News Update

El Question-O! 

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. We completed our tour by driving back to Thunder Bay from Duluth. It is nice to be home, despite the snow. It's a far cry from a week ago when Wendy and I were golfing in Lawrence, and frankly, that was even nicer! Travis had the snowblower running, so he had the driveway blown out, however the arrival of the rain, snow, and cold weather meant we're still working to eliminate the build up. The weather has turned warmer, so we're making good progress on that! The big event of the week for me was surgery to remove a squamous cell carcinoma from my cheek. It's left me with a lovely bit of stitching, and my new name of El Question-O! Erica calls me Scarface! We're awaiting the pathology report, then, we'll see how it turns out. Wendy has been busy catching up on the household books, and this evening is busy decorating a cake for Trav's birthday. We also had a meeting with the loans officer at the bank, and have locked in our mortgage for the next five years at 2.44%. The markets have continued to react in fear to the uncertainty of the Trump election, and bonds are selling off badly. Of course, that money has to go somewhere, and I'm glad to see it moving into equities rather than gold! As a result, I've had another good week, and am on quota for the month so far. The Grey Cup game is tomorrow, and I'm picking Calgary to win. Edmonton let me down last week, so I didn't get my all-Alberta final. The NHL is a quarter through the season now, and I'm glad to see my Oilers at the top of their division. The Penguins are right up there in their division as well. College basketball is underway; it appears my Jayhawks have assembled a good team once again—we'll see once March rolls around. Wendy is back to swimming with Joanna; she only got one day in this week. 

Erica was in La Ronge for work this week. It's a nice little northern town in the Canadian Shield, and offered plenty of reminders of Yellowknife. A good week, but she's glad to get home. The apartment is being appraised by the landlord; they're not sure what that's all about, perhaps it's being sold! Eric spent a lot of time cleaning and organizing, so it's looking pretty good. Eric headed to Regina for the meeting of the SKMFT (Sask Marriage and Family Therapists). Liam has continued to cough, so he visited the doctor and has been diagnosed with bronchitis. He's come home with Eric for the weekend, and for a specialist appointment with the toe doctor over his problematic in-grown toenail, sigh! Haaken continues with his studies in Regina. All we hear from him is that everything is great! 

Of course, that's all we've been hearing from Kristian about his school, too. However, this week was report card and parent-teacher meetings, so we got an update! For sure there are areas that need improvement, so we'll look forward to that. Kristian has joined a bowling league. They play each Saturday, and also have a practice time on Monday after school. Erin is upgrading her cell phone and Wendy is eagerly awaiting benefitting from that upgrade as well! Tonight they're out with Shawn, Astrid and Liam for a movie—fun! 

Trav and Joanna are very busy with work. Gemma is almost complete her driving lessons, and ready to graduate to a driver's licence. We're scheduled for Trav's birthday celebration tomorrow, so we'll check out their house improvements as well. Lately, they've been trapping and removing little furry rodents in their house—didn't need that! Trav's team continues to do well in league play, winning 7-2 this week. Trav and Joanna have also upgraded their cell phones; I've benefited by Trav's cast-off of an iPhone 6+. It's great! 

And that's about enough for this week.