Posted on Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8:47 pm, by 8r4d, under
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fatherhood,
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Double Jeopardy: Karin, away for a couple days of work retreat in Canmore, switched me flex days so my “Wednesday Daddy Day” promptly morphed into “Friday (Plus) Daddy Weekend.” Yes, a long weekend. But, a long weekend as a single parent. Claire’s first night away from her mom — and she get’s two [...]
We spent the long weekend in Saskatoon. Now I’m trying to catch up. In the meantime, there are stacks of new pictures of both the trip and the post-sunny weekend garden growth in the gallery. Spring pictures are always so colourful.
Posted on Sunday, March 16, 2008, 2:46 pm, by 8r4d, under
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exhausted,
friends,
history,
holiday,
media,
opinions,
reading,
religion,
running,
scatter,
weather.
We’re all on the mend here after a few days of moderate (though merely annoying) head-colds, one of the souvenirs we brought back from Portland. (Alice will likely feel guilty ’cause I wrote that, but after her generous hospitality the least we could do is take some germs off her hands.) As far as [...]
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Today is our staff retreat.
Normally I make it a point not to talk about work, but one of those exceptions comes on a day like this. Capping off the summer, we have a planning meeting this morning, free lunch, golf this afternoon, a barbecue at the boss’s house tonight — and then [...]
Posted on Friday, July 30, 2004, 12:10 pm, by 8r4d, under
city,
play,
walks.
Long weekends in a warm city. Anticipation looms.