Went to my hometown this weekend for the grand re-opening of the historic Bell Farm Round Barn , a reconstruction of the original building which had been near collapse only a few short years ago which would've been a shame, both for the loss of history and also, on a more personal note, as this […]
4400 km. 20 days. 9 stops. 3 provinces. One really awesome trip! And a super-long post to vent all the built-up thoughts after three weeks without blogging!Here are some random thoughts about our trip…1. “It’s the journey, not the destination”Shea’s a “destination” person and I’m a “journey” person and though neither is right or wrong, […]
We're off for a few weeks' holidays, planning to hit Calgary, Kelowna and Vancouver as our main ports of call. Here's a shot from somewhere near Brooks, Alberta. “When you gotta go” and all that – glad we decided to throw the potty in the van with us! The funniest/scariest part of this was the […]
Stupid YouTube blocked the audio on this stupid video because I used a stupid Oasis song as the backing track. So there was a bit of a delay (which you might not even notice since I'm backdating this post to May 19 when the video was supposed to go up, dagnabit!) so I could get […]
Interesting theory on why names come in and go out of fashion – it's tied to generational rebellion. The names of your own generation sound too ordinary, your parents' too boring, your grandparents' too old. But by the time you make it back to your great-grandparents' names, things start to perk up. You've never known […]
I rediscovered this this box in the garage recently and Pace was *very* excited to get so many “new” toys all at once! For Pace, it's new but for me, this box contains so many childhood memories. I used to spend hours, not just re-enacting Star Wars & GI Joe scenes but using the figures […]
My sporadically-recurring blog feature “Saccharine Sunday” returns with this video which is a bit over the top (especially that piano motif in the background – gag!) but has an otherwise touching message. Even though it's aimed at middle aged, empty nester, as a relatively new parent, I enjoyed it too. Sometimes seeing Pace run down […]
A few quick hits on my most popular topics… HockeyI really hate the Canucks and think it would be a travesty if one of the Sedin sisters won the Hart Trophy. I mean, a guy with a career average of 65 points a season gets a bunch of assists and is now one of the […]
Bought an iPhone app called “Touch of Colour” that allows you to highlight one area/colour of a photo while turning the rest to black & white (or another colour of your choice.) I know you can do this with most cameras these days (including ours) and probably with Photoshop and all the other similar programs. […]
We went to the Western Development Museum in Moose Jaw today (I didn't post it on my Facebook in case someone saw my status update and broke into our home as many will be led to believe is inevitable if they saw the fear-mongering report on the CKCK evening news yesterday – terrible! ) We […]
