Another year has passed, and the new year finds us far from Lake Superior, on the shore of the Pacific Ocean. We enjoyed a wonderful time at Dad's in Regina where we enjoyed the gracious hosting of Bern & Alicia; thank you all very much. The big event of the week was New Year's Day where thanks to Alicia's careful management and the preparation and participation of many, we enjoyed a delicious meal, and wonderful company of family and friends. On Friday, we turned the Sorento westward, and accompanied by Dave in his Caravan, we drove out to Golden BC. It was fortunate that we had planned to stop there, and that Wendy had reserved a room because the Trans-Canada was closed west of Golden, and the town was full of truckers and other unexpected travellers. On Saturday, we continued the trip to Victoria where we were hosted by Andrew and Aura; thank you so much. Now we're on the Island, and we have voted not to leave until March! Also on the plus side of the ledger: it's -31 in Prince Albert; -34 in Regina; -26 in Thunder Bay, but +6 in Victoria! Finally, we seem to have made a correct decision! The markets have continued to be volatile, but I had a good week, making quota, and also completing the month and the quarter at quota, so it was reassuring. I did not make quota for the year as I only managed 12.9%, and needed about 17% to make quota with my portfolio size. I shall have to work smarter! The Junior Hockey Championships have been enjoyable so far. We delighted in Denmark's first ever qualification for the medal round, and watched with mixed emotions as they were thrashed by our boys in the playoffs. Now Canada is in the semi-finals tomorrow, so we'll continue to follow that. NCAA football playoffs began perfectly with the overly touted SEC teams being defeated—I didn't think they were the best choices in the first place! Now I don't care whether the Ducks or the Buckeyes win the final—I'm good either way!
Eric/A, Haaken & Liam left after Christmas and drove out to the Island where they left Haaken with his uncle in Victoria. We have now met up with him and he will be part of our household for the next two months while he completes grade 12. Eric/A and Liam have returned to Saskatchewan. We met them near Calgary as they headed east. They've had a whirlwind (blizzard?) tour of western Canada! Now they look forward to the resumption of school and work, and the beginning of a new job for Erica.
We spent most of the week with Kristian as Erin returned to work. That was a delight! Now they carry on with work and school in Regina, and we wish them well in 2015!
Travis and Joanna continue to be very busy with work right through the holiday season. I guess that's good news as well as exhausting. Trav is off with his hockey team to a tournament in Minnesota. They're doing well, and play in the bronze medal game tomorrow. Gemma and Andrew are eagerly awaiting the return to school on Monday! Repeat after me, "I am eagerly awaiting the return to school on Monday!"
And that's about enough to start off a new year!
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