News Update

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. I enjoyed having a family barbecue on Sunday for Fathers' Day, and my children were generous as usual—thanks! The weather started and ended the weekly nicely, but we had some cool, showery weather in the middle. I got out for a round of golf with Dale on Tuesday. It was 18 holes on an executive course, and my leg handled it fine. My game was not so great, +18, but I'm satisfied for now. We plan to play a full course this coming Monday. I came down with a cold on Wednesday, and am still suffering head congestion and coughing today. Wendy continues to nurse her tender back, but that hasn't slowed her down much. She has been shopping for new lighting fixtures for Erin's kitchen and dining room, so I was consigned to install those. They look good, and really make the flavour more homey and intimate in contrast to the industrial fixtures the builders had installed. Next in line is to repaint the main floor; Wendy and Erin are busy with swatches trying to choose the perfect level of grey to apply to those walls. The markets have continued to whipsaw, and I was down nearly $1000 one day, but I had a good week overall, and am back on quota for the month. The TSX even managed to sneak into the green for the year with a tidy gain on Friday. The CFL season has begun; I am expecting better things of the Riders. It wasn't a good start, and I lay most of the blame on the coaching staff for a 1-point loss to Montreal. The Jays continue to struggle below .500 in baseball. They've tried 9 times this season to get to .500, and failed each time—sigh! 

Apple Pie a la Liam

The Baileys were down here last weekend; it was nice to catch up with them all. They got some good news this week as Haaken was accepted into Victoria College of Art. In fact, it appears he had been accepted back in April, but the email was lost in cyberspace. Haaken sent a follow up email and found out he was in! After a few days of consideration, he has decided to go for it! So off to Victoria he will go. Gramma Bailey came to visit for a week. In honour of this occasion, Liam made a wonderful dinner of homemade spaghetti, and gluten-free apple pie from scratch. It was very, very good and now he is assigned cook duty for the rest of the summer! Liam and Erica got to see the new doctor this week. She is rumoured to be very thorough so we are hoping she will have a positive impact on our health.

Erin and Kristian are hosting us well here in Regina. Kristian is closing out the school year with a variety of special activities from swim day, to assemblies, to sports day. Today, he enjoyed a birthday party for Astrid at the Science Centre. They had lots of chemistry activities and topped it off with cake and the ice cream they had just made! 

Travis, Joanna and crew are holding down the fort back in TBay. We chat with them from time to time, but it's not the same as being there with them. 

And that's about it for this week.