like all other canadians, we were really excited to watch the US-Canada gold medal game on sunday. we had some friends come over for the game, and although they weren’t hockey fans, by the end of the game they were really into it, especially when US tied it up in the last 24 seconds of read more
more olympic fun. i went to the women’s 1500m speed skating event with dad and helen. it was really exciting at the end because canada had two skaters in the last two heats. we hollered and cheered kristina groves to a silver. it was a great race! the athlete from netherlands won gold. raising of read more
we got to borrow a driving pass up to whistler for the weekend. it was a beautiful day to drive the sea to sky highway, and traffic was really good. taking the gondola down blackcomb mountain. whistler village. miga, quatchi, sherwin, muk muk, and sumi. at night, we lined up in the standby lane to read more
i had dinner with julie and liz at milestones, where we cheered for canada’s (close!) hockey shootout win over sweden. then we listened to the concert going on at livecity yaletown from julie’s apartment and watched the nightly fireworks! fun times.
helen and i were invited to attend a victory ceremony with jp and louisa. the line up into BC place through security was pretty efficient. they had random celebrities (jay leno) over the loudspeaker welcoming us to the vancouver olympics! haha! it was nova scotia night featuring the Bare Nake Ladies (yeah!). they started with read more
we cheered happily for vancouver and canada in our living room in chicago tonight. the opening ceremonies made me feel kind of homesick but excited to be in vancouver soon. i thought it was really unique and heartwarming. watching vancouverites sprinting alongside wayne gretzky in the rain made me laugh. can’t wait to see it read more
one of the perks of not working regularly has been the time to read and renew a love for books. i finally decided to check out harry potter and see what all the fuss was about. i confess that once i started with book one, i had to put my life on hold and read read more
salt and pepper anyone? or some extra monosodium glutamate perhaps?
the harters are visiting for the weekend and so i had dinner with melody and the kids, together with anne and the stefanuts.
on christmas day, we were graciously invited to spend the day with our friends brian and shawna. shawna cooked up a storm: mac and cheese, a super juicy ham, stuffing, sweet potato and collard greens. it’s fun being able to share in other families’ christmas traditions. heather got a fancy video game, which joe and read more