It's been a beautiful week on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been great, albeit a little too hot for me. We've enjoyed a good week of activities and are beginning to plan the next phase of developments and renovations on the house and yard. Wendy got some of our artwork hung; we're finally getting to enjoy those again. The markets have continued to run well. The TSX was up nearly 4% for the month, and I almost gained double my quota, so I was able to cover for some of the shortfalls I experienced earlier. The Riders suffered a comprehensive beating Friday night in Montreal; c'mon Riders! We hope Durant is back soon, but truly that is not their only problem. The Jays, on the other hand, have continued to play well, and, with today's win, have advanced to first place in their division. That was much fun to watch! I've managed to get out to the golf course a couple of times, and I especially enjoyed today's golf with Wendy and Kristian. We need to go more often!
The Baileys are home from Estonia, a little tired, but glad to have had that experience. They enjoyed seeing the young people sharing their faith, and experiencing a new culture. The found Estonia to be very beautiful, and in some ways very familiar. It also has very old places. The old town in Tallinn was fascinating with the bulk of the exterior city wall and turrets in good condition. Home again in Prince Albert, most of them are enjoying house-sitting for friends who have central air! Haaken is batching at home while the rest enjoy the more favourable accommodation! They enjoyed a wonderful visit with Bonnie (nee McMillan) this week as she was touring Saskatchewan. Liam continues to struggle with his stomach issues and has another doctor's appointment in the coming week.
Erin finds it pretty quiet around home these days since Kristian is down here. Kristian has been taking touch typing lessons this summer. He enjoys using his laptop from home even more now that it has a new battery. We had a picnic at the marina on Friday evening, but there were spider webs around, and possibly spiders, so he was pretty wary of that! Erin scored a new set of wheels this week, in her case it was just a pair as she bought a new bicycle! Grandma has renewed her efforts to get Kristian comfortable riding a bike here!
Travis and Joanna have completed the paper work, so the process of moving into the new place has begun. They prepared a barbecue picnic for my birthday supper today, and we enjoyed that on the deck. They've taken one truck load of stuff over to the new place. I hope to have a trailer available for them to use next weekend which should accomplish most of the move. They've also been shopping for some additional equipment, furnishings and utensils for their new home. We shall miss them.
And that's about enough for one week.
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