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(Belated) Saturday Snap – Disappointed I Didn’t Win The Canada Day Contest This Year

I can’t find a reference to it on my blog which is sort of surprising since I’ll take any validation I can get! But anyhow, last year, the campground we have a seasonal site had a Canada Day decorating contest and since we were new and wanted to make a good impression, we went all […]

Posted 13 July 2019 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

(Belated) Throwback Thursday – #tbt – That’s A Switch! (April 2008)

Pace used his saved up birthday/Christmas/babysitting money to buy himself a $500 Nintendo Switch the other day – a long ways from when he was a year old and having fun on the $50 desktop computer I bought from Southeast Regional Library after they decommissioned it.

Posted 11 July 2019 § Baby § Humour § Library § Pace § Photo § Technology § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

(Belated) Saturday Snap – Giant Checkers

Having a fun day at Nickle Lake’s activity shack (which, almost unbelievably, they chose to call “The Beaver Shack” during a contest last summer!) However, it shall always be “Nickle Make” to me after the name I submitted! 😉

Posted 06 July 2019 § Pace § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Miss America (March 2009)

Happy (?) Fourth of July. I think I’ve mentioned that Shea’s and my “mini protest’ after Trump was elected was deciding not to go to the USA – mostly because of him but also because I just found the USA to be increasingly at odds with my personal values in general – from the gun […]

Posted 04 July 2019 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Politics § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – First & Last Day of School (September 2018/June 2019)

The last day of school is the perfect day for Throwback Thursday. I love how Sasha’s face changes from resignation and uncertainty in the first picture to utter joy and relief in the second. (And even Pace’s near-teenaged face has a hint of smile to it today compared to September as well!) 🙂

Posted 27 June 2019 § Humour § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

“Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

Tragedies like this simply don’t need to happen. Please give if you can…

Posted 25 June 2019 § News § Politics § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Putting The “Bin” In Cabin

A husband and wife who are retired farmers decide to convert the grain bins they can’t sell into very unique rental cabins. I wasn’t much of a farmer growing up but I did shovel out a few bins in the summer, often in extreme heat (if it’s hot outside, it’s *extremely* hot in the bin) […]

Posted 19 June 2019 § Jobs § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Happy Father’s Day! (Or is it Happy Twins Day?)

Some people use DNA tests to confirm their ancestry but the only thing I need to do to confirm my father and I are definitely related is to show up to a family event wearing the same clothes as my dad!  Isn’t fashion sense genetically inherited??? 😉 All joking aside, Happy Father’s Day to the […]

Posted 16 June 2019 § Humour § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Jurassic Park, Regina

Sasha and I enjoying the Raptors’ championship win on Friday night with ~20,000 of our closest friends! 😉

Posted 15 June 2019 § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Farewell Aunt Sandi! (May 2008)

For the past few weeks, we’ve had another good visit with my Aunt Sandi who comes out from BC every spring to spend time with us. Here’s a shot from one of her first visits the year Pace turned one…

Posted 06 June 2019 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °