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The Countdown is Into Singles
8 Feb2010
The countdown to my Olympic trip is into single digits! Yessssss! And I can even now say that I’m leaving this week. Very exciting. Ever since me, J & M decided to go on this adventure a year and a half ago it’s been so far off, but now it’s –| this |– close. We’re all looking forward to it, and because I have my coolio iPhone, I’ll be able to blog my way through it live, as-it-happens. So stay tuned for updates and silliness from Vancouver! Can’t wait.
Pausing for Station Identification
31 Jan2010
What a day! After making a request to my web hoster to do something to my account for me, I’ve spent the rest of the day trying to sort out how to “fix” it. And I’m a pretty techy gal, so if it took me this long to figure it out, imagine your regular Joe! Sheesh. (“just move a few files” my ass)
But now all is well in the universe, and I can continue blogging to my heart’s content. Ha.
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The Final Countdown Is On
30 Jan2010
Yessireebob, we’re in the home stretch! To what? The 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, that’s what! I know I was griping earlier about all the commercials and ads, but that doesn’t mean nuthin! The girls and I are getting all set, picking up the last few Team Canada items (and Team Norge in J’s case too), and we’re getting really excited now.
For a while there I was having a boot dilemma, which may seem trivial, but given that we’re going to see a few events outside, in the snow, I wasn’t entirely sure which ones to bring. The full-on snow boots were excessive (think Sorels), and my Toronto city boots (think high-ankle boots with a good sole on them) weren’t warm enough. Now Vancouver isn’t a cold city, nor does it get lots of snow, and even when we’re up in Whistler for the cross-country events we won’t be there for hours & hours, but still. I didn’t want to have my feet freeze and snow coming in the tops of the boots, you know? I do have some half-snow kickers, as I call them, but I was thinking those might be excessive too, but in the end I decided to go with them (they’re nice Columbia boots with a good sole, fuzziness inside and are high-ankle height). I know J was happy when I finally decided on boots, and Mel was starting to get stress out by the fact that I was getting stressed out. I know, silliness.
But that’s all sorted out, so we’re good. Now if we can only sell those Latvia vs Slovakia men’s hockey tickets, we’d be all set. 
Are you suffering from Olympic fatigue?
16 Jan2010
I remember asking my relatives in Italy if they were excited about the Torino Games in 2006, and I was struck by a comment my one cousin had: “Honestly I’m just sick of all the ads and posters. I just wish they’d start already.”
I remember thinking tha he was insane not to be excited, but then he said, “Aren’t the next Games in Canada somewhere? Just wait, you’ll know exactly what I mean soon.” Again I thought he was on crack, but you know what?You know what happened 4 years later? I’M SICK OF THE OLYMPIC ADS!
Right now I just want them all to stop. I want CTV to stop asking me if I believe, I want Bell to stop trying to sell me HDTV and I want to stop seeing those annoying CTV kids screaming about how “Canada wins the Games!”
But of course I say this now, but in less than a month I’ll be actually AT the Games, watching athletes curl, shoot the pick, skate fast aroung the rink and fly high into the air. Now THAT will be exciting.
What’s the Going Rate on a Broken Mirror?
3 Jan2010
Is it still 7 years bad luck when you break a mirror? I dropped my handheld one this morning in the bathroom, and SMASH! It shattered. Luckily the shards didn’t fall out of the frame, but still, it was most annoying.