Stash into Cash

After my children left home I started sifting through a lot of "stuff" in the attic and things they left in their rooms. Selecting items one by one and taking my chances on eBay. I am forever taking a trip down memory lane while selecting items I think I can part with. I hope to turn that "stash into cash" and gain back some storage space. Hope you find something that peaks your interest! Hope to be doing business with you soon.

My Sister the Olympic Torch Runner

The Salt Lake 2002 Winter Olympic Volunteer Spirit that is.  For years there was "talk", and then Bid attempts, for the Winter Olympics to come to Salt Lake City and I was indifferent to it all . . . until we won, and Mitt Romney was sought out to head the SLOC.  Despite all the negativity surrounding the "Bid Scandal", Mitt would not let that effect his positive attitude and enthusiasm.  It was contagious!  Talk about "Lighting the Fire Within"!  It was infectious, I caught it and decided that if the Olympics were coming here I would like to be a part of that "once in a lifetime" opportunity.  I applied, and was chosen as an Olympic Volunteer and helped with much of the preparation over a year before the games began, and before I received my assignment at the Olympic Village as an Athlete Driver.  I drove athletes and support personnel from around the world to the Olympic Oval, Stiener Ice Complex, Salt Lake Ice Center, Peaks Ice Arena, Snow Basin and Village Transport.  My two sister’s were also infected, one as a volunteer at the Main Operations Center making sure everything that was being run by computers worked, and the other was an Olympic Torch Runner carrying the torch on February 8, 2002 at about 3:00 p.m. just after Air Force One Flew overhead on the day of Opening Ceremonies.  It was an opportunity I wouldn’t have missed for the world!