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Our New rPod 182g Ultralight RV

Shea and I had a pretty expensive visit to Indian Head earlier this summer. We went to the splash park and happened to bump into some friends who were back from Calgary for a few days.  In the course of talking to them, they told us they’d just bought a new rPod camper. We’d seen one […]

Posted 04 September 2014 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Holiday Weekend Catch-Up

I took a couple days off on Monday and Tuesday to have an extended long weekend to go camping with Shea’s and my folks and to attend Shea’s cousin’s wedding.  Which means I need to do another extended weekend catch-up of missed blog posts… Saturday Snap As mentioned, we went to Shea’s cousin’s wedding at […]

Posted 19 August 2014 § MusicMonday § Pace § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Ca$h Money

Pace looked rather “gangsta” on the way to the bank to deposit a bunch of money we’d accumulated as people paid us for fishing trips, birthday gifts, garage sale items and a few other things recently.

Posted 26 July 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Five Things You Don’t Want To See When You Take Your Kids To The Splash Park

5. Your son saying “Hey dad, try to keep this bottle standing up!” then looking over to see he’s left his bottle of root beer standing precariously on the edge of the picnic blanket without a lid.  (Needless to say, it didn’t stay standing up.) 4. Your daughter wandering into the running water of the various […]

Posted 23 July 2014 § Humour § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – New Bunk Beds in Our Garage?

Grandpa Dennis built us some new shelving for our garage. Once we got it in place, Pace and his buddy from down the street, Jeffrey, decided that the shelves would actually work better as bunk beds. They even convinced Grandpa to try them out!

Posted 19 July 2014 § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

#tbt Throwback Thursday – Summer Reading Program (July 17, 2009)

The TD Summer Reading Program is once again in full swing at libraries across Canada.  Here’s a pic of Pace and I with one of the entertainers (Walden the Wizard?) I brought in when I worked at Southeast Regional Library. Pace seems a bit uncertain of this wizard’s powers! 😉

Posted 10 July 2014 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

10 Years Ago Today – Remembering My Eulogy for Grandma Hammond

A cousin’s Facebook post reminded me that today marks ten years since my Grandma Hammond passed away. It’s hard to believe how quickly time has flown! I had the great privilege of delivering her eulogy and although I know some family members were a bit uneasy about the fact that I didn’t do a very typical […]

Posted 08 July 2014 § MemoryLane § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “You and me go fishing in the dark/Lying on our backs and counting the stars”

Gone fishing for a week. Expect minimal blogging…

Posted 30 June 2014 § MusicMonday § Saskatchewan § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

After One Year As a Parent, One Thing is Certain…

(full comic available here and worth the click)

Posted 25 June 2014 § Baby § Humour § Infographic § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – “I Don’t Know!”

Our new favourite Sasha trick is saying “Sasha…I don’t know” then watching her make this cute face…

Posted 21 June 2014 § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °