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Tag Archives: stepdaddy
Grandpa? 2022
Today, a little kid asked me, “Are you a grandpa?” I laughed. “Gosh,” I said. “As of yesterday, no, but I have two boys, 19 and 15, so sooner or later I’ll likely be one.” And that got me thinking … Continue reading →
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Tagged grade 12 math, grandpa, humor, humour, prettiest girl in the world, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest
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Pandemic Aug 31st 2021 – What to do?
Shouldn’t the pandemic be over? Nope, it keeps going on and on and on like some bad four-hour director’s cut of Blade Runner. So, what do we do now? Well, it’s time for me to channel the great philosophers like … Continue reading →
Posted in Blogging, Covid, Covid19, writing
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Tagged Afghanistan, Australia, bc, Biden fails, calvin and hobbs, conspiracies, covid 19, Covid19, elvis, fires, flat earth, gandhi, greenlights, humor, judgemental, lock downs, lost war, Matthew McConan, Matthew McConaughey, North korea, pandemic, philosophers, socrates, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, understanding
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Will You Miss Anything Once the Pandemic is Over?
Pandemic July 4th Beginning of the End? Is the pandemic over? You know what, it kinda seems like it is, so let’s see where we’re at. Can we travel in BC? Yup. Do we have to wear masks? Nope, but … Continue reading →
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Tagged binge watching, covid 19, Covid19, going out, humor, judgemental, pandemic, social distancing, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest
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Hockey Timekeeping pt2
Yesterday, we left off with our hero, (yes me), acting less heroically, desperately trying to figure out how to work the hockey rink’s time machine. So far, the game was about to start and all I’d managed to do was … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey Life, Parenting
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Tagged apps, arachnophobia, bantam, fear, hockey, humor, langley, Minor Hockey, old age, parenting, phobia, phobias, scorekeeping, spiders, step-dad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, timekeeping
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Hockey Timekeeping
Are you afraid of anything that’s kind of irrational? Me, I want to deal with one of my phobias. Like all good phobias, it’s not logical, (except arachnophobia, which is completely understandable because it’s a fear of freaking spiders with … Continue reading →
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Tagged apps, arachnophobia, bantam, fear, hockey, humor, langley, Minor Hockey, old age, parenting, phobia, phobias, scorekeeping, spiders, step-dad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, timekeeping
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The Past and the Future
I treasure life’s unique experiences, especially those that come out of nowhere. Last weekend, I had one of those experiences. I went to two parties on one weekend – one for our 96-year-old Baba and a first-year birthday party for … Continue reading →
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Tagged amazon, baba, blender, books, cars, church, dirt roads, family, grandmother, great baba, korean war, party, prettiest girl in the world, rotary phones, siri, step-dad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, Ukrainian, ukrainian food
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Hockey Challenges 2019
I thought last year would be, you know, the last year of hockey. However, The-Youngest decided to play another year. As goalie. In the Bantam league. At this point in boys’ hockey, the field is narrowing. More and more boys … Continue reading →
Posted in Hockey, Hockey Life, Sports
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Tagged bad season, bantam, Canucks, goalie, good season, hockey, humor, langley cup, losing, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, tournaments, winning
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Day 8 The Last Hours of the Last Day
We’d not seen everything there was to see at the Kennedy Space Center and (The-Youngest would like to point out), we didn’t do the only ride there (a shuttle launch simulation.) But we had to get on the road. We … Continue reading →
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Tagged airport, airport security, alamo, alaska air, Apollo mission, astronauts, Disney And Universal 2019, Florida, heroes and legends, JKF monument, kennedy space center, Orlando, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, rental car, saturn, saturn rocket, space shuttle, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, summer vacation, sun, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, toll roads, tolls, too hot, Travel, Travel alligators, Travel Blogging, Travel Disney, Travel Disney And Universal 2019, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vacation, vehicle assembly building
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Day 8 – The Day That Broke the Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World
Now you have to understand. The Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World is the most easy-going, fun-loving, goofy, giggly, accepting, loving, tolerant patient, understanding, funny, and positive person I know. But not by the end of this day, the Day That Broke the Prettiest-Girl-in-the-World. In … Continue reading →
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Tagged alligators, Apollo mission, astronauts, Disney And Universal 2019, Florida, heroes and legends, JKF monument, kennedy space center, Orlando, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, saturn, saturn rocket, space shuttle, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, summer vacation, sun, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, too hot, Travel, Travel Blogging, Travel Disney, Travel Disney And Universal 2019, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, vacation, vehicle assembly building
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Day 7 – Universal’s Wizard World Part 2 and the Hulk
With my tummy full of Butter Beer, my skin warmed by Dragon’s breath, and my nerdy gauge filled up with magic, we left Diagon Alley to take the Hogwarts Express Train to Hogsmead, AKA, the 2nd part of the Wizarding … Continue reading →
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Tagged Disney And Universal 2019, Florida, Orlando, parenting, prettiest girl in the world, rides, step-dad, stepdad, stepdaddy, stepdaddying, summer vacation, the oldest, the prettiest-girl-in-the-world, the youngest, Travel, Travel Blogging, Travel Disney, Travel Disney And Universal 2019, Traveling with children, Traveling with kids, Traveling with Kids blogging, universal, universal studios hollywood, vacation
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