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Music Monday – “The boys of the NYPD choir were singing ‘Galway Bay’/And the bells were ringing out for Christmas Day”

“Fairytale of New York” – A Crowded Street in Dublin

¶ Posted 29 December 2025 § MusicMonday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Christmas Over The Years (Merry Christmas Everyone!)

Didn’t put a lot of time into editing but got Google AI to whip me up a quick video montage of Christmas Days over the years.

¶ Posted 25 December 2025 § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § Sasha § Shea § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, holiday, parents

Music Monday – “He Ao hara, he Ao Aroha kore/T? mai r? koe hei whaka-tau I au/Ng? t?manako O te Ao Katoa”

“Tapu Te P? (O Holy Night)” – Marlon Williams, Dhungala Children’s Choir, Paul Kelly

¶ Posted 15 December 2025 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § Sad § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, education, holiday, language

Saturday Snap – Getting Fancy For Shea’s Christmas Party

Pretty amazing that one of the doctors that Shea works with picked up the entire tab for a Christmas party, both for the staff at his clinic plus the unit he works with the most at the hospital. And he didn’t cheap out – appetizers, full buffet meal, photo booth, games, DJ and dancing. It […]

¶ Posted 13 December 2025 § Family § Humour § Jobs § Library § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Shea § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education, food, holiday

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Two Advent Calendars That Start With “B” (Dec 2015)

Books – for the kids Beer – for the parents (okay, just the dad!)

¶ Posted 11 December 2025 § Humour § MemoryLane § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: book, education, food

Music Monday – “I will come back here, bring me back when I’m old/I want to lay here forever in the cold I might be cold but I’m just skin and bones/And I’ll never love England more than when covered in snow”

One of the single saddest moments of my life was leaving England a couple days before Christmas after a four-month college exchange. I still consider the single most joyful stretch of my entire life – the people, the sights, the experiences – just pure living in the moment and openness to the world that greatly […]

¶ Posted 08 December 2025 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad § Travel § UK ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, travel

Saturday Snap – Tough Life!!!

¶ Posted 06 December 2025 § Animals § Charlie Echo § Humour § Photo § SaturdaySnap § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Best Gift Ever (Dec 2010)

¶ Posted 04 December 2025 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, holiday

One Month Until Christmas

We’ve had a tree from Costco since we lived in Calgary twenty years ago. Buying at Costco is dangerous b/c trees that look “normal” sized in their giant warehouse are GIGANTIC when you get them into your house. So we’ve always enjoyed our tree but also always found it quite big. Last year, we bought […]