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Monthly Archives October 2014

Saturday Snap – Harvest 2014 Scenes

Went out to our farm today and got to spend some time watching the family friend who we now rent our land to and his crew harvesting.  Lots of fond memories for Shea and I watching the combines go around the field (okay, it was usually just a single combine when we were growing up – […]

Posted 11 October 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Hammond Family (circa 1950s?)

  One of my cousins has received a number of old photos from her mother (my dad’s oldest sister). My cousin has posted a few of the photos that she’s digitized onto Facebook so the entire extended family can see them. Here’s one that has most of the Hammond family as it stood, likely sometime […]

Posted 09 October 2014 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Is Hockey Hard?” The Beauty of Hockey: NHL Opening Night Montage 2014/15 #nhlfaceoff

You owe it to yourself to watch this video right to the end…

Posted 08 October 2014 § MemoryLane § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Doing Pregnancy Announcements The Right Way

These announcements are hilarious…

Posted 07 October 2014 § Baby § Family § Humour § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Running through the graveyard/We laughed my friends and I/We swore we’d be together/Until the day we died/Until the day we died”

“Innocent When You Dream” – Tom Waits

Posted 06 October 2014 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Percentage of US Workers Who Are Male/Female By Occupation

Ranging anywhere from kindergarten teacher (97.7% female) to boilermakers (99.8% male), this chart has lots of information that probably confirms what you already know but also provides an interesting overview of gender roles in the workplace. Librarians come in at 18% male/82% female right between “social worker” and “general office clerk” whereas for Shea (and my […]

Posted 05 October 2014 § Infographic § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § List ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Pace: 2, Team Yellow: 1

Although he enjoys swimming, gymnastics, diving and other similar sports, Pace has never shown much interest in team sports. But we keep trying… Our local community centre has a “Give It A Try” program where kids can try different activities every Friday night – broomball, yoga, floor hockey, ju-jit-su and possibly others as well. Friday […]

Posted 04 October 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Only in the Prairies (Record High and Record Low, Same Day, One Year Apart)

This graphic showed up on Reddit as a perfect snapshot of what you can expect in Alberta – a record high and record low only one year apart.  (It showed up earlier this week and I didn’t bookmark it but assume it was a shot from around this time of the year – late September […]

Posted 03 October 2014 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Infographic § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Grad 91 Cake

  Some random thoughts about this photo…   – *so* skinny! – *so* stylish with that hat! – *so* clean shaven – *so* sexy with the chain

Posted 02 October 2014 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °