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Well... junior's team forced a draw from Sheffield, which from 2-0 down in the first 5 minutes was far better than we were expected but having been 3-2 up up until the 39th minute was disappointing (they were playing 2 20 minute periods)

So this weekend we're up to Whitley Bay and will hopefully have time to stop off to see the beautiful Angel of the North. This has to be the most fantastic man made structure in the world.... I've seen the pyramids and the Sphinx and thought they were fantastic I've been in Tutankhamen's Tomb - which was very disappointing :( but the Angel of the North has a stark eerie majestic beauty that personally I dont think could be matched (ok maybe the Taj Mahal - but I've not been there!!)

I've never before followed a sports team so league tables have been totally alien to me - all I cared about was did we win on the day ... but this season I've actually worked out how they work and have been following all the stats and the Hi'Lo positions!!

we've got some busy weekends... whitley this week - newcastle next week and then Billingham the week after - oh boy my carbon footprint is going up and up ..... I'm trying hard to off set it - I have sooooo many little plants germinating on my kitchen window ledge that i shouldn;t need to buy veg all summer so hopefuly i can save some food miles to offset te ice hockey miles

Just back from the icerink...

.. oh boy are our little uns doing good! the league tables are looking good, we've beaten the giant killers once already this season and only have the return matches to paly - if we've done it once we can do it again.... Sheffield this saturday - face off at 315 at Telford... we hammered them at Ice Sheffield - their first loss of the season so we should be on to a winner (everything crossed) If we win all 6 matches we will win the league and then won't have to meet the mighty Bracknell until the Final of the Nationals, unlike last year when we had them in the semis and we lost - placing us 3rd... we really really could do it this year - how excited am I - mmmm very very mommy excited (infact if we win on saturday I think I might wet me knickers cos I shall be that excited!!)

http://www.eiha.co.uk/junioru12league.html

I thought it was about time I added a new photo of me - looking a bit thinner than I did 12 months ago!

i've not been here for a long time - Lovely Keith reminded me about it. He and Lee have been my friends for a long time - musy be 10 years and in all that time they have been people I regard as special friends. Not the sort you have to talk to on the phone every week - or visit on the 3rd sunday of a month with a y in it - but the sort that you look into a clear moonlit sky and realise that they are under the same sky looking at the same twinkly stars, the sort of friend that is there if you need them and is unstinting in their kindness - and never ever expect anything in return. They are truely beautiful people