Happy Mother's Day

Featuring: the mother of my children, and our mothers!

We're enjoying beautiful weather on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The salties are out in the bay as another shipping season begins. The golf courses are open, and the greens certainly look inviting! The rhubarb is up, and I'm watching anxiously over my newly seeded section of lawn. I've begun work on the garden boxes, but haven't planted anything yet. Renovations continue apace; today, Travis helped me haul another load of drywall downstairs. This gyproc is labelled "Ultra-lite"—as if! The markets have continued to be troubled and troublesome, and my portfolio is feeling the pain as well. Hockey playoffs continue, but the tide seems to have turned against the Canadiens as they fallen behind 3 games to 2! Pens and Hawks are doing okay. I haven't picked a favourite between the Kings and the Ducks.

Erica spent the week in Regina visiting with the family there and catching up on her reading. She enjoyed playing guitar and singing with Grandpa and a hearty game of Angry Birds with Kristian. She flew home Friday evening. Liam is taking his mom salmon fishing for Mother's Day. Eric and Haaken are glad to not be invited. Emily Carr sent information about the possibility of a home stay arrangement for Haaken's summer program. We hope that will work out. Liam and Haaken enjoyed Eric's first day off work by also having a day off school. Eric applied for EI, for a few more jobs and for passport renewals. He reports that he is tired of applications! He also had a three-hour interview on Monday. Wowsers!

Kristian has been fitted with his new ears! He declares them  to be yellow & blue! He says they only look green because that's what  you get when yellow and blue mix (yep, I've seen that phenomenon)! Otherwise, they are glad to be experiencing nicer weather in Regina.

Trav & Joanna are keeping busy. This weekend they're developing a connection to a new batch of hockey teams! Joanna and Gemma are also working support services for a wedding today, and it'll be a late night for them. Last night the ladies went shopping for Gemma's grad dress, while the guys tried vainly to secure a victory for the Penguins!

And that's about it for this week.