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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Prom Grand March (May 1991)

So I joined the Prom Planning Committee for Pace’s graduating class. Kids today are much more environmentally conscious but in 1991 when I graduated, I do believe high school proms was a Top 10 contributor to the hole in the ozone layer!

¶ Posted 14 November 2024 § Humour § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, parents

Music Monday – “The winds have blown over the ocean/The winds have blown over the sea/The winds have blown over the ocean/And brought back my Bonnie to me”

“My Bonnie” – John McDermott (Fun Fact – we don’t get many celebrity sightings in Regina but I saw John McDermott in the lobby of the Hotel Sask in Regina one year around Christmas when he was in town for a concert!)

¶ Posted 11 November 2024 § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, holiday, music

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sasha Enmeshed (Nov 2014)

¶ Posted 07 November 2024 § Baby § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Wisdom Wednesday – “Have You Considered Our EFAP Program?”

My first boss had very personal reasons for being strongly anti-union. But he was quite insightful when he said “I still think Unions are necessary because they protect employees from bad bosses. And the biggest problem is that bad bosses don’t know they’re bad bosses.” I heard something semi-related when talking to some union colleagues […]

¶ Posted 06 November 2024 § Family § Jobs § Library § Sad § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – HR Lunch (January 2012)

Though it was a path I never expected, in hindsight, I was incredibly lucky to start my career in the HR Unit as I learned so much about management, leadership, organizational culture and development, change management, employee motivation and so much more. Plus we had an amazing group of people including a great HR Manager […]

¶ Posted 31 October 2024 § Jobs § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Random 2024 Saskatchewan Provincial Election Thoughts

The night the writ dropped a planned constituency association meeting was turned into a door knocking/sign planting evening. In my experience, when a house has two competing signs, it’s usually meant that a husband and wife support different candidates but I learned from my sign planting colleague that in her culture, this can also be […]