Tag Archives: holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – A Couple Days Ago

A bit of a cheat doing a throwback to a couple days ago but this picture is so cute, I couldn’t help but post it…

Music Monday – “Just add flour/Salt/A little red wine/And don’t forget a dollop of tomato sauce”

My month of unusual Christmas song posts continue with one of Australia’s best known Christmas songs – a song with no chorus about a man in prison wondering what the family Christmas will be like without him… “How To Make Gravy” – Paul Kelly

Ground Crew De-Ices a Frozen Plane

I couldn’t resist posting this…

Music Monday – “Who really needs a gift/When love is meant to give/I can still recall/Carry with me always/Every Christmas dream/They live in you and me”

“Something About December” – Christina Perri

Saturday Snap – Capes and Costumes

Halloween was over a month ago but these kids don’t seem to know it…

Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

All-Time Black Friday Death & Injury Count. Also this…    

Saturday Snap – Christmas Tree Update

We’ve had a blue and silver themed tree since we lived in Calgary when those coloursĀ fit into our condo’s young hip colour scheme. šŸ˜‰ Now that we’re older and more mature, we thought it was finally time to change to a warmer colour scheme that better matched the colours in our home (also decorations were […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – When Do You Put Up Your Christmas Tree? (Nov 2008)

Because Pace dad was so excited, we put it up in mid-November a few years ago!

Remembrance Day Takes Many Forms

Remembrance Day is when I think of my Grandpa Peet, a WWII veteranĀ more than any day of the year. And he was at the front of my thoughts even more than usual over the last couple days with the news that one of his three remaining siblings, my Great Uncle Bobby, had passed away in […]

Friday Fun Link – The Nostalgia Machine

The Nostalgia MachineĀ will generate a playlist for the year you were born (or any other year – want to re-live your high school prom? Ā The year you got married?)