I want to buy these clothes

Did you guys watch the Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics?  I loved them.  I just love British music so that was awesome, especially Sir Paul McCartney's live performance.  And I think its so moving to see all the nations come together and parade around peacefully.  How honored they must be to represent their country.  And a lucky few got some really cute clothes! 

Its true, I like watching the parade of nations for the clothes.  You know what would be cool?  If they had a store where you could buy the clothes designed for the parade!  This is what I would want to buy:

Poland's dresses.  How beautiful were they?  And those little bolero jackets?  Adorable!! 

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Sweden's shirts.  Love the colors (their national colors) and love the stripes.  Totally on trend. 

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The Netherlands' jackets.  At first I was taken by the women's orange.  I have nothing like that, but I'm sure I could find something to wear it with.  But then I loved the men's blue as well.  Both would look awesome on ME!  (Just kidding, probably not right now.  I'm like in between being chubby and being pregnant.  I hate this stage.)

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Yesterday I asked my husband if there was any way I could still be an Olympic athlete.  He said no.  Its not like I want to, but sad to know there is no possibility. 

Side note: When watching Denmark, I joked "Hey that girl looks like me!"  (because I'm Danish) Then when reading the blog where I got the Netherlands pic he mentioned Denmark and how they all look alike.  So I'm not the only one who noticed!  Ha!

The Olymics are coming!

First I need to know: is the word Olympics a proper noun?  Like does it need to be capitalized?  Because if not it looks like I just felt like randomly capitalizing a word in my title.  Because I usually only capitalize the first word.  Oh my goodness, who cares?  Moving on. . .

Do you guys remember the 1996 Olympics?  That was the first and most fun year of Olympics for me.  I was 13 and in 7th grade and obsessed with the gymnastic team (but I really don't know why because I don't especially have an affinity towards
gymnastics. . .) My friends and I would talk about it at school and I would rush home to watch the competitions in the evening.  I thought those girls were just so beautiful.  And we were winning!  The team was doing so well. 

And the best part was how, in the end, even though she had hurt her ankle already, Kerri Strug did a final vault almost perfectly and landed squarely on both feet for a brief moment before raising her injured leg and then falling to her knees.  Even now, looking back, I remember the feeling of awe I had for that girl.  Plus I just thought she was so pretty and I loved her short hair.

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After that, the Olympics ended and everyone went back to their normal lives, but I just wished I could be friends with Kerri.  I just knew we would have so much to talk about and we would go shopping at the mall together.  She was just so cool.

Well, Kerri and I never became best friends.  I'm over it Kerri, no hard feelings.  I've never loved the Olympics as much since then, but I hold on to the hope that there will be an amazing story of courage that can make me proud to be an American (which of course I am all the time, but  its always fun to see our national teams do something awesome!)