Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has was nice early in the week, but has turned cool and damp this weekend. They're threatening frost tonight, so this may finally be it for our first frost. We hope there's enough time left for some improved leaf colours before they all fall off! I only got out golfing one day, but I've managed good progress on the downstairs bathroom, and I've now turned it over to the painter. I'm sure she can cover over the imperfections I left there! But that will have to wait a bit since she is under the weather. Wendy fell sick early in the week and eventually had to give in and go to the doctor who confirmed she has strep. So, she's on antibiotics and is taking it easy for a couple of days at least. I've now started on the kitchenette. The first challenge there is electrical. Once again there's a surprise to clean up, and then some more outlets to install. It gives us something to do, and it's rather rewarding to see the improved house we have here. After this there is really only one big project and that's the kitchen/dining room—we'll have to save up before launching that one! The markets seem to have not realized the bad month is over; they are continuing to lag. The Blue Jays won the top Wild Card seed, and beat Baltimore in that game to advance to the Divisional Series against Texas Rangers. The have won the first two games, but they still need to win one more. Okay! Blue Jays! Let's Play Ball! My picks are Jays over Boston in the American League, and Cubs over Dodgers in the National League; we'll see how that plays out. The Riders played Ottawa on Friday night, and reeled off their third consecutive win! Yay Riders! Keep it going.
The boys have returned to the Bailey nest in Prince Albert, and they're thankful to have the family together for the weekend. Liam's doctor's appointment provided positive news. His blood work indicates that he's on the mend. Haaken returned from Regina on the bus, and it was quite an adventure! Earlier in the day the bus depot in Regina was evacuated over a suspicious package, and riders were advised to use alternate locations to catch the bus. However, when he got to the new location he was informed that the threat had been cleared and he should go to the bus depot-downtown- in rush hour traffic! He got there, only to find the bus was full. Fortunately, and overflow bus was brought and he was able to make it to Saskatoon. Whew!
Erin and Kristian have the place to themselves this weekend and they're having a relaxing weekend. They enjoyed a date night this week as well—a special time for mom and son. Kristian lost another tooth, one of his stomach teeth, and was unhappy when the tooth fairy didn't come across with the usual pay off! The discussion that ensued allowed him to figure out the identity of the tooth fairy, so he was able to address his complaint more directly! They will enjoy several Thanksgiving meals this weekend as well.
Trav and Joanna keep busy. Trav has moved his office into one of the rooms downstairs here. We're glad to have him around, although our renovations make it a bit more difficult for him. They're doing a lot of stencil work for Bucket Decals, but they expect that to slow down a bit. They're taking lots of hockey team pictures already, and also added a high school football team. Some developments at the house saw the successful arrival of the replacement dining room table, and the arrival and installation of the dishwasher—progress! They celebrated a Chinese food thanksgiving supper on Friday evening, and I enjoyed that with them. We're planning our turkey dinner with them on Monday.
And that's enough for this week.
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