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Category Archives: Family

First Snow of the Year (2021 Edition)

Always nice when the snow holds off until mid-November.  Makes winter feel just a bit shorter…

Posted 10 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

This Anti-Vax Single Mother’s Series of Posts Could Be A PSA For *Getting* Vaccinated

This tragic series of posts by an anti-vax single mother as she catches Covid, is hospitalized, sees her condition worsen, begs for people to donate money and take care of her family if she passes then eventually dies could be an effective public service announcement *in favour of* vaccination. This is one of the top […]

Posted 09 November 2021 § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Swimming Lessons in the Age of Covid

Sasha missed her first week while we were waiting for a Covid test result (luckily negative!) Then when we arrive for this week, it’s a very different experience than ever before – proof of vaccination to enter a city facility, get a stamp to confirm to any other staff that we were screened by their […]

Posted 06 November 2021 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Birthday Cake (May 2016)

Pace’s ninth birthday…

Posted 04 November 2021 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Funeral for a Family Friend

It was being used a bit before Covid but the pandemic definitely made livestreaming a more common option for all sorts of major life events including birthdays, holidays, weddings and especially funerals. This has come in handy a few times recently – over the summer when a former coworker died of stage four breast cancer, […]

Posted 02 November 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § Sad § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – All I Want For Christmas…

…is an $18,000 piece of art! But I should back up… After picking up Sasha for her art class (she’s decided she wants to be an artist or art teacher when she grows up), we all went to Pile of Bones Brewery intending to have a Saturday afternoon beer/soda.  But it was packed so we […]

Posted 30 October 2021 § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – City Hall Swim (August 2009)

Well, almost…

Posted 28 October 2021 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Grandkids!

Grandpa and Grandma enjoyed supper on their 50th Anniversary with the entire family last night including their four grandkids…

Posted 24 October 2021 § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Years Have Flown By: Happy 50th Anniversary Ray & Janet Hammond!

A couple weeks ago, I took my parents on a charter flight as a unique way to see how the years have flown by as we visited a few significant locations from their life ahead of their 50th wedding anniversary I was originally going to do the flight on their actual anniversary which happens to […]

Posted 23 October 2021 § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

i dId mY rEsEaRcH (and decided it was smart for everyone in our family to get the flu vaccine this year – just like every year!)

Posted 17 October 2021 § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,