News Update

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. The weather has remained lovely with a few showers to keep the lawns and gardens growing. I got out golfing with Dale on Tuesday, but I played inconsistently and was quite disappointed in that. We played at the Murray, an easier course, but I only managed 93. We were scheduled to play at Kenosee on Friday, but weather issues inclined us to postpone that until Monday. The course there has been rebuilt, so I'm looking forward to seeing what they've done. The markets have continued to be mostly red, and I had a losing week as well. Apparently all economic news has to reflect the Goldilocks metric—not too hot, not too cold! This week our jobs numbers were too cold and the US numbers were too hot, so investors sold stocks, sigh! Wendy has been trying, mostly unsuccessfully, to get Kristian back on the summer learning curriculum; that program will continue! Dad has completed his antibiotic regime, and seems to be feeling much better, although he still remains with some junk to cough up! The Jays have been on a run, and have moved into play-off position and are challenging for first place in their division. The Riders continue to struggle, but played a spirited game in Toronto this evening. Indisciplined play produced penalties that took 3 TDs off the board, but they persevered throughout only to fall short when their last second pass fell incomplete in the end zone.

Eric/A enjoyed a VIP movie experience. It was incredible—leather seats, ordering food from your seat... Very cool! Liam met up with his friend in Saskatoon to go to Dragon Ball Z the movie. For this he made his own costume of one of the movie characters. Fun times! Haaken is enjoying his new classes.

Erin and Kristian are enjoying their new home. More developments continued throughout the week. There still remain some curtains and other ornamentation to purchase and install, but overall, it is coming along very well. 

Trav & Joanna enjoyed a trip to Minneapolis this week. Gemma and Andrew are returning from southern Ontario this weekend—time to settle back into life at home. 

And that's about enough for this week.