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Secular Sunday – When Was Jesus Born? Almost Certainly Not On December 25

Christmas is a cultural construct in a number of ways including the alleged birthdate of the “reason for the season.” For that reason, if Covid restrictions are ruining your Christmas plans this year, why not plan a “Christmas in July” (or August or October or whenever you get vaccinated next year?”

Posted 13 December 2020 § SecularSunday § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – My Christmas Cards Look A Bit Different This Year!

Posted 12 December 2020 § Humour § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

You Know You’re A Nerd When…

…one of the best things you get as a “Christmas gift” is a literature organizer you pick up off Kijiji from an accounting office on your way home from work Christmas Eve at a fraction of what a new one would’ve cost! Plus you get to be *really* excited about organizing all your various papers […]

Posted 25 December 2019 § Humour § Photo § Randomness § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Merry Christmas (Eve)!

If it looks like we have a lot of gifts under the tree, you have to remember that in the month of December, I basically wrap anything I would’ve bought anyhow – dish soap, shampoo, the empty box for the slippers I bought because I needed them in September – and use those things to […]

Posted 24 December 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

An Extra Emotional Day in “Hammond Housing”-Related News

Friday turned into an even more emotional housing-news related day then we expected. In addition to being the possession day of our old house for the new owners, we heard that the condo complex where we lived for a couple years during our time in Calgary was engulfed in flames displacing numerous residents only a […]

Posted 22 December 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Randomness § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Daddy-Daughter Night

Shea had a very long day and Pace is both pretty introverted and a stereotypical teenager so it’s hard to get him out of the house at the best of times. That meant Sasha and I had a daddy-daughter date to The Artesian’s “Holiday Sing-a-long” Thursday night which was great fun.

Posted 21 December 2019 § Family § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “It’s bitterly cold with three feet of snow/And this wouldn’t be home If the wind didn’t blow”

“Just Me and the Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

Posted 16 December 2019 § MusicMonday § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Elfis?

Last year, we gave in and bought a stupid Dollar Store “Elf on a Shelf” rip-off to move around every night for Sasha. Turned out it was actually kind of fun coming up with scenarios and jokes for the little guy and I might’ve got more enjoyment out of it than she did! This year, […]

Posted 14 December 2019 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – My New Christmas Movie Tradition?

I was in the habit of watching *Love Actually” every December but last year I didn’t get to it and instead I watched this which has nothing to do with Christmas but, since I watched it right before Christmas, still managed to feel like a Christmas movie if that makes sense?  

Posted 13 December 2019 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Some Thoughts On Buying And Selling Houses in December

Shea and I made the offer on our new house on October 5 and took possession on November 22. For a variety of reasons, we were in a fortunate position where we didn’t have to make the purchase conditional on the sale of our old house and, in fact, we were fully prepared to float […]

Posted 10 December 2019 § Canada § Family § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: