In past years, I’ve often done a series of posts during Christmas week about atheism/religion/the Christmas holidays that are (hopefully) educational, humourous, thought-provoking or occasionally maybe even all of the above. Pace opened the first window on his Lego Advent calendar today and that made me think that the concept of Advent “a season observed in many Western Christian churches as […]
Lots of fun stuff happening during Grey Cup week in Regina as you might imagine. Here’s a few things I’ve come across… This montage of fan-submitted Grey Cup-related photos is pretty cool (and hypnotic!) Cool (literally!) weather advisory from Environment Canada from Environment Canada A local radio station is asking people to party like it’s 1989 (the […]
Red poppy or white poppy, hero or victim, holiday or not, the only thing that’s clear is that Remembrance Day means different things to different people and, as with my defence of Justin Trudeau, I feel like shouting “Nobody has the right to say how others should or shouldn’t interpret/celebrate/commemorate Remembrance Day!” Well, except me. […]
I didn’t actually dress up for Halloween this year (does “Guy who works at a library” count?) but this selfie, taken outside the photo booth they had at our Staff Development Day on October 25 this year sure makes it look like I did! Pace’s idea of decorating a pumpkin included a self-serve option. […]
Spent the weekend at Shea’s parents’ seasonal camp site at Nickle Lake. Had a bit of an adventure as there were tornado warnings on Saturday afternoon. (When Pace was a baby and we found ourselves in similar circumstances, we headed for town. I often joke about “Second Baby Syndrome” and Sasha suffered it here as […]
I had agreed to work the Saturday of the long weekend for my boss, who is out of town for her son’s wedding this weekend, before Shea and I got an invite to a 40th wedding anniversary for her aunt and uncle. I still would’ve helped my boss out, even if we knew about the […]
Going to Hawaii a year and a half ago was one of the best trips of my life and I’m constantly thinking about when we’ll be able to get back (short answer: probably not for a long time!) But if I can’t get there in person, I can pretend I’m there, even when I’m still […]
So now that Pace is in kindergarten and turning six, we decided to have his first “real” birthday party with a bunch of friends rather than just family members and/or a friend from daycare like in previous years. Here’s some random thoughts about what we did for Pace’s party this year and why… – in […]
I’ve made a few passing references to my semester exchange to England in 1995 on this blog but I don’t know if I’ve ever told the story in a bit greater detail. I will do that someday for sure as that four month period remains (and *please* don’t tell Shea I said this!) ;-), the […]
