Tag Archives: health

Music Monday – “Cause here on earth it feels like everything good is missing since you left/And here on earth everything thing’s different, there’s an emptiness”

Death was a dark cloud haunting our summer in a variety of ways. In August, I lost a great aunt who lived in Weyburn at age 86. Earlier in the summer, I drove up to Warman for the funeral of one of my favourite cousins who was only in his 50’s when cancer took his life. He […]

Two Roads To Humboldt: A TSN Special

Perhaps the single most unbelievable thing about the Humboldt Broncos bus tragedy that killed sixteen people in early April is that two young men not only survived but are suiting up for the team tonight.  

Friday Fun Link – Turns Out Women Are Way Dirtier Between The Sheets Than Men

If you don’t read this article, here’s the twist to that provocative headline… 😉 New research into how often men and women respectively clean their sheets has found that us ladies are lagging behind in this department.

Retro Saturday Snap – Driving Me Daily

Shea’s doing the majority of our driving these days, including taking me to a follow-up appointment with my surgeon last week…

A Few *Good* Things About Breaking My Wrist?

I’ve had some pretty down moments since breaking my wrist three weeks ago: When the ER doc said it was broken, not sprained. When she said I’d need surgery, not just a cast When Shea and I had to waste three days waiting in hospital in Regina in the midst of a 10-day camping holiday […]

I’ll Just Leave This Here Redux…

I am *not* having a good August – the tooth ache I had last weekend hurt *way* worse than breaking my wrist and led to some quality time in my dentist’s chair today. 🙁

Retro Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Broken Leg (October 2009)

I know I posted a similar pic last week but I’m not feeling too creative these days.  And yes, I did end up “fixing” my cast with duct tape at one point.

I’ll Just Leave This Here…

 

#yqr Toilet A Top Tourist Attraction

There was a time, shortly after I graduated from my MLIS program, where I seriously thought about putting together a presentation about the importance of the public washrooms in libraries – from making the entire library as a welcoming space for the widest variety of people to being a great way to promote programs to […]

Doug Ford or Donald Ford?

Godspeed Ontario!