Julie and her family invited us (all of us) to travel with them to hear her brother, Steve, and a bunch of other really talented guys attending Notre Dame sing for us. (Beware, the website seems to take a while to load.) Well, not just us, but it felt like it. We were able to listen to the Glee Club perform their holiday concert.
We had great conversation in the car with Mom & Dad on our way to GR, Josh & Julie to
Indiana and back, and Mom, Dad, & Granny from GR home. We had many, many interesting discussions, not the least of which involved the Olympics. I was fairly certain that the Winter Olympics coincided with US Presidential elections and Summer Olympics were two years off. My basis for this was knowing that the 1980 Olympics were in Lake Placid. I remember hearing the torch went by our town, but not through it. Jason remembered the Atlanta Games being in 1996, which would not be the correct rotation. It seemed as if only one of us could be correct. Since I knew it was me, I used my favorite search engine to find http://www.olympic.org/. From 1924 through 1992, the Summer and Winter Games were held the same year, which feels slightly familiar. In 1994, the Winter Games went solo, while the Summer Games kept with the previous schedule. Technically, we were both slightly correct. All of this information is paraphrased from the official Olympic Site, see link above.
Just so I can tag this entry with knitting, I did some knitting in the car on the way down to Notre Dame. This project is not going as quickly as the previous project, but I have two weeks, barely, I think I can get it done. I worked on the non-knitting portion of my gift and got about half of it finished. I love that Jason and I are working together to complete our gifts for the family, sharing skills that the other one has. I’ll post more info and pictures after December 23rd. I have a different idea, wish I had known a little earlier, I don’t have good colors for the other item. Maybe I’ll find some and be able to deliver a present a different year.
Many interesting thoughts, ideas and feelings were inspired as a result of the trip to ND.
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