News Update

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been cool and rainy, and the leaves are changing colours and beginning to fall around town. Renovations are on hold as we have company this week, but the bathroom is at quite a usable stage at least. The only thing we can't do right now is shower there, so we continue to wander downstairs for that. Anyway, it's looking like it will turn out well (much better than I was expecting), but Wendy had bigger dreams than I did, and, somehow, has pushed me to accomplish them! The markets continued their 'correction' in the early part of the week as the TSX lost 12% in the last six weeks, and even the US indices lost about 10% in the fears over Ukraine, Europe, Hong Kong, Iraq, ISIL, and Ebola! They say that fear and greed run the markets, and the American media seems to run almost solely on the fear side of that equation! Finally, the solid data out of the US economy with the fewest jobless claims in 14 years, and the fastest deficit reduction since WWII could no longer be ignored and greed pushed the markets forward Thursday and Friday and gave me a green week. However, I'm reduced to only 14% in the market, so I'll be looking for opportunities to buy back in. Baseball has completed the preliminaries and we're now ready for the World Serious! My two picks managed to come through, and I'll be cheering for KC in the Series. The Riders lost their game badly in Montreal on Monday, and play Edmonton tomorrow. Both teams are in playoff position, but are fighting for home field advantage. Go Riders, Go! Bus driving continues to go well; most mornings, lately, I'm meeting one of these wind turbine blades heading east. 

They're big! 

Haaken and Erica returned to Parksville to enjoy Thanksgiving-II with the Robinsons. They enjoyed a Butterball stuffed, cook-from-frozen turkey—it actually cooked right through! Amazing! Eric and Liam joined Grandpa, Erin and Kristian for the Rider game against Montreal. Unfortunately, the Riders did not join the game, so Eric and Liam left early to take Liam back to school. It's been a quiet week for the Bailey family.

Erin and Kristian have not been enjoying such quiet times. Kristian continues to fight his eye issues and has not been able to accommodate the Erthyromycin pills easily. He does seem to be improving, but this is expected to be a long term battle. Friday was a day off school for Kristian and he enjoyed spending the time with Ashley including a trip to the Science Centre. 

Trav, Joanna, Gemma and Andrew are hosting Grandma Pamela this week, and we're enjoying the visit as well. Gemma had a set of reports describing her excellent progress so far this term. She is also displaying interest in high school football and has attended several games already. The Elks82s completed their preseason undefeated, but have opened the regular season with a loss! 

And that's about it for this week.