News Update

We've enjoyed great weather this week on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. Above freezing temperatures for another week have surely taken a bite out of winter, and we're glad of that. My cough continues; I was to the doctor on Tuesday, but he noted as I suspected, "You've had a cold, now you need to get the collection of gunk coughed out." He prescribed a bronchial dilator to help with the airways, but otherwise the hacking continues! The markets have been terrible, no good, and bad. The TSX has now lost over 7% of its value this month, and barely lists into the green for the year. I was not able to avoid taking some losses this week, and have sold more holdings as well as they hit stops. I need this to turn around! Events are counting down at school as we have only one more week of classes, and there are many special events. Wendy has been waiting all week for a trip down to the border store to get her puzzle order, so we did that today. We tied in a trip to the casino for their seafood buffet, and enjoyed the outing. We managed to fuel up the vehicle at 73 cents a litre, so that was a bit of a treat! Curling continues this week with the Canadian Open in Yorkton. Sweeting and McEwen won the Canada Cup prizes last week. My man, Kevin Koe, made the playoffs this time, so I'm enjoying that. But he lost in the semi-final tonight to Brad Gushue. Gushue will play Saskatchewan's Steve Haycock in the final tomorrow. On the women's side, Andrea Muirhead of Scotland will play Canadian champ Rachel Homan. 

The Baileys are playing out the final days of the BC/Sask split! They are looking forward to that ending and the next chapter beginning. They has some good news of interest in the Kenora house, which has gone so far as to produce a favourable offer, so we certainly hope that will all play out successfully. 

Santa

Kristian continues to work through his eye issues and got some good news this week. The vision in his affected eye has improved, and a definite plan of action has been developed for further therapy and eventual surgery. So, while that's serious, it's also encouraging. He drew Santa-in-the-off-season as a rosy-cheeked golfer. I like that! 

Trav and Joanna continue to be swamped with work orders, but that's also a good thing. We're celebrating Andrew's 13th birthday this weekend—it's a multi-day affair. Trav's hockey team has had mixed results lately, but we're not hearing of any coaches getting fired! 

And that's about enough for this week.