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Friday Fun Link – 110 Random Facts I Had To Double Check To Believe

I asked my daughter what I should post for this week’s Friday Fun Link and she said “Search up ‘fun facts’ on YouTube”. This was the first result…

¶ Posted 12 November 2021 § FridayFunLink § Internet § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, history, language, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Lest We Forget (Grandpa Peet, circa 1944?)

My Grandpa Peet drove a tank in Holland during the war (Grandpa Hammond couldn’t enlist due to health reasons so he supported the war effort by continuing to farm back in Canada.) That’s why Remembrance Day is perhaps when I think of my Grandpa Peet more than any day of the year…the life he led, […]

¶ Posted 11 November 2021 § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday

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: holiday, weather

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: Covid, education, health, science

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: Covid, health, science

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

Pace’s ninth birthday…

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

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: Covid, health

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 […]