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Canadian athletes were expected to do well at the Sochi Olympics. Worldwide, the opinion was that this would be our year. After all, it is the winter games and Canada is the great white north. But medals weren’t enough.

I wasn’t ready for it. First there was one, then another. I’m not sure how, but the ladies I grew up with have gotten older.

You might have seen Friday night’s line-up on Global Thunder Bay and thought, “There’s been a mistake.” At 9 p.m. you’ll see Avalanche Sharks. Perhaps you thought, “Avalanche means snow and mountain.

It used to be that someone died, 55 minutes later the case was solved and everyone went home. Occasionally, it was a little bigger than that and we were “continued” into the following week.

This week, the stars of 2 Broke Girls are hosting the People’s Choice Awards – a show that embraces viewers’ favourite everything from music to movies to television. Ironically, this high is matched by a new low – so to speak.

As we begin a new year full of hope, plans, excitement and trepidation, we also close out 365 (and one quarter) days of headlines, heartaches, disasters and disappointments.

I missed out last year. I waited and waited and didn’t hear a thing. So this year, I tried to be especially good, knowing that it would count when I contacted Santa. And the dude in red did not disappoint.

Oprah retired her show but apparently, not her annual Favourite Things list. The media mogul recently released this year’s list of 60 items in her O Magazine as part of a “12-Day Holiday Give-O-Way.

After 17 seasons, I thought I was all Danced-out with the Stars. But this year, one of my true loves hit the dance floor and I couldn’t help but watch.

Like many others, I watched Glee’s tribute episode to actor Cory Monteith and the character Finn Hudson last week.