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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Let The Battle Commence! (March 2014)

I often joke the only reason we have kids is to get them to do our chores when we’re old enough.  But they’re also fun to play with…sometimes literally! 😉

Posted 02 January 2025 § Baby § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “So I’ll go but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna go/Could be stuck here and happy/So there’s a puzzle I work on endlessly/And I’ve got the sides and all the corners/But there’s a space/Yeah there’s a space/Lost some pieces I can’t replace/So I’ll be but I’m telling you/I don’t wanna be/Just a wasted puzzle piece”

I posted this song in August 2012 after hearing it on Community Radio one morning.  Who knew that twelve years later, it would be so relevant to my life with elderly parents including one with dementia… “Basket” – Dan Mangan (I don’t think I’ve ever done this before but here are the song lyrics in […]

Posted 16 December 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Batman Smells?

Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]

Posted 14 December 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § SaturdaySnap § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Two Year Check-Up (April 2015)

When Sasha was born, my coworkers at RPL threw a baby shower for Shea and I. I still remember a couple co-workers who both had older children – one in high school the other with two in their early 20s – giving me a line that I still think of to this day: “Little kids, […]

Posted 05 December 2024 § Baby § MemoryLane § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Prom Grand March (May 1991)

So I joined the Prom Planning Committee for Pace’s graduating class. Kids today are much more environmentally conscious but in 1991 when I graduated, I do believe high school proms was a Top 10 contributor to the hole in the ozone layer!

Posted 14 November 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – 53rd Anniversary Supper

Posted 26 October 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Happy 53rd Anniversary M&D

Here’s the video I made for your 50th…  

Posted 24 October 2024 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Lunch With The Folks

Aka “Beautiful” and “Handsome” as I’ve begun calling them…

Posted 05 October 2024 § Family § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – Multicultural Fusion

Pretty fun event featuring world-renowned hoop dancer Terrance Littletent and two performers who had previously been with Cirque du Soleil telling a story of cultures coming together.  Music by the amazing Andino Suns.  MCd by longtime friends of my inlaws.  And the food was pretty awesome too!

Posted 28 September 2024 § Family § PopCulture § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – On A Roof (July 2016)

Mom and dad got invited to a rooftop thank-you event for clients of their financial advisor and managed to convince their advisor to extend the invitation to Shea and I even though our investment portfolios differed by more than a few zeros at the time! Recently had a meeting with all of them again and […]

Posted 26 September 2024 § Family § Humour § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,