Saturday, January 27

News Update

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been very mild, with some days above zero, and we've enjoyed getting out for walks on the slushy streets. We expect the weather to turn colder in the next week, after all, there remains another month or more of winter yet to come. I have completed my intended electrical work in the garage, although Wendy is calling for some new electrical fixtures out there yet! Wendy has cleared the kitchenette floor down to the cement in readiness for tile, however, I think she is planning to hold off on further development down there until we get back from the Prairies in April. She completed the 1000-piece jigsaw of Ottawa, and has moved on to another puzzle. She also has completed a set of reindeer ornaments that she began way back in YK days! The markets have been roiled by the Trump administration who announced four differing stories on their dollar policy in the matter of three days! Finally, on Friday, investors determined it was all nonsense, so the US dollar resumed its decline, while the US markets surged. The TSX has not kept them company, and has barely struggled into the green for the month. I did not make quota this week, but I remain on quota for the month. The Canadian Open ended on Sunday with Switzerland's deCruz winning the men's title, and Chelsey Carey winning the women's title. In junior curling, New Brunswick won the women's title, while BC won the men's side. This weekend, the Scotties has begun; I shall be well engaged in that for the next week! Hockey is in a brief hiatus for the all-star break, and all teams are assessing their situations, and deciding whether they should be stocking up, or selling off! My Jayhawks lost in Norman OK this week, but returned home to win today over Texas A&M. They were raised to #5 in the rankings, but it is questionable whether they will be able to keep it after this week's mixed results.
JigSaw #3
Who said I would never get done?!
Erica spent the week busily engaged with driving and work on the road between PA, Regina and Saskatoon. She was hoping to get some some visits in with family. Unfortunately, the time not spent driving was working or sleeping. It was a busy week. She did get one evening in with Liam, which was nice. Eric had a busy week at home fending for himself and he even made some progress on the living room. It looks much more spacious with the boxes and building supplies out of the way. Haaken and Liam continue with school. Haaken is following up on his student loans. He has been approved and submitted his banking information, but payment has not yet arrived. Eric has been selected for a radio assignment on Valentine's Day where he'll be discussing relationships.

Kristian put up two excellent sets of bowling this week. He first caught up for his missed games last Saturday, and then bowled consistently good games in league action this morning. He averaged over 135 in the first set, and then pushed it to 142 this morning! He's doubled his average since last year at this time. He got his hearing aides repaired this week, so he had to spend some time without them, and other time with less adequate loaners, but he's back to hearing (and listening) once again!

Travis and Joanna continue with a lot of work at their various assignments. We're glad to see them around the office here most days. Trav has also been experimenting with some of our keto recipes, and really enjoys the pizza dough. The rest of the crew gave it an approval as well.

And that's about enough for this week. 

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