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A NORTHERN MODELLER
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January 2025
Happy New Year! Wishing you all the best for 2025! And Happy Birthday to Nicholas and Daniel, who turned 24 on January 23rd! Marie and...
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Dec 29, 202410 min read
December 2024
Merry Christmas and happy new year! We had a wonderful Christmas this year. Christine finished her fall term December 12, with a final...
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Nov 27, 20247 min read
November 2024
Over the past few months, I have endeavored to write these blogs as the month unfolds and the modeling progresses. It's simply easier to...
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Oct 12, 20249 min read
October 2024
Happy Thanksgiving everyone. Thanksgiving continues to evolve for us, with the kids joining when able. Christine is home this year so...
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Sep 6, 20249 min read
September 2024
I am eternally grateful to learn of the ability to recover a blog from its history. Twice I have opened a blog, after adding a picture...
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Aug 11, 20249 min read
August 2024
This post, and these words, were optimistically titled on May 22. Here's hoping.... It is now mid August, and we have moved into our new...
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May 19, 20248 min read
May 2024
Lots of things happened this past month. The big news should be packing preparations, with the moving trucks now just over 4 weeks out. ...
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Apr 14, 20247 min read
April 2024
It has been a busy, eventful few weeks since the last blog update. About the only quiet time we had was easter. W e had the final...
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Mar 10, 202411 min read
Early March 2024
Well, the big news this week is that the house is up for sale. Two families had expressed interest, based on hearing of the sale thru...
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Feb 18, 202413 min read
Middle of February 2024
It's the family day long weekend. Which doesn't really mean much when you are retired. Everyone is in Calgary this weekend. Marie went...
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Feb 4, 20245 min read
February 2024
This weekend marks one year since my father passed away. I miss him. You may have noticed that the blog updates have been getting less...
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Jan 14, 20245 min read
Happy New Year 2024
Happy new year everyone! We had a wonderful Christmas. Daniel and Christine drove up on the 23rd, while Nicholas flew in on the 28th...
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Dec 10, 202312 min read
Start of December 2023
This blog has been a while in creation. The title started as mid-November, changing to late November, and then start of December. Just...
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Nov 5, 20237 min read
Early November 2023
It doesn't feel like much has happened since the last post. Got our first true snow, so the shovels had to come out. Put the winter tires...
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Oct 22, 202310 min read
End of October 2023
It has been pretty quiet the last few weeks. Marie was down in Calgary, right after Thanksgiving, to help her mom with some medical...
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Oct 8, 202310 min read
Thanksgiving 2023
Happy thanksgiving! It's our first thanksgiving alone as empty nesters, without kids, for at least 25 years. Christine and Daniel are...
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Sep 24, 20238 min read
End of September
Marie and I went to Calgary last, primarily to move Christine and Michelle into their new apartments. We boarded the dogs at the breeder...
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Sep 10, 20235 min read
September
It is a beautiful, warm, sunny Sunday afternoon. The kind of afternoon where you sit on the deck to write the blog. I tweaked a nerve...
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Aug 27, 20238 min read
August
Well, it has been a while since the last post. The house is strangely quiet today, the first time in several months. Nicholas headed...
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Jul 23, 20239 min read
Third week of July 2023
It is a hot, somewhat smoky Sunday. The thermometer says it is 25C but it sure feels a lot warmer. Walking the dogs around noon had...
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