Beautiful Fall Weather

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown, taking us into Autumn. The weather has remained lovely, and we've enjoyed working in the yard and shop this week.

I have managed some clean up in the shop, and installed two new tools: a drill press, and a spindle sander. Thanks, Dave, for passing these along to me.

Side Door & Screen

I also added the storm door to the side entry, so our energy retrofit is complete and I have applied for the refund. Wendy has completed clean up of our annual weed infestation around the buildings and in the flower beds and trees. It's looking good. She continues to suffer with her months-old cough, and is considering further medical intervention. The markets continue to be terrible, no good and very bad this month. In this week we spent the first days worrying about the FED, and then Thursday reacting to how the FED's bearish comments played in to the strong economic data in the jobless claims. Sigh—back to good news is bad news meme! In the world of sports, the Riders continued to flounder dropping another game to fall below .500 on the season and put their playoff chances on life-support. #16-Sooners won again today, and #3-Texas continues to perform at a very high level indeed. The Jays have picked up the pace and are currently in a play off position with nine games left in the regular season. 

It's been a pretty ordinary week at the Bailey's place in Prince Albert. Erica was working out of town for part of the week, so we enjoyed chatting with her as she drove home from Melfort. Next week, they're scheduled for an outing to Montana with Eric's class. 

Erin continues her planning and preparation for her new assignment at Taylor Volkswagen. Kristian is enjoying the early days of grade 12. The cats are... well, they're just being cats. 

We enjoyed Pizza Supper and games night on Sunday with Travis, Joanna, Andrew and Rosie.

Bucket Decals Products

Travis has continued to very busy and has managed to push out a lot of product before their trip to Vancouver. They left early Wednesday morning for a visit with Jonas & Gemma. We're enjoying having Minnie visit with us while they're away. 

And that's enough for this week.