Ground Hog?

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. Wintry weather prevailed most of the week, but with the weekend, milder weather and some snow have taken their turns. The cold weather and the wealth of curling on TV have kept me from the workshop, so no progress on the game boards. I got an update from the ENT doctor. The MRI of my head shows as completely normal—who knew?! Wendy always seem to find things to keep her busy. She's been well occupied with chorus practice and chorus business as usual. And she's begun work on her annual business books assignment for a local company. We have had some light cleaning to do on the driveway, but as I noted, the cold weather has kept most of the precipitation at bay. Some snow arrived last night with the arrival of the warming trend. We've been caring for Minnie while Travis and Joanna were in Punta Cana. They got back Thursday evening, Thursday night, Friday morning... finally got them from the airport and home about 3:30AM after frequent flight delays by West Jet out of Toronto. Their cars have also been staying with us since their street requires vehicles to be moved to the opposite side every day. They've taken Minnie and the cars back home now. The markets spent the early week worrying about what the FED would do and say on Wednesday. That turned out to be reassuring, but then the USA put up blow-away jobs numbers on Friday, and fear that good news for the economy is bad news for the markets reared its head again. TSX proved to be the steady index through this and I had a good week. In sports, I had lots of curling catch up from provincial playdowns held last week, and then Saskatchewan had men's playdowns this week. NHL hockey has been in a lull for the All-Star game. My Oilers have been playing well, but Leafs and Pens are pretty much marking time. #8-Kansas played well to take down rival K-State this week, but then played sloppily to lose to Iowa State today, sad! I predict a further drift down the rankings. C'mon boys! Rock Chalk Jayhawk! 

Enjoying Punta Cana

Eric and Erica spent this week in Punta Cana with Travis and Joanna. Their reports and photos show that they enjoyed themselves a great deal. Now, they're on the way home, via Columbia, no less! We are happy to hear of their safe arrival in Canada. Liam celebrated his birthday by going to summer camp! (Hate to tell you, but the ground hog ain't no meteorologist and summer's still months away!)

Winston Knoll Curling Team

Kristian is in transition to second semester. He reports that his courses this time will be Social, Mathematics, English and Art. They won their playoff game in curling this week, so they've advanced to the semi-finals. We wish we were there watching the games! 

Last Supper!

Travis and Joanna continued to enjoy Punta Cana right up to the last minute, and then headed for home. The transition through Toronto did not go so smoothly as West Jet kept delaying the flight. We fully expected the flight would be cancelled, but finally they arrived, we accommodated the vehicle swap and they got home about 3:30AM. Minnie and the boys have done well while the grownups were away. Andrew did a good job of taking care of things over there, and Wendy did her usual excellent job of taking care of Minnie! She even had me trim Minnie's nails! 

And that's about enough for this week.