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Wisdom Wednesday – The Real Luxuries in Life

 

Posted 23 April 2025 § Jobs § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – From U of R Student to U of R Alumni to U of R Dad (and Mom Though She’s Technically A U of S Grad)

Posted 12 April 2025 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Play Dough (May 2016)

Posted 11 April 2025 § Baby § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five *Good* Things About Dementia

Dementia is obviously a horrible, terrible progressive disease as someone you love goes from very basic memory errors – forgetting names, where they parked the car, etc. – to being incapable of speech, movement, feeding themselves. As mom has progressed through these various stages, it’s been helpful to try to think of the good things […]

Posted 08 April 2025 § List § MemoryLane § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Washer Fluid Fill Up Day

Nice that the weather’s finally turned and I can top up all the vehicles that have been using a lot of washer fluid during the melty/crappy/slushy weather the past few weeks…

Posted 05 April 2025 § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “I have watched you on the shore/Standing by the ocean’s roar/Do you love me do you surfer girl/Surfer girl surfer girl”

“Surfer Girl” – The Beach Boys

Posted 31 March 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sasha § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Isla Contoy

We’ll be visiting Isla Mujeres from March 2 to 9 and this will be the first time we haven’t stayed at an all-inclusive in all our various trips to Mexico/Cuba/Dominican Republic over the past 25 years. One thing we might do is take a boat trip to an ecologically protected, undeveloped island…

Posted 21 February 2025 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bring It On, USA! (October 2013)

Actually, please don’t. Let’s solve our (your) issues through diplomacy and negotiation, not war and violence.

Posted 13 February 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – I Wish I’d Seen This When My Kids Were Small

This is genius! pic.twitter.com/gSodqNeJr5 — The Disrespected Trucker (@DisrespectedThe) January 12, 2025

Posted 31 January 2025 § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Mark Black Farewell Party

Had a farewell party for a popular manager on Saturday night and the outpouring of love, generosity and sadness was beyond unprecedented in my 15+ years at RPL. In-scope staff donated so much money to a farewell gift that he ended up getting multiple things – a custom photo book, a custom Pats jersey, and […]

Posted 25 January 2025 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (2) °