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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – RPL Staff Day 2017

I was going to do a post about the most memorable moments (good and bad!) at the various RPL Staff Development Days/Staff Conferences I’ve attended over the years (including five years on the planning committee and three years as Chair) but I don’t really have the energy for it because as I type this, it’s […]

¶ Posted 19 January 2023 § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Charlie Content As Requested

Due to a PD day later this week at work, I ended up with an unusual mid-week day off. But that was okay as it gave me an excuse to take Charlie for a walk and meet the kids after school which was a first…

¶ Posted 18 January 2023 § Charlie Echo § Family § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

“Tell Me About A Time You’ve Gone Above and Beyond To Help Someone?”

One of the great ironies of the working world is that we often questions like the one above in interviews of new staff but then hire people who don’t feel empowered to actually go “above and beyond” to help people. This can be for a variety of reasons – too time-consuming, confusion or mixed messages […]

¶ Posted 17 January 2023 § Internet § Jobs § Library § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, music

Saturday Snap – Human Obedience School

We signed up for a six week puppy training class that the entire family can attend. They call it a “puppy” training class but its very clear that the purpose is to train the humans in how to work with their dog, teach it good manners and tricks and so on. 😉

¶ Posted 14 January 2023 § Charlie Echo § Family § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Beach Scene, Dominican Republic (February 2015)

¶ Posted 12 January 2023 § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday, travel

Charlie Cuddles

¶ Posted 11 January 2023 § Charlie Echo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health

Saturday Snap – Free Food Family (Thanks @TheCDNBrewhouse)

Got a surprise call at work from Great Canadian Brewhouse East who have a weekly promotion where they deliver pizza to a random nearby business or organization for Free Friday Lunch. Delicious and a great way to end the week! (I wonder how many businesses they deliver to end up even sharing with a couple […]

¶ Posted 07 January 2023 § Family § Humour § Jobs § SaturdaySnap § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, food, hockey, parents

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Corona Light? (February 2020)

Our last Mexican vacation was in late Feb/early March of 2020 just as Covid was breaking worldwide. I spent much of our week taking pictures of Corona beer cans thinking I was clever…

¶ Posted 05 January 2023 § Humour § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, Covid, food, health, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Photocopier Training (October 2009)

I recently took delivery of a new photocopier at the branch I’m currently working at and it reminded me of my first job at RPL where I oversaw all staff training and development…including organizing training on what were, at the time, brand new, full-featured photocopiers!