White Rain!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been miserable beginning last weekend, and persisting into this weekend. While the old adage, "April showers..." implies that any precipitation in April is rain, I have extended the intent to prove that it doesn't snow in the months of April through October. That assurance aside, we surely had a lot of flakey white rain this week. It started with freezing rain last weekend which closed the highways in Ontario and prolonged our stay in Winnipeg. We were planning to leave on Saturday and eventually left on Tuesday. A spell of warm weather had the roads in excellent driving condition by then, so the trip home was uneventful. We thank Kelly and crew for putting us up for the extra days. We also took advantage to do more visiting with family in Winnipeg as Tom & Mariette returned from the Middle East. We also got to visit with Richard & Louise.

Scarlet Women & their Director

Wendy has been busy with preparations for her trip to Rochester MN this weekend for Sweet Adelines competition. I have marked her location in the group with an arrow, and added a close-up pic of the trophy holding the award! They loaded up on Thursday morning in more um, rain, and took a difficult bus ride south, while I used the snowblower to blow the rain off the driveway! Their competition was today—20 hours on the bus for a 7-minute performance! They did well, winning the trophy for first in their section!

Lamination Glue-Up

I've been able to get back to the shop and work on the lamination project. Of course I had to bring it inside for the glue-up. It will eventually become a chair seat. I am also working on a shadow memory box for Sadie. The markets were troubled all week with a lot of whipsaw action. I managed a small gain, and am closing in on quota for April. Kevin Koe finished off the Players Championship in style. He made a slash double to count three and beat Gushue in the semi-final. Then, he made a triple kill to score three and beat Schwaller in the final! Wranå, from Sweden, won the women's side. First round series continue in the NHL playoffs. My picks are at least all still alive! (Oilers, Islanders, Bruins, Stars, Avs, Knights, Leafs, Rangers) The Blue Jays continue to play well, although they dropped one to the Yankees today. 

Erica writes about troubled travels, "It is Friday night, 8:23 PM. We left home on Thursday morning, 7:15 AM to fly to Halifax. We have made it as far as Calgary. If the powers that be at Westjet are correct this time, we should arrive in Halifax at 7 AM Saturday morning—only 4 hours later than it would have taken us to drive there. I would say this is the worst travel experience I’ve had, however we flew Westjet last fall to and from England. You may recall that some of our party had to sleep on the floor of the Calgary airport as Westjet had a computer crash and decided to let their "customer service” folks go home, instead of providing hotels for their displaced passengers. As you may have guessed, we are less than impressed with the service. What makes it even more frustrating is that none of the “service” agents seems to care and we have had to fight for every bit of accommodation we have received, such as a hotel last night and food vouchers. In the mean time, Eric has missed the first day of his conference and will arrive only a few hours before day two starts. Not good. Other than that, things are good."

Erin and Kristian have joined Travis & Joanna on a trip to Tampa Bay. They flew out of Regina and met up with Travis & Joanna in Toronto. Then, after overnighting in Toronto, they flew to Tampa this morning. And, just to add intrigue to surprise, their flights were on time, and all luggage arrived with them. Better buy a lottery ticket! 

Meanwhile, back at home in Thunder Bay, the boys are partying! 

Hey man—got a light?

And that's enough for this week!