News Update

Another week has passed here on Vancouver Island on the shore of the Pacific. This weekend finds us in Victoria as we've come down to celebrate Haaken's birthday with his island relatives. I'm afraid I overused my damaged leg last week, and it was pretty sore in the early part of this week. I have not been golfing, but did get out to practice a couple of times. The markets have continued to be volatile, but we've made some gains and I'm back on quota after an excellent week of gains. The jobs data on Friday were positive in both Canada and the US, but investors seemed to have thought this was too much good news and might signal the US Fed to raise interest rates, so they turned red on Friday—sigh! Dave stopped by one day, with Rick, and we toured the Cathedral Grove with them, so I got my walking in. Yesterday, we drove down to Victoria, and took opportunity to greet Steve & Joan before they headed for Zambia. We're staying with Andrew, Aura and the crew until Monday. We thank them very much for hosting us. Haaken has begun his online course work this week, but it is not progressing well, so he'll be spending some quality time with Grandpa until he gets back on schedule. 

Eric/A had some unwelcome excitement this week as Erica was involved in an accident as she drove to Saskatoon. Some dim bulb decided he had enough time to cruise across the four-lane, and although Erica hit the binders, he didn't! Fortunately, she didn't T-bone him, just caught near the rear bumper, but at highway speeds, even after braking, it made quite an impact. The Corolla has minor damage, but even that adds up to a lot of insurance company dough! At least Erica is okay, and we're grateful for that. 

Erin and Kristian also started the week with some excitement as there was a fire alarm in their building. Then there was the usual week of work and school. This weekend they've had out of town visitors as Aunt Terry along with three cousins were in town for a funeral. They spent some time visiting with them.

Trav's team won the tournament last weekend, yay team! Otherwise work, school, and life continue apace in Thunder Bay. We are blessed to have them taking care of the place! 

And that's about it for this week.