March 28

I forgot to mention that I have diversified my portfolio from being a full time athlete.  For many years, I have been a part time preacher.  I preached on March 11, the day after I returned from Cancun.  My next sermon is on April 8.  Preaching is so different from teaching school.  People listen politely. Still feels odd.

The other profession I have pursued is teaching dance at Preston Park One Retirement Village.  I have taught old time waltz, jive, fox trot, the butterfly, and square dance.  I really was doing well until  I started teaching square dance.  I totally blew the allemande left.  There was nearly a fist fight, but I calmed the situation before it got out of hand.

Of course, I continue to teach ukulele.  Yes, I worked one day last year teaching ukulele at a music event organized by Prairie Spirit School Division.  This year, I taught 1.25 days.  I'm still recuperating from the stress of a my workload.

April and May will be busy months.  On April 13, I am going to Regina to celebrate my oldest brother's 50th wedding anniversary.  On April 21, I am going to Tisdale to celebrate my mom's 90th birthday.  I will be hosting the Second Annual Kolach/Sick Family Reunion May 11-13.  It will be a great time of eating, visiting, telling jokes, teasing, sing songs, hugs, picture taking, and a new feature this year...karaoke.

May will also be the time when I open up the trailer at Memorial Lake Regional Park.  My plan is to make the shed into my man cave so Mary, Morgan, and Peanut can use the trailer.  I'm thinking I will get more sleep in the shed than in the trailer.  Just guessing.

I am still looking after the neighbours chickens.  The chicken operation has morphed into an online business.  Just tonight, I found a flyer in my mail.  RENT THE CHICKEN.COM  "Enjoy fresh eggs daily from hens in your own backyard!"  It won't be long before the neighbourhood will be overrun with chickens.

March 14

After taking 5 short holidays since October, I am happy to be in Saskatoon, on the ground, for a few months.  My latest getaway was to Cancun for a week at an all inclusive.  I thought Spring Break was in late March.  I was wrong.  I saw things that you wouldn't believe.  Luckily, senior citizens like me were housed in the upper floors with the crazies below, but you could still hear people yelling in the hallways at all hours of the night.  All kidding aside, the week was great.  There was only one torrential rain on the last night of my stay, but there was sunshine through most of the days.  The routine was coffee on the balcony at 7, walk on the beach at 8, breakfast at 9, pool time from 10-4:30, shower and change, walk the hotel zone from 5-6, then dinner at one of the a la cart restaurants.  To finish the day, back to the balcony to observe the goings on.

Hats off to my wonderful neighbors who shovelled my driveway.  On the day that I went to Mexico in January, Saskatoon received 15 cm of snow.  The day I left for Cancun marked the beginning of the snowiest weekend of the winter.  So while I sat in a hammock in Cancun, my neighbors worked like beavers to shovel my driveway again.  The shame I feel is unbearable.

The excitement around the birth of my first grandchild (Peanut, as he/she is being affectionately named) is mounting.  Mary continues to have a healthy pregnancy.  Mary and Morgan have the crib set up and Mary has all her ducks in a  row as you expect from any daughter of Judy.

Haley is enjoying the course work in her master's program.  She should be finished her masters by Christmas.

I am back to being a full time athlete.  Hockey will be continuing to the end of April.  Although I hate to wish my life away, I can hardly wait for summer when I can play ball, golf, bike, kayak, and hike.