Scary Good!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. We got encouraging news from Regina as Dad has been moved to Wascana for further physiotherapy. We've been taking things fairly easy in our first week back, but then, that's the usual for us. The weather has continued to be very nice, and I have returned to my work on the lower deck. Wendy has been clearing out the weeds, and I have the framework completed and leveled. I think that will be it for this fall, as the weather can be expected to turn with the 'gales of November remembered," as Gordon Lightfoot sang it. I have caught up on assigned blood work for my "Clot Doctor", and we've both received the annual flu vaccine. Wendy fit in a hair appointment, but I didn't get mine cut since our clippers met their demise on the most recent operation!

Old vs New

I have been searching for a good used snowblower since mine quit last winter. This week I located and purchased the replacement. It is much bigger and has metal blades on the snow-thrower, so I'd better keep my fingers out of there! The covid situation has improved somewhat as our cases dropped 15% in the last week. However, while our troubled provinces (Sask, Alta, and BC) have improved, they remain at out-of-control levels. The USA has improved another 6%, but they still have 45 states with out-of-control infection rates. The markets have remained positive, and I managed a double quota in October to leave those sad memories of September behind. In fact, I've now managed to amass a full year's quota after only ten months. Thanks Uncle Joe! I never managed to make quota the last four years; it is a nice change to have sanity in the Whitehouse. Now, if they can just get that infrastructure bill passed, we can expect good returns for the final two months as well. Houston and Atlanta are engaged in the World Series of baseball. It's tight so far, but the Braves put them at the brink with a win tonight to take a 3-1 series lead! In college football, my #4-Sooners looked much sharper this week in their win. The hapless Longhorns gave another game away in the late going, while #15-Cowboys took care of business in the evening. In hockey, the Leafs and Pens have struggled in the early going. With the Pens, it's been injury and covid issues that have kept stars out of the lineup, but with the Leafs it's been poor play. Meanwhile, the Oilers have made a nice start to the season; I hope they can keep it up! The big action of this week is the Olympic Curling pre-trials. They are adding two teams for both men and women to the Olympic Trials coming up in Saskatoon, and there has been heated action all week. Local favourite, Krista McCarville won the first spot. The other three will be decided tomorrow. Riders eked out a hard-fought victory in Montreal tonight, so they're assured of a playoff position. Yay Riders! 

Erica writes, "Liam stayed with us until Wednesday this week. He had an appointment with a specialist who reports that the medication is still not at high enough level to do what it needs to do. He will start taking his medication more frequently and hopefully that will help resolve his issues. Eric and I had a relatively quiet week.

Wonder Woman!

On Friday, I celebrated Halloween early by dressing up as my favourite superhero, Wonder Woman. It was a lot of fun and I got a prize at work. To be fair, everybody who dressed up got a prize at work. Eric went for his flu shot today and as an extra bonus he got a booster shot for his Covid vaccine!"

Erin and Kristian had a quiet week in Regina. Kristian had Spirit Week as school and dressed as a different character each day. He's enjoying school. Erin bought a Christmas Tree, but Kristian would not let her put it up since it wasn't time yet. Then a better one came on sale, so she bought it, too! Now we hope she'll take one back!! 

Joanna returned from Toronto on Tuesday evening. Travis continues to be very busy, and he's glad to have his steady worker back on task! Today, Trav was installing a new TV downstairs at their place. Rhys and Gemma keep busy with work, classes, and life downstairs here. 

And that's about it for this week.