Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. We have had a couple of flurries, but it melts on arrival, so we're still in the green here. We have had a busy schedule this week, and still have a couple of medical appointments coming up. Wendy had a chest X-ray on Monday, and later a phone call with her doctor to explain that no issues of concern showed on the X-ray. She is still scheduled for a two more tests over her persistent cough issues. I had a follow-up with my ophthalmologist on Wednesday; he was well pleased with my vision. Wendy had choir practice on Monday evening with the Sweet Adelines, and we both practiced with a community choir on Thursday morning. My spinal surgeon called on Wednesday and wants to schedule another discussion about my back issues. He didn't mention what that was about, but I look forward to hearing anything new! The markets struggled under relentless threatening by the FED over rate hikes, however, the strong USA economy gradually took over the sentiment and we continued November in the green, and on quota. In the world of sports we're watching the conference finals in football. Montreal surprised Toronto in the Eastern final, while Winnipeg continued their domination of the West. I expect the Bombers to have an easy time of it in the Grey Cup game. In hockey, my Oilers continue to flounder at the bottom of the league—yikes! They finally won their third game just tonight. Leafs are winning their share of games. Pens had a great tour of California, winning three games and really improving their situation. In college football, #17-Sooners took quite a tumble in the rankings after losing to Oklahoma State, so they took it out on West Virginia today. #7-Longhorns continue be just on the outside of the playoff scenario, and they were not impressive against TCU today. In basketball, #1-Jayhawks opened the season with two blowout wins! Rock Chalk! I have spent several hours watching the Grand Slam event out of Nova Scotia. Four of our Canadian teams lost out in the tie-breakers leaving just Bottcher carrying our colours on the men's side. He lost in the semi-final, so it's and all European final: Retornaz (Italy) vs Edin (Sweden). On the women's side we qualified three teams into the playoffs, but Einarson and Homan played each other and Jones lost to Tirinzoni. Only Homan remains; she will take on Gim (Korea) in the final. Clearly, the rest of the world has caught up and even surpassed us in curling.
Erin is enjoying good health, but very busy with the training program for her replacement. There is a lot to learn in a compressed period of time. Kristian is busy with school as usual. This week, curling started. He tried out his new curling shoes, but has decided the older ones suited him better. We're glad to see him enjoying curling as it is one of the sports we've enjoyed for a long time. Next week, they have an exhibition game and then the final arrangement of the school team will be settled. His skip from last year is helping with the coaching.
Travis and Joanna are very busy with hockey photo shoots. The new arrangements for Puck Shots photo distribution are still needing some tweaking, but they're confident it will pay off in the long run. They have eight teams scheduled for today. Last night, they hosted us for a delicious pulled pork supper—thanks guys. We also enjoyed the Leaf game, and several games of Fast Track—thanks Ladies! Andrew was there for supper with his new Subaru—looking good! The dogs have had fresh haircuts.
And that's about enough for this week.
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