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Saturday Snap – Treats

Shea and I were both off Friday and with Pace in school, we did one of our annual traditions, putting Sasha in daycare and spending the day doing Christmas shopping, having lunch out together at a nice restaurant, and running a few other errands (eg. passing a bunch of Sasha’s clothes that she’s outgrown to […]

¶ Posted 09 December 2017 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Merry Christmas Drink

Shea made us a very tasty Christmas-themed drink this past weekend featuring peppermint vodka, toffee cream liqueur and chocolate-flavoured whiskey along with a rimmer of melted After 8 peppermint chocolates and crushed candy cane. We didn’t name the drink but I’m going to suggest “Christmas Star” since it certainly was a star of our weekend. […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2017 § Humour § Photo § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: food, holiday, recipe, xmas

How To Butcher An Entire Cow: Every Cut of Meat Explained

Stumbled across this video on Reddit but thought it was an appropriate post as Shea informs me her and her parents are buying some farm-direct beef from her uncle. Yum!

¶ Posted 03 December 2017 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, saskatchewan

Saturday Snap – Gingerbread House

¶ Posted 02 December 2017 § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

The Cult of Instant Pot

It was one of this year’s hottest Black Friday items online and the Instant Pot ™ combination pressure cooker/slow cooker, invented by a group of former Nortel engineers in Ottawa, has been compared to a cult for its fanatical following. What’s the appeal? It quickly cooks food that’s tasty, healthy and, compared to the 1970’s pressure […]

¶ Posted 28 November 2017 § Canada § Internet § Meme § Shea § Technology § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, holiday, science, xmas

Saturday Snap – Regina Downtown From Above

I’d won a free night at a local hotel at a staff supper earlier this year and we decided to use it this weekend…

¶ Posted 25 November 2017 § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “I grew up like my daddy did/My grandpa cleared this land/When I was five I walked the fence/While grandpa held my hand”

I don’t think I’ve ever posted this song for Music Monday but it’s one of my favourites of all-time. “Rain on the Scarecrow” – John Mellencamp Although I knew fairly early that I was never going to be a farmer (my standard line on the subject is that, growing up, I was more into books […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2017 § Library § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, language, saskatchewan, science

Saturday Snap – Tobogganing

Enjoyed a day off last Monday by taking the kids tobogganing…

¶ Posted 18 November 2017 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Getting Ready For The Holiday Concert (December 2012)

¶ Posted 16 November 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, xmas

Friday Fun Link – What Screams Upper Middle Class?

[Edit: This post started as a way for me to share what I thought was an interesting Reddit post. But then I had the idea to use it to talk about whether the reason I found it interesting was because I identified – and was slightly embarrassed by – many of the points it raised? […]