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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – 20 Years of Seasonal Camping (2003-2023)

Back from our most recent camping stretch but bittersweet as my inlaws decided to pull the pin after twenty years of seasonal camping. (This has been coming for awhile but still tough that the moment finally arrived.) So much of our week away was watching as they listed (and sold) their camper, packed up everything […]

Posted 10 August 2023 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sad § Sasha § Saskatchewan § Shea § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

I’m Still Alive!

No, Shea didn’t finally get tired of being married to me and drown me. We’ve been camping for much of July (in a campground that has really crappy LTE service that, on balance, I find to be a good thing – though Sasha managing to sneak the password for the $80/month wifi the neighbours pay […]

Posted 25 July 2023 § Blog § Charlie Echo § Family § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Sea Urgency (January 2012)

“Sea Urgency” instead of “Sea Urchin” is a malapropism that Sasha coined in Mexico but it applies for this picture taken during a snorkeling excursion in Hawaii in January 2012 long before she was born…

Posted 29 June 2023 § Animals § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Bellagio Fountains (March 2009)

May have told this story before but my parents won a trip for two to Las Vegas and it happened to coincide with a week that Shea and I had booked off. So after a bit of chaos to get Pace (two going on three) a rush passport, we booked and ended up going along. […]

Posted 22 June 2023 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Saturday Snap – Sasha’s Birthday Sleepover

Booked Sweet Dreamz Slumber, a local company that sets up tents with lights, banners, serving trays outside the tent, a ceiling light show device and more for Sasha’s 10th birthday party sleepover. Was cool to have them arrive one-by-one and go downstairs to hear things like: “Oh. My. God.”, “This is AMAZING!”, “So cool”.

Posted 29 April 2023 § Jobs § Photo § Sasha § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – He/Him Is Risen

It is absolutely [chef’s kiss.gif] that this writer for Briarpatch chooses to announce they are trans, their name is now Alex, and they are using he/him pronouns while using #HeIsRisen as a hashtag on Easter Sunday. Long time Birrellheads may have noticed that my byline has changed. This is because I'm trans! I'm using he/him […]

Posted 09 April 2023 § Humour § Jobs § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – EF “Touch of the Tropics” Costa Rica Tour

Heading to the airport in the middle of the night as Pace is leaving for a 10 day Educational Foundations (EF) tour through school.  Hard to believe the day has arrived!  

Posted 07 April 2023 § FridayFunLink § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Dildo, Newfoundland’s Slogan Is…

“There’s No Place Like Dildo” Can you imagine?  So booorrrring! Did they not realise what a goldmine of a city name they were sitting on compared to most Canadian cities?  The right slogan and boom – right to Jimmy Kimmel! (Gotta be honest – when Shea and I were in Newfoundland for a wedding about […]

Posted 21 March 2023 § Canada § Humour § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Our Little Leprachaun (March 2016)

 

Posted 16 March 2023 § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § ThrowbackThursday § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Happy International Women’s Day!

I need to get a more recent photo of the four most important women in my life! Words can’t capture how much all four of them do in so many ways (yes even Sasha!) to make all of our lives better.

Posted 08 March 2023 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: