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Happy 8th Birthday Pace!

You rock!!!

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The NDP Surprised People By Taking Quebec, Alberta and…

…soon! (Photo from June 2006 when Shea and I took a caravan of library school students to Ottawa for the CLA conference!)  

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Calgary Fire Department

The Calgary Flames have been using a Calgary Fire Department helmet for players to pick the “unsung hero of the game” after each victory for the past couple seasons. I don’t have a picture of Pace wearing a CFD helmet but I do have a pic of him checking out a fire truck courtesy of my […]

Secular Sunday – Chocolate Crosses

Saw a supply of these in the Minot Wal-Mart a couple years ago and couldn’t decide whether to laugh, be offended (even as a non-Christian) or marvel at how crass capitalism can be sometimes! “Hey kids, enjoy this chocolate cross that represents where a man died for your sins!” “Oh, yummy!”

/r/Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day

It’s a perfect day to check out what’s being posted on /r/ireland.

Music Monday – “And the heart in my breast/For the girl I lov’d best/Was beating, ah, beating/How loud and fast!”

Happy St. Patrick’s Day (one day early)! Iron Brew was a Celtic band in Regina in the late 1990’s-early 2000’s.  The lead singer was the husband of one of my bosses at the Sask Publishers Group. He plays a monumental role in my musical education as the person who introduced me to Fred Eaglesmith’s music.  (I […]

Saturday Snap – Some More Dominican Republic Pics (From A Waterproof Camera)

My waterproof camera started acting up halfway through the trip – not quite dead but definitely not working well either.  So once it started being tempermental, I stopped using it in the water. Luckily, my mom brought a disposable waterproof camera so we had a few other water pics… Shea loves my Tom Cruise circa […]

Five Funniest Moments During Our Trip To The Dominican Republic

Before the trip, Pace and I kept playing The List Game (“Name five things you’re going to do on the beach”, “Name five things you’re going to eat at the buffet”, “Name five things you’ll do on the plane”) and that’s continued after our return home. Tonight, we (okay, mostly *I* since the things Pace remembered […]

Saturday Snap – On the Plane on the Way to Punta Cana

  We forgot to get before & after pics like we did on the way to Cuba but here’s a photo of us on the way to Punta Cana… On The Plane to Punta Cana

Behind The Scenes at a 5-Star All-Inclusive Resort on the Mayan Riviera

After our recent holiday, I was interested in learning more about these mega-resorts (practically mini-cities) operate. This article provides a great overview on this subject, giving a behind-the-scenes tour of the same chain we stayed at in the Dominican Republic but from their Mayan Riviera complex.