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Olympic Flowers

April 15, 2010 By 2 Comments

I really enjoyed the 2010 Olympics – from my Olympic Torch experience to watching the hockey games – Go Canada Go.

I got this email today (author – Unknown) from a friend about the medal ceremony flowers and wanted to share – it’s a really cool story.

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“The (odd-looking?) bouquet of flowers presented to each medalist on the podium at the Winter Olympics- 1,800 in all – are all the same, made up of green spider mums with hypericum berries surrounded by leather-leaf fern, monkey grass, and aspidistra leaves.”

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“What’s really interesting? They’re all made by Just Beginnings Flowers, a non-profit company in Surrey, BC that employs women who are just out of prison, abused, fighting addiction, or with special needs, and teaches them how to be florists.”

I get so humbled when I learn about businesses like this one – that help others.

This is an awesome reminder for me to continue evaluating what I’m doing and ensure that I’m looking for ways to to provide opportunities to others.

Live Inspired,
Robyn

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Go Canada Go!

February 22, 2010 By 2 Comments

Last night, my hubby and I watched the Olympic Men’s Hockey game – Canada vs USA! John’s Facebook status made me giggle:

“I love my wife…home made pizza and cold beer for the hockey game. We rooted for different teams, mine won, I’m so spoiled.”

Despite Canada’s loss last night – there is still hope for a podium finish ;)

The most hopeful part of the game for Canada:

Yummy supper!

Here are 2 websites that I found with the help of Google to make my homemade Chicken Feta Pizza last night!

Homemade Pizza Crust (I was looking for a quick one as I knew my hubby was hungry…ok, I was also not patient enough to wait for it to rise either!)

Chicken Feta toppings (I skipped the Spinach this time)

Happy Cheering & Cooking,
Robyn

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Olympic Torch

January 17, 2010 By 8 Comments

We just got back from seeing the Olympic torch in southern Alberta!! I forgot that it was going through our town today and when I realized it – we still had time to get into Lethbridge to see it. We spontaneously jumped in the car and chased down the torch on the route (John just loves when I do this – he he)!

I had tears in my eyes – I was so proud! He he…I cry for all occasions – happiness, sad – you name it – it comes very naturally for me, it’s genetic. I believe today it was a combination of – I may never seen something like it again – in Alberta OR my lifetime (never know what the future holds) AND that the Olympics are back on our homeland!

I recently learned from my American husband – that no Canadian has ever won a Gold medal while the Olympics have been in Canada. I haven’t researched the validity of this statement – but since he’s a pretty smart and resourceful guy – I just hope that Canada can break that record this year!

I’m really happy that we got to witness the running of the torch through our community.

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The official 2010 Winter Olympics website is fabulous. I loved using the Torch Relay Interactive Map for detailed information on where the torch was “live” and what time it was expected in certain places.

Canadian followers – Did you see the Olympic torch – when it was close to you??

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