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Happy 11th Anniversary, Shea!
I posted this picture on our third anniversary back in 2006 but see that the link to the graphic’s ended up broken during one of my blog moves. So here’s the image once again – my favourite wedding...
View ArticleMusic Monday –“Begosh and begorra/Ev’ry Irish son and daughter/Ev’ry good old...
Thanks to community radio for bringing this song to my awareness a couple days ago. Useless trivia: the song doesn’t mention “Murphy” in the long list of Irish names it features even though “Murphy” is...
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My Suggestion for A Better Way to Make Sure A #yxe Father Is Close To His Ill...
Looks like WestJet’s trying to repeat their successful Christmas viral video with another one that will pull your heartstrings for Father’s Day (plus to help make the video go viral, they’ve offered...
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#tbt Throwback Thursday – Shea and Jason at West Edmonton Mall in August 2000
In my never-ending quest to have a theme for each day of the week that eliminates the need to put actual thought into my daily blog posts, I’m going to try out the Throwback Thursday theme that’s so...
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Saturday Snap – Happy Father’s Day (One Day Early)
To my own dad and to the kid who made me a dad for the first time (Sasha would’ve been in this photo too but she was back in the campsite doing a really good job of staying away from the water!)
View ArticleFriday Fun Link – 21 Better Facebook Birthday Messages
I’m truly fascinated by the phenomena of Facebook birthday messages. Uh, happy birthday to me!
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Holiday Weekend Catch-Up
I took a couple days off on Monday and Tuesday to have an extended long weekend to go camping with Shea’s and my folks and to attend Shea’s cousin’s wedding. Which means I need to do another extended...
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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – This One Time, In Scotland…
I know I just posted some old pictures in a post about the Scottish referendum but since the actual referendum is today AND it’s Throwback Thursday, I realise I should’ve held off on that post until...
View ArticleFriday Fun Link – Sasha Tries Pop Rocks For the First Time
I don’t think she knows what to think…
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Music Monday –“And I know that by February/My thoughts on snow may be...
This is another annual tradition on this blog. I’m fudging a bit this year as the snow fell overnight from Monday to Tuesday but since it fits better as a Music Monday post, here’s my annual post of...
View ArticleSparkleTour.ca #yqr #saskatchewan #yxe #moosejaw #princealbert
[Edit: Yikes! When I posted this, didn’t realize there was a mini-controversy about a local radio station stealing the name and data from the original Sparkletour web site. Bah-humbug!] It’s now less...
View ArticleTwo Dozen Retailers Won’t Open on American #Thanksgiving (And They’re Shaming...
Some of the best known companies in the United States including Costco, Home Depot and TJ Maxx have taken a family-first approach to American Thanksgiving after watching “Black Friday” (the day after...
View Article“Spirit of Giving”– WestJet Does It Again
Just like last year, WestJet has created a viral-ready commercial/marketing gimmick/promo video for the Christmas season. Instead of surprising travelers on a cross-Canada flight with gifts they asked...
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Saturday Snap – Candy Cane Lane #yqr
As a follow-up to my post about SparkleTour.ca, Shea and I ended up doing a mini-sparkle tour in the north end last night after running a couple errands. One of our stops was an area called Candy Cane...
View ArticleMusic Monday –“Can’t get out of the yard / I’m snowed in with the drifts / No...
I’m a big believer that the best Christmas songs are the ones with a sense of sadness and melancholy underlying them. Corb Lund has jumped to the top of that category with his latest song. An 80-year...
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Throwback Thursday – #tbt – @OfficialRPL Christmas Party (December 2009)
Hard to believe that this weekend will be the seventh RPL Christmas Party I’ve attended. Here’s some pics from one of the first ones I attended back in 2009… Pace and his daddy in one of my favourite...
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Saturday Snap – Our Christmas Card House
It wouldn’t put Clark Griswold to shame but I pulled up to our house the other day and thought it looked like something that might appear on the front of a Christmas card (one you get at the Dollar...
View ArticleThe True Meaning of Christmas That Everyone Forgets
Someone on my Facebook posted a rather profound article about how the arguments between “Merry Christmas” and “Happy Holidays” are misguided. The article points out the fact that our Christmas...
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Friday Fun Link – 10 Random Thoughts About Christmas This Year
At our house, Santa doesn’t wrap the presents. This provides a few main advantages – makes things quicker to get set-up if you haven’t pre-wrapped the gifts, prevents awkward “Why does Santa use the...
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