Author Archives: Giggles

February 18th and 19th at the Olympics

Categories: Olympics

Curling pants discussion. Athlete body types. Names for tricks and techniques. Bobsleds. Falls, but getting back up. Just another day at the Olympics. Keep reading

February 16th and 17th at the Olympics

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More curling (I don’t recall seeing this much curling in past Olympics). I’m learning so much about the sport. I’m also enjoying seeing true displays of the Olympic spirit by the athletes. Keep reading

February 14th and 15th and the Olympics

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Curling. Lots of curling. Skeleton. Hockey. Snowboard Cross. A little bit of speed skating. And incorporating Olympic ideas into our regular lives. Keep reading

February 12th and 13th at the Olympics

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Monday and Tuesday at the Olympics with Amanda and Lisa (and various other members of our growing team). There’s some good stuff here. Speed skating. Snow boarding, crashes, etc. You know, the normal stuff. Keep reading

Olympics Day One and Two

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I’m dividing up our commentary based on the time zone I’m in because it’s my blog and that makes the most sense to me. That means Amanda starts it off while I’m asleep and then I catch up and then she goes to sleep and then we end the day together. It’s weird but it works. Here’s our commentary from February 10th and 11th. Keep reading

Olympics Opening Ceremony Commentary

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The interesting thing about our commentary this year is the time zone difference. Amanda watched the Opening Ceremonies over twelve hours before I did. So she and Blake (her mixed doubles partner) made their comments. And then hours later I watched it with my team and made my comments and replied to a lot of hers. Just sort it out best you can. Keep reading

I’m feeling very Olympic today!

Categories: Olympics

Nope. Not excited or anything. Just totally looking forward to them again and plan to have them on as much as possible during my awake hours. In this post: events I’m looking forward to, a look back at the last Olympics from Shimri’s perspective, and the start of Amanda’s and my commentary. Keep reading