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Five Thoughts As I Enter My Fourth Month of Quarantine

I did a list like this about a month ago and so I thought I’d do another one as I’m now a few days into my *fourth* month of quarantine to see what’s front of mind these days… 1. Public libraries *finally* have a date for permitted opening which will be Phase Four Stage Two […]

Posted 23 June 2020 § Jobs § Library § List § Pace § Saskatchewan § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Happy Father’s Day!

Nice to enjoy the day with my father and my son (who is modeling the robe I got as a Father’s Day gift)…

Posted 21 June 2020 § Family § Pace § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Thinking About That One Time A Cop Threatened To Beat Up Me and My Friends in High School

It’s obviously *very* different for myself as a middle-class white kid who grew up in a small town on the Canadian prairies compared to what’s happening to black people of all ages over and over again in cities across the US. But I had one particular experience in high school that showed me how easy […]

Posted 31 May 2020 § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to the best wife I’ve ever had… I don’t know how you put up with me (er, yes I do!)

Posted 10 May 2020 § Family § Humour § Photo § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “Star Wars/If they should bar wars/Please let these Star Wars/Stay”

Happy May the Fourth to you! “Star Wars Theme” – Bill Murray

Posted 04 May 2020 § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Tough Birthday Cake Choices

When Sasha was decorating her birthday cake, I’m sure it was just an unfortunate oversight that she had enough letters to write “Unicorn” but not enough to write “Daddy”! 😉

Posted 18 April 2020 § Family § Humour § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

My Review of Crown Paradise Club Cancun

We just returned from a week at the Crown Paradise Club Cancun so I wanted to write a review of our resort while the memories are still fresh. HOW WE ENDED UP CHOOSING THE CROWN PARADISE CANCUN IN THE FIRST PLACE Having bought a house in the late fall, our streak of visiting an all-inclusive […]

Posted 10 March 2020 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Five Reasons To Stay At A Cheaper All-Inclusive Resort (And Five Reasons Not To)

Shea and I weren’t sure if we could afford an all-inclusive holiday this winter after buying a new house last fall. But we decided that if we booked a much cheaper resort than some of the high-end places we’ve stayed at in previous years (we paid almost half what we did last year!), we should […]

Posted 03 March 2020 § List § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Off To Mexico…

Two drink-related posts in a row means I’m definitely on holidays!  (Also had to commemorate that tequila shots were my wife’s idea tonight, not mine!!!) Some years I continue posting while on holidays and some years I don’t and I honestly have no idea if I’ll blog from Mexico or not but either way, hope […]

Posted 22 February 2020 § Family § Humour § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Paloma Sunrise

Our plane isn’t wheels up for a couple days but no reason not to do a combo paloma/tequila sunrise concoction tonight to get a head start on holidays!

Posted 21 February 2020 § FridayFunLink § Photo § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,