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Category Archives: Family

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy! New! Year!

How often can Throwback Thursday be a clip from the day before and also last year? That’s why my dad’s favourite joke every New Year’s Eve is some variation of “See you next year!” 😉 Here’s Pace and his cousins partying it up last night year…

Posted 01 January 2015 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (1) °

Friday Fun Link – 10 Random Thoughts About Christmas This Year

At our house, Santa doesn’t wrap the presents.  This provides a few main advantages – makes things quicker to get set-up if you haven’t pre-wrapped the gifts, prevents awkward “Why does Santa use the same wrapping paper as mommy and daddy?” questions, and allows the kids to get an immediate jolt when they first glimpse […]

Posted 26 December 2014 § FridayFunLink § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Randomness § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

The True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets

Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that our Christmas traditions have well-documented roots back to a pagan time, long ago, when people came together for a festival during the longest night of the year […]

Posted 25 December 2014 § MemoryLane § Sad § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – She Really Likes Cookies

I wouldn’t recommend letting kids play around the stove normally. But it was pretty cute when Shea turned the oven light on to show Sasha the baking cookies and Sasha spontaneously kissed the glass!

Posted 20 December 2014 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Candy Cane Lane #yqr

As a follow-up to my post about SparkleTour.ca, Shea and I ended up doing a mini-sparkle tour in the north end last night after running a couple errands. One of our stops was an area called Candy Cane Lane where the residents of the Normanview community are encouraged to decorate their homes for Christmas.  One […]

Posted 06 December 2014 § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Southernmost Point in Canada (2006)

Shea and I at Point Pelee, Ontario, the southernmost point in mainland Canada…

Posted 04 December 2014 § Canada § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

A Christmas Tradition

Baby crying on Santa’s lap…

Posted 03 December 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) °

Two Dozen Retailers Won’t Open on American #Thanksgiving (And They’re Shaming the Ones That Will)

Some of the best known companies in the United States including Costco, Home Depot and TJ Maxx  have taken a family-first approach to American Thanksgiving after watching “Black Friday” (the day after Thanksgiving named as such since it’s the day many retailers “get in the black” for the year) increasingly encroaching on one of America’s biggest family holidays. […]

Posted 27 November 2014 § Jobs § United States § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Decorating the Christmas Tree

I think Pace forgot where the star goes…

Posted 22 November 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Pace’s Joke

Pace shared this with us at supper tonight: “What did the number 2 say to the number 7 when he did something weird?” “I think you’re odd.” Love to hear him playing with language and also seeing his sense of humour develop!

Posted 18 November 2014 § Humour § Pace § Randomness § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,