Mothers Day

Our mothers—no longer with us—always with us!

 

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been satisfactory; we even had a few light showers, and we managed to be out doing yard work and other outdoor activities including golf! Wendy and I both managed some golf practice. Wendy took in a musical, Anything Goes, featuring local children; she was impressed with the performance and enjoyed it a great deal. Otherwise, Wendy has worked steadily on the painting in the kitchenette and it's coming along well. Soon, she'll have it ready for the tile flooring and then, the installation of the cupboards. I have been pushing forward in the shop development. This week I got the mitre-saw table and fence installed. The lawns are progressing nicely; both got cut this week, and I sharpened the mower blade. The markets seem to be moving forward again after a few months of decline, but I suffered sharp losses in one stock, so that took the bloom off my rose this week! The second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs has been completed. There are now four teams left, and I managed to pick three of them this round. Now that Boston has been eliminated, I like all the teams remaining. I will be cheering for Washington and Winnipeg to make it to the final round. World Hockey Championships continue; Canada took an unexpected loss to Finland today, but they should have enough wins to move on to the medal round at least.

The Bailey's continued with work and school. Erica was working at LaRonge this week. So, another week for Eric to ride the bike! Liam is finishing up his final semester of high school, and Haaken is into another semester of college in Victoria.

LaRonge: Life is tough!

Erin and Kristian had a difficult week. Well, mainly, Sadie had a difficult week. She was very ill, but after a visit to the vet, and a couple of prescriptions, she seems to be on the mend. Kristian has started taking the bus, in preparation for next year when he won't have the before and after school program to attend. Also, Erin's deep freezer seems to have called it quits; it's only around five years old, so that's pretty disappointing. She also lost some food that thawed unexpectedly due to the freezer failure.

Travis, Joanna and crew are in a transition with their work as the hockey season ends. Trav has picked up some extra work driving to deliver products in town. Gemma has started writing her IB exams—she has 15 to complete! Andrew is back at work outside of school hours; he's taking on lots of responsibility and bearing it well. We enjoyed tea over there yesterday evening.

And that's about it for this week.