ARCHIVED BLOG POSTS

2010 

Did you know that Twitter has compiled a list of 100 tweeting Olympians, including US alpine skier Lindsey Vonn, who earlier this week used the microblogging service to keep her followers up to date on how her shin is healing after a training crash threatened her chances of participating in the O...
02/14/2010
And The Olympic Rings Turn Gold! Canada's First Gold!  Vancouver Olympics 2010  Since 1976 Canada has been waiting for one of it's own to win Olympic Gold at home!  It's been trapped inside our dreams for years.........and finally Alex Bilodeau wins the Gold - in the Men's Mogul! Hurray! :-)     ...
02/14/2010
Is he not just irrisistable - how can you not root for him? Of course winning Dancing with the Stars didn't hurt him either!  Plus we Canadians can 'partially' claim him since he did a lot of his training in B.C. when he lived in Seattle.  Who you say?  Why Apolo Ohno~of course! Well...since Team...
02/13/2010
I have to say I was riveted.  Singing Leonard Cohen's version of "Hallelujah" the focus was on (?) The voice was amazing - the song emotional...positively mesmerizing...but who was it?  I thought 'Wayne Newton'? Is he Canadian?...I know there was a tremendous amount of focus on the 'aboriginal cu...
02/13/2010
A moment in time that's about to change...but for now...It was exciting watching the parade of athletes arriving into the Olympic stadium.  Goosebumps actually! With Greece leading the pack as always;  to the lone representative from Ghana (skiing :-);  to the bereaved Georgian Team with their Bl...
02/13/2010
I know you guys don't really know what to do with the snow - so I thought I'd show you what we do....:)                                                                          If you or someone you know is thinking of Buying or Selling property in Cultus Lake, Chilliwack, Hope, Abbotsford, Langl...
02/12/2010
With shock and sadness I just heard the news of the death of a luge athlete from the Republic of Georgia.  Nodar Kumaritashvili, was killed in a crash during training on the Olympic track at the Whistler Sliding Center just a few hours ago.                                                        S...
02/12/2010
Lot For Sale - $99,900 - Leaf Lane, Cedar Village - (Sunshine Valley) Hope, British Columbia  Built your dream chalet, log home....whatever a perfect getaway looks like to You! Nestled Half Way between Hope and Manning Park - is the tiny community of Sunshine Valley.......surrounded by mountains,...
02/12/2010
In case you didn't know, there will be fifteen winter sports events at the 2010 Winter Olympics here in Vancouver. The sporting events are divided up into 3 categories.  1.) Ice sports - bobsled, luge, skeleton, ice hockey, figure skating, speed skating, short track speed sking and curlng.      ...
02/10/2010
Ready for Some Goosebumps? Come Hear the Vancouver Olympic theme song "I Believe" by Nikki Yanofsky. Well its almost here! 4 Days to Go to the Opening Ceremonies!  I wish I had tickets - but like most of us I think I'll be relegated to watching it on T.V. even though it's happening practically in...
02/09/2010