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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Great Picture of My Mom (Oct 2007)

This is one of my all-time favourite pics of my mom (and a cropped version remains as her Facebook profile picture since I first helped her set-up an account on that site!) The photo was taken during a Long Term Service Awards dessert banquet for Regina-Qu’Appelle Health Region Employees. Although I wish I could take […]

Posted 20 August 2015 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Saskatchewan § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Paul McCartney Concert in #yqr (Aug 14, 2013)

Two years since the best concert of my life…     And of course, in this day and age, somebody appears to have uploaded the entire concert, from start to finish, to YouTube! Ā (If I’d know that, I could’ve saved 250 clams on my ticket!) šŸ˜‰    

Posted 13 August 2015 § MemoryLane § Photo § PopCulture § ThrowbackThursday § UK § Video ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Friday Fun Link – Find Out What Your Name Would Be If You Were Born Today

This site uses census data to match your name’s popularity the year you were born (Jason = #3 in 1973) with the same ranked name from this year (Mason = #3 in 2015) as well as some other years as well. For the record… Shea would be Amaya Pace would beĀ Abriel Sasha would be Zara […]

Posted 22 May 2015 § Family § FridayFunLink § Meme § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

26 Cruel & Funny Lies Parents Told Their Kids

I’ve had many of these told to me by my parents and now, I’m doing the same to my kidsĀ – it’s the circle of life! šŸ˜‰    

Posted 22 March 2015 § Family § Humour § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Five Funniest Moments During Our Trip To The Dominican Republic

Before the trip, Pace and I kept playing The List GameĀ (“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 […]

Posted 10 March 2015 § Family § Humour § List § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged: , , ,

What Do Garden Fresh Carrots Have To Do With Working In A Public Library?

As part of the interview process for a Public Service Manager position at RPL, candidates are asked to do a presentation on “The Future of Public Libraries” to some of the librarians already working in the organization. I was able to attend one such presentation today and since we had a few minutes after the […]

Posted 22 October 2014 § Humour § Library § MemoryLane § Randomness § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (1) ° Also tagged:

Friday Fun Link – If 70s Moms Had Blogs…

…they’d probably look a lot like this.

Posted 01 August 2014 § Blog § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Saturday Snap – New Bunk Beds in Our Garage?

Grandpa Dennis built us some new shelving for our garage. Once we got it in place, Pace and his buddy from down the street, Jeffrey, decided that the shelves would actually work better as bunk beds. They even convinced Grandpa to try them out!

Posted 19 July 2014 § Family § Humour § Pace § Photo § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “I’m grateful for all you’ve done/I never felt like I went without with what I had/And I’m proud to be your son/And I’m proud to call you my dad”

A video I made a couple years back which has a Father’s Day theme… “Pier 21” – John Wort Hannam

Posted 16 June 2014 § Family § MusicMonday § Sad § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

“Some Reasons” Redux… (aka Happy Father’s Day To My Dad!)

Five years ago on my dad’s 65th birthday, I posted a list of some of the many reasons I loved him – fond memories, funny memories, ways he’s helped me grow into the person I’ve become. It was probably the most personal thing I’ve ever posted to this blog. Ā And since dad turned 70 this […]

Posted 15 June 2014 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Photo § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: