Nice summary of my neighborhood by @JoyEstelle, but don’t miss out on Kyatchi
Fire, fire, FIRE
Today’s epiphany: the Mystic Lake Buffet has an A+ egg drop soup
Carbonara birthday brunch
Periods of flurries
Having a January birthday gives one the opportunity to have two early checks on resolutions for the new year – excited for 2020
So confused about Wes Walz: weird end of his playing career > coaching at Woodbury > FSN commentator
My new Hoser Hat
I wish I could. I actually have a fair amount of anxiety in claustrophobic spaces. Ever since my injury, I don’t do well with tight spots…
- Andy
The Great One
Surprise, surprise
Thanks to the awesome plow crew at MSP and our Delta pilots for getting us back safely
Looks like Delta flight control will release us into the MSP snow drama
Bougie Boys
Last night in Banff
Reminded me of Greg ❤️
Lake Louise was wonderful, but I am a much more cautious skier now and some spots honestly scared me
We like this one better
Canada knows what’s up
Canadian five pin bowling is crazy hard
Send more sun, eh?
Shocker: not a fan of clown poutine
First post-aneurysm ski day in the books
Here we go!
But if you want to leave, take good care. Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there…
- Wild World
Hey, Ladies
It may still be -26C outside, but I love this place so much
We found her!
Chuck was 100% correct
Well, the first full day of ski vacation didn’t go as planned – both big areas closed due to conditions and I took MK to Banff Hospital
Bone-in veal parmigiana
DEEP END
Those golf carts, though
King of the Castle, King of the Castle
When in (frozen) Rome
The Great White North
Off to the Great White North
This is warm in Fahrenheit, right?
Somebody is 9 + 10 today
Temperatures will plummet to values not seen in years…
- Environment Canada
Slowly starting it back up again for 2020
Looking forward to using these
We tumbled down the rabbit hole
Another year of stadium life
Senior Night @ Treasure Island
RIP Jean Kane, 1944-2019
The Smith Family December Curse has now carried over to the Kane side, as Colleen’s mom Jean passed away on December 30. Add this to my uncle Greg last year, my mom Karen in 2017, my grandfather Donald in 2013 and my grandmother Helen in 2007. January may be cold, but it’s nice to be done with another December.
Grandma Jean had Huntington’s disease, a genetic degenerative neurological disorder that she fought valiantly for many years. Unfortunately, there is no cure and her symptoms eventually forced her out of the house where Colleen grew up in the Midway area of Saint Paul. She moved to assisted care living last summer and had a nice corner room with a view at Sunrise of Roseville.
Jean was a Christmas Eve baby, so we always celebrated her birthday along with the Kane Christmas on the 24th. This year we were fortunate to have Colleen’s brother Dan pick up Jean from Sunrise and bring her over to his house in Oakdale for dinner and cake. She had caught a bit of the flu earlier in the month, but was doing better on her birthday. Thankfully, Colleen and Dan both got to talk to her on the phone earlier on the day she passed, which by all signs was peaceful and without pain.
Thank you to everyone at Mueller-Bies Funeral Home, Saint Columba Catholic Church and Oakland Cemetery for your help in arranging the events of the last two days. Even though funerals are difficult emotionally, it was wonderful to see the outpouring of love and support from family and friends – many of whom we only see at events like this.
❤️
Obituary from Mueller-Bies and photo gallery after the jump.
It’s been a very emotional 48 hours
It’s raining money tonight at the X
Surprise dinner with Curtis
More family comfort food
Family comfort food
It’s been fun watching the Sentry Tournament of Champions after being there around Halloween
One from the list
Escape to the Nino
Miss you, Piccolo
Still glad I bought that chair
Impressive Gophers win, 2021 Winter Classic at Target Field – can we pass on some of today to Sunday in New Orleans?
Nive Man NYE
I went to the mountains, I thought it might help. I wrote some songs, but they were shitty as hell…
- Bloodshot Eyes
Rainbow Doge
Winter in the city
36 years! Congrats, Leo
Hard to believe it’s the last game of season four at U.S. Bank Stadium
Harper’s Harbor Flip
