A Week of Winter!

Another week of winter has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. It was positively frigid for most of the week down in the minus 20s, but it has now moderated to single digits of frost and we're looking at melting temperatures once again. The cold weather has not been such an issue for us; we're blessed with a warm house, and with the cold weather, we haven't had to worry about fresh snow, so we've had no real reason to be outside! Besides, it's been Scotties week, so I've been busy, busy, busy! There have been surprises, especially for the pundits who only acknowledge the high profile professional teams. Local hero, McCarville, accorded no chance due to not playing the pro circuit, has won her pool, and played her way into the semifinals! Unknown Nova Scotia, team Black, has knocked off high flyers like Lawes and prohibitive favourite, Homan! We have three teams left: Jones, McCarville and Einarson. Wendy was down with a bug for a couple of days, but is feeling better again. She is working diligently on the business contract and will finish that up within the next week, I'm estimating. The markets continue to be no good, very bad and terrible; all indices are in the red for the month. Investors are seeing solid economic indicators coupled with worrying inflation data and concluding that the FED is going to keep on raising rates. I'm only partly in the market, but I've managed enough to be within reach of quota for the first two months. The hockey world is consumed with continuing trade action which will keep the burner hot for another week. Of my teams, only the Leafs are performing well, and have also made some news on the trade front. Oilers are near the top of their division, but showed their goal-tending and defensive weaknesses in today's loss. Pens are also needing an injection of talent, but have been doing little, to the frustration of their fans. My Jayhawks were elevated to #3 in the rankings and keep winning, although today's game was closer than it should have been. 

Erica is away this weekend at a Ladies' Retreat, and also taking in the Lipedema Association meetings. Otherwise, it's been pretty routine work schedules. 

Kristian has been off this week for winter break and the weather cooperated with temperatures in the -30s in Regina. He heads back to school on Monday. Erin has been pushing through yearend busyness at work, and now is into new year office transition as they're packing up and moving to the Lexus building. 

Travis and Joanna keep very busy. Surely that's a good thing when your operating a business, but we'd like some time with them as well! 

And that's enough for this week.