100 Happy Days! The challenge! I have to say that consciously thinking about my life from the perspective of what makes me happy and what I'm grateful for really does work! I now spend more time in a grateful mindset about all the simple amazing things that make up an hour, day, week, year of … Continue reading 100 Happy Days (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, & 52)
Having trouble finding the perfect gift for that hard to buy for person in your life? Fear not. Thain in Vain has been out on day release scouring flea markets and cutting the locks on storage lockers in search of the perfect gift ideas. Squirrel paw earrings - I discovered these little gems clamped to … Continue reading Dear Cellmate Santa . . .
Today is the CFL Grey Cup game, the Canadian equivalent of the Super Bowl. Okay, maybe it's more like the poor man's Super Bowl sort of like Jeffery Dean Morgan is the poor man's Javier Bardem. But it's ours and we're proud! Right, Jeffery! Playing today is the Saskatchewan Roughriders (my home team) and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Go Riders! … Continue reading Two Teams, One Grey Cup #101GC
Keeping positive during the cold, dark winter is critical to one’s survival in Canada. But it’s not easy. Winter would just as easily kill you as look at you. So, this winter my survival technique is kindness. It’s easy to bitch about the thermometer hovering around the -35 mark for weeks on end. Never mind the … Continue reading Winter is Coming. I Love You, Man
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