News Update

A heart tattoo will clean this up! 

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has turned colder, but we're still waiting for the snow. I got my stitches out on Friday, but there's still a bit of healing left to accomplish. I hope to get the pathology results from my own doctor next Wednesday. When I discussed it with the surgeon on Friday, he was pretty sure it was squamous cell carcinoma, which he's been consistently calling it, so, we'll see. I've been suffering with a cold this week, and it's not loosening its grip on me yet. We remain out of renovation mode, just enjoying living in the house for now. I did add a wireless doorbell for Travis to his office downstairs. The markets are back into rally mode, and I had a good week; I'm back on quota for the month. Wendy has continued to pile up the Christmas baking; I can hardly wait to get at it! I've been watching the National in curling this week. My guy, Kevin Koe, made the playoffs, but lost out. It'll be Reid Carruthers vs Brad Jacobs in the final tomorrow. On the women's side it'll be the Swiss team, Silvana Tirinzoni vs Kerri Einarson. Hockey situations have improved as Oilers and Penguins are back atop their divisions, but there are several other teams challenging them. 

Haaken completed his coursework, and rode home on the bus. He's been studying and preparing for exams which start next week. Liam's toe is improving. He's working through a bunch of assignments due at semester end. Eric continues with work, volunteer boards and busyness. He's feeling a little over committed. Friends are looking for ways to get him kicked off boards, but, so far, they've been unsuccessful! Erica continues to enjoy her work with Deloitte. There are many additional events to attend this time of year. She has been working on a proposal for work; now we're waiting to see if they win the contract. 

Kristian has been working very diligently at his school while he tries to convince his mom that he should get a special Christmas present. I hope he realizes what he's capable of doing all the time and keeps it up as the year progresses. He is having renewed problems evidenced by redness in his eye; we certainly hope that clears up quickly. Haaken has completed classes and is preparing for exams from home in PA. Erin has her work schedule for the holiday period, so we'll try to work our plans around that! Shawn's mom is not doing well, and is in the hospital. Erin is helping out where she can. 

Trav & Joanna are very busy with hockey team pictures and production related to that. This week they took photos of their 87th team of the season! We are planning our Christmas celebration with them tomorrow, featuring the traditional Chinese food dinner! During the week, we moved the treadmill over to the new house. That was quite an effort, but Gemma is now enjoying being able to work out. We're also celebrating Andrew's birthday tomorrow. 

And that's about it for this week.