Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the Queen City of the Prairies. We are continuing our sojourn at Wendy's dad's place. It's been a good week. The weather has been lovely, and when it got too hot we just stayed indoors in air-conditioned comfort. The markets have continued to flounder, although I, unfortunately, jumped on the first positive move after the debt ceiling was adjusted and got tagged with some losses. I need to make some recovery of my own now. It's been a tough time as the markets have headed steadily downward since April, and this week they've been accelerating the losses with multiple hundreds of points in the red! This weekend we've been excavating one basement wall on Dad's house to replace the weeping tile and get rid of the clay that's been forcing that wall to crack. I'm feeling tired and sore tonight. The Riders had a game last night, but it was a poor showing as they lost to the BC Lions and fell to 1 and 5. I think it may be time to bring in some different players who know how to play this game!
Wendy has been occupied all week with feeding the crew that has included Erica and the boys since they got in Wednesday night. One of the motorbikes packed it in about three hours west of here, so Erica & Liam arrived on the bus. Then Eric took the other bike home and has now returned with a truck to haul the other one and the rest of the family home. Dave arrived home Friday night, so it's a full house.
Erin has been taking care of things back home in TBay, but she arrived about noon today, so Trav & Joanna are taking care of Sadie and the house, and (I hope) the lawns. My information is that the lawns were not mown when Erin left this morning, so I hope that got done today. Kristian has been with us all week, but has maintained regular and frequent contact with mom via his iPod Touch! He really communicates well using that medium. He went golfing with me one day. His first action on an actual golf course. We did nine holes on the putting green, but when I asked him if he wanted to go on the course, he said he did. I didn't know how much he'd play before he got tired of carrying clubs and making many hits per hole! But he persisted through every stroke of nine holes with no gimmies. And he wanted to do another nine holes on the putting green on the way out! So, we did that too!
Trav was here at the start of the week, and when it came time to head home, his flight was delayed so he was able to spend another night with us all here. He's now back at work and taking care of things in TBay. He also got a positive response to his grant application, so that was great news as he begins to set up his business later this year.
And that's about enough for this week.
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