March and other Madness

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been mild, but some days have had significant wind, so that's not so comfortable. The snow has pretty much disappeared from our lawns except where we piled it up off the driveway. Kali enjoys getting out for walks; Granny still tries to clean her up after she has investigated all the puddles! No particular action on any of our projects, but I'm starting to think about getting out to the shop once again. We only have six weeks left before our Spring Concert so choir practices are getting serious every Thursday morning! Wendy adds her Sweet Adelines practices and performances to her weekly routine. She has completed input of all the data on the accounting project, so she's just polishing up the details. The markets continue to struggle under the chaotic Trump regime. He's back to his tariff threats, which he's now scheduling to begin April 2nd. We are heartened to see the legal system and Republican voters coming out against him, but we need congress to develop some courage and put a stop to his lawlessness. As it stands now, democracy is over in the USA, and we live in the shadow of his threats to destroy our country. It's an easy segue to March Madness! My team, KU, has already lost out, and my bracket is showing serious gaps! I have Florida picked to win it all over Duke and at least those are still alive. The hockey season is down to the last dozen or so games. My Oilers have suffered high profile injuries with McDavid and Draisaitl both out, but they won tonight. Toronto is in good position, and the Penguins keep winning when they should be tanking to get a better draft position! Spring Training is ending and the baseball season has already begun—a week early if you ask me! The Women's World Curling championship has occupied a lot of my time this week despite the crazy broadcast timing out of Korea—good thing I have a PVR. Our team, Homan, has advanced to the gold medal game against Switzerland, which is scheduled for very early tomorrow morning—and the winner, and STILL champions of the world: Canada! Homan took control late to beat Tirinzoni 7-3. Next weekend the men's championship begins in Moose Jaw. 

TrumpCession Underway

Erica writes, "Monday night we enjoyed the Irish Rovers in Saskatoon. Tuesday was my birthday. I took the day off and enjoyed some spa treatments. We had a quiet night at home and enjoyed birthday cupcakes. The rest of the week was pretty normal. But this weekend Liam is home. We celebrated with birthday cake on Friday and today we had a local gala to attend. Sunday is a special mission Sunday service and Liam is speaking on RU and playing drums. Nothing more to add from Greg & Kiersten or Haaken."

Erin writes, "I had a great week—almost relaxing! I was able to catch up on a bunch of paperwork. And, finally, the weather is getting better. I went outside this morning to work on shoveling the backyard drift so I can rock in the egg swing but the snow wouldn’t budge—concrete! This week is supposed to be positive temperatures so, hopefully, that will help me out. Kristian applied to Sask Polytech and got a reply about attending an accessibility workshop. I wonder what they offer. I’m hoping they have FM systems set up for his hearing."

Cat Fight: L-Luci, R-Elly

Travis and Joanna hosted us for Wendy's birthday supper on Sunday. We enjoyed volumes of Chinese food (and had enough leftovers to last a few more meals)! Joanna had made a birthday cake—delicious, and we kept enjoying that for most of the week as well. Marigold was back in full participation in shenanigans, so Kali came along and the dogs celebrated the evening as well. Then, we watched Moana2 together—a very good evening! 

Happy Birthday, Wendy! 

And that's enough for this week.