Never thought I would...

... learn the noble game of CURLING. Last night at Mike's work Christmas Party, he arranged for some people to come teach us the basics. I thought I would participate in honor of my Canadian friend Kourtney. When we were visiting her family in Alberta, they had a Curling arena. I thought it was funny. Anyway, they first created a curling sheet which is just a long lane with hot water sprinkled on it that creates little pebbles that the curling stones slide on. I saw this in the Olympics a few years ago and thought it looked easy. It is NOT easy. The curling stones are very heavy granite that only comes from a little island in Scotland. I really like Scotland so I thought that was neat. Plus my friend Melissa got to go there last year. But I digress...So you hold a broom in one hand and the stone in the other. One foot is on a very slippery foot shaped thing called a slider and you drag your other foot behind you. Then you just push off the 'hack' and slide until you're ready to let go of the stone. Then there are a few people that go in front of the stone and brush their little brooms on the ice to speed up the stone. It was a lot of fun. So if you ever have the opportunity to try it you should. And there you have way more than you ever wanted to learn about Curling. So sad I forgot my camera. Maybe next time. They have a club here. Maybe I'll join...probably not.