Yippie! It’s been 358-days since the last Franken-Taco update! This past year we drove back and forth and back again all over Southern Alberta and British Columbia, plus a side road trip in April to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan! We wracked-up some great kilometres driving down into the Kootney’s and back around through the Okangagan Valley….
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19 Days and Counting Down…
In nineteen days Distracted in Alberta will have reached 365 days of being active on the internet and what have we learnt during those three-hundred and sixty-five days? The first thing we’ve learnt is although you, yourself might really like the title of your site, its not always taken by the audience in the same…
How to Change Your Habits in Incremental Time Periods
Its become apparently obvious over the past six months that we tend to write more articles during the colder winter months whilst we are trapped indoors more than when those beautiful spring days POP UP in mid-April and quickly yield into long gorgeous summer months of June, July and August. Anyone who clicks on the…
It’s Officially Official Day; DNA is Alive!
Hello Friends of the Internet, Today we are proud to announce on Canadian Family Day we ripped off the bandaid here at jacksoncrabb.wordpress.com by purchasing a NEW flashy domain name… Distracted in Alberta James and myself (Aaron) have been working on getting our proverbial stuff together over the past couple of years to bring Distracted…
A Turkey in Time Departing from Edmonton International Airport
For ninety-three percent of the people out there traveling the first flight I chose to fly on down to Wisconsin would make you arrive with bright red eyes, blurry vision and a lack of pep in their step. Of course for this guy being awake after midnight is an everyday occurrence and red eye syndrome…
An Eruption of Laughter and the Sweet Surrender of Serendipity
Whilst the hostess set down the menus and silverware wraps we tugged on our zippers pulling apart the sides of our jacket, Shauna drew her arms out then snuggled up inside the jacket while I tossed the jacket, toque and gloves into the awaiting seat next to mine then sat down. Neither of us spoke…
An Unexpected Discovery; Kirkness Place Townhomes
She popped out of the truck face mask over her ears and smiled with her eyes. “This place doesn’t look too bad from the outside. What do you think the inside looks like?” I shook my head in wonderment. “Well, let’s go check this out.” Upon entering into the show home the women at the…
Driving Into the Unknown; Viewing Property in Northeast Edmonton
Sitting back in the oversized micro-leather black chair it facing our back patio door and a wide bay window overlooking the sparse trees along the fence. My face twisting into and out of perplexing contours and configurations when my wife interrupted my thoughts with, “hey what has you perplexed this morning?” This unexpected interruption pulling…
Show Homes in SW Edmonton
After my initial review on Monday of the Altius property that Shauna had found, I spoke to her about the other property I found a mere five minutes away from that location on the SW side of Edmonton. We determined Friday night would be best for a viewing and comparison of the show homes. Briefly…
An Unexpected Stop in Glenridding
Right blinker on, I pulled the steering wheel turning south and drove 500m to the parking lot yanked another right and headed for a parking space. There they stood five stylish townhomes standing side-by-side all assembled in their brightly painted facades. Locking the truck, I nearly sprinted across the lot to the front door. Hand…
Living with Your Decisions
Have you ever made a decision you were one-hundred percent sure of at the time then several months after living with said decision you realized maybe that was not exactly what you had in mind? This is that story. Back in January 2012 we returned from teaching English in South Korea. We found a modest…
The 2021/2022 Big Canada Run; Join Our Team!
Are you looking for something to keep you motivated for the next year with your Fitness Goals? Then you have come to the right place. We are putting together a team of runners, hikers, walkers, cyclists and swimmers to compete in the 2021/2022 Big Canada Run! This is a virtual challenge that covers 8,000kms from…
A Saturday Night Success; Chasing Aurora Borealis
Late Saturday night my phone notification alert went off at 10:48pm informing there was a 12% chance the Northern Lights being visible in the sky tonight. Opening up the Aurora app, I checked the map to see what the predicted location of the Aurora would be? According to the prediction map the Aurora was splitting…
Public Transportation; A Second and Third Dose
After racing around Arizona and primarily the city of Phoenix, I sold everything I owned and moved North across the imaginary line between its neighbouring country; Canada. During the transition from one location to the next sometimes you need to suffer consequences of choices made and in doing so you will relive a period of…
Vroom Vroom
Alberta Aviation Museum Edmonton, Alberta Canada
What has One Love, Two Doors and Three Storeys?
On a cold Monday back in January 2012, my wife and I had just begun to settle into our empty one-bedroom, one-bathroom open concept-condo. We had moved half-way back around the world from Paju City, Gyeonngi-do South Korea to Onoway, Alberta Canada. We spent the last two weeks of December 2011 living in the basement…
A Three Hour Journey from Edmonton to Cochrane, Alberta
QE2 as its known in Alberta runs directly south out of Edmonton and just shy of three-hours you arrive on the outskirts of Calgary. Today, we opted to turnoff in Airdrie and verge onto route 567, driving through the town. “This place sure had grown,” said the wife. “Honestly, I wouldn’t know as I didn’t…
Planning an October Road Trip to British Columbia Canada
The plan for Friday evening was not supposed to be researching a possible road trip to the Okanagan Valley in British Columbia but instead was supposed to be further research into Affiliate Marketing, how to obtain links from a variety of advertisers and learning how to implement those links into a variety of social media…
Its a new YouTube Channel about Affiliate Marketing called JacksonCrabb Media
Literally we know nothing about Affiliate Marketing… okay we know something about marketing. What we mean is we know absolutely nothing about affiliate marketing except for what we have been watching on YouTube over the past couple of months. We’ve been interested in determining a way to make extra passive income in order to build…
A Live Graffiti Exhibition of Spray Paint in the Dominion Industrial Area
Yesterday whilst out and about in the city we came across a random graffiti event. Several local artists were designing, creating and spray painting the three sides of a blue and black building at 14408 111th Avenue NW, Edmonton, Alberta Canada The event was sponsored by a local artistry club as well as Loop Italy…
A Red Masked Bandit Tells a Story in a Rock and Gem Shop
Whilst I was looking through the three bins of rough stones another guy entered the store. There must have been half-a-dozen people in the shop and the owner went off to provide assistance to other customers. As I stood spraying water onto the pieces and seeing each side light up with a nice polished colour…
A Book, A Tea and Two Early Afternoon Shop Stops
This morning started like any other Saturday morning. Woke up at 6:26am and headed for the bathroom then wandered into the kitchen when I noticed it was six-twenty-six in the morning. Yawning I pressed the kettle button as the water started to churn then my brains caught up to what day it was. “Shit, isn’t…
A Round of Eighteen at Norwester Disc Golf Course
Yesterday, after work I happily sped off down the street and within fourteen minutes I pulled up to the curb and parked across the street from Norwester Park. This nine hole course has both a main course and an alternative course. The main course is 886 meters long and has is a great challenge for…
Round One at The Hills at Charlesworth Disc Golf Course, Edmonton, Alberta
When a player searches for Disc Golf Courses here in Edmonton only a handful of them appear. Unless you include the greater metro area in which you’ll have to drive a minimum of thirty minutes to reach the town’s of Beaumont, Leduc or Spruce Grove. Edmonton Rundle Park Newster Park Hills at Charlesworth Beaumont 4-Seasons…
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