News Update

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana. We began the week with sad news as we learned of the passing of our friend, Mal, in Dauphin; the memorial service is scheduled for Sept 10th, and we plan to attend. This was compounded as we learned of the marriage breakup of dear friends. The weather has continued to be very nice, and I've been able to get out golfing with Erin & Kristian a couple of times. The markets have been incredibly volatile, and even set a record for gains and losses on consecutive days. I managed to make a good gain overall, although I have two-thirds in cash in view of the difficult markets. The Riders lost another game last evening, and to add to the pain it was at home against Calgary! We keep waiting for changes to be made in hopes of an improvement—after all, at 1-6 there's not too much worse to anticipate! Work has continued on the repairs at Dad's house, and the basement wall is looking great with its new coating, weeping tile and sump pump. Backfill will probably happen next week. We enjoyed nice evenings out at Bernard & Joan's, Barb & Ed's and at Rick & Carolyn's; it was good go visit with them and catch up on their lives. This evening we enjoyed the Canadian wedding reception for cousin Jesse and his new bride, Carly, down in Milestone.

Wendy keeps busy with housework, shopping and visiting. She also has been renegotiating her work shifts as we look to begin the trip home next week.

Erin & Kristian are both with us, although Erin is scheduled to fly back to TBay tomorrow. They have been enjoying getting out golfing, as well as spending time with the family and friends in Regina.

Trav is back home, taking care of the dog, house, garden and lawns. In his spare time, he's also continuing his work and developing the plan for his own business now that funding has been approved. Joanna is keeping busy with her work this week. She's been trying to cut back a bit on hours to get a bit of a rest break as well. We've been able to video chat with them a couple of times.

And that's about it for this week.