News Update

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been great, and we've been enjoying it. We started the week with another golf game. We put in some practice at the range before that, and Wendy's game showed the benefits. I've also managed some more practice sessions during the week, so I hope my game improves as well! Having great weather for the long weekend was a special surprise! Wendy has been working on a sewing project most of the week. It's a big job! On Tuesday, we took advantage of the city's offer of compost and hauled two loads to improve the front lawn. I've been watering that in all week, and we've had a couple of nice showers this weekend to help. It's been very dry, so the forests of the northwest Ontario will benefit as well. I've been working in the shop as well; I've completed the router insert for the table saw, and yesterday, I built the fence with dust collection for it. It's working great! The markets were very troubled this week as Trumpty Dumpty suffered falls on both the China and the North Korean files—so much winning, sigh! As a result, I lost money this week. World Hockey Championships ended on Sunday with Sweden taking gold over Switzerland, and the USA winning bronze over Canada. In the Stanley Cup playoffs, we're into the final round. The Caps won their round over Tampa Bay, but the Jets fell to the upstart Vegas Golden Knights. I will be cheering for the Caps in the final which starts on Monday. I've also been developing a plan for an irrigation project for Bern & Alicia in Regina. I have ordered a batch of line and materials, and I am looking forward to installing it next month. I've also expanded my cooking experience with a Keto-friendly rhubarb crisp. It's pretty good, but I want to make some improvements to the topping. 

First Rhubarb Crisp this Year—Yummy!

The Bailey's enjoyed the reluctant good guy (Han Solo) in his origin story tonight! Earlier today, Eric and Erica went for a motorcycle ride. It’s the first time on a bike since her surgeries and she could feel the difference—her knees don’t stick out quite as far! Erica's work in La Ronge was only two days this week. May is a busy month as they have a lot of March year ends, so she's also worked a lot of evenings and weekends, but thinks this will be her last weekend of work for a while. Eric is feeling better. He has been trying to cut out sugar and that may have helped. He has an appointment next week with the doctor. Liam was home last weekend for the long weekend. They got two coats of paint on the dining room, but then he headed back to school. Not much news from Haaken, but he appears to be enjoying school.

Erin and Kristian enjoyed the holiday long weekend, and have had a good week. Today, they were at an art festival. There were able to walk there from Shawn's house. Altogether with stops at various parks, her phone said they walked 11.6km today! They're having a thunderstorm tonight, so Sadie is a bit upset over all the noise! 

Trav, Joanna and crew joined us for biking on Monday, and then stopped in for barbecued burgers. It was great, and Wendy's new burger recipe was a definite hit. She had also made Keto-friendly cheesecake and that scored as well. Travis continues to work out of the office here several days a week even during this low volume part of the business year. Joanna keeps up with her work. Andrew is also back to work. Gemma is recovering from her exhausting exam schedule, and planning her summer activities of work and travel. 

And that's about it for this week.