News Update

Another beautiful week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The long weekend favoured us as the fine weather held. This week has been cooler, and once again we're threatened with frost. I decided to pick the tomatoes today, so we have two boxes of ripening tomatoes to care for! My back is healing nicely; I am scheduled for suture removal next Tuesday. The markets started the week very troubled, and I reduced my holdings. However, the Republicans relented, and passed measures to fund the government and raise the debt ceiling and the markets pushed forward again. As a result, I got back into buying and was blessed with an excellent week that overcame the shortfalls of the last two weeks and has me back on quota for the month—thank you, Lord! Wendy has continued to pick up extra shifts, so she is too busy, and somewhat over-extended. Renovation projects continue to move slowly forward. Wendy is painting in the office, and then I'll finish the casing and baseboard there. We enjoyed company midweek as Vern and Linda stopped in on their way to Regina. We expect them again on the way back. Baseball playoffs continue with one of my picks being knocked off by St. Louis, but Boston advanced to play the Cardinals in the World Series. The Riders played this evening against BC needing a win to guarantee a home playoff game. It was a bit encouraging to see their performance! Go Riders! 

Eric has been offered a job in northern BC. That is not ideal, so they're still hoping for a better option. Otherwise life in Parksville continues as per usual with Liam rehabbing his hockey injuries and Haaken working his school assignments and the film project. Erica completed five reports this week, and successfully argued for a new hire in her office. She located a missing piece of her bedroom suite in Winnipeg, so we may be called on to help get it relocated to BC. 

Erin and Kristian are doing well in Regina. They continue their preparations for Hallowe'en. Erin scored a new vacuum cleaner; Kristian enjoyed helping her clean the apartment. 

Joanna is enjoying her new job. Trav keeps busy at the various aspects of his business. We were up to see his new workspace last evening. Gemma and Andrew keep busy with school and friends. I even got to bus them to school one day as they had missed their own bus. 

And that's about enough for this week.