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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – A List of Projects (Dec 2004-Dec 2019)

I’ve made reference in past posts to some of the upgrades and renovations we’ve done at our house over the past 15 years (and when I say “we”, I’m seriously indebted to Shea’s parents and my parents who helped many of these projects happen saving us *thousands* in labour costs if we’d had to hire […]

Posted 19 December 2019 § List § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“Home For Sale – Calgary Version” (And A List of Places I’ve Lived)

Here’s a pic of me with our realtor’s sign when we sold the condo we owned in Calgary in October 2004 and with the pending move (basically two nights left in our current home!), it’s got me thinking back on other places I’ve laid my head… 0-5 (?) – my parents live in a rental […]

Posted 03 December 2019 § Family § Jobs § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § Travel § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

10 Things We’ve Done To Make The Move To Our New House As Stress-free As Possible

We moved to a newer part of the same community we’ve lived in for fifteen years.  In fact, our new house is only about ten blocks from our current house (and shorter as the crow flies)! Because of this, the kids won’t have to change schools (a major consideration in our decision.) Not only that […]

Posted 24 November 2019 § Family § List § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – New Couches (March 2010)

Shea and I still have the cheap couches we bought at The Brick nearly a decade ago.  They’re now ripped, stained and worn so we decided to take advantage of the Retirement Sale at local furniture institution, Alford’s, to buy some new furniture. It won’t arrive until early December and we’re excited to (finally) get […]

Posted 14 November 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Is It Okay to Say “OK Boomer”?

Continuing my theme of the week…  

Posted 08 November 2019 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

“OK Boomer” Meets Public Enemy

“Ok boomer” has become Generation Z’s endlessly repeated retort to the problem of older people who just don’t get it, a rallying cry for millions of fed up kids. Teenagers use it to reply to cringey YouTube videos, Donald Trump tweets, and basically any person over 30 who says something condescending about young people — […]

Posted 05 November 2019 § Humour § Meme § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Secular Sunday – How To Raise An Atheist Family

 

Posted 03 November 2019 § Censorship § Family § Pace § Sasha § SecularSunday § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Ready To Head Out to the Heritage Classic!

Pretty cool experience to go to the Flames Heritage Classic game in Regina with my Calgary cousins and our dads.

Posted 26 October 2019 § Canada § Family § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Ten Things I’m Thankful For This Thanksgiving

Nothing too surprising on this list but here you go… 1. Although my mother-in-law battled a serious form of cancer for most of last year, she’s doing much better and, knock on wood, everyone else in our immediate family is doing well healthwise from Sasha who’s six years old to my dad who’s seventy years […]

Posted 13 October 2019 § Family § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Unfortunately, I Know I’d Be Easier To Catch Than The Road Runner!

I make the occasional run out to Indian Head and around the Qu’Appelle Valley and after my parents won a few free oil changes at the local car dealership and offered me one, I had an excuse for another road trip yesterday after I got the kids off to school. The free oil change turned […]

Posted 17 September 2019 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § Saskatchewan § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,