On the Road Again!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown, but we have headed west, and are closing out the week on the banks of La Rivière Rouge in Winnipeg. Thanks Tom & Mariette for taking us in out of the cold and storm! Tom even gave me a new potential diagnosis for my back/leg issues, Piriformis Syndrome, which he also suffers with on occasion. The weather in Thunder Bay has been comfortable with daytime temperatures above zero and while we've had some snow, we've able to clear the driveway and let the sun have its way. We had a good week with several appointments and medical issues to take care of before we were prepared to be away for some weeks. Wendy's eye appointment revealed that she's developing a cataract, so she'll be considering surgery for that after we get back. I had the remainder of my skin tags removed, and also got some followup on my back issues. I've been referred for an MRI, and also to the Back Pain unit. These, too, will be held in abeyance until we get back. The markets were roiled this week by a speech by Powell, and then, yesterday and today by Jobs data. The FED allowed as how it may be about time to slow down the rate increases, and the investors cheered. However, the economy showed up so strongly in the jobless claims and new jobs created that investors feared the FED would keep the rates rising. We're in the "good news is bad news" phase of the markets, so the strong jobs data brought about more selling, and I didn't make quota this week. Wendy has also been working all week to prepare the eulogy—lots of memories, lots of emotion, it's therapeutic. In Basketball, #3-Kansas paid the price for its first loss of the season and were dropped to #9. They won their games comfortably this week, so that helps. In football the conference finals are running this weekend and the teams I follow are not involved. The Oilers had a number of games this week, splitting the first two, and hosting the Habs tonight.

Yay Oilers! Yay Oscar!

A good game for the usual suspects, and Oscar rubbed it in to his dad. Pens also won their game tonight, but Leafs fell in Overtime. 

Erica writes, "When we could find the energy, we worked on bathroom destruction this week. On Saturday, our friends Tina and Guido came over to help. We are getting old and need lots of breaks. 1 hour destruction, 1.5 hour break for lunch.

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Then, 45 minutes of cleanup. Another break. Then about 1.5 hours of destruction with cleanup, and we called it a day. I don’t think any of us will have a career in construction any time soon. We chatted here and there with the boys and things seem to be good."

Kristian won an award as Athlete of the Week at school.

Well done! 

His main sport at present is curling. Erin is working through the transition at work as they separate the business of Lexus out of the Toyota operation. 

Travis and Joanna are very busy. They've had the photoshoots with about 80 teams already this season, which catches them up to their expected schedule despite the delayed start to the season. Lots of development and production work to do still, but not very many new teams to do before Christmas. They're in charge of things in Thunder Bay while we're away. Thanks guys! 

And that's about it for this week!