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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – My Grandma, My Mom and My Daughter (June 2022, July 2000)

Lots can change in two short years or in twenty… I didn’t really have to change the inscription in the coffee table book of prairie photos I gave my Grandma Hammond when she moved into the Golden Prairie Nursing Home in Indian Head when my mom moved into the same facility – just had to […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2025 § Family § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, parents

Music Monday – R.E.M. Concert (1984)

Really getting back into R.E.M. lately. So many good songs and albums that soundtracked some of the most important and memorable moments of my life.

¶ Posted 06 January 2025 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Let The Battle Commence! (March 2014)

I often joke the only reason we have kids is to get them to do our chores when we’re old enough. But they’re also fun to play with…sometimes literally! 😉

¶ Posted 02 January 2025 § Baby § Family § Humour § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Cuba Libre! (Jan 2016)

¶ Posted 19 December 2024 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, cute, holiday, travel

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning. Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

¶ Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health, language, parents

Saturday Snap – Batman Smells?

Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]

¶ Posted 14 December 2024 § Family § Humour § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, holiday, language, parents

Friday Fun Link – Johnny Cash Christmas Show 1977

¶ Posted 13 December 2024 § FridayFunLink § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, television

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Can I Open Them Yet? (Dec 2013)

¶ Posted 12 December 2024 § Baby § Family § Sasha § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Two Year Check-Up (April 2015)

When Sasha was born, my coworkers at RPL threw a baby shower for Shea and I. I still remember a couple co-workers who both had older children – one in high school the other with two in their early 20s – giving me a line that I still think of to this day: “Little kids, […]

¶ Posted 05 December 2024 § Baby § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, parents, science

Friday Fun Link – Vegas 1992

My first trip to Vegas was around 1992-1993, my second was around 2010 and my most recent was earlier this year. So pretty wild to look at a video from around the time of my first visit and compare it to how much has changed in the last thirty or so years!