For over a decade, my Aunt Sandi has come from Kelowna to visit us for about a month every spring. Obviously, that hasn’t been possible for the last couple years and we debated back and forth whether to do it this year since she has some pretty serious respiratory issues and although our entire immediate […]
Ready to clean out the garage… Can’t make out the beer’s label? Yes, I was drinking a “Dad” beer! It’s a lot of pressure washing your garage mats (yes, the beer’s the reason I’m making dad jokes – honest!) 😉
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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!
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 […]
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
