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Monthly Archives October 2017

Happy Halloween!

A few random thoughts… Shower thought: It struck me that Halloween was the original version of “Pokemon Go!” with kids roaming the streets, checking in at various locations and randomly encountering all kinds of strange and wonderful creatures. Weird to realise how many people will pass by our house, even though we have the lights […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2017 § Family § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

Music Monday – “You know how we like to write nothing but hockey songs? Well, here’s another hockey song!”

If you’re still missing Gord Downie’s voice, his new solo record – a collection of 23 “Love Letters” to various people and places in his life, is pretty amazing and getting great reviews. A member of Facebook’s largest Tragically Hip Fan Group has also uploaded an hour and twelve minute montage of some of Gord’s […]

¶ Posted 30 October 2017 § Canada § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, language, music

10 Random Thoughts After Attending One Night and One Day of #skndpldr Convention #skpoli

I’ve only written a couple things about the current Sask NDP leadership race since the last race ended in 2013. But since Shea and I went to Ryan Meili’s hospitality suite on Friday night (where a few people stroked my ego by asking if I’d be blogging about the race this time) and we also went […]

¶ Posted 29 October 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, parents, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Hanging Around at Final Parkour Class

Pace had his final parkour class for this session last Wednesday. Just another day hanging from the rafters…

¶ Posted 28 October 2017 § Pace § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: sports

Friday Fun Link – Indian Head “Chase The Ace” Lottery Goes to Last Card, Local Woman Wins $170,000 Jackpot

It’s not like down east where the jackpots hit $2 million. But my hometown did pretty good going to the last card in their “Chase the Ace” lottery with a jackpot of $170,000. Unfortunately, the winning woman’s name was not Janet Hammond. 😉

¶ Posted 27 October 2017 § FridayFunLink § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mexican Beach Wedding (February 2003) #ThePalaceLife

So, for “family movie night” last weekend, Shea and I decided to hook up the video camera we bought back ~2002 but have rarely used lately (“Hey kids, that big boxy thing is what an iPhone used to look like!”) to show the kids our wedding video from Mexico in 2003. Pace watched about five […]

¶ Posted 26 October 2017 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, language, parents, travel

Vegas Golden Knights Inexplicably Just Keep Winning

Although they had a better lot than previous expansion teams, no one would’ve predicted it at the start of the season. But after not quite a month of NHL hockey, the league’s latest expansion team, The Vegas Golden Knights, have the highest winning percentage in the league. It’s probably not sustainable but then again, nobody thought […]

¶ Posted 25 October 2017 § Canada § Sports ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, hockey

Music Monday – “Well I kept right on driving/Until I hit the ocean/Found a small cantina down on Monterrey Way/I met up with a girl down there but she did not speak the English/I probably coulda had her too, but all I knew how to say was/Una mas cerveza por favor senorita” #ThePalaceLife

Watching lots of videos of our resort and someone used this song as the background for one of their videos… “Una Mas Cerveza” – Tommy Alverson

¶ Posted 23 October 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, language, music, travel

Hockey Night in Canada’s Gord Downie Tribute

The Hip were closely linked to hockey so it’s only fitting that HNIC has a tribute that focuses on that aspect of their impact on Canada… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_4QTa8QVYU