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Ten Things I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Nothing too surprising on this list but here you go… 1. Although my mother-in-law battled a serious form of cancer for most of last year, she’s doing much better and, knock on wood, everyone else in our immediate family is doing well healthwise from Sasha who’s six years old to my dad who’s seventy years […]

Posted 13 October 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Regina Housing Prices Over Time

Shea and I are *very* lucky that we decided to keep the house we bought when we moved back to Regina in 2004 rather than sell it and buy something else when I went to library school in 2006 and came back in 2007, just as the Regina real estate market was booming. There have […]

Posted 10 October 2019 § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Pareidolia (aka Five Things I Thought About Blogging About Tonight But Am Too Lazy To Flesh Out Into Full Posts)

How I went “mini-viral” after whipping off a meme telling W. Brett Wilson to be better on Twitter after he posted a “fake news” attack on Justin Trudeau (my meme was sort of unique in that the ex-Dragon ended up “Liking” himself!) How close I am to giving up cable and switching to an Android […]

Posted 08 October 2019 § Blog § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Five Subtle Ways Pro Can Tell If A Drummer’s Legit

 

Posted 27 September 2019 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Five Things I Want From An All-Inclusive Resort (Before I Go)

Ever since we bought our camper a few years ago along with our good fortune to be able to go on winter holidays for a few years running, I’ve begun to feel that my life basically oscillates between those two annual highlights. We get off the plane in late February/early March, tanned and rested and […]

Posted 08 September 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Top 20 Electric Guitar Riffs of All-Time

A bit heavy on the classic rock stuff but still a pretty decent list…  

Posted 06 September 2019 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

10 Reasons We Love Camping

As we begin the sad process of closing up our seasonal site for another year, it feels like a good time to do a list of the reasons Shea and I enjoy camping so much: We both camped lots with our own parents growing up so we know how it can create amazing memories for […]

Posted 01 September 2019 § Family § Saskatchewan § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , , ,

Sasha’s Five Cutest Moments From Our “Cow Gary” trip

One of the reasons you travel with children is the opportunity to learn about and experience the world in the way they can’t from a classroom or even books. Here’s a few examples: 5.  On the way into Calgary, her brother is “helpfully” giving her a history lesson.  “A long time ago, there was a […]

Posted 21 August 2019 § Canada § Humour § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – Calgary Highlights (2001-2004)

Shea and I lived in Calgary for about three and a half years right after she graduated from nursing school. It was an amazing city to be young in with tons to do – restaurants, bar, attractions. As we prepare for another return visit (the first time back since Sasha was born), here are my […]

Posted 15 August 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – The Most Iconic Sandwich of Every State

It’d be interesting to try to do a Canadian version of this list.

Posted 09 August 2019 § FridayFunLink § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,