Skating

Buying skates when I was 9 years old has been one of the best investments in my lifetime.  Surprisingly I can't believe my skate size has not changed since then :) I've only had to sharpen the blades several times and each time skating  is as if I bought them brand new.  I'm not a figure skater but I did take a few lessons when I was 8 when fitting it in between ballet and piano lessons.  I'm hopeful one day I can still do my spins, smooth turns and graceful one-legged tricks again.  For now, I'll just settle for the joyful pleasure in the company of friends, and the random times I get to adore the boyfriend teaching his girlfriend how to skate and the times he's there to pick her up when she falls....*sigh

Yesterday was the coldest day this year hitting a -10 degrees Celsius and yet I decided to try out the new rink at Celebration Square in Mississauga with a dear friend.  When I hit the ice after years of not using my skates, the cold didn't even matter.  It was as if I picked up where I left off and it was slowly coming back to me.  I'm more happy now that there's an open rink in Mississauga whereas many others have had to resort to going to Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto, the only place I know that provides skate rentals to the public in the winter.  Celebration Square now proivdes rentals for $10 on Friday, Saturday and Sundays.  After a long evening of laps around the rink and surviving the side-swiping of soon-to-be hockey players, you definitely deserve the hot chocolate near a fire place to help warm you up.  Cheeky winter delights!
 xoxo d'Avelu