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Saturday Snap – Happy 19th Anniversary, Shea (and Happy 2nd Anniversary of the Calendar Year!) ;-)

Shea and I have been together for 24 years (“more than half my life!” she regularly reminds me), married for 19 years and today, are celebrating our “preferred” anniversary date…as we joke that we have three each year: * the February legal one when we got married in jeans in our living room in Calgary […]

Posted 05 March 2022 § MemoryLane § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

My Daughter, The Future Comedian?

She stumbled upon this video on YouTube a couple weeks ago, actually *wrote* out the joke before memorizing it then recited it word-for-word to me, her mom, her brother and anyone else who would listen!

Posted 01 March 2022 § Humour § Meme § Sasha § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright/It’s your birthday, dear (Alright)”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQXeg3jNVJ4 “Birthday” – Lumineers 

Posted 28 February 2022 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Funk Link – 10 Ways To Make A Winter Trip to West Edmonton Mall Feel Like A Tropical Vacation

Contrary to the impression you might get from some western Premiers, the Covid pandemic is not over. But with vaccinations and boosters also being increasingly common, we’re all slowly returning to “normal” (whatever that is.) Shea and I weren’t quite ready to book an out-of-country hot holiday as that leads to all sorts of other […]

Posted 25 February 2022 § FridayFunLink § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Arriving at West Edmonton Mall (February 2014)

Posted 25 February 2022 § Baby § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – A Rare Atheist Prayer

We’re in Edmonton on holidays. The downtown is like a war-zone due to all the construction. Through the mists of concrete dust in the air, you can see the beautiful Rogers Place. By all accounts, Rogers is the nirvana of NHL arenas. The Oilers are on a five-game winning streak after getting a new coach. […]

Posted 20 February 2022 § Humour § Photo § SecularSunday § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Artist At Work

Posted 19 February 2022 § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Off To Edmonton

Would love to be heading to Mexico or Cuba but instead, we’re off to Edmonton for a “hot” holiday for a week. I may or may not post through the week.

Posted 18 February 2022 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “We’re gonna spite our noses/Right off of our faces/There won’t be nothin’ but big old hearts/Dancin’ in our eyes.”

Any woman who would let me play this song as a “Last Dance” song at the end of the night during our wedding reception (to counter-point our first dance song) is okay by me. Happy Valentine’s Day, Shea!  Love you very much! “In Spite Of Ourselves” – John Prine

Posted 14 February 2022 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fantasyland Hotel (February 2014)

With international travel still a bit uncertain (especially if you ended up having to extend your stay due to a positive test at the destination or isolate when you got home), we’ve decided to book a trip to Edmonton where we haven’t been since 2014.  We leave in a week and are getting pretty excited…

Posted 10 February 2022 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,