Another week has passed; we remain far away from the shore of Lake Superior on the shore of Lake Wascana in the Queen City. We enjoyed starting the week in Dauphin and drove over here on Sunday evening. The weather has been fine with the odd thunderstorm thrown in for good measure! We're staying at Dad's place, and we've enjoyed catching up with Bern, Alicia & Logan who are home from Mexico, as well as with Rich & Sue, and the other family members who live in Regina. We expect Dave to get home from his trip west at some point in the next while. I brought the big D along with me on this part of the trip, so I've suffered with that most of the week. I seem to have put that behind me now! The markets have continued to run downward with the threat of the US default hanging over them. I've remained basically out of the market, so have no progress to report. I have not tried any golf this week. Rich has been leading the work of demolishing the deck and repairing the basement walls. More work remains as it will have to be excavated and sealed. I'm celebrating my birthday today; I am thankful for the many cards, emails and postings about the event. I also received a gift of double-12 dominos (Thanks to the Mexican connection), so we've played several games of Mexican Train this week. Riders got their first win of the season last Sunday by knocking off the previously unbeaten Alouettes, and they played Calgary tonight here in Regina. Another home loss, this time by 4 points, but it's hard to take all the same.
Wendy has been busy with berry picking most mornings. We've been blessed with both Saskatoons and raspberries. She's been making up rhubarb crisp with both combinations, and they have been excellent.
Erin has been taking care of the home place. The garden is progressing, but she reports the lawn-man has not been keeping up with mowing the grass. She has been making regular video chats with Kristian as well as the rest of us. He has an iPod-Touch and calls her whenever he wishes, although we did have to stop him one night since the connection time was 2am in Thunder Bay! (We didn't want his mother to know he was still up at midnight here in Regina!)
We had a great video chat between the crew from Thunder Bay and the family assembled here in Regina to wish good-bye to Bern, Alicia and Logan before they headed back to Mexico this morning. It was good to introduce Joanna to the family here. Trav spent the week at home (without mowing the grass!) but has now joined us in Regina for the next few days. He tried to attend the Rider game tonight, but couldn't find anyone who wanted to part with a ticket.
And that's about it for this week.
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