I got my stripe, so next test I should receive my belt. My school believes that you haven't really entered the martial arts until you reach green belt (which comes after purple), so I'm making progress, but am still considered very much a beginner. At my level, we are not allowed to spar as we have not really learned how to handle ourselves yet. Purple belt begins weapons and then green belt begins kumite or sparring.

Blackfoot, believe it or not, I LOVE to cook. Foodnetwork is my channel, lol! Sewing I pretty much voluntarily flunked out of in junior high, however, I've actually had moments where I've thought about trying it again. Seen But Not Heard 101 can KMA, which is the reaction you knew you'd get from me of course Joking aside, your point is well taken. There is much I'm not good at, so I'll have tons of variety on where to begin....


"Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you."

- Nathaniel Hawthorne