Bye, bye, Aunt Peggy!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown, but we are between the banks of the Red River and the Red River bypass known as Duff's Ditch! We drove up here on Thursday to commemorate Aunt Peggy, yesterday, and enjoy a stay with Dean, Kelly and family. Unfortunately, Dean was forewarned of our visit and arranged to absent himself in Poland! LOL!

Bk-Markus, Becca, Toran, Mitchell
Ft-Sarah, Talitha, Sandra

Anyway, we're enjoying visiting with the family, and catching up with Mike, Angela and Damaris, along with more members of their families. We also enjoyed catching up with many other members of Peggy's family and friends at the service. Sadly, we seemed to have reached an age level where too many of our gatherings are around someone's departure. We spent the early part of the week at home. Today, we got to spend some time with Tom, recently returned from Israel and Egypt, but Mariette was busy away from home already—they had only returned last night! Wendy has a busy, busy schedule with chorus business and rehearsals in preparation for the international competition next weekend in Rochester MN. I made some more progress on various projects in the shop as we celebrated temperatures up to 20°. The markets were also favourable, and I managed to make quota again. Investors seem heartened by better than forecast inflation data, although they're still expecting the FED to raise rates by another 0.25% in May. The regular season has ended in the NHL, so the playoff season is now beginning. Sadly, the Pens did not qualify. Leafs play Tampa Bay, while my Oilers play LA Kings in the first round. Basketball is in the new silly season where teams try to recruit established players who have entered the Transfer Portal! I hope the Jayhawks pick up some good ones. Baseball is nicely underway and my Blue Jays are playing well so far. Curling this week was in Toronto for the Players Championship. My guy, Koe, beat Gushue to advance to the final against Schwaller. On the women's side, Wranå beat my gal, Einarson, so she gets to the final against Tirinzoni. 

Erica writes, "It’s been a busy week at work. I’ve picked up some personal tax returns, so, now that adds to the audits and reviews that normally keep me busy! Eric and I enjoyed a visit from his niece Marina. And we also got out to the local business awards show. Liam has started fundraising for his mission with RU and The Great Commission Foundation. You may hear from him soon on his plans. If you are interested in reading more, here is a link: Haaken and Greg are doing fine."

Erin and Kristian are acquainting themselves with the new-look Blue Jays. We get to text our commiserations over their games! So far, so good. They're currently in a series with the first place Rays, but have won the first two games to take that series. Erin got a new laptop for Kristian, and he has already used it to apply for summer work at camp. Meanwhile, Erin has begun stressing over her planned vacation trip next week—never too early to start stressing, sigh! 

Travis & Joanna celebrated several Easter feasts with us last weekend. Joanna is busy at work as well as with PuckShots orders. They are also in the final planning stages for their usual pilgrimage to Florida to the timeshare there. So, we're in the final planning stages in preparation for pet care! 

And that's about it for this week.