Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown, and we are well established in the usual autumn weather with single digit overnight lows and struggling into the teens during the day. The golf courses will be closing soon, and I have not even managed one round of golf here this season. We got both our latest Covid booster and our annual flu shot, so our shoulders have been a bit sore. I have managed a bit of progress on the window treatments for the dining room and kitchen. We've decided on a stool and apron application there, but we're concerned about using wood above the kitchen sink. I have PVC material for the stools, but only have MDF for the apron, so we're still assessing the possibilities for the kitchen window. Maybe we should just use the backsplash material across there below the stool. Wendy continues to improve with her dry cough, but it's still around. Still, she is able to keep up with her choral work. This week, we decided to join a community chorus for the Christmas season. Wendy is already booked for the Sweet Adelines Christmas concert, and the community concert is earlier, so it doesn't complicate any potential travel plans. Wendy had phone troubles this week, but managed to get it repaired and is back in business. On Friday morning, I had a consultation with the spinal surgeon. He recommends I continue with physiotherapy for my back issues, but advises that I can push it as hard as I wish to build up capacity for more walking, golfing and curling. That was encouraging—I intend to try curling in the next week or so. I have increased my target for walking each week. Today, we had a foot clinic at Confederation College; this was my first ever pedicure–a ticklish experience! A combination of factors continue to cause market distress. The USA economy just keeps doing too well, so investors are afraid the FED will raise rates, and the Republicans continue to mismanage their own congressional responsibility, so investors fear they will not manage to fund government before the November deadline. Then, the wars in Ukraine and Israel are destabilizing as well with both Russia and Iran are threatening crude supplies. Anyway, it was another red week for me, sigh! In the world of sports the league championships continue in baseball, but while the Rangers won the first two games on the road, they have now lost all three home games! C'mon Rangers! The Riders played their final game of the season this afternoon, they led most of the way, but gave up a TD in the final minute to lose to Toronto. In the early NHL season, my Oilers are not doing well. Leafs and Pens are winning about half of their games, and that's below expectations as well. My #6-Sooners won their game today, but not impressively. The #8-Longhorns got a similar win. The big event of the week was the first Grand Slam curling event of the season. My guy, Kevin Koe, did not qualify for the playoffs, while my gal, Kerri Einarson, did, but lost the semi. Tomorrow, it'll be Lawes vs Jones for the women's championship, and Bottcher vs Retornaz on the men's side.
Erica writes, "I’m excited to see the Canadian Lipedema Association coming to life! It’s good to see more people moving this forward. Check out the Lipedema Canada page on Facebook. Next weekend, I’ll be manning a booth at the Wellness Symposium to share information on Lipedema. Eric and I are joining the worship team this Sunday. It’s fun to join in with the worship team without having to organize it! Liam got his mid-semester marks and he’s is doing well!"
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Travis and Joanna keep very busy, and we have not managed a game night this week. Of course, they're also trying to get ahead of the game since they have a trip to Minneapolis planned for next week. We're looking forward to that since they've invited us to go along! Yay!
And that's about it for this week.
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