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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Multi-Year Fence Project Finally Finished? (May 2014, May 2017, May 2018, May 2019)

We’ve been replacing our forty year old original fence in a series of mini-projects over the past five years. We started with the back part of our yard in May 2014 which was a major job as the neighbour directly behind us (no back alley) is at the end of a crescent on a pie-shaped […]

¶ Posted 30 May 2019 § Family § Jobs § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, parents, weather

Saturday Night – Regent Place Triplets Reunited

Usually, men are few and far between in library work. But I had a brief period where not only was I the only man around, I actually had two other dudes working in my branch out of a staff complement of ten. As a bonus, we all had a similar look so we joked about […]

¶ Posted 25 May 2019 § Humour § Jobs § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Tree of Tears (July 2015)

About four years ago, we came back from a camping trip to find that a neighbour’s tree had split and was being removed. One of the branches hung over the fence into our yard and Sasha had some tears when she realised she’d no longer have a swing. I had tears too but they were […]

¶ Posted 23 May 2019 § Family § Photo § Sasha § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: saskatchewan

Happy 12th Birthday Pace!

Mom and I are incredibly proud of the young man you’ve become!

¶ Posted 19 May 2019 § Family § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Retro Saturday Snap – Feet to the Fire

Now that camping season has started, I’m into that part of my blog calendar where I’m less likely to keep my “daily post” streak alive but may also come back at the end of the weekend and do some “retro” posts backdated to the days I missed. For example, it’s Monday night as I type […]

¶ Posted 18 May 2019 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, saskatchewan

Music Monday – “I want you, I need you/But there ain’t no way I’m ever gonna love you/Now don’t be sad/’Cause two out of three ain’t bad”

If I post a single song from Meatloaf’s “Bat Out of Hell” album, I feel like I should post every song from the album since they’re all so interconnected. But instead, I’ll just post a few of the album’s biggest tracks instead of a single song I usually do for “Music Monday”. (And as a […]

¶ Posted 13 May 2019 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, youtube

A Few Highlights/Lowlights as the 2019 Camping Season Begins

We spent the weekend in Weyburn getting our seasonal site ready which is why I didn’t post for the past few days. Here’s a few memorable moments from the weekend… Highlight: Sasha blurts out “This is the best day of my life!” as I push her on the swings. Then, the next day, she says […]

¶ Posted 12 May 2019 § Family § Humour § List § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: camping, holiday, parents, saskatchewan, weather

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Honu in Kauai (January 2012)

We were invited to a 50th Anniversary of my Hawaiian aunt and uncle (I know, right?) but unfortunately, Hawaiians don’t think of things like “winter” so they scheduled the anniversary for June 2019 instead of January 2019. So that’s one of the main reasons we won’t be attending though we’ll be there in spirit. That […]

¶ Posted 09 May 2019 § Family § Humour § Photo § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel, unitedstates

Craft Beer’s Connection to Libraries

One of my favourite librarian colleagues, Tanya, recently appeared on the podcast of one of my favourite local craft breweries. Considering I used to organize a monthly librarian’s gathering called “Books to Beers”, I think this is the perfect combination! Tanya’s been my co-conspirator for a couple great beer and library-related adventures. When she first […]