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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Little Roughneck (August 2011)

I suspect I’m not the only person in Saskatchewan who has a complicated relationship with the oil and gas industry. I think even people who work in the industry and/or who are pro-oil know that there are environmental impacts (though they will argue about the extent of those impacts – anywhere from “oh, it’s just […]

RIP Craig Smith (1972-2022)

I heard some shocking news from my parents a couple weeks ago and saw confirmation from his sister on Facebook a few days ago. Craig and I were only a couple grades apart but, in a small town, two years could feel more like twenty. So we weren’t particularly close in school but our parents […]

¶ Posted 10 May 2022 § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Saskatchewan § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: hockey, parents, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – First Day At The Campground This Year!

Went out to clean up our seasonal campsite and do some work to get it ready before we move in our camper next week. There were forecasts for rain and even thunder showers so we had debated whether to even go or not. But other than a couple sprinkles, no rain all day – just […]

¶ Posted 07 May 2022 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, health, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Supper With Friends (and Some Thoughts on the World We’re Living In)

Shea and I went for supper with some friends on Friday night and it was good to catch up, compare notes, and have a few laughs after not having done a restaurant meal with people who we’d normally go out with a few times per year before Covid. (We have done virtual happy hours/outside visits/potlucks […]

¶ Posted 30 April 2022 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, economics, education, health, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Playground (July 2012)

¶ Posted 21 April 2022 § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

One Month To Camping (Maybe?)

Watched the Nickle Lake AGM livestream tonight (one good thing coming out of Covid is increasing use of video for things like this) and very excited to think that we might be in our campsite in a month…if it ever quits snowing so we don’t have to dress like this at our campsite!

¶ Posted 20 April 2022 § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, cute, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Happy Ninth Birthday, Sasha!

One thing I’ve noticed on Facebook is how many parents mark their children’s birthdays by acknowledging how proud they are that their child is kind and smart and funny and all that sort of stuff. It’s almost like it comes out of a factory with how every kid has such similar qualities. Sasha turns nine […]

¶ Posted 16 April 2022 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

Music Monday – “It was late last night the other day/I thought I’d go up and see Ray So l went up and I saw Ray/There was only one thing Ray could say, was…”

Happy birthday to my dad, Ray, who showed up yesterday along with my mom after a weekend visiting my sister. We didn’t have a formal gift for him but did give him a steak supper and homemade Saskatoon pie! “Motorcycle Song” – Arlo Guthrie