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Music Monday – “But that world is gone/It’s all disappeared/It’s just me and the ponies/For Christmas this year”

With the announcement of stronger Covid restrictions for Saskatchewan, just in time for Christmas, this song has been going through my head non-stop… “Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

Posted 14 December 2020 § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Where The Buffalo Roam (April 2007)

Earlier this summer, we heard that Shea’s cousin’s herd of bison had gotten out and were in a nearby farmer’s field. We knew that previously when only one animal had gotten out, her uncle had been able to guide him back into the pasture using a front-end loader tractor he used to feed them which […]

Posted 10 December 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The Return of Rainbow

Sasha’s had one of those Elf on the Shelf things the past few years (well, a Dollar Store knock-off) but this year, she’s figured out some secrets about Santa, the North Pole and surveillance state elves that watch your every move. Even though she’s figured out that the elf doesn’t move on its own (I […]

Posted 02 December 2020 § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

A Memorable Way to Decorate a 2020 Christmas Tree

Between the four of us, we’ve accumulated numerous masks over the last few months. Shea’s dad suggested we could use them to make a very memorable 2020 Christmas photo (and this doesn’t even include all the ones we have stored in vehicles and stuffed in jackets and left at work!)

Posted 29 November 2020 § Humour § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Sledding

Posted 28 November 2020 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

One Crazy Unintended Consequence of Covid?

It’s never happened before but Shea and I are almost completely ready for Christmas and it’s not even December 1 yet! We put the tree up right after Remembrance Day after making the mistake of saying/spelling “When do you want to put up the T-R-E-E?” in front of a little grade two kid who we […]

Posted 22 November 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Post-Sledding Hot Chocolate

Posted 21 November 2020 § Pace § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Possession Day! (November 2019)

Hard to believe it was a year ago on November 22 that we took possession of our new house. It has been an eventful twelve months to say the least and though it was a big, stressful decision at the time, probably one of the best decisions of our lives!

Posted 19 November 2020 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma at the Golden Prairie Nursing Home, Indian Head, SK (April 2004) #skpoli

As rumours spread that at least two dozen people in the community have Covid, my hometown of Indian Head, Saskatchewan is facing a jump in Covid cases that has affected the nursing home, local businesses and now both the elementary and high schools which are going to be closed for two weeks. WATCH: Over the […]

Posted 12 November 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

In Flanders Fields

Posted 11 November 2020 § Canada § MemoryLane § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,