Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior, in my hometown. The weather has been comfortable, but we finally got a frost on Thursday night that took out my tomato plants. Now, we have three flats of tomatoes trying to ripen indoors! I haven't been covering them as we are planning to head out next week anyway, so this has allowed me to clean up the garden area. I'm watering down the cedars this weekend. Wendy has me back on some renovations in the house. I installed the new faucet and toilet in the downstairs bathroom—another great upgrade. She has continued lesson development for the India trip, and those are pretty close to ready. I'm expecting there will be a need for many revisions once we see what our students are like! On Friday, we got word that her order of some teaching stuff for India was in at the border store, so we drove down, enjoyed supper at the casino, and picked up the parcel. The markets continued their downward trend through the end of the month. The TSX is now down 9% so far this year. For the second month in a row, I failed to make quota, and am now behind quota for the year as well. The selling has reduced my buy-in to under 5%, so I'm hoping to make some buys in the next week rather than hold so much in cash while we're away. The Riders put up a good game last Sunday, and we beat Montreal quite comfortably. This evening they played in BC; it was not a good effort; it was not close. Time for the airlift; let's find some prospects for next year! The Blue Jays clinched the division championship this week, and now move on to the playoffs. Let's go Blue Jays! Let's play ball!
Eric had a fun week at work; he travelled to Watrous and later to Big River before settling back at the office. Eric and Erica enjoyed a 3 km hike on Sunday. They didn't enjoy the 104-step stairway at the end of the hike, but they survived! Haaken continues to look for work. This weekend, they are visiting the McLeods and Baileys in Saskatoon and enjoying a visit with Sheena and Aura who flew out from BC for a visit.
Erin and Kristian have had a good week. Erin has relished the successful season for the Blue Jays. Kristian is enjoying his birthday present. The school reports confirm that he is progressing well at school. He seems to be settling into a nice routine for home as well. It is a comfort.
Joanna is working with Lorraine to open up the market in southern Ontario, but it's slow developing. Travis has flown down there as well. We don't hear of business developments, but attendance at the Ti-Cat football game, and the Maple Leaf hockey game were enjoyed! Gemma and Andrew remain here with us!
That's about it for this week.
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