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Saturday Snap – A New Christmas Tradition?

A few years ago, I did a post about some Christmas traditions over the years. Yesterday, we braved the mall (maul!) on the last Saturday before Christmas to get a picture with The Grinch, a local cos-player who’s been doing a variety of activities and events around town during the Christmas season including providing an […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2018 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “We Don’t Know Joy Without Experiencing Sadness” – Some Thoughts on a Tough Year

There’s no two ways about it – this has been one of the toughest years of our lives. Shea and I have dealt with a family member being diagnosed with, treated for, and living with all the fallout from a fairly serious form of cancer, numerous deaths of people who were connected to us – […]

¶ Posted 20 December 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: health, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Setting Up The Christmas Tree (December 2008)

¶ Posted 13 December 2018 § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

10 Christmas Disagreements

It wasn’t intentional but posting “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Wanna Fight)” by the Ramones yesterday got me thinking about ways family members might disagree on important topics at this time of year: Jason vs. Shea: When to put up the tree. Me: November 12. Her: Early December. Compromise: usually late November. Shea vs. Jason: How to […]

¶ Posted 11 December 2018 § Family § Humour § List § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Saturday Snap – @officialRPL Kids Xmas Party and Bookmas Tree

Hard to believe we’ve been going to the Regina Public Library Kids Christmas Party for ten years. (Well, Sasha hasn’t been going that long but her brother’s been going since he was a baby!) …and you might see a bit of it in our family pic but here’s a better short of the beautiful “Bookmas […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2018 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, xmas

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Go #Flames Go (December 2007)

My son has been a Flames fan since his first Christmas in 2007. I’ve been a fan a bit longer – I’m not sure when I switched from the Islanders being my favourite team to the Flames (mid-90’s?) but my fandom definitely clicked into overdrive in 2001 when Shea and I moved to Calgary and […]

¶ Posted 06 December 2018 § Baby § MemoryLane § Photo § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute, hockey

Saturday Snap – A Busy Saturday Means The Christmas Season Has Officially Begun!

Took Sasha to the local community association’s Santa Breakfast this morning. (Shea had already eaten by the time we remembered it was on and Pace, being the typical pre-teen he is, said he didn’t want to come.) Walked Sasha to a birthday party at one of her kindergarten classmate’s houses in the neighbourhood. On the […]