20th Anniversary of the Winter Olympics

They were talking on the news at lunch about the celebrations for the 20th anniversary of the 1988 Winter Olympics. They are even having some of the athletes come back and take part (i.e. Elizabeth Manley, Eddie the Eagle, a member of the Jamaican bobsled team...).

For me, I was 9 years old. I remember getting up really early to watch the run of the torch in front of our community center (in my Guide uniform). Then, at school, we had our own torch relay. People sponsored us to run with a fake torch.

We didn't get the tickets we wanted for figure skating, but we did get to go watch some bobsledding. Cold, but fun.

My parents were really great about dragging us around to a lot of the functions, medal ceremonies, etc. Everyone knew someone involved in some aspect of the Olympics. Everyone was involved. It will always be a highlight of my childhood.



The feeling in the air was amazing. I can't believe that it has been 20 years. I wonder where my Olympic souvenirs are?

What to Blog About...

Aidan trying to be Mr. Mom. Cute and all, but the truth is that sometimes she eats better if Aidan is feeding her!! Go figure!

There are so many things to talk about today, I just don't know where to start.

It is minus 30 degrees Celcius outside, which feels like minus 45 with the wind chill. Needless to say we are not going outside anywhere. It is supposed to be like this until Thursday. I think that Aidan will be missing Preschool on Tuesday. He and Emma are getting over this cough-cold thing. It was nice being sick free for a month!!

Watched some USA male figure skating last night. I am still not convinced that this scoring/judging is any better. Although, they do take close up shots of the skaters' feet and such. At least I know what they are looking for in the different jumps. I think there is some room for improving the system, though, especially in regards to creativity and performance.

We had a guest speaker at church on Saturday who is pastor of a church plant in Montreal. The statistics about Quebec are just unreal. He was saying that 99.8% of people in Quebec do not go to church or believe in God. That out of the 50 some percent of divorces in Canada, over 30% of those happen in Quebec. Wow. I was astonished. Sometimes living out here in the West is a blessing and a curse. We don't know how life is on the other side of Toronto.

Sorry this blog is so all over the place. I guess I just feel that way today. I hope you are all doing fine. We are just trying to stay warm!!