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Saturday Snap – Katepwa Pier Crew

Always a bittersweet day when we do the many end-of-season chores at our family cottage at Katepwa Lake. We were out yesterday to bring in the piers, boat track and sea doo stand, clear out the water lines, cut the grass, load the boat, etc. etc. It was great to have one of my funniest, favouritist cousins […]

¶ Posted 03 September 2016 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, saskatchewan

A McReview of the New McDonalds “Create Your Taste” Burger Option #yqr

So, to celebrate the first day of school, we decided to take Pace to McDonalds for supper. I’d forgotten that Regina’s Rochdale McDonalds location (and perhaps others in the city?) have installed the new “Build Your Taste” machines which are like giant iPad-like, self-serve touchscreen machines. I’m sure we could’ve figured it out but a […]

¶ Posted 01 September 2016 § Humour § Jobs § PopCulture § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: economics, food, saskatchewan, science

Fall on the Prairies

My dad’s (and I suspect most farmers’) favourite season…

¶ Posted 31 August 2016 § Jobs § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents, saskatchewan, weather

Music Monday – “You are my heart/Oh my Queen of the Furrows/This is how I farm, eyes up and ears down low/You are my heart, you’re my Queen of the Furrows/This how I feel, hens cluck and roosters crow”

Although I was a pretty big fan of the Hip back in their prime years, I sort of backed away – both as their albums became less essential (The top 6 of the 12 Tragically Hip albums rated by CBC were released in the 1980’s or 1990’s, the bottom six were all released after 2000) and […]

¶ Posted 22 August 2016 § Canada § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, music, ontario

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Scarface (Kid Version) (September 2013)

Just before starting Grade One, both Pace and his buddy down the street ended up with some serious stitches – the buddy earned his falling off his bike while Pace got his running into a tree after looking back to see how far I was behind him! Tough kids…

¶ Posted 18 August 2016 § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) °

Flipping Out at Get Air Trampoline Park in #yqr

My son not only did all the stunts in this video but stitched them together in iMovie. He’s going to be the world’s first combination stuntman/film editor! 😉

¶ Posted 17 August 2016 § Jobs § Pace § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § Sports § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, saskatchewan

An Unintentional Trip Down Memory Lane

Contemplating a Luther College Dorm Room Shea and I rarely take three weeks’ vacation at a time – we usually spread our holiday allotment out through the year – some in the winter (especially in years when we can afford a hot holiday), a week or two in summer (sometimes together and sometimes not) and then […]

¶ Posted 14 August 2016 § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Ten Reasons Our Recent Camping Trip Was Perhaps Our Best Ever

We’re back from a week and a half of camping – one week at Greenwater Provincial Park and then, after a quick night in Regina, another few days at Shea’s parents’ seasonal site in Weyburn. Both parts were great but Shea and I agreed that the week in Greenwater was maybe our best camping trip […]

¶ Posted 03 August 2016 § List § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, parents

Saturday Snap – Gone Camping!

We’re off camping for the next couple weeks so posts will likely be few and far between…unless the kids end up building a really cute fort out of firewood and I have to post a picture! 😉

¶ Posted 23 July 2016 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – Our New rPod182G Camper (August 2014)

Hard to believe we’ve already had our camper for three summers (well, two and a bit since we bought it near the end of the season three years ago.) We’ve had a lot of fun with it so far, travelled to parks across the province and after a quick trip out to Rowan’s Ravine last weekend […]