News Update

Livingroom Hardwood is installed! 

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been rainy, and I've struggled to find a date to water my dandelions! I finally got that done on Wednesday, and they're exhibiting the wonderful signs of expiring! We have continued to work on renovations, trying to get the main floor in livable condition before our planned departure next Tuesday. I have managed to get the hardwood laid, and it looks great. It started raining Friday night, thus my outdoor sawing program failed, and the installation of baseboard has been delayed. The markets have been whipsawed with news this week, especially on Friday, when the USjobs report surprised investors negatively, and the markets sold off. Still, I managed to have a great month of May, and have also managed to make my weekly quota to start off June in only three days. (Even the blind pig finds the odd turnip!) My gout treatment program is going well, and I have moved onto phase two. I am now taking both Colchicine and Allopurinol. It's hay fever season, so I am also on Reactine. Something has been contributing to fatigue the last few days, and I've been running out of energy in the early afternoon. I hope that passes soon. The Stanley Cup finals are underway, and the Penguins have won the first two games at home. Today, they faced the challenge of playing in San Jose, and that did not turn out so well! The Blue Jays are doing well lately. They have played eleven straight games against Boston and New York and have won eight of them! 

The Baileys have had a good week, despite an unfounded and endless supply of worries about tomorrow! This weekend they are back in Regina for LST Training, and a visit with Erin and Kristian. They are thankful for the support of family and friends in their fundraising program! Haaken continues to look for work. He has a lead on a part time job putting flyers into newspapers. We hope that pans out. Erica enjoyed her first week of not commuting to Saskatoon! It's also been a week of dusting the cobwebs off parts of her CA training that she hasn't used in a while. There have been some slow chugging, but she's getting back into the auditing framework! Eric enjoyed a quiet and good week, more so because Erica has been working close to home.

Erin and Kristian are hosting the Baileys this week, so she has a houseful. When she finds time, she is enjoying the new found success the Blue Jays are demonstrating. 

Travis and Joanna are off for yet another honeymoon trip this weekend, so we're watching over the children and varmints! Wendy is in grandma-taxi mode. It's all going well. Puckshots is busy with team photos for baseball, so that makes for good business. Trav got great news—he's been selected to coach a Midget A hockey team in the next season. He really enjoys that work and does a great job of it; we're glad for this vote of confidence. 

And that's about it for this week!