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Friday Fun Link – See The Seaweed Situation At The Live Cam Nearest Your Resort

Sargassum seaweed has been a huge (and growing) issue for the past fifteen years or so along the coast of Mexico from Cancun south to Tulum. This site lists the various hotels that have livecams pointed at their beaches so you can have a (rough) idea of how bad it might be when you arrive […]

Posted 16 January 2026 § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

One Month Away!!!

Posted 13 January 2026 § Family § MemoryLane § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “The boys of the NYPD choir were singing ‘Galway Bay’/And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day”

“Fairytale of New York” – A Crowded Street in Dublin

Posted 29 December 2025 § MusicMonday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Krystal Grand Puerto Vallarta

We have a family trip booked to the Cancun area for February but ended up having an opportunity to go again in April so Shea and I have booked to go to Puerto Vallarta for the first time ever!  

Posted 26 December 2025 § FridayFunLink § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Over The Years (Merry Christmas Everyone!)

Didn’t put a lot of time into editing but got Google AI to whip me up a quick video montage of Christmas Days over the years.

Posted 25 December 2025 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer?

Somewhat fitting that a random gentleman was handing out free homemade reindeer carvings at a local pub/Regina institution where I’ve drank enough (rein)beer over the years to turn my nose *very* red.  (Only drank Diet Coke this visit though.)

Posted 20 December 2025 § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Fasionista From Day One (Dec 2015)

Sasha’s always had a distinctive sense of fashion and a twinkle in her eye…

Posted 18 December 2025 § Humour § MemoryLane § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “He Ao hara, he Ao Aroha kore/T? mai r? koe hei whaka-tau I au/Ng? t?manako O te Ao Katoa”

“Tapu Te P? (O Holy Night)” – Marlon Williams, Dhungala Children’s Choir, Paul Kelly

Posted 15 December 2025 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Getting Fancy For Shea’s Christmas Party

Pretty amazing that one of the doctors that Shea works with picked up the entire tab for a Christmas party, both for the staff at his clinic plus the unit he works with the most at the hospital. And he didn’t cheap out – appetizers, full buffet meal, photo booth, games, DJ and dancing.  It […]

Posted 13 December 2025 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Best Gift Ever (Dec 2010)

Posted 04 December 2025 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,