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Music Monday – “Oh I’m/Staying home this Christmas/For friends and for strangers/And for family”

“Staying Home This Christmas” – Dillon Currie

¶ Posted 21 December 2020 § Family § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, holiday, music, xmas

Stop Bitching That Your Christmas Is Ruined

¶ Posted 20 December 2020 § Canada § Humour § Meme § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, history, xmas

Music Monday – “But that world is gone/It’s all disappeared/It’s just me and the ponies/For Christmas this year”

With the announcement of stronger Covid restrictions for Saskatchewan, just in time for Christmas, this song has been going through my head non-stop… “Just Me and These Ponies (For Christmas This Year)” – Corb Lund

¶ Posted 14 December 2020 § Family § MusicMonday § News § Saskatchewan § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, holiday, parents, saskatchewan, xmas

Secular Sunday – When Was Jesus Born? Almost Certainly Not On December 25

Christmas is a cultural construct in a number of ways including the alleged birthdate of the “reason for the season.” For that reason, if Covid restrictions are ruining your Christmas plans this year, why not plan a “Christmas in July” (or August or October or whenever you get vaccinated next year?”

¶ Posted 13 December 2020 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, science, xmas

Saturday Snap – My Christmas Cards Look A Bit Different This Year!

¶ Posted 12 December 2020 § Humour § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, holiday, xmas

The Return of Rainbow

Sasha’s had one of those Elf on the Shelf things the past few years (well, a Dollar Store knock-off) but this year, she’s figured out some secrets about Santa, the North Pole and surveillance state elves that watch your every move. Even though she’s figured out that the elf doesn’t move on its own (I […]

¶ Posted 02 December 2020 § Family § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, cute, health, holiday

Music Monday – “Angel of Death/Monarch to the kingdom of the dead/Infamous butcher/Angel of Death”

Is it too early to start posting Christmas songs? 😉 “Last Christmas/Angel of Death” – Wham!/Slayer Mash-Up

¶ Posted 23 November 2020 § MusicMonday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, language, music

One Crazy Unintended Consequence of Covid?

It’s never happened before but Shea and I are almost completely ready for Christmas and it’s not even December 1 yet! We put the tree up right after Remembrance Day after making the mistake of saying/spelling “When do you want to put up the T-R-E-E?” in front of a little grade two kid who we […]

¶ Posted 22 November 2020 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Randomness § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Possession Day! (November 2019)

Hard to believe it was a year ago on November 22 that we took possession of our new house. It has been an eventful twelve months to say the least and though it was a big, stressful decision at the time, probably one of the best decisions of our lives!

¶ Posted 19 November 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics

Saturday Snap – Panda, Panda, Panda!

After our trip to the Calgary Zoo this summer, we had a bit of a panda-theme for some of the kids’ gifts including both a stuffed panda and a panda hat for Sasha. Pretty cute until Pace pointed out that this is actually looks like a living panda has put the skull of another dead […]