other levels that day. So now I am in the adult class! I have already learned a lot of stuff!! I got my Salchow and toe loop, and I'm working on some other stuff, like the wind-up into a 1-foot spin. :)
I went to Champions on Ice last week!! It was SOOOOOOOOOO cool!!! I always have so much fun at that!! This was the 3rd time I've been, and I've ended up with backstage passes every time! This time was the best though!!! Click here to see my pics and stuff!!!
I graduate on May 27th!!! I finally got my senior pics back, I will scan them soon!! :) I am not "retiring" from gymnastics though!! I am competing AT LEAST 1 more year, I'm not going to college next year.
TTYS!

January 12, 2000.
Hello!!
This diary will be pretty short!! Just wanted to let everybody know what I've been up to!! :) Gym is great, my first meet of the year is this coming weekend!! I have been doing my double flyaway on the real bars!! :) Last week I did it with 1 mat in the pit, and kept adding mats until it was floor-height. So then I went and did some BY MYSELF on the real bars!!! I landed some of them too!! LOL :) They're really fun, I hope I can do it in the meet this weekend.
I am going to be in a skating competition in about 2 weeks. :) I've never done one before, and I can't wait for this one! :)
TTYS!

December 29, 1999.
Hi!
Did everyone have a nice Christmas?? I did!! :) Hhhmmm, what did I get?? I got some new leotards, new skating outfits, a new VCR (that STILL doesn't work--I don't know why I can't ever get a VCR that works right!!), a digital camera, clothes, Germania Beanie Baby, Maple Beanie Buddy, some Attic Treasures, and some old Ty Plush--I collect that too! :) I also got some other things. :) We had our gymnastics party yesterday--at a skating rink. It was pretty fun!
Gym is going fine, I have my first meet in about 2 1/2 weeks. I'm really working on my double flyaway, I need that for my C on bars. It's a lot better than it was, I can do it on a mat in the pit. My giants have gotten a lot better!I am just going to do a BHS BHS for my series on beam--I stick almost every one, and I fell on almost all my layouts. I still have enough stuff in my routine to start from a 10. Floor is fine, my middle is now FHS FHS barani. :) My 1st pass--front through to 1 1/2, has gotten much more consistent!
Well, I probably won't write again here until the next century!!! hehe Everyone have a Happy and Safe New Year!!!

November 17th, 1999.
Hi!
I got my BHS layout on high beam by myself!! :) I am actually going for it with no one standing there LOL! I still don't stick them consistently but I am so happy that I can do it by myself. I also got a middle pass on floor. I've tried several different things and nothing has worked well but I think this will--FHS barani BHS layout step-out. I went for my back uprise, clear hip, straddle back on bars--those scare me! I peeled when I was first learning them--just swinging, and I'm still scared, but I actually let go the other day and made it! :) I made it through my whole bar routine the first time I put it all together!! There is a meet the week before Christmas that my gym is going to but I'm not. It's too close to Christmas--we always have a lot of stuff to do around Christmas. I also think I need a little more time to get ready. :)
The skating rink opened the other day! The ice is SO much worse than it used to be, I don't know WHAT they did when it was closed but I hope it's fixed soon! I went to the first practice for the Christmas show the other day and I decided not to be in it. I was the oldest in my group (big surprise LOL) and I just felt really dumb!! I didn't like the routine either. My "regular" skating is going well. I tried some toe loops the other day, I can land them on 2 feet and made it on 1 one time! :)
TTYS!

October 27th, 1999.
Just a quick note to let ya know what I've been up to!
I went to see Beauty and the Beast tonight (the Broadway play)! It was GREAT!!! I love Beauty and the Beast, and this was just spectacular!! hehe After the show we were standing outside and some of the actors walked by! I got "Belle" and "Gaston"'s autograph! They were SO nice!! I got a pic, I'll put it on here when I get it developed. :)
Gym is fine, we're doing lots of routines now. I like working on skills better than routines. But I really like my new floor routine!!! I was working on full twisting flyways in the pit, and they were just NOT working, so now I'm doing double backs! They are SOOO fun!! :) Skating is also fine, the rink is going be closed for 2 weeks!! :( Then I am going to start practices for the Christmas show! :)
TTYS!

October 13th, 1999.
Hello!! Been a long time since I've updated this page!
Gym is going really well right now! I've been doing lots of layouts by myself on the high beam. I'm not as scared to do them now. :) I had messed up my front-full on floor a while ago, where I wouldn't go for it, but now I got it back. My pass is FHS FHS front-full, and I can't land it yet. When I just do 1 FHS I can make it pretty easily, but when I add the 2nd one I under-rotate. Bars is pretty good (for me :), I've been doing routines. I can't do my real routine yet, but I've been trying to get used to connecting several things. I got my giant, giant, flyaway on the "real" bars! :) Now I've just got to get my full dismount.
I moved up another level in skating! I am now in Delta/Freestyle 1. :)
Hhhmmm, what else do I have to say?? hehe Not much really. My schoolwork is ok, I hate biology!!!
TTYL!

September 9th, 1999.
Hi!
I finally got my new floor routine! Actually I've only learned the first half, it's really cool! My coach hasn't had time to make all of it up yet. I got my giant on the "real" bars! I didn't miss any today! :) I can't make the 2nd one yet, I pike WAY too much between the bars, but I'm working on it! The 2nd one was always easier in the pit, with no low bar. I did some layouts on the high beam (about 2 feet high, not the HIGH high beam LOL) by myself today! I totally missed the beam on the first one, but I stayed on the last ones! :) I've also done a few handspring-fulls vaults, they are a MILLION times better than they used to be! And I haven't done 1 since Regionals in May! My Tsuks are ok in the pit, I hope I can it before meet season.
Skating is so much fun! Yesterday I did some waltz jumps. I LOVE them! It's like a mini-axel, only a half turn instead of a 1 1/2. My back crossovers are much better, and I can spin on 1 foot now! I actually just do a 2 foot spin and lift one foot for about 2 turns. :)
OK, I'm through talking about all my new stuff! TTYS!

August 4th, 1999.
Hi! I never update this page, sorry!!
I only have 1 more week of morning practice, I HATE getting up early! I finally starting making giants with a low bar (actually a noodle thing, my coaches hold it up like a bar so it will fall if I hit it!). I have been doing them on a single bar, and then when a low bar is there, missing every one. But now I think I've got it and I hope I get to do start doing them on the "real" bars soon! I have been doing lots of layouts on beam. I'm working on gainer fulls dismounts in the pit off beam. I was swinging my left leg and twisting left, and that didn't work. So now I am trying to twist right, because I CANNOT swing my right leg! I think they're getting better. :) My font-fulls on floor are much better, I did them straight the other day! I usually twist early and go crooked. I landed some front through to 1 1/2s on floor, I've never done them until last week, and I stood a few up the first day!
I had my 4th skating lesson today! I got my own skates last week. They are really different than rental ones, much bigger toe-picks! I was tripping all over the place last week, but I am used to them now. I was tested last week to move up again, and I passed! I am now in the Gamma level, that is either the 4th or 5th level I think. There are 2 more levels (Delta and Psi) and then about 10 freestyle levels!! I really like skating, I'm going to keep taking lessons after this first 10 weeks. We did some 3-turns today, they are really fun! I also love spinning!! :)
There is a new online club for girls, here is some info if you to join!
GENERATION GIRL! This is a campaign to STOP discrimination against girls. There will be a newsletter, and a website. The president is Jammer519, and the vice pres. is Megpie77. There will be positions available, like, writing things for the newsletters, and helping with the website. For more information, e-mail Jammer519 or Megpie77.
I have seem the South Park movie twice, it's really funny! :) Not much else to write about... TTYS!

July 14th, 1999.
Hi!
I always forget to update this! :) Gym is really good, I made a bunch of giants the other day! I did some Tsuks with 2 mats in the pit and made a few to my feet, mostly I rolled out of them. I just need to really learn where I am in the air. My layouts on beam are going pretty good, I did a few without a spot on the high beam! I also got a 2-feet BHS. I've never really worked on those too much before. Floor's good, I kinda messed up my FHS but when I do it right I can land my front-fulls. I'm getting a new floor routine soon, my music is going to be from "Beauty and the Beast". It's called "To The Fair" and I am having to get it edited because it is too long. But I really like it, I think it goes with my style of gymnastics. :)
I had my first skating lesson last night! I was moved to a more advanced group, because the beginner class is teaching like how to skate forwards and stuff like that! I love to skate, it's really fun. I worked on spirals and this thing called mohawks, kind of a half turn on 1 foot and half turn back, hard to describe! I really want to get my own skates, I HATE the rental ones!!
TTYS!

June 16th, 1999.
Hello!
I went to Oklahoma City last weekend. I've been wanting to go for a while, since I used to go all the time. So the weekend of Shannon's wedding was a cool time to go. I didn't actually go TO the wedding, but I went and saw where it was and everything. I also got some newspapers and saw it on the news. I went to Bart Conner's gym Saturday morning. I have been writing back and forth with Larissa Stewart(a junior elite) for about 4 years but I've never met her. Her mother was watching her practice and I said hi to her and she said she "Are you Heather??" :) That was cool that she recognized me! She said that if I had been 20 minutes earlier I could've met Bart and taken a tour through the IG office and stuff! When Larissa was finished practicing she took me in the gym and showed me everything and said I could take pics or whatever. I talked to her and her mom for a while. They were both SO NICE! When we were about to leave, Nadia drove up! So I got to meet her real quick, she said she was in a hurry to get to Shannon's wedding. She looked really pretty! She was nice too. :)
Gym is awesome! I've been doing layouts on the high beam (with a spot). We have a new tumbling coach and I've started working on double backs with him. I LOVE to do them! I haven't done a lot of bars lately, I rip almost every day. I need to vault more, it's been a while!!
Sunday is my birthday! I will be 17.
TTYS!

May 28th, 1999.
Very short note!!
I MADE A GIANT TODAY!!! :)
There was a 2-page article about me in the paper yesterday!! :) TTYL!

May 19th, 1999.
Hi!!
I was interviewed for an article in a local paper today!!! The interview lasted about an hour. The reporter took pictures and everything! It was really cool!!! :) :) :)
Tomorrow (actually today--I am writing this late Tuesday night) I am going to Nashville to see the Champions on Ice show! I went to it in Memphis and got to meet a lot of the skaters. I really want to meet Michelle Kwan--she is now on the tour.
Gym is great! I am working on double fulls and front-fulls on floor. I make most of the front-fulls and I have made several double fulls to my feet. I am doing ff layouts on the low beam by myself, and aerials. I have been doing gainer fulls in the pit--they're really fun! I am SO CLOSE to making a giant--I pretty much made one the other day, but my hand slipped when I was on top and I almost fell onto the bar. My Tsuks are pretty good in the pit and I did a few on the real vault the other day. They sucked, but I went for them! :)
I'll write again soon!

April 29th, 1999.
Hello!!
I am leaving tomorrow for Regionals!! I am very excited!!! :)
I have 2 new skills I am doing there--a front through to layout step-out on floor, and a gainer layout dismount off beam. I really like doing both of those!!
Sorry so short! I'll write when I get back!!

April 12th, 1999.
Hi! Short note here.
I am so shocked about everything that happened at State!! I am totally speechless about winning the AA and making Regionals!!! :):):):):):):):):):)

April 9th, 1999.
Hi! Been busy, no time to write here!!
State is this weekend. I have to compete at 8 AM Sunday morning!!! :P I am NOT a morning person. It is in Memphis, bgut not at my gym. I wish it was there!! I guess I'm ready--I feel pretty confident about floor, beam is ok, if I can just hit it as well as I can, bars is ok, for me, and vault is....sometimes ok. They have been inconsistent lately. I am pretty nervous about this meet, but I'm trying not to be. :)
This is the first year that I have a chance to go to Regionals but I am not concentrating on that. This will only be my 3rd level 8 meet so my hopes are not up. It would be cool, though! :)
Between my last meet and State, I worked on some new skills for about 2 weeks. My coach told me what skills I need to be level 9 next year, and I'm really excited about that and ready to work really hard on them! New skills are much more fun than routines. I did some layouts on beam (low beam, with a spot!! :) one day and they're scary but not too bad!! hehe This summer will be fun, learning (hopefully) a lot of new skills.
I'll write again and let ya know how State went!! :) Wish me luck!

March 8th, 1999.
Hi! Just a quick note tonight!
Well, I was supposed to comete in the Dogwood meet in Knoxville Saturday, but I didn't. My whole family was with me and we had a small emergency, so we went back home early. I'm not too disappointed, this meet was not really important to me.
State is not for a few weeks, so we are not doing a lot of routine-type stuff at gym. I landed my double full on floor today!!!!!!! :) :) I made 1to my feet but it was really low, and then on the last one, I stood it up!! I worked on some more giants, and they're close to going over! I also did back handspring back tucks on beam. I LOVE working on new skills! :)
I'll write soon!

March 5th, 1999.
Hello!
It was so fun meeting all the skaters the other day! I couldn't believe I got a pass to go meet them! :)
I have a meet Saturday, in Knoxville, TN. Only me and one other teammate is going. She is level 7, so we won't be competing together! I don't like being by myself. I should be used to it, almost all my level 5 and 6 meets and my last level 8 meet was by myself.
Wish me luck! hehehe :)

February 25th, 1999.
Hi! Ooops, I've kinda ignored this page. I've been meaning to write but keep running out of time!
Gym is so great right now! We've been working on new skills since our last meet, but today we started routines again--the next meet is March 6th. That is my last one til State!
I did double fulls on floor the other day!!! I SUCK at tumbling into the pit--I have always been scared that I'm going to miss my feet on the end. So my coach said to just go for them on a mat on the floor. I didn't stand any up, but I think I'll get it if I keep working at it! :) I also did some front-fulls and landed them!! I've started working on giants on bars!!!! I am almost making it to the handstand--I hope I go over soon!! I go for most of my series on beam now, and I got a cartwheel full-off dismount! I did some Tsuks in the pit for the first time in a while today! I love competing, but working on new skills is so much fun!! I like it in the summer when that's all we do. :)
I've been busy lately, so I don't update Heather's Homepage very much. State is April 10 and 11th here in Memphis, so after that I should not be as busy. :)

January 19, 1999.
Hello!! Been a while since I've written! This will be kinda long, sorry if I bore ya!!
My trip to Disney World was awesome!!! I love Disney World!!! The first day we were there, we went to Animal Kingdom. I liked it a lot, cause I love animals!! The Tree of Life was very cool-looking, and I saw the Bug's Life 3-D movie thing inside of the Tree. I've never seen a 3-D movie, it was neat!! I rode the safari ride, and walked through 2 different trail things with animals. The cutest ones I saw were the meerkats!! The tigers were really cute too. By the time it got dark we were ready to go, so we went to Epcot. We wanted to go to the Magic Kingdom but they had closed it cause it was too full (this was on New Year's Eve). Epcot was packed too! But we saw the fireworks at midnight and everything. :) The next day, we had to switch hotels and went to the Dolphin--very nice!! We went to the Magic Kingdom on New Year's Day and it wasn't crowded at all!! There was only 1 really long we stood in--for Space Mountain. It was worth it though!!! Splash Mountain is my fav ride though! I rode it 5 times on this trip!! :) All the rides were so cool though! I love the Magic Kingdom! The next day, we went to MGM and rode Tower of Terror, then went back to the Magic Kingdom to video-tape some stuff!! :) That was the last day to go to Disney World, the meet was the next day and then we flew home that night.
I just had a meet on Sunday. I competed level 8 in it! It was in Springfield, MO. I shocked myself, by winning, of all events, BARS!!! :O I also won the AA!!! I am actually happy about how I did in this meet. I had a fall on beam, but I went for everything. :) Floor was good, vault was ok, considering what I did LOL, and bars was actually good! I got my highest bars score here. :) Read my Meet Reports for more details!!!
I'll write again soon!