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Five Lists of Five Things I’m Thinking About As Scott Moe Prepares To Release His Five Phase Plan for Reopening Saskatchewan

Premier Scott Moe had a press conference tonight to announce that…he will be having a press conference tomorrow night to talk about how his government has a five point plan for reopening the province now that we’ve flattened the curve…maybe. There’s no doubt that Saskatchewan has done very well during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to […]

Posted 22 April 2020 § Humour § Jobs § Library § List § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy 7th Birthday Sasha (August 2019)

Here’s my sunshine at the Regina Folk Fest last summer…

Posted 16 April 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Crowded Concourse Before COVID (October 2016)

So weird to scroll through old pictures and see crowds of people in any of them. This was at the new Mosaic Stadium soon after it opened when they hosted a Rams game as a “test” event…

Posted 09 April 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Randomness § Sad § Sports § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Friday Fun Link – Before & After At the #YQR Corner Convenience Store

Thursday March 12, 2020… Wednesday March 18, 2020… (Apparently we can now wipe with Alphabits!?!) 😉

Posted 20 March 2020 § FridayFunLink § Humour § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Saturday Snap – Scenes From Plague Week

With apologies to Daniel Dafoe, some scenes from the past few days… Busy disinfecting everything in the house… I *love* my library’s “In the News” display.  It’s been a huge hit with how timely and responsive it is and our COVID-themed display was no exception (yes, I know some of those “boost your immunity” books […]

Posted 14 March 2020 § Meme § News § Photo § Politics § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Seeing My Name on TV for Telemiracle (March 2012)

TeleMiracle is one of the most successful fundraisers per capita in the world and the latest edition is coming up this weekend. Through the entire Telethon, they have a constant crawl of donors but it’s very rare to see your name on it since the volume of donors is so high.  But a few years […]

Posted 05 March 2020 § MemoryLane § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Great Article (But I Still Wish We Had A Film Industry in Saskatchewan!)

Layton Burton was one of the few who didn’t have to leave the province when the government cut the Film Tax Credit but he did have to go back to school in his 50’s and completely reinvent himself.

Posted 03 February 2020 § Jobs § MemoryLane § Politics § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Staycation

Maybe not quite as nice as the all-inclusive Mexican resort I posted yesterday. But our “staycation” at the recently re-branded Atlas Hotel & Waterpark in Regina with both sets of grandparents was quite a fun way to spend Saturday night!

Posted 18 January 2020 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Random Thoughts From A Cold Snap

The picture above is pretty much the main reason we have kids – to make them do the jobs we don’t want to do! 🙂 I wish Dyson made “air blade” hand dryers but body-sized. I put money in a parking metre today and it literally took two seconds to register each coin I put […]

Posted 15 January 2020 § Canada § List § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Music Monday – “Good job getting the bags ready/Take your time/Take your time”

A big cold snap in Saskatchewan has got me thinking about Mexico and all our previous trips… Here’s a montage someone made of Cancun and Isla Mujeres… “Shlow Motion” – Oomiee

Posted 13 January 2020 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,