The Madness Continues!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. Wendy and Erica left Sunday morning for Bonn, Germany where Erica had her second surgery for Lipedema on Thursday. Erica was released from the hospital today, and will spend a few more days convalescing in the BnB before flying home next Wednesday. In the meantime, I've been holding down the fort at Erin's place in Regina. I've completed the electrical upgrades downstairs, and got that mostly cleaned up today. Some drywall repair remains to be done. An additional electrical upgrade has been added to the list; we'll see whether I can get to that next week. The weather has been quite nice, although we did get a little snow and a lot of wind on Friday. Otherwise, I've been trying to manage the Trump-troubled markets. DOW has now dropped almost 5% so far this year; TSX is doing even worse, and I had a down week. Trumpeting new tariffs on the stuff his citizens like to buy caused over 1000 point drop on the DOW—he's probably not bragging about that! Still, the economy in both US and Canada is doing fine, so I continue to expect investors to look past the blowhard and build more value as the year goes on. March Madness, my favourite sporting spectacle of the year is on, and Kansas is still alive and in the Elite Eight. They'll have a tough contest tomorrow against Duke. Rock Chalk boys! Hockey is down to the last half dozen games and most playoff spots are still up for grabs. My favourites—the Oilers—are out of it, but the Pens and Leafs are well-placed. The Women's world championship in curling has been running this week. Jennifer Jones takes her undefeated record into the gold medal game tomorrow against the Olympic Gold Medalists from Sweden. The Men's world championship begins next Saturday. 

Erica has been away in Germany all week. We're glad Wendy was able to accompany her, but Eric is wondering where all the snow-shovelers are when another storm arrived on Friday! We enjoyed spending last weekend with them here in Regina. Liam is preparing for a short chorus tour in Saskatchewan the end of this week. 

Erin and Kristian are taking good care of me. Thanks! Kristian and I tried indoor golf practice on Wednesday. He got to break in his new clubs, and did very well. I'm setting his goal for this year to get his drives up to 150 yards; then, we will be able to play a regular golf course. He had another good day at bowling today, and has raised his average again. Erin and I made a Keto pizza tonight—Tropical Chicken—it was delicious! 

Keto Tropical Chicken Pizza

Travis has been holding down both forts back in Thunder Bay. Joanna has been away caring for her folks in Toronto. Her mom had hip-replacement surgery. Her step-mom was also ill and had to go to the hospital, so her dad needed hands-on care as well. It's been a tough go recently for Joanna, so it will be a bit of a relief now that she's returned home. Trav's main business attention recently has been the minor hockey playoffs in TBay. Of course, he's also responsible for keeping his Penguins progressing in the NHL. 

That's about enough for this week.