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Music Monday – “Down through Durango, Colima, Almiera/Then in the Manzanillo/Where I slept in the sunshine on the seashores of old Mexico” #ThePalaceLife

Less than a month to Mexico… (And it’s like a time machine working through the versions of this song – from the original Hank Snow to the 80’s era Haggard-Willie duet to the more modern George Straight version with a video shot in Tulum – aka the only place that I have ever got really […]

¶ Posted 29 January 2018 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, weather

Saturday Snap – Playing Giant Jenga? Better Break Out The Protective Gear!

As a precaution, Sasha put on her boots and brother’s skateboarding helmet at New Year’s to play the lifesize Jenga game that Grandpa Dennis made for us. I’d upload the video of the game finally toppling when Grandma Joan tried a difficult move but I jumped pretty high myself when it toppled over! 😉

¶ Posted 06 January 2018 § Family § Humour § Sasha § Sports § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: camping, cute, parents, xmas

Music Monday – “My life’s a bit more colder/Dead wife is what I told her/Brass knife sinks into my shoulder/Oh babe don’t know what I’m gonna do”

It was a great way to kick off the New Year last night with Shea and I seeing a show at Casino Regina featuring Blake Berglund & Belle Plaine opening for The Dead South. All are great Saskatchewan artists but The Dead South are really hitting the big time – they’ve toured in Europe, won […]

¶ Posted 01 January 2018 § Meme § MusicMonday § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music, saskatchewan

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Pace Sees The Real Santa!

Pace has seen the *real* Santa (not those fake mall ones!) three times – once when Santa came to Grandpa and Grandma Hammond’s on Christmas Eve when Pace was probably around two or three years old. (Coincidentally, that Santa had the same eyeglass frames as a neighbour down the street.) 😉 Once at our house […]

¶ Posted 28 December 2017 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § ThrowbackThursday § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, xmas

A Few Post-Christmas Thoughts

I can’t find it now but I have a memory that in December 2011, I posted a screen grab of a weather forecast showing +4 for Dec 24, Dec 25 & Dec. 26. (Here’s one from around the same time on the same subject.) At any rate, it’s been brutally cold this week and I’m […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2017 § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents, xmas

Music Monday – “All the lights are shining/So brightly everywhere/And the sound of children’s/Laughter fills the air”

I was a bit surprised to see which was my most played song over the past month, narrowly defeating a handful of songs that I thought *could* be my most played. Anyhow, since I’ve ended up doing a month-long series of posts about cover versions of popular songs, why not finish off on Christmas Day […]

¶ Posted 25 December 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, music, xmas

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours…

¶ Posted 24 December 2017 § Family § Photo § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: parents, xmas

Friday Fun Link – Sad Jingle Bells

This video takes one of the happiest Christmas songs and turns it sad by playing it in a minor key… I’ve also long believed that you can make this popular jaunty carol into a pretty sad one, simply be reworking the lyrics from present to past tense, changing the odd word and singing all verses […]