Sasha had her last swim class Friday night which usually means fun and games since the learning is done and the report cards are finished.
Unfortunately, the instructor wasn’t able to get the water carpet hooked up properly so I leapt (crouched?) into action to hold it in place while the kids played on it…
Then we stopped for fro-yo to celebrate that she passed!
Meanwhile big brother had a long day leaving at 6am for a school ski trip to Asessippi and not getting home until after 9pm…
Is there another band that’s had every song across their entire discography covered completely by other artists?
Impossible to post a single favourite…
A classic Beatles tune…
This song has been covered 2200 times and they picked one of the best covers…
An East Indian band via the UK reclaims the sitar (and the language!)…
Easily my favourite lesser-known Beatles song…
“Perhaps the only Beatles classic that is more iconic than the original”
Steven Tyler would like a word with you…
There’s a reason this is my daughter’s favourite Beatles song…
That’s a pretty tiny Guinness? Also not sure why but this is one of my favourite photos of myself of all-time…
Flames are having an amazing season and are going for it as they flesh out their line-up heading towards the playoffs…
Calle Jarnkrok, acquired by CGY, is a versatile middle-six defensive forward who can chip in goals as well at 5v5. Was playing up in Seattle's lineup but will be best suited to a 3rd line role. #Flames pic.twitter.com/uAybrED1Tn
— JFresh (@JFreshHockey) March 17, 2022
From the “Great Headlines of History” file…
New Brunswick lifts all COVID-19 restrictions for 2nd time, hopes for different outcome: https://t.co/1v37QOT6tc pic.twitter.com/PUN1doH1Is
— CBC New Brunswick (@CBCNB) March 14, 2022
“Two of Us” – Lake Street Dive
There’s something very zen about watching a video of someone going down the Guinness World Record Holding world’s longest waterslide which snakes through a jungle in Malaysia (some feel that the slowness of the slide is a negative but I disagree.)
At the same time, there’s also something melancholy about thinking about how vast our world is and how many amazing, interesting, unusual things there are to see and do around the entire world but how, even if you were wealthy and single and had unlimited time, you could only touch on a small fraction of those experiences.
I guess the flip side of that is that we’re so fortunate to live in a time where technology allows you to sit in your living room anywhere in the world and enjoy the ride for a few minutes, even if only virtually…
Sasha had permission to invite a friend over to watch a movie this afternoon and somehow that grew to five girls showing up today to watch movies, eat pizza, and hang out for a few hours. (We approved this but also chuckled at how it snowballed!)
We’ve been (mostly) careful through all of Covid but we’re also conscious of the impact that’s had on our kids (and all kids really.)
It wasn’t a birthday party for Sasha today (that’s next month) but it sort of felt like it a bit as we are conscious that Sasha has foregone what would normally be two pretty fun, memorable childhood birthdays (both her seventh and eighth were celebrated in quarantine due to Covid)
No one brought wrapped presents (again, not actually a birthday) but we were surprised that every single one brought something – chocolates, cookies, candy and one who brought oranges which felt especially fitting as we pass the two year anniversary of Covid being declared a worldwide pandemic as they’re a gift of good luck and warding off evil spirits in Asian cultures.
