Posts Tagged ‘long weekend’

Daddy Day Stories, Episode 3

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 [...]

East meets West

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.

Pre-Pats Smattering

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 [...]

Long(er) Weekend

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 [...]

Preparation-L

Long weekends in a warm city. Anticipation looms.