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Saturday Snap – Some People Buy At Duty Free…

…some people just keep taking the free beers from the in-room mini-bar every day then bring them home in their suitcase! 😉 Could’ve had a really good score this trip if I’d thought to raid my parents’ and sisters’ rooms too! (Not pictured – a can of Heineken Silver that I got at the beach, […]

¶ Posted 02 March 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Things Dementia Patients Have Said To Me At The Hospital

Dementia is a terrible disease but it has its moments…

¶ Posted 01 March 2024 § FridayFunLink § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, language, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First Dementia Signs (February 2018)

One good thing about being an obsessive journal keeper since right around the time I graduated high school (and that those journals, started in WordPerfect, have now all been digitized and are completely searchable.) So that’s how I know that the very first reference I made to my mom showing signs of dementia was in […]

¶ Posted 29 February 2024 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, parents, travel

Friday Fun Link – Dreams Playa Mujeres

As of today, I’m officially on holidays and will be here in a few short days…and likely very few blog posts until we return in a week.

¶ Posted 16 February 2024 § FridayFunLink § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, parents, travel

Saturday Snaps – #Rivalry Series #yqr #GoCanadaGo #CanadianWomenKickButt

Had tickets to the Rivalry Series game between the Canadian and American women’s national teams on Friday night and it was a great game and an even better experience. I hadn’t been following it but when I looked it up, I was surprised to see the Americans had won the first three in a row […]

¶ Posted 10 February 2024 § Canada § Pace § Sasha § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, hockey, unitedstates

What Are The Stages of Dementia?

¶ Posted 31 January 2024 § Sad § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, parents

Saturday Snap – If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is

Vonnegut was the master and, along with George Carlin and John Lennon, one of the people who’s probably influenced my worldview the most…

¶ Posted 27 January 2024 § Charlie Echo § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, philosophy

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Holy Sheet! (December 2015)

Our daughter picked up some interesting language when she was young that she put into use while touching the Christmas tree…

¶ Posted 25 January 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, language

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hyatt Ziva (March 2019)

We had hoped to book Hyatt Ziva (our favourite resort we’ve ever stayed at) for this year’s trip but couldn’t make it work since this year’s trip is going to be not just my immediate family but my parents and my sister and her family and there weren’t enough rooms left to accommodate us all […]