Developments at Home!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been favourable, and we've settled back into life here. The schedule of our return was to accommodate Wendy's surgery. She had pre-op on Tuesday and surgery on Thursday. She is now in the recovery stage, and is doing very well. She still takes some pain-killers, but at a lower pace than was prescribed for her.

Filling in the low spots

I have spent most of the week working on the lawns. I got a load of topsoil for the front lawn as it had developed some unwelcome contours due to being built on muskeg. I have it level again, but still need to reseed part of it where the added soil is too deep to expect the old grass to grow through. Then, I also scored some sod to fill in the trampoline cut-out in the back lawn. The markets were troubled all week as investors anticipated what the central bankers might do, and what Powell would say in his speech at Jackson Hole on Friday. He spoke for eight minutes and knocked over a trillion dollars out of the stock market on that day alone! Needless to say, it was not a good week for me in the markets! In the world of sports, the Blue Jays came off the road winning series over the Yanks and the Sox. Now, they need to get busy on their home-stand where they just suffered two shutout losses. The Riders beat BC last night—yay Riders! Women's World Hockey is on from Denmark, and Canada is one of the favourites as usual. 

Erica writes, "Liam finished up his work at camp and is back in Caronport. He is planning to spend another year with RU. We are enjoying the last few weeks of summer. I enjoyed a work party out at Elk Ridge and Waskesiu. Eric is enjoying the quiet before the storm. He expects this fall to be busy. We had a quick chat with Haaken and he is doing well, and Greg continues to heal. That’s about it for us." 

Erin and Kristian are closing off summer with a nice break. Kristian is finally home after four weeks at camp this summer. He enjoyed it all a great deal!

The multi-driver!

Erin got some days off this week, so on one of those Kristian took her golfing. He brags that he was able to drive her out to the course without her becoming scared! They rented a cart, so he got to drive to the course, on the course, and also at each hole! They are also preparing for school to start next week. 

Travis and Joanna are quite busy with Ulrich Design business already. Prospects are for a busy year as things return to normal. We hope there are no flies in that ointment! Trav has been working all week on software installs for the new printer. He had to buy a new laptop to accommodate that, and as is often the case, it's more complicated than the sales agent suggests! 

And that's about it for this week.