March Madness!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. Spring has arrived and pot holes are plumbing their awful depths! We've had a busy, but good week here in Regina. We get over to visit Dad regularly; Kristian had curling Tues, Wed, Thurs—we saw two of those.

Grace & Joanne

We drove down to Ogema with Dave on Wednesday to visit Aunt Grace and the cousins there. It was a good trip, a great visit, and wonderful afternoon coffee break! I re-repaired Erin's shower faucet. Then, I rebuilt her glider rocker into a rocking chair. We bought a lighted mirror at Costco and installed it at 55 Laird in the downstairs bathroom. It has a defogging feature; I've tried it out and it works great! The markets finally produced a good week's quota for me. I still have some work to do to get the quarter into the green. In hockey, the Leafs are working in a new goaltender, and having some success, although not tonight. Pens & Oilers are doing well, and won their games today. The trade deadline is Monday, so we're watching to see if there's any action for my teams. Gushue beat Koe in the curling final to win the Canadian championship once again. Now, we're seeing lots of teams contemplating changes for the next season. Baseball Spring training games have begun, and every team is a contender at this time of the season! But the big news is March Madness and my Jayhawks have started off with two wins to advance to the Sweet Sixteen! Rock Chalk Jayhawk! The women's world curling championship started today; Canada (Einarson) split their first two games. 

Erica writes, "We had a bit of excitement last week with some ice buildup on the roof. Water found its way into the house and started dripping. So, Eric has been getting up on the ladder and chopping away at it. He continued his ice chopping this week. Now, the walkway is flooded and iced over. We hope spring comes soon! We enjoyed a visit last week in Regina including a musical afternoon with Grampa at his new bachelor pad. Today was my birthday and I took the day off and planned some relaxing treatments at the spa. Then, Eric took me out for dinner with our friend Tina. Then, we enjoyed some German chocolate cake back at home. With everything this has been going on in the Ukraine, we thought we should become more knowledgeable about the country. So tonight, we started watching Servant of the People on Netflix—the Ukrainian sitcom starring President Zelinskyy before he was president. It’s pretty funny!"

Erin suffered a house calamity and a migraine this week. Each of them cost (allowed) a day off work. I had "repaired" her shower diverter faucet, but in the process, the O-ring had broken, and water flowed back into the wall the next time she showered. So, that repair had to be re-done, correctly this time! The water stains in the ceiling below will need to be repainted in the summer, but at least the damage was minor. (Hard to get good workers these days!) Then, I repaired her rocker—she was delighted to get the rocker back in service. On Friday evening Kristian and I played a round of golf at Divots, a golf simulator. It wasn't much like golf, but we had fun!

Travis and Joanna keep busy at home. At least the snow has stayed away, and Spring has arrived in TBay as well. We look to head home early next week, but in the meantime Gemma reports that all is well at Kensington Manor! 

And that's about enough for this week.