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It’s A Girl!

A pretty awesome Christmas gift! Shea and I got to find out the sex of our baby at the same time our parents did earlier tonight. During our last ultrasound, we got the tech to put the sex of the baby in a sealed envelope then handed that to a trusted friend along with a […]

¶ Posted 24 December 2012 § Baby § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, cute, health, parents

Sappy Sunday – The Saddest Christmas Song Ever?

A lot of comments about his one in a recent MetaFilter thread about sad Christmas movies, TV & music.

¶ Posted 09 December 2012 § PopCulture § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: metafilter, music

First Picture of Hammond 2.0

¶ Posted 06 December 2012 § Baby § Family § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: science

Friday Fun Link – Funniest Wedding Grand Entrance Video Ever

There’s a whole sub-genre on YouTube of creative, funny, artistic wedding grand entrance & first dance videos. The one below is right up there in all three categories and bonus, it was shot by a couple in Lethbridge… Their proposal video is pretty good too, evoking one of my favourites of that kind, the World’s […]

¶ Posted 30 November 2012 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § Meme § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, cute

How Do You Make Santa Real For Your Kids?

This is a question I posed to MetaFilter last year and am now revisiting this year. (I was reminded of that question after seeing a recent one about creating Christmas traditions for your nieces and nephews .) This is, by far, the most favourited comment in that thread: When I was four, my parents totally rigged […]

¶ Posted 28 November 2012 § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, holiday, parents

Brules, Belgium (For Remembrance Day)

I came across this graphic last January but immediately thought how it would be a perfect post for Remembrance Day…

¶ Posted 11 November 2012 § Canada § Family § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, travel

Obama Speaks To A Room Of Volunteers Post-Election

Inspirational… And this clip from Rachel Maddow is pretty good too.

¶ Posted 08 November 2012 § Politics § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Sappy Sunday – What Are Some Stories About Your Dad You’d Want Your Kids To Know?

From Quora, this story about a son, a dad and a boat killed me… Read Quote of Jonas M Luster’s answer to Family and Families: What are some stories about your dad you would want your kids to know about? on Quora

¶ Posted 04 November 2012 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: parents

Friday Fun Link – Shea and I Are Expecting (You’ll Watch This Video We Made)

¶ Posted 26 October 2012 § Baby § Family § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (1) °

Eulogy for Uncle Ken

Shea’s uncle passed away last week, rather suddenly after a year-long battle with cancer (that’s a weird way to describe it but that’s how it went.) Shea and I were honoured to be asked to do the eulogy by his widow and since we happened to be in Weyburn last weekend, we were able to […]