Progress!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been beautiful and we have enjoyed working in the yard. Wendy has the flowerbeds all looking good. She is planning to add more bedding plants soon. She has not spent much time on the quilt this week. We had the '67 Cougar out earlier this Spring, but not this week. I've been engaged in a daily harvest of dandelions with the end not yet in sight! The front lawn is coming along nicely; the back is still not fully green. The rhubarb is ready for picking; some tomatoes are forming. Radishes are not ready yet. We haven't used the garden area for several years and are paying the price in terms of weeds! 

Fingernails are Progressing

I have continued to work in the shop. I have added another set of racks for lumber storage, and have managed to get the electricity running to a dead plug. I can't be sure what happened; there are two feeds from the house, and one of them has developed a dead short. I disconnected it and used a different one. There are four circuits in the shop, but I've only figured out three of them. I had a great week in the markets scoring almost a triple quota. I finished May in the green, but short of my monthly quota. I still have the majority of my funds in cash. This week's chart shows how Covid has overtaken other causes of death in the world—striking! Covid-19 continues to dominate our activities as well. We mostly stay at home, and are careful with masks and hand cleanser when we go out. I enjoyed watching the golf last weekend—another of those celebrity specials. There is still little going on in the world of sports, but the leagues continue to agitate for some way forward. 

Erica has managed to get off three boards—a successful week in anyone's books! She finished her term as Finance Elder at church, so she's off both the elder board and the finance committee. She turned over her position on the Lymphedema Association so she can focus on the newly formed Lipedema Association. They've been investigating renovation options for the house and deck. During that process, Liam was inspired with a terrible idea: switch the locations of the downstairs bathroom/laundry room with the kitchen! The more we think about that, the more we like it—except for the fact that it will entail demolishing the bathroom that's only two years old! Eric is back at work in his office. He has survived thus far! He isn't meeting clients in person yet, just making the calls and video-conferencing from his office instead of from home. Haaken continues to work on his portfolio and is looking at job possibilities. Liam has been plugging away on the second bedroom upstairs and it is almost ready for painting. 

Kristian and I have enjoyed several sessions of mathematics. We have completed the unit on data graphing, and are now working on probability. Sadie got a long awaited haircut, and nail clipping, so she's getting around much better.

Clipped and clipped!

I built another planter for Erin; it awaits delivery and staining! Kristian is experiencing improvement of his eczema affliction; the itchiness is much relieved. 

Joanna has been self-isolating since returning from southern Ontario. This week she had her CV-19 test, and we're delighted that it came back negative. Andrew is now able to continue his pharmacy work. Travis is continuing to be safe at home, although he is running out of Durston honey! Gemma continues to work on her classes downstairs. Wendy dropped off some groceries over there this morning, including honey, but not Durston honey! 

And that's about it for this week.