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Category Archives: Parenting
My Best Day
The day I’d dreamed about forever had finally arrived. The day I got the boys to play D&D. Ok, right off that kinda tells you what kind of nerd I am, but I loved playing D&D long ago back in the … Continue reading
Posted in Parenting, Stepdad
Tagged crossbow, D&D, dungeons and dragons, humor, humour, miniatures, ogre, sad but social, scenery, shrek, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, warhammer
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Inside the Change Room
Last post in the hockey blogathon… In Atom, for the first time, the moms are banned from being in the change rooms. Well, ‘banned’ may be too strong a word, so let’s say ‘discouraged’, instead. It’s partially because boys are … Continue reading
8 Reasons Minor Hockey Remains Superior to the NHL
I still think that minor hockey remains vastly more entertaining than the NHL. Not only is it free (at least to sit in the stands), but as I mentioned in early posts – here and here – it’s just plain … Continue reading
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Stepdad
Tagged excel, fees, goalie, hockey, hockey fees, hockey goalie, Hockey Life, humor, humour, langley minor hockey association, LMHA, Minor Hockey, parenting, parents, prettiest girl in the world, ref fees, Sports, Stepdad and tagged collections, the youngest, tournaments, treasurer
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My Big Mistake – A Hockey Cautionary Tale
I’ve made plenty in my new life as a hockey-parent, but this one may be my biggest. I’ve signed up to be a volunteer for The Youngest’s hockey team. Now, please understand that I’m not going to actually go on the … Continue reading
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Parenting, Sports, Stepdad
Tagged collections, excel, fees, goalie, hockey, hockey fees, hockey goalie, humor, humour, langley minor hockey association, LMHA, Minor Hockey, parenting, parents, prettiest girl in the world, ref fees, the youngest, tournaments, treasurer, worksheets
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Hockey Blogathon
So it’s time, again, to do a blogathon. 5 Posts. 5 days. Sort of like my writing group’s blog, 5 writers, 5 novels, 5 months. The topic… Hockey. Or more specifically, Langley minor hockey. Timbit hockey. McAtom hockey. So for … Continue reading
Posted in Hockey Life, Parenting, Stepdad
Tagged atom, ballerina, gatorade, goalie, goalie gear, hockey, humor, humour, langley, mcAtom, meme, Minor Hockey, pads, rubber floors, skates, step-dad, that would be great, the youngest, timbits, timmy's, water bottles
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Planes and Blimps and a Guppy
Day 5 Oregon the airplane museum 2 museums in one day? How would that work out? Well, to be fair, one was more a cheese factory than a museum, but I’m sure you can hear the boys’ eyes rolling when … Continue reading
Posted in Oregon, Parenting, Travel
Tagged A-7 Corsair, baba, blimp, cheese factory, George Lucas, ice cream, NAS, national air station, the phantom menace, tillamook, ww2
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Day 5 Oregon – Family History
Let me set the stage. A long drive to the cheese factory in Tillamook. In the Rav 4, me, driving, the Prettiest-girl-in-the-world, navigating, the Oldest and Youngest in the back seat, and Baba jammed between them. It could have been … Continue reading
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