News Update

Another week has passed; the shores of Lake Superior continue to expand in the unexpected rainfall we're experiencing in my hometown. We hear of much rainfall to the west of us as well, and wonder whether the farmers are managing to get their crops off. This week has been more dry than wet, and we've enjoyed that, but it seems to have settled into a rainy weekend, sigh! I did get out to practice golf a couple of times. We've managed some progress on our renovations. Wendy bought a table and stools which we've installed—the table for the kitchenette downstairs, the stools for our kitchen eating bar upstairs.

New See-through Table

Island CounterTop still to come...

We tried out the new eating bar for breakfast this morning, and it worked perfectly. The kitchenette is nicely adorned with the new table down there.

Soon-to-be: Sliding Door

We've begun the next installation which is the sliding/barn door for the kitchen toward the side entry. I have the hardware installed, and Wendy has begun refinishing the door. We have found a tenant for the extra room downstairs, and the door will provide an extra measure of privacy for all concerned. I had a good week in the markets. I was all set up for a great week, but then Trump happened on Friday—the Chinese trade delegation packed up and went home, and the markets turned south quickly and hard. Still, I managed almost double my weekly quota which helps me catch up a bit. We're in the final third of the season in the CFL. The Riders have the bye this week, and Calgary took advantage by beating Toronto and moving ahead of us. However, Hamilton did us a favour by knocking off Edmonton. It seemed too much to expect Montreal to beat the Bombers tonight, but they came through for us with a last second win! The Blue Jays are playing out the final sets of series of their season. They have now won three straight series which is encouraging, and they've guaranteed themselves to not lose 100 games, yay Jays! Sigh!

The Baileys are off this week on their long delayed 25th Anniversary trip. They are in Amsterdam. They just got there on Thursday and are still adjusting to the time zone change.

Old style windmills are still there!

Their plans include the Anne Frank house, windmills, cheese making tour, Corrie Ten Boom house, Canal Tour, wooden shoes and, hopefully, they can see the dike that holds the ocean away from all this land. There are many stories that captured her attention to Holland as a child! They would also love to see Starry Starry Night, but it’s not on display at the Van Gogh museum. Maybe they can listen to Don McLean's tribute to the famous painting! Liam reports that he is busy with work and touring with RU. Haaken reports he is enjoying work. He got his first paycheque this week. Now he needs to put together a budget.

Kristian was away this weekend at a church youth group retreat at Echo Lake. He got back tonight. Last Sunday, he was ill, so he did not bowl. We hope he's ready to go this week. Erin had Lucy to the vet today to get her second round of vaccinations. Erin still has her garden in operation and is hoping to harvest some more strawberries before the season turns. Kristian lost the last of his baby teeth this week. He had to go to the dentist for a filling, but other than that, his teeth are looking good, and no reconstruction is being considered.

Trav & Joanna continue to be very busy. This week, work had to take a back seat for a while as Minnie went in for surgery and dental care. She is recovering quickly, and appears to have lots of energy. Gemma and Andrew are thriving in their new school year. Their schedules are quite varied and it's hard to tell who's coming or going, or when!

And that's about it for this week.