Curling!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. We have had two dumps of snow this week, but now it has turned clear and cold. We hope this is winter's last kick as our lawn is full of snow! Dad is not doing well in Regina, and has been admitted to hospital. Of course, this makes us wish to travel west, but currently his ward is in lockdown due to covid, so we couldn't even visit if we were there. 

Scotties Champions-Again!

The Scotties ended on Sunday; I enjoyed getting to take that event in. Our local team, McCarville, made it to the final, but fell to the three-time straight championship team, Einarson. I have returned to curling myself this week, playing on Monday and Wednesday. Otherwise, we have cleared snow from the driveway and puttered around at things inside the house. The markets have continued to be very volatile between economic data, Ukraine fears, and unfettered FED speakers! I managed a green week, but not up to quota. TSX is about 1% from its all-time record, but USA indices are all down so far this year. Wendy is putting in lots of hours on the Barbershop Choir books; this week, she added another job doing the year end reports for a local company. She also got another Chiropractic treatment, but is finding progress slow on her aching shoulders. This week my attention has turned to curling at the Olympics. Our teams (Jones and Gushue) are fine representatives, but the truth is that curling is doing well around the world, and we're facing tough opposition mostly coached by Canadian coaches! Elsewhere in the world of sports, the Oilers returned from All-Star break to a couple of losses and fired their coach! They had their first game with the new coach last night, and started a winning streak—I hope it's a winning streak! Pens and Leafs are doing just fine, although Canucks took down the Leafs tonight. In basketball, the #8-Jayhawks seem committed to testing the strength of our hearts! Let's have a couple of blow-out wins!

Covid App

Covid Test-Negative

On Thursday, I got a shocker as my long-since forgotten about Covid App came to life and announced that I had been exposed to someone with Covid. I am unable to nail down just when this contact happened. It is likely that it was at the Scotties since no one has reported being ill from the curling league. In any case, I took a test yesterday, and will take another one tomorrow. 

Erica writes, "We started the week celebrating birthdays with Liam and Haaken. Liam was able to come home, unfortunately Haaken was not. We haven’t seen Haaken for over two years and we miss him very much. We had a family group call with Greg, Haaken and Liam on Monday and everyone is doing okay. We had hoped to visit Grampa this weekend, but the ward is on covid shut down. So, we are staying home and maybe we will find the energy to do some destruction on the bathroom."

Kristian has completed his regular school 4-person curling, but has decided to take up mixed doubles curling at one of the local curling clubs. Saskatchewan is looking to get back to in-person classes, so they're preparing for that change. Work continues to go well for Erin, and she also manages Kristian's schedule of school, sports and UV treatments. 

Travis and Joanna had a big photoshoot with several teams—can you say, "Super-spreader?"! Anyway, they have more business lined up preparing all these photos for the players and their families. Andrew is working at SuperStore, and after some initial issues over footwear, that seems to be going well. He gets to work both in the store and outdoors; that's a big temperature gradient this time of year! 

That's enough for this week.