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Unbroken: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris

As the big air competition begins in the Olympics tonight, this is a pretty amazing documentary. Fun friend-of-a-friend name-dropping trivia: The filmmaker is Mark McMorris’ manager who is married to a girl that I used to babysit. My parents even attended their wedding but my invitation got lost in the mail. 😉

¶ Posted 20 February 2018 § Canada § Family § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan § Sports § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, saskatchewan, sports

Music Monday – “Remember me/Don’t let it make you cry/For even if I’m far away/I hold you in my heart/I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart” #ThePalaceLife

One week until we go to Mexico and the preparations are heating up (you’d think staying for two weeks instead of one simply means you pack twice as many bathing suits but unfortunately, that’s not the case!) Plus we’ve got a busy week ahead of us with a variety of appointments, meetings (though I found […]

¶ Posted 19 February 2018 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, parents, travel

Saturday Snap – Happy Birthday Shea!

Love from all of us…

¶ Posted 17 February 2018 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Countdown to Moon Palace Cancun Continues @palaceresorts #ThePalaceLife

Only 11 days until we head for Mexico and only four working days left since next week is shortened due to Family Day. Can. Not. Wait!

¶ Posted 16 February 2018 § FridayFunLink § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Do #skndpldr Candidates Make The Grade? #skpoli (May 2017)

I was Googling around looking for something else the other day and stumbled upon this article from Global News from after the Spring Session of the Legislature last May where Global gave letter grades to some of the most high profile Ministers and MLA’s in both parties. I took away a few things from this article: […]

¶ Posted 15 February 2018 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language

.@SUMA_amplify Passes Resolution Supporting Increased Funding For #sask Libraries #skpoli #saveSKLibraries

Good to see that the organization comprised of urban municipalities across Saskatchewan passed a resolution at their recent convention calling for members to advocate for increased funding for public libraries. Therefore be it resolved that the Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association advocate the Government of Saskatchewan to adequately fund the public library system to keep pace […]

¶ Posted 13 February 2018 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “In the courtroom of honor, the judge pounded his gavel/To show that all’s equal and that the courts are on the level/And that the strings in the books ain’t pulled and persuaded/And that even the nobles get properly handled/Once that the cops have chased after and caught ’em/And that the ladder of law has no top and no bottom”

This is a song about a farmer who was convicted of manslaughter after accidentally killing someone. “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll” – Bob Dylan