At that time we had a Border Collie and his name was Rusty. He was a beautiful dog, but unfortunately we had to get rid of him because he continued to chew up everything that we owned outside, including my brother’s bike.

After we moved to Martensville, I continued to going to the city school until I was finished Grade Five. Then I had to go to a closer school, so of course, my dad insisted that I go to another Christian School in Osler. So I did. That is where I became very athletic. I was into every kind of sport. My favourite kind of sport was soccer. I mostly played forward except when the other girl who played goalie, thought that she would be better on defence. However, she couldn’t run very well, so she would complain to the coach and pretend that she was sick so that she wouldn’t have to be goalie. So then the coach would put me in goal, since I was the only other good goalie on the team. We went to lots of tournaments and won a lot of them. I really enjoyed playing soccer. I also played badminton, floor hockey and a lot of track and field. In track and field I did mostly running, high jump and shot put. I also played baseball on a team. We went to a few tournaments. I played either catcher or outfield because I had one of the strongest arms on the team. Once in a while I had to pitch but not to often.

For a while I lived on a farm and did a lot of farm work such as the following: milking cows, building fences, picking rocks, raising pigs and even helping with the cows giving birth. Living on the farm kept me out of a lot of trouble, and I became very fit.