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Monthly Archives September 2017

Saturday Snap – Our Seasonal Site Favourite Memories

It’s a silly thing but I sort of felt ripped off that, even after many provincial parks had a fire ban all year, the one we ended up at only implemented a fire ban for the last long weekend of the summer. We still had fun shoving some red Christmas lights into our fire pit […]

Posted 29 September 2017 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – (Over The) Moon Palace, Cancun #ThePalaceLife

Shea, the kids and I are planning to go on a winter holiday with my parents next February. My folks and I went in to talk to the CAA Travel Agent earlier this week (my thought: “People still use travel agents?”  My parents’ thought: “You book all your travel online?”) 😉 Going in, we had […]

Posted 29 September 2017 § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hippie Hippie Hooray (September 2016)

This isn’t from too long ago – about a year ago – but I was thinking about some of my favourite memories from my time as a Branch Head at Regent Place branch and this is one that jumped to mind – we had a “Retro Anniversary” party for the branch last fall to celebrate […]

Posted 28 September 2017 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“In a word, pleasure. It’s like my pleasure in other people’s leisure.”

 

Posted 27 September 2017 § Humour § PopCulture § Travel § UK § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Trump Loves NASCAR

Posted 26 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “I been crying out, “How bad can a good time be?”/Shooting off my mouth, that’s another great thing about me/I have everything but I feel like nothing at all/There’s no risky thing for a man who’s determined to fall”

I’m never sure from day to day if I’m a fan of U2 or not. But I do know I’ve always been a sucker for a creative music video… “You’re The Best Thing About Me” – U2

Posted 25 September 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Trump On Protesters

  Trump supporters on protests (and what’s offensive)…

Posted 24 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Photo § Politics § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Like Mother, Like Daughter #ndpldr @thejagmeetsingh

Shea’s mom meets with Jagmeet Singh in Weyburn (home of Tommy Douglas) Saturday afternoon… Shea meets Jagmeet Singh in Regina Saturday evening…

Posted 24 September 2017 § Family § News § Photo § Politics § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – The Definitive Ranking of Every Tragically Hip Song

Lots to argue with here but points for even trying to make this list (the author strikes on an interesting conceit to make it work, grouping songs thematically to count them down.)

Posted 22 September 2017 § Canada § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Skunk Cabbage Boardwalk (June 2010)

Sounds like an appealing hiking spot…  

Posted 21 September 2017 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,