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Category Archives: MemoryLane

First Snow of the Year (2021 Edition)

Always nice when the snow holds off until mid-November.  Makes winter feel just a bit shorter…

Posted 10 November 2021 § Family § Randomness § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Birthday Cake (May 2016)

Pace’s ninth birthday…

Posted 04 November 2021 § Family § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

“Indian Head is super nice…it’s not like any other small prairie town I’ve been too”

My hometown gets a couple nice compliments in a Reddit thread about best Saskatchewan towns/cities…  

Posted 03 November 2021 § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

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: ,

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

Well, almost…

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

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: , ,

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:

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: , ,

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: ,

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: , , ,