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Monthly Archives September 2017

10 Reasons Why Taking A Seasonal Camp Site Led To Me Having One of the Best Summers of My Life!

It could’ve easily gone the other way. If we’d had a rainy summer, if we had neighbours who played loud rap until all hours of the morning (nothing against rap – just not my idea of campground music), if we hadn’t been able to get out to our site as much as we did, if […]

Posted 10 September 2017 § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bridge Between Katepwa and Mission Lakes (Aug 30, 2009)

I’ve always liked this photo taken from a boat in the channel between Katepwa and Mission Lakes in the Qu’Appelle Valley. Not bad for an iPhone 3G camera…  

Posted 07 September 2017 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Five Things I Wish We Bought For Our Seasonal Camp Site

Following up on yesterday’s post listing my five best garage sale finds for our seasonal camp site, here are some things I wish we had bought, either new or used, that we didn’t for one reason or another… 1. Ice Maker – Early in the year, I did the math and figured it would be cheaper […]

Posted 06 September 2017 § List § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Five Best Garage Sale Finds For Our Seasonal Camp Site

I’m a garage sale addict at the best of times – who can resist finding something that someone else paid $20 or $100 for and being able to buy it for pennies on the dollar?  Plus part of the addiction is how random it is – like the slot machine in a casino, you never […]

Posted 05 September 2017 § List § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “All summer long we’ve both been free/Won’t be long til summer time is through/Summer time is through”

One of the most poignant episodes of The Simpsons is “Season of 4 ft 2” which tells the story of the Simpsons family taking a summer vacation to the lake. Lisa, who’s usually an outcast nerd, ends up befriending a group of cool kids while Bart, who normally has a large circle of friends, is […]

Posted 04 September 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Autumn Falls

Fun to play in but fallen leaves are also a sad reminder the summer’s coming to an end. 🙁

Posted 02 September 2017 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – People Share Their Favourite Work Email Snark Phrases

I admit to both sending and receiving many of these over the years. 🙂

Posted 01 September 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Jobs § Meme § MemoryLane § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: