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Promise Made, Promise Kept.

Shea opened this on Christmas morning (it’s hard to see but that’s an apple and a kid’s toy watch taped in a box)… …and picked this up on Boxing Day. (Uhm, I had it in my head that the only day Apple discounts their products is Black Friday and Boxing Day but apparently not.) šŸ™ […]

Posted 27 December 2017 § Humour § Photo § Shea § Technology § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

A Few Post-Christmas Thoughts

I can’t find it now but I have a memory that in December 2011, I posted a screen grab of a weather forecast showing +4 for Dec 24, Dec 25 & Dec. 26.Ā  (Here’s one from around the same time on the same subject.)Ā  At any rate, it’s been brutally cold this week and I’m […]

Posted 26 December 2017 § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours…

Posted 24 December 2017 § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Rudolph’s Butthole Shooter Recipe

Shea and I went to a Christmas party, hosted and attended by a few of the couples we met through our seasonal campsite at Echo Lake this year. All of us (well, except one camper who was pregnant this summer but made up for it at the Christmas party!) had occasionally drank shooters while listening […]

Posted 23 December 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – When A Garbage Can Is A Tasty Gift (December 2007)

Pace thought so anyhow…

Posted 21 December 2017 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

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:

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: , , ,

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: , ,

Saturday Snap – Gingerbread House

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

The Cult of Instant Pot

It was one of this year’s hottest Black Friday items onlineĀ 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?Ā  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: , , , ,