Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the middle of the prairies. The weather was very comfortable early in the week, but has warmed to difficult levels once again. I was away to Dauphin, Thursday through Saturday, and escaped some of the hot weather. We are continuing our stay with Dad, while enjoying his hospitality—thanks! We got to celebrate David's 65th birthday with him this week—first birthday I've seen celebrated around a Saskatoon pie! The work at Erin's is mostly on hiatus, but we intend to get back to that next week. Bernard and Alicia returned from their holiday tour this evening, so we have relocated to Erin's basement. Golf featured prominently in my activities this week. I had a round with Rich and Dale on Tuesday—that was a lot of fun! On Thursday, I drove over to Dauphin for the annual golf outing with my old contacts from Dauphin days. We played two rounds on Friday, and they played another two rounds on Saturday, but I skipped out on the Saturday play, and headed back to Regina. It was raining Saturday morning, and I'd already had more than enough exercise on my gimpy leg. The markets were horrible again, and I continue to suffer losses. Wendy did some painting at Erin's, but mostly she's been working around Dad's place, watering the garden daily, and assisting him in the shop with his woodworking projects. I did some electrical repairs in the shop, but more remain to be done as two of the fluorescent fixtures have failed. New ballasts are prohibitively expensive, so I've replaced the one fixture, and am considering upgrading the other one to LED tubes as they don't require a ballast. The sad-sack Jays seem unable to win a series these days, which prevents any progress in their division. The Riders played Calgary tonight, and were overmatched at this point in the rebuilding efforts. Go Riders!
Eric and Erica spent the week in Europe. Her surgery was completed; she has now been discharged from the hospital, but her recovery and rehabilitation will continue for some time. She is looking toward scheduling her second surgery of the series; that won't be for some months it seems. Liam has been staying with us in Regina. Haaken is holding down the fort in PA.
Kristian has also spent many days with us this week. He, Liam and I got out for some golf practice one day. Both grandsons demonstrated considerable proficiency at hitting the ball. I hope both will continue to take an interest in it.
Travis and Joanna keep busy with their various work efforts, and also in taking care of our house and yard, as well as their house and yard. The rains have been plentiful in TBay, so this has not been a small assignment. Thanks again. We look toward returning to TBay in August and taking over these tasks for a short time before our next trip! LOL
And that's about enough for this week.
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