News Update

Ashley crowns Barry!

Another week has passed, and we have journeyed from the shore of Lake Superior to the shore of Lake Wascana. The main purpose of our trip was to be present for the wedding of our niece Ashley and her chosen man, Barry. We celebrated that occasion today, in Regina. We have completed most of the work on the living room, and cleaned things up in anticipation of being away for a month. It's looking much better already, and renovations continue. We still need to complete the work on the downstairs bathroom once we find a suitable shower unit, so the effect of a house taking care of all your extra time and money continues! I visited my oncologist on Tuesday morning, and we exchanged our usual pleasantries: "That feels pretty good." "No, it doesn't!" My PSA levels held around 11, so we continue our watching and monitoring. We drove to Brandon on Tuesday afternoon to visit with Bonnie and Charlie. They were full of questions about the situation in India; they are planning a trip there with Bob Parker. We hope we didn't just overwhelm them! We continued to Regina on Wednesday and moved into the downstairs bedroom at Erin's. Then, with the Baileys' arrival on Friday night, we've moved over to Dave's for the weekend. The markets took a vicious downturn this week, and my portfolio suffered as well. I was getting close to being on quota for the year to date, and now I've fallen back once again, sigh! I enjoyed a round of golf on Friday at Tor Hill with Dale and Mark. My driving was much improved with my two-glove approach, but the rest of the game was as shaky as ever—46-46-92. Wendy took part in a mammoth day of wedding decorations and flower arranging on Friday. It all looked great! Stanley Cup playoffs continue. I was hoping the Penguins would finish it off Thursday night, but they ran into a hot goaltender, so the series continues with the next game on Sunday night in San Jose. 

The Baileys are back in Regina this weekend for Ashley's wedding. They plan to build in some cousin-bonding time in the form of shopping for sharp duds for Kristian! Liam has entered the land of politics by running for and winning a place on student council at school as grade 11 representative for next school year. Congratulations! Liam had computer issues; he couriered his laptop over to Regina and I took it in to the computer tech here who had done good work on my laptop last year. We haven't heard about any solutions yet. Otherwise, they've had a quiet week, but it was nice to have some time with them this weekend. 

Erin & Kristian have been busy with hosting family this week. We moved in on Wednesday, and then the Baileys moved in on Friday. Kristian had a sports day on Friday at school, so Grandma and Grandpa enjoyed getting a chance to watch some of that. I delivered Kristian's golf cart which I had rebuilt to accommodate the height of his golf bag. He was immediately ready to go golfing! 

Trav, Joanna and crew are taking care of things at home. They are anticipating the arrival of Joanna's mom, and also awaiting the delivery of our new sofa to fill up some of the space that is now our living room. We plan for it to sit in front of those pictures against the end wall, so those may need to get raised and fastened to the wall! 

And that's about it for this week.