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Music Monday – “I am a poor boy too/I have no gift to bring/That’s fit to give a King/Shall I play for you/On my drum?”

Continuing our December Music Monday theme of re-imagining well-known Christmas songs, let’s go to the ultimate fitting cover – Ringo Starr doing “Little Drummer Boy” (Hmm, I also unintentionally ended up featuring Christmas songs/covers by two of the four Beatles.  Perhaps that should’ve been the theme as well?) “The Little Drummer Boy” – Ringo Starr

Posted 18 December 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Randomness § UK § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – ‘Tis The Season (For Candy!)

Posted 16 December 2017 § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Music Monday – “The party’s on/The feeling’s here/That only comes this time of year/Simply having a wonderful Christmastime”

Another re-imagined Christmas classic… “Wonderful Christmastime” – Tom McRae

Posted 11 December 2017 § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Merry Christmas Drink

Shea made us a very tasty Christmas-themed drink this past weekend featuring peppermint vodka, toffee cream liqueur and chocolate-flavoured whiskey along with a rimmer of melted After 8 peppermint chocolates and crushed candy cane. We didn’t name the drink but I’m going to suggest “Christmas Star” since it certainly was a star of our weekend. […]

Posted 05 December 2017 § Family § Humour § Photo § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Gingerbread House

Posted 02 December 2017 § Family § Pace § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Cult of Instant Pot

It was one of this year’s hottest Black Friday items online and the Instant Pot ™ combination pressure cooker/slow cooker, invented by a group of former Nortel engineers in Ottawa, has been compared to a cult for its fanatical following. What’s the appeal?  It quickly cooks food that’s tasty, healthy and, compared to the 1970’s pressure […]

Posted 28 November 2017 § Canada § Family § Internet § Meme § Shea § Technology § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Saturday Snap – Regina Downtown From Above

I’d won a free night at a local hotel at a staff supper earlier this year and we decided to use it this weekend…

Posted 25 November 2017 § Family § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Happy Halloween!

A few random thoughts… Shower thought: It struck me that Halloween was the original version of “Pokemon Go!” with kids roaming the streets, checking in at various locations and randomly encountering all kinds of strange and wonderful creatures. Weird to realise how many people will pass by our house, even though we have the lights […]

Posted 31 October 2017 § Family § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Mexican Beach Wedding (February 2003) #ThePalaceLife

So, for “family movie night” last weekend, Shea and I decided to hook up the video camera we bought back ~2002 but have rarely used lately (“Hey kids, that big boxy thing is what an iPhone used to look like!”) to show the kids our wedding video from Mexico in 2003. Pace watched about five […]

Posted 26 October 2017 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Premier of Mexico? (February 2017)

It’s funny how things swirl and combine in unexpected ways. I haven’t written a lot about the ongoing Sask NDP Leadership Race (yet) and I haven’t posted a lot about the Mexican resort we’re planning to go to next February (yet). But, as I think back to the Mexican resort we visited last February, I can’t […]

Posted 12 October 2017 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Politics § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,