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Life Is Better At The Lake!

Before we go away on any extended holiday, I usually post some sort of “Gone Camping/Gone Beaching” message to let people know I probably won’t be posting much. This time, I completely forgot to do that but I suspect any regular reader of this blog figured that’s probably what’s up if/when I drop off the […]

Posted 30 August 2020 § Family § Humour § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

10 Things That Make You A Bad Campground Guest

I did a list of “10 Things That Make You A Bad All-Inclusive Guest” previously so with a summer of camping slowly drawing to a close once again, I thought I’d do a similar list for camping (obviously, mostly to do with seasonal RV camping, not back country tenting which is a whole different ballgame!)… […]

Posted 16 August 2020 § Family § Humour § List § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Happy Canada Day!

I know I’ve posted this before, possibly on a previous Canada Day, but Mike Plume just posted an updated version so here it is again…  

Posted 01 July 2020 § Canada § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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: ,