Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been in a holding mode, so we haven't made much progress on snow removal until today at 10°. We're expecting double digits with sunshine all next week; that should clear a lot of it away! The markets have been mixed with good advances early in the week before a sell-off on Friday! I was blessed with a great gain, and am very thankful for that as I'm almost back to quota. There are a lot of naysayers out there calling for a crash or at least a correction. I don't know why they feel things are so overheated when I note that DOW is flat three months into the year; even S&P500 is only up 2.2% YTD. Wendy and I continue with renovations downstairs. I've torn out some structures and am rebuilding others. We have a plan for the new bedroom. The fireplace inserts are ordered; we'll have him install a line for the gas range at the same time. I hope we haven't taken on more work than we can accomplish before summer! World Men's curling has been running all week, and I've been busy watching that! Koe ended the round robin in second place, but lost a tough one, 3-2, to Norway in the page playoff, and then lost to Sweden in the semi-final. So, he'll be playing for the bronze tomorrow against Switzerland—go Canada, go! NCAA college basketball is in the final weekend of March Madness. My team is long gone, but I'm cheering for UConn to win it all. The NHL season is grinding to a close, so it will soon be time to start paying attention to results there!
The boys are back at school. Haaken is glad to be back, especially for his drama class. Liam, not so much, but is happily reconnecting with friends. Liam experienced paint ball for a first time this week at a friend's birthday party—now to get the paint out of his jacket!
Erica tried yoga this week, but found it surprisingly painful! She was delighted with the gift of a new guitar from Eric for her birthday!
Eric received disappointing news as his employer lost the bid for the contract that included his job. Now, there'll be a process of developing the service program for these high needs children, employing the new workers, and getting the program running again—is this a system?! We hope Eric may be the one employed by the new service provider.
Erin and Kristian seem to have worked through their health woes and are fully engaged in school and work once again. This was report card/parent-teacher interviews week for Kristian, and it seems to have been a useful exercise. Kristian struggles with his hearing impairment, but is making good progress. Erin is delighted with the arrival of baseball season, and is keeping track of her beloved Blue Jays.
Trav & Joanna continue to be busy with work. I see Gemma and Andrew nearly every day as they leave school to catch their school bus. Trav's hockey team lost out in the league final series. Good season, Coach Travis and the Elks82s! Joanna's mom was visiting last weekend from southern Ontario; we enjoyed a supper with the entire crew.
And that's about enough for this week.
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