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Funeral for a Family Friend

It was being used a bit before Covid but the pandemic definitely made livestreaming a more common option for all sorts of major life events including birthdays, holidays, weddings and especially funerals. This has come in handy a few times recently – over the summer when a former coworker died of stage four breast cancer, […]

¶ Posted 02 November 2021 § Family § Internet § Sad § Saskatchewan § Technology § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – City Hall Swim (August 2009)

Well, almost…

¶ Posted 28 October 2021 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Who Knew One Year Ago Today Would Be Arguably The Most Consequential Election in #skpoli History?

Today marks one year since Premier Scott Moe led his #Saskatchewan Party government to a resounding re-election win.At the time, #Sask had 650 active #COVID19 cases and 25 deaths, now 2,822 and 817, respectively.Just 23 in hospital on Oct. 26, 2020 — 293 now.#skpoli #COVID19SK — Phil Tank (@thinktankSK) October 26, 2021 As the Sask […]

¶ Posted 26 October 2021 § News § Politics § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Grandkids!

Grandpa and Grandma enjoyed supper on their 50th Anniversary with the entire family last night including their four grandkids…

¶ Posted 24 October 2021 § Family § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

The Years Have Flown By: Happy 50th Anniversary Ray & Janet Hammond!

A couple weeks ago, I took my parents on a charter flight as a unique way to see how the years have flown by as we visited a few significant locations from their life ahead of their 50th wedding anniversary I was originally going to do the flight on their actual anniversary which happens to […]

¶ Posted 23 October 2021 § Family § Pace § Sasha § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: music, parents, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Employees First, Customers Second”

I usually post a picture for Throwback Thursday but for something different today, I thought I’d post a different type of “throwback”. I was recently talking with someone about the best leadership/management/business books we’d read. I said I have a few favourites but one called “Employees First, Customers Second” by Vineet Nayar was the first […]

¶ Posted 21 October 2021 § Jobs § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, orgdevl

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Helicopter Ride in Hawaii (January 2012)

I took mom and dad on a charter flight for their anniversary last week. It was their first time in a small Cessna but not their first time in the air as I also took them on a helicopter ride during a family trip to Hawaii in 2012 (though given the company we used had […]

¶ Posted 14 October 2021 § Family § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, parents, travel, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Wedding Dance (June 2003)

This is a picture of my parents at my cousin’s wedding dance in Calgary in 2003. (His marriage lasted about three years while mom and dad will be celebrating 50 years of marriage later this month! But to be fair, my cousin had better luck the second time around – and has been married to […]

¶ Posted 07 October 2021 § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Homemade “Baby’s Coming!” Photoshoot (April 2013)

The Scottish runs deep in me so I was too cheap to do a professional photoshoot when Shea was pregnant with baby #2. Instead, using our camera’s timer, a tripod, and the poor lighting in our basement, we did our own photos (which turned out to be only a couple days before Sasha was born!) […]