35 Reasons Why Oliver Is in a Bad Mood
It’s hard being my kid. The neck on his t-shirt is too tight. Someone called him the Blue Power Ranger. Mark looked out his window. He wants to wear a “handsome” shirt. My phone doesn’t have Angry...
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How to grill the perfect steak
Over at the cabin blog, Jordon posts some advice on how to grill up the perfect steak.
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I haven’t posted much lately about life. Maybe because until this week it was still winter in Saskatoon and I was just tired of it. That being said, we have been busy around here. As Mark posted, he...
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Mother’s Day at the Cabin
Well the boys surprised me with a new patio table set for the cabin. It’s small but we only have a 8×8 deck and of course we are a small family. We also have a picnic (or picinic if you are Yogi...
View Article“Do your parents hate you because you won’t clean your room?”
It’s been fifteen years since I had a pleasant conversation with my dad and mom. They met Mark once and have never met Oliver. We went through this with Mark but at the time there was still a chance...
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Oliver turns five
Jordon looks back at how traumatic of time it was for me with Oliver being born on his blog today as Ollie celebrates his fifth birthday. Because I was so sick and drugged during those weeks, I had...
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Ahhhh! There is a turd in our bed!!!!!!
So last night I went over to Megan Shaw’s and had a great time with her, Tracy, and some of Megan’s colleagues. I got home shortly before 2:00 a.m. and crawled into bed. Jordon had tried to stay up...
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Father’s Day
Our Father’s Day were supposed to be spent out at the cabin enjoying the peace and quiet. It’s been quite a month for us as it is a month since Jordon quit his job at The Lighthouse and found a new...
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New gig for Jordon
Jordon is joining David Kirton on 650 CKOM‘s Saskatoon Afternoon Show each Monday and Wednesday at 5:15 to discuss a wide variety of topics. I could have disclosed those topics to you when they were...
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Peas!
Last night I made cream peas on toast (here is a different version, creamed salmon on toast). It was a comfort food in the Great Depression and Jordon’s grandfather loved it which is how he was...
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Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer Growing up my grandfather wrote his autobiography. It was typed and I always wanted to read it but he only had the one copy and knowing me,...
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New headphones
I have a pair of over the ear headphones that Jordon gave me for Christmas. I don’t really use them because they aren’t that good and Jordon promised me some new ones. He did get me some great in the...
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August Long Weekend at the Lake
We spent the long weekend at the cabin and got up there early on Saturday. After not being up there a lot this summer, the yard was a disaster. Arlington Beach does a rough cut of our grass but we...
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Exploring Saskatchewan
On Sunday we decided to go for an adventure. We drove north to Prince Albert along Fish Creek Road which took us by Ukrainian Catholic parish of the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ. and further...
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The Daily
Jordon’s latest project, a daily photoblog called The Daily. It looks spectacular.
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Thanksgiving
It was a crazy but good Thanksgiving weekend around here. On Friday the boys were off school which would have made for a nice long weekend but Jordon had to work. We had some friends over on Friday...
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16 Years
Jordon and I were married 16 years ago tomorrow at the Hampton Free Methodist Church. Since then there has been some days were better and some that were worse but we are still together. For our...
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My Anniversary Gift
Jordon gave me a “go bag” for our anniversary. Lifehacker has been raving about them for a while and they are bad that is full of your essentials so you are prepared to go at a moments notice and do...
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Christmas Gift Guide: Gift Ideas for Your Husband/Boyfriend/Father | 2013
I did my annual guest post over at jordoncooper.com today where I posted my Christmas Gift Guide for Husbands/Boyfriends/Fathers. If you have thoughts or suggestions, leave them over there in the...
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Oliver
I have been posting some photos of Mark lately so here is a collection of photos of Ollie from Thanksgiving as we went for a long walk along Last Mountain Lake.
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