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Category Archives: MemoryLane

Saturday Snap – Pace’s First Day of Kindergarten

Posted 08 September 2012 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sad § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) °

Friday Fun Link – Using A Manual Typewriter as an iPad Keyboard

Cool!

Posted 07 September 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Social Media Showdown – #SKNDPLDR Edition

During the last Sask NDP leadership race, I spent a lot of time analysing the social media aspects of each candidate’s campaign. As we get another leadership race underway, the social media landscape has changed and grown, both in terms of services available and also the reach of sites like Facebook, Twitter and numerous other […]

Posted 06 September 2012 § Internet § List § Politics § Saskatchewan § Technology ‡ Comments (6) ° Tagged: , , ,

Pace Starts Kindergarten Today

I know I keep saying it but where did the last five years go?  Wow…

Posted 05 September 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Sad § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “What’s gonna happen to you/You have woke up too soon/And found the world rearranged/And now your feelings have changed”

Shea found this one which is timely for Pace’s first day of kindergarten this week (and also for triggering tears in his very mixed emotion parents):

Posted 03 September 2012 § Baby § Family § MusicMonday § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – 10 Things We Had At Our Wedding (That Most People Don’t)

Went to a co-worker’s wedding today and felt like I virtually attended another one with how many updates I was seeing on my Facebook newsfeed. As always, that gets me thinking about Shea’s and my own wedding nine and a half years ago. Talking to some of the other guests at this most recent wedding […]

Posted 01 September 2012 § Family § Humour § List § Pace § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged:

Ranking The Top 10 Milestones of a Person’s Life

In exactly one week, Pace starts kindergarten. It’s a cliche but it truly is hard to believe how fast the time has flown. I thought it might be fun to try to rank the major milestones of a person’s life. Other than being born and dying, I know not everyone will hit these milestones but […]

Posted 29 August 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § Pace § Sad § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Sappy Sunday – The 100 Saddest Songs

A whole bunch of sadness in convenient list form. Coincidentally, I’ve just made a playlist on Rdio called “Guaranteed Tears” where I tried to collect all of the songs that have made me cry in the past. (Sad songs list via MetaFilter)  

Posted 26 August 2012 § PopCulture § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Warning Signs (Or Just A Cool Wife?)

Shea had this grocery list left on the counter in advance of a BBQ we were having last night.  The best explanation for the repeated item came from a co-worker who said said she was probably reminding herself to buy red AND white wine!

Posted 18 August 2012 § Family § Humour § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Legal Decisions Are Fun!

I’ve made a few passing references to the fact that I am no longer the Organization Development Specialist at Regina Public Library. Without going into specifics, there’s a bit of back story to how that all came about but the main thing to know for the purposes of this post is that when my position […]

Posted 17 August 2012 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Internet § Library § Saskatchewan § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , , , ,