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Barbed wire necklaces are HERE! Check out pics on facebook!

Barbed Wire 3 Ring Necklace

Using a suggestion from a 3 Ring Necklace fan (thanks Hal!), I ordered leather barbed wire cord. The necklaces look fantastic!! Pics are coming soon!

In my neck of the woods, I make been making great progress with tandems. I can fly them and land them all on my own. My accuracy is getting better, but it still needs some work. I have even begun to land them on our feet. Well, the high Texas winds have been helpful too! ;) I now have over 100 tandems. I want to do at least 200 more by the end of the year. Skydive 35 is getting a turbo charged 206, which will be great! I checked my log book today, and I saw that I haven't jumped a turbine aircraft for a YEAR. Yikes! I really miss Otters! I love Skydive 35 though even though we have Cessna 182s. The people are great and I have a lot of fun. If you're ever in central/north Texas, come check us out!

Mother Nature is such a tease

After no jumping for three weekends, last weekend we finally got a break in the weather. I was able to do four jumps and it felt great to get back in the air!! I didn't do any tandems though because my knee still has some healing to do. By that fourth jump, my knee was killing me but I did it anyway. In the meantime, Mother Nature has been playing some mean tricks on Texas. It has been beautiful for most of the week but it is calling for clouds and rain during the weekend. Pooh. :( Another weekend of no jumping is not sitting well with me- how do whuffos do it????

Another Bump in the Road - Literally

In November, I noticed I was having some pain in my knee at the site of one of my screws. I have my acl repaired when I was 17, and as a result, two screws were put into my knee. The pain eventually went away, but a bump appeared instead. It got worse and worse. I finally was able to see a doctor about it. Long story short, I had a cyst growing from inside the screw. Yesterday, the screw was taken out and is now on a necklace hanging from my neck! I am already off crutches and I can be back to jumping in eight weeks. The hole in my bone will fill in with new bone by then. Right now I'm enjoying a Vicodin fog. Hopefully by time that I'll be back in the air, the weather will have cleared up. Here's hoping!

New Designs are HERE!

Check out my latest designs! 3 Ring Necklace now features woven designs in both leather and even hemp. Knot Crazy is making a debut too.

Of course, any design can be custom made to suit your individual tastes. All designs are available in animal-friendly materials too! Blue skies!!!!

GOALS for 2010!

Resolutions anyone? For me, I don't make New Years resolutions. I make GOALS. Last year, my goals were to:
1) lower my body fat percentage
2) become a tandem and an AFF instructor
3) run a 5K
4) fly camera

I have achieved all of those goals when I:
1) lost 10 pounds
2) got both of my instructor ratings
3) ran in three 5Ks
4) fly camera when I'm not throwing drogues

This year, my goals are:
1) scuba trip (I already have my open water cert)
2) wind tunnel trip (Skyventure in Denver)
3) boogie trip (TBD)
4) run a 10K

I plan on making a trip to a boogie to sell some necklaces, make new friends, do some jumps, and celebrate the good times. I'm not sure where or when the trip will take place, but it is certainly going to be this year (how vague is that?!). I'd also like to get some more tunnel time and make some jumps in Colorado.

All the best for your 2010 goals!!

Facebook Profile

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Check it out! If you already have a 3 Ring Necklace, take a picture and send it to me so I can post it on our new Facebook page. Email pics to 3ringnecklace@gmail.com