Recent content by mamaS

I like the look. Are you in a warmer climate? I am in a area with brutal winters. It looks super light weight?

Wallflower, lets just let you be right. I don't know why you are attacking and nasty. I have really appreciated the feedback I've gotten regarding this situation. She did decide that it was an investor only situation. Did she consider taking her kiddo there? Who wouldn't? I was not trying to...

Wallflower, I suppose in a perfect world we would all be the best parents and do exactly the right thing all of the time. You have to remember the gym owner is losing his mind left and right. She made a emotional decision and regretted it. She knew that he would flip out and remove her girl from...

It wasn't as bad as you might think. The former coach was never fired. This coach moved on to coach for a really good gym in another state. This coach made it clear that her goal was to open her own gym someday. It's not such a conflict as it wouldn't compete with our gym. It's too far away. The...

Sigh.... I guess you'd have to understand the dynamic. I thought I was talking with the judge on a professional level. I am in a tough spot being a parent at this gym and a novice judge. I was super relieved to have a sounding board. I foolishly just believed that with the job came integrity...

Mariposa, my friend loves me and understands how it happened. I made the mistake of being convinced that she wanted to chat judge to judge. I never betrayed my friend. I was never sworn to silence. I'm just upset that it happened. Are you always so abrasive?

My daughter will be competing level 7 this year. She was pretty good at lower levels, but not dynamite. We have been told that the coaches believe she will shine at L7 because she won't be doing cookie cutter routines. She is good on bars, beam, and vault, but just ok on floor. She is a great...

I suppose the main thing for me is that it seems a bit shady for a judge to do recon for a gym. The goal is to obstruct the new gym from ever going in. They have called all gyms within a 100 mile radius to discuss how to combat a new gym. I am pretty burnt out on the gymnastics drama. It's...

Yes, she does judge at that gym. I was between a rock and a hard place. I was not going to run to the owner with info about my friend. I just stayed out of it. I told her how betrayed I felt. She admitted what she did and confessed that she used to be a partial owner of the gym 20 years ago and...

First and foremost, I am a mom of a gymnast. I was asked to start judging a year ago when my daughter became an optional gymnast. I went for it :) The plan has been for me to judge compulsories. The gym my daughter is at has been having trouble for years with coaches leaving, gymnasts leaving...

Not sure why, but I joined the group and it won't let me see anything. Any advice?

Well, it might be hard to understand, but a lot of people stay because they like being close to the kiddo. When you have kids you may understand. 4 hours is a long time and my daughter misses me. She is so much happier and thrives when she knows I'm there. I can't always do this, but I try my...

Good Morning, here's what I did. The owner owner of our gym really wanted flowers to be available. I found inexpensive carnations for 38 cents a piece. They are a gazillion percent easier to keep alive than roses. We won't lose money at all. We will sell stuffed animal grams and have raffles. We...

I talked to someone who would like to open a gym. The start up costs are huge. The equipment bought used is $150,000. Then, you have to lease the space. He was looking at a minimum of $5,000 a month to upwards of $25,000. Probably better to buy at that price. I wonder how many months you would...

Quick poll, do you buy roses at meets? I am in charge of our booster club and roses are the bain of my existance! The are beautiful, yet fragile. We did them at our meet 3 weeks ago. I was up at 0500 for 3 days and worked 14 hours each day. We processed 550 roses and lost at least 150 due to...