Our opening ceremony this year is really exciting.

It was really quite moving to see all of the participants in the opening ceremony.

It was a very nice ceremony down in Annapolis, but this time of year we try to stay around here because you never know what will happen with the lambs. We had one new lamb when we left for Annapolis. By the time we got back, we had four more. That makes 105 lambs so far, and we'll probably get up to about 160. Luckily, most of them arrive without any help from us.

The delegation has decided to choose Yang Yang as the flag bearer in the opening ceremony, and it is the first time that we choose a female bearer in the Olympics both in Summer's and Winter's.

It's exciting and frightening both.

I liked the ceremony, the ritual of preparing cocaine, as much as doing it. I did it for a year, loved it, then stopped. Now I feel the same way about cooking.