Another week has passed and we have completed our short sojourn in Thunder Bay, and settled on the shore of the North Saskatchewan River at the top of the prairies. Actually, we're not that far from the South Saskatchewan either, as it's just east of here that the two join together before continuing their run toward Hudson's Bay. We tried to tidy as many things up at home as possible and get the lawns and weeds under control during our week at home, now it's back onto Travis's neck! I was able to get the batteries reassembled for the cordless tools. We managed to get the table saw and many of my tools into the Santa Fe for the trip to Prince Albert. Wendy is sure it expressed relief when we unloaded this evening. We drove as far as Winnipeg on Friday, where we enjoyed supper with Kelly, Cassie and Thomas, and an overnight stay with Tom & Mariette—thank you! The markets continued to roar forward to start the week, but then there was a roar of a different kind as one tin-horn despot fired back at another, and the markets took a nose dive for the rest of the week—sigh! I earned a full weekly quota on Monday, but proceeded to lose it all during the down days. The Riders play tomorrow—Go Riders, Go! The Jays continue to play some promising games, and some discouraging ones. They are having a frustrating season.
Haaken and Erica headed to Calgary on Monday where she attended training while Haaken hung out in the city. They continued westward to take Haaken to Victoria to prepare for school. He is very happy about starting his program at Victoria College of Art and we are hopeful this gets him closer to his dream of working in animation. Liam and Eric have been left behind in Prince Albert to pack and prepare for moving day to the new house. Moving Day was today; Erica is thankful to have successfully missed that! Liam has been working on the house. He's completed removing the rest of the linoleum upstairs in the bedrooms and hallway. The hallway wasn't as difficult as they had feared. And then he built a stand for his drum set in the basement. He's quite the handy guy!
Erin has been home alone all week with Sadie, however she has been in regular contact with Kristian while he travels with us. We plan to return him to her tomorrow. Kristian has caught up with one old friend in Thunder Bay, and also managed some local site-seeing including Ouimet Canyon and the Terry Fox Monument.
Travis and Joanna joined Gemma and Andrew in Toronto for most of the week. They returned on Thursday evening in time to collect the animals before we took off on Friday morning. Trav was over early on Friday to get the big printer printing money, and to bid us farewell. Thanks for taking care of the place where we sometimes live!
And that's enough for this week.
Haaken and Erica headed to Calgary on Monday where she attended training while Haaken hung out in the city. They continued westward to take Haaken to Victoria to prepare for school. He is very happy about starting his program at Victoria College of Art and we are hopeful this gets him closer to his dream of working in animation. Liam and Eric have been left behind in Prince Albert to pack and prepare for moving day to the new house. Moving Day was today; Erica is thankful to have successfully missed that! Liam has been working on the house. He's completed removing the rest of the linoleum upstairs in the bedrooms and hallway. The hallway wasn't as difficult as they had feared. And then he built a stand for his drum set in the basement. He's quite the handy guy!
Erin has been home alone all week with Sadie, however she has been in regular contact with Kristian while he travels with us. We plan to return him to her tomorrow. Kristian has caught up with one old friend in Thunder Bay, and also managed some local site-seeing including Ouimet Canyon and the Terry Fox Monument.
Travis and Joanna joined Gemma and Andrew in Toronto for most of the week. They returned on Thursday evening in time to collect the animals before we took off on Friday morning. Trav was over early on Friday to get the big printer printing money, and to bid us farewell. Thanks for taking care of the place where we sometimes live!
And that's enough for this week.
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