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Category Archives: MemoryLane

The 10 Most Unique Experiences In My Life

Shea and I have reached that point in our lives where we tend to buy most Christmas gifts for ourselves and then label them as if they were from each other. But we do usually try to get at least one original “surprise” gift as well – for example, this year I bought her some […]

¶ Posted 24 January 2016 § Baby § Family § Humour § Internet § List § News § Sasha § Shea § Sports § Travel § UK § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, parents, travel

Throwback Thursday – UWO’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies January 2006 MLIS Cohort

[Edit: I have no idea why I posted this on a Wednesday. I’ve fixed the date.] I’m still thankful that, ten years ago this month, a couple upper year students told me during my first couple weeks of library school that it’s more important to get a photo of the people you start the program with rather […]

¶ Posted 21 January 2016 § Humour § Library § LibrarySchool § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, ontario, travel

Saturday Snap – Beautiful Calm Waters in Varadero, Cuba

Shea took this video to try to capture just how beautiful, calm and clear the water was near our hotel on our second last day in Cuba…

¶ Posted 09 January 2016 § SaturdaySnap § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – How Rural Cuba Celebrates New Year’s Eve

This is very different experience to what we had a week ago in an all-inclusive resort targeted at tourists. (Warning: Some may find the photos in the link disturbing. Others may find them delicious!) 😉 Actually, maybe not that different…

¶ Posted 08 January 2016 § Family § FridayFunLink § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, food, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – View From An #iberostarvaradero Beach Chair (Jan 2016)

You can even see the two scrapes on my shins detailed in yesterday’s post! 😉

¶ Posted 07 January 2016 § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

10 “Injuries” During Our Cuba Trip

Shea jammed her finger winding up a Christmas spinning toy before we even left but luckily it only hurt for a day. Coming from a long line of Scots, I refuse to pay for something I can get for free. So while Shea goes to a tanning salon before any trip to get a nice glow […]

¶ Posted 06 January 2016 § Family § Humour § List § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: allinclusive, health, travel

Music Monday – “From Alto Cedro, I go towards Marcané/I get to Cueto, head for Mayarí”

Back from a week in Cuba and I have this song stuck in my head. (Funny tangent about how things come around – a good friend of mine was a big fan of the Buena Vista Social Club when they exploded in the mid-to-late 1990’s. But at the time, I was too much into pretty standard […]

¶ Posted 04 January 2016 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, music, travel

Merry Christmas!

One of the best Christmases I can remember – great gifts, great food, great moments, great family plus in two days, we’re off to Cuba! Enjoying Christmas supper… Sasha got cool sunglasses for the beach and a new hoodie from Grandpa and Grandma… She also loved her princess dress-up outfit… Pace had a parkour […]

¶ Posted 25 December 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, economics, holiday, xmas

Saturday Snap – Pace’s School Winter Concert

They’re not allowed to say “Christmas” but this year, his grade sang a recognizable Christmas song (“Let It Snow”) [Edit: oh, that’s funny. I looked back at my post from three years ago about Pace’s first school concert and what song did I suggest would be a good, non-offensive choice but still “Christmasy”? Someone from […]