Dark Days!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my home town. The weather has changed and we have winter! Snow arrived on Sunday, and has fallen on a few other days as well. It hasn't amounted to much, but at least we have snow in anticipation of Christmas. And that's about the closest we can come to good news this week. The virus continues to rampage worldwide. USA continues to perform the worst as a result of their woeful leadership response to this challenge. On the other end of the spectrum we have New Zealand with zero community spread, a rebounding economy and full attendance at their sporting events. We are not doing so well here either, especially in the prairie provinces. Here, in Ontario, our premier is looking to tighten or extend restrictions again next week. We are only allowed our family bubble, but we're planning a full scale Christmas dinner—can't stop us from enjoying that! Normally, we'd be on a trip to Saskatchewan and BC this time of year, however, that is out of the question in these circumstances. Wendy has continued with the painting of the side entry, although whether climbing the ladder or crawling on the floor, it's a bummer working in the closet!

Bummer, dude! 

 

 

 

 

The colder weather has kept me out of the workshop, although I did strip a couple of more pallets, so I have a good supply of wood, but it's in need of planing. The markets have pushed forward on rumours of a stimulus bill, but as the Senate kept refusing to bring it to a vote, they eventually gave up and sold off on Friday. At least I was able to stay on quota for the month. College Football is in Championship weekend, and my Sooners won their sixth straight conference championship this afternoon. #5Jayhawks have continued to improve in basketball, and won again this week to open conference play. The conference looks really tough this year with a number of ranked teams including #2 Baylor—Rock Chalk Jayhawk! 

It was a quiet week at the Baileys in Prince Albert. This weekend they started getting ready for Christmas by doing all the important things: decorating the tree, wrapping gifts, eating chocolate and watching Die Hard.

10 foot ceilings make for tall trees!

Eric and Erica also got out Saturday night to do some Covid-safe caroling—sounds like fun. Haaken continues to work at Costco. They will miss him this Christmas. They have plenty of snow, and plenty of Christmas movies. 

Kristian has completed his classes and is on Christmas break. It will be extended due to the coronavirus, and he will be looking to begin 2021 with on-line classes as the seek to break the grip the virus is holding over the province and the city. 

Trav and Joanna have managed to get some business with both PuckShots and HelmetDecals. We enjoyed beginning the week with them to celebrate Andrew's birthday. A delicious pulled-pork supper, along with birthday macaroons marked the occasion.

Happy Birthday, Andrew!

You can see how the cake was protected  by a styrofoam  cover. Ah, the good old days when we'd have someone blow all over the food, and then, we'd eat it! 

And that's about enough for this week.