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Category Archives: MemoryLane

The First Celebrity COVID Death?

I would never have guessed that Joe Diffie would be the first celebrity COVID death (well, if a tier B 1990’s country singer counts as a celebrity but I liked quite a few of his songs back in the day so why not?) And if this helps even one Red Stater stay home, his death […]

Posted 29 March 2020 § News § PopCulture § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happier Times at the Hospital (May 2007)

It’s amazing how the hospital can be both the location for some of the happiest moments of people’s lives (births of children, news about diseases being beaten and bones being healed) and some of the worst (a loved one doesn’t make it after an accident, grandma’s last breaths on the palliative care ward, the diagnosis […]

Posted 26 March 2020 § Family § Jobs § Pace § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “And the saddest thing would be/Is if you up and said to me/That you’re tired of running scared/And you really don’t care/About the ice age, baby”

I’m suddenly very interested in end-of-the-world songs for some reason… “Ice Age” – Hawksley Workman

Posted 23 March 2020 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Practicing Protective Measures In The Good Old Days(May 2019)

Pace was into personal protective gear long before the current COVID-19 outbreak. (Of course, this was how he suited up to load dirty dishes into the dishwasher at our old house so a lot lower health risk I would hope!)

Posted 19 March 2020 § Humour § News § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

My Review of Crown Paradise Club Cancun

We just returned from a week at the Crown Paradise Club Cancun so I wanted to write a review of our resort while the memories are still fresh. HOW WE ENDED UP CHOOSING THE CROWN PARADISE CANCUN IN THE FIRST PLACE Having bought a house in the late fall, our streak of visiting an all-inclusive […]

Posted 10 March 2020 § Family § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – My Own Corona Virus

This was my view one week ago today. I admit that I was a bit nervous heading to the airport the next day as the Coronavirus seemed to blow up big (in news coverage if not actual cases) during out week in Mexico but our flight went ahead so, (un)fortunately, we weren’t stranded in Cancun! […]

Posted 07 March 2020 § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Friday Fun Link – British vs. Canadian English

I still tell the story of the woman I traveled to England with for a University exchange in 1995 meeting a group of people in a pub and saying she hadn’t changed her pants in days. Turns out trousers are pants in England and pants are underwear! 🙂

Posted 06 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Travel § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Seeing My Name on TV for Telemiracle (March 2012)

TeleMiracle is one of the most successful fundraisers per capita in the world and the latest edition is coming up this weekend. Through the entire Telethon, they have a constant crawl of donors but it’s very rare to see your name on it since the volume of donors is so high.  But a few years […]

Posted 05 March 2020 § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Republican Presidents: Venn Diagram Version

(via Reddit)

Posted 04 March 2020 § Humour § Infographic § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Ma ma sa, ma ma coo sa/Ma ma se, ma ma sa/Ma ma coo sa”

Back from a week in Mexico and will likely do some resort-themed posts over the next few days starting with this one… And my big thought of the day is – I really have no idea why most Cancun resorts have a Michael Jackson impersonator as one of their nightly shows when you never see […]

Posted 02 March 2020 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,