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Happy Birthday Mom!

¶ Posted 28 February 2023 § Family § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

I talked to a twenty-something young man the other day who had never heard the term “Sandwich Generation”. Basically, the idea is that anyone who has kids (whether they’re young or older but who still need financial support and/or who live at home) and also elderly parents who they are responsible for caring for is […]

¶ Posted 31 January 2023 § Family § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, health

RIP Uncle Stan Nagatani (1940-2022) (and a list of strangely positive things to come out of Covid)

Believe it or not, there have been a few good things to come out of Covid. Here’s a few… * greater acceptance of work-from-home in many sectors * I’d say that it’s caused many people to reassess their work-life balance * many people are also saving money by going out less for restaurants, entertainment, shopping. […]

¶ Posted 10 January 2023 § Family § List § Sad § Travel § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, holiday, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Free Food Family (Thanks @TheCDNBrewhouse)

Got a surprise call at work from Great Canadian Brewhouse East who have a weekly promotion where they deliver pizza to a random nearby business or organization for Free Friday Lunch. Delicious and a great way to end the week! (I wonder how many businesses they deliver to end up even sharing with a couple […]

¶ Posted 07 January 2023 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Sports § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, food, hockey

Music Monday – “Everybody’s got the fever/That is something you all know/Fever isn’t such a new thing/Fever started long ago”

I’m home with a sick kid today (plus had ice cream for breakfast as I have a sore throat myself!) so a rough couple of months in terms of family health continues… Ironically, we only dealt with Covid once (Pace for a week in early October) and, knock on wood, no one else in the […]

¶ Posted 12 December 2022 § Family § Jobs § List § MemoryLane § News § Pace § Photo § Politics § Sad § Sasha § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, economics, health, science

Secular Sunday – Decorated For Christmas Today…

The top decoration is one my mother-in-law stuck onto the back of my car at Christmastime years ago (and yes, I think I drove around for a week or more before noticing it!) The other one is a camping neighbour from when we had a seasonal site at Echo Lake Regional Park. I made the […]

¶ Posted 20 November 2022 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Photo § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism

The World Is Nuts (aka What’s Keeping Me Sane These Days?)

One of the questions I answer in my annual “End of Year” meme questionnaire is “What kept you sane this year?” It’s a bit early but it’s been a rough year (and a very rough month) for a variety of reasons I may or may not expand on someday. But anyhow, I thought I’d post […]

¶ Posted 09 November 2022 § Animals § Charlie Echo § Family § Humour § List § MemoryLane § Pace § PopCulture § Sad § Sasha § Shea § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, health, music

Friday Fun Link – Charlie Echo Shows Toque Who The Boss Is

I didn’t blog this week as I ended up having an unexpected journey through our overloaded healthcare system the past few days with an ill family member. I may write more about my experience at some point (short version: healthcare system in shambles, healthcare workers are amazing!) but for now, I just want to focus […]