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Category Archives: Family

Friday Fun Link – The CFTD Parenting Method Sweeps the Nation

Yes parents, most concerns, competitive instincts and crying jags can be allayed if you too decide to practice “Calm the Fuck Down” parenting. 😉 Worried your friend’s child has mastered the alphabet quicker than your child? Calm the f*ck down. Scared you’re not imparting the wisdom your child will need to survive in school and beyond? Calm […]

Posted 19 July 2013 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Pace § Sasha § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

My 40th Birthday Is Here

This is a collage I made to celebrate the day…

Posted 18 July 2013 § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Headtale Blog Birthday Review

Continuing my birthday week festivities, thought it might be nice to review my posts on July 18 since this blog started… 2012 – Average Canadian Male Life Expectancy = 78 (Happy 39th Birthday To Me!) 2011 – A  Montage Video of Various “Paranoid Android” Covers on YouTube – obviously my birthday wasn’t front and centre that […]

Posted 16 July 2013 § Blog § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Nickle Lake Hail Storm

Spent the weekend at Shea’s parents’ seasonal camp site at Nickle Lake.  Had a bit of an adventure as there were tornado warnings on Saturday afternoon. (When Pace was a baby and we found ourselves in similar circumstances, we headed for town.  I often joke about “Second Baby Syndrome” and Sasha suffered it here as […]

Posted 13 July 2013 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

10 Fun and/or Memorable and/or Unique Things To Do With Your New Baby

Take a photo of your new baby every day after they’re born Or you can take a photo of the baby every few months with a favourite doll Write a book for your new baby Write them a song (I won’t put audio of this one but the song I’ve sung to both Pace and […]

Posted 11 July 2013 § Baby § Humour § List § Meme § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “You got the Mormons and the drinkers and the Mormons who drink/Well pay attention ‘cause it ain’t as simple as you think”

I posted this song when I attended a Hammond family reunion a few years back so it’s only fair to post it again (live version this time) as a very enjoyable Peet family reunion comes to a close… “Family Reunion” – Corb Lund

Posted 08 July 2013 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

It’s A Small World (Or At Least A Small Province)

So after yesterday’s post, I got a comment from a friend that he was related to the Peets who are from the same area as my mom’s family (Mom’s maiden name is Peet). After a few messages back and forth, we determined that the connection was that my mom’s cousin was married to his stepfather’s […]

Posted 07 July 2013 § Library § MemoryLane § Pace § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – Kenosee Lake Family Reunion

Posted 06 July 2013 § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (2) °

Who Do Our Kids Look More Like?

Recently rediscovered My Heritage’s “Look-A-Like” app where you can upload photos of different people and it will tell you who looks more like whom. (Usually you’d upload pictures of two parents and their child to see who the child resembles the most but we also experimented with comparing my aunt to my sister and I […]

Posted 03 July 2013 § Meme § Pace § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Saturday Snap – On The Road Again

I had agreed to work the Saturday of the long weekend for my boss, who is out of town for her son’s wedding this weekend, before Shea and I got an invite to a 40th wedding anniversary for her aunt and uncle. I still would’ve helped my boss out, even if we knew about the […]

Posted 29 June 2013 § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: