Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. I began the week on the shore of Lake Ontario as we enjoyed a three-game series with the Blue Jays. They generously won all three games; we were delighted! Then, on Sunday evening, Erin & Kristian took flight to Regina, and I flew up to Thunder Bay. It has been a good week here. The weather has been nice, and we've been enjoying some progress on our projects. I have begun the lawn care business again as my buddy, Bill, is off for a month of holidays. The markets continued to run in fear of the Fed most of the week, but then weaker than expected economic data in the US made them think that the Fed would not be raising interest rates any time soon, so the markets took off again! I had a good week, and including Thursday and Friday, I am now at quota to the end of August. September is historically the worst month for the markets, so I'm trying to be careful. Wendy has been painting outside. She has scraped, sanded, repaired and primed the front window frames. Now she's trying to choose the appropriate colours to paint them. I have begun some more renos downstairs since our suite is unoccupied, and mostly empty. I have some plumbing, electrical, and drywall planned, but Wendy has called a pause as she reconsiders the plan! The biggest game of this season for the Riders is this weekend as they host Winnipeg in the annual Labour Day weekend match. If they can win that on Sunday, it will take considerable sting out of the otherwise dismal results so far this season! Go Riders, Go!
The Baileys are in Regina this weekend. They are also looking forward to cheering the Riders to victory over the Bombers. They are helping Haaken settle into his accommodations for the year at Auntie Erin's. He is beginning his university program at the University of Regina. Eric was informed this week that he is THE marriage counsellor—nice! Erica has moved into the office of the future; it's bright, spacious and open concept. It's pretty amazing how white noise works! Liam had an abdominal scan in Saskatoon before making the move to Caronport for this grade 10 year. We hope the former is uneventful, so the latter can be full of fun events!
Erin and Kristian enjoyed the Blue Jay weekend in Toronto before flying home Sunday evening into Monday morning. Erin had Monday and Tuesday off work, so they were able to get resettled, and get Kristian ready for school. He has now begun the new school year, and reports that it's going well. Erin notes that he's excited to go, and that's a good step forward all by itself. The stove is not repaired yet, but she does have a plan to get it done, not it's just to do it! This weekend, she's hosting the Baileys, and getting her new boarder, Haaken, settled in to his room.
Trav and Joanna and the crew got back on Tuesday night from Toronto. They continue to work on moving their stuff from here and establishing it in the new place. Gemma and Andrew are back at school; I'm certain they are enjoying it a great deal! One of their businesses, BucketDecals is very busy. They got one order this week for 62 teams! Soon, it will be time to push forward on preparations for another season of coaching hockey. Time presses forward, and puts pressure on most of us!
And that's about enough for this week.
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