Brrrr!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The golf courses have closed, and the temperatures are hitting freezing values most nights. I have cleared away the summer stuff from the yard, and dug out the snow shovels. There is no snow here yet, but the forecasters are threatening it! We had a wonderful trip to Minneapolis this week with Travis, Joanna and Minnie. We drove down on Monday, attended the hockey game on Tuesday, and returned home on Wednesday. The fall colours were lovely on the drive. We stayed in Radisson Blu at Mall of America, so there was a lot of walking around the mall, more so for some of our party!

A wild Oiler fan!

The hockey game did not go the way I wished, and McDavid is injured, so the star attraction was not there at all! Still, we enjoyed ourselves a great deal—thanks Trav & Joanna for putting this event together. Otherwise, we had community choir on Thursday, and I had a CT-Scan this morning, following up on an earlier ultra-sound on my kidneys. We'll get results in a week or so—"If there is a problem, the doctor will call you." Wendy continues to cough some, and has a doctor's appointment next week. I am contemplating building one more Fast Track game in circular format, but have decided to build a large compass first. We continue to suffer under the triple whammy from the USA: the economy is just too strong (running at almost 5% GDP gain); inflation is higher than expected, and the Republicans continue to produce chaos in the House, so the markets continue to suffer. October has turned out to be even worse than September. I was running at quota to the end of August, but two red months have left me cheering for the Santa Claus rally to begin immediately! TSX and DOW are now in the red for the year, sigh! The world of sports has left me little to cheer about either as the Riders missed the playoffs, and the Oilers are floundering in the early NHL season. Leafs and Penguins are doing just okay. Jones won the Women's Slam event, while Retornaz took the men's side for Italy. At least the Rangers won their series (despite my cheering!) and have advanced to the World Series! #6-Oklahoma lost to Kansas today, so that'll be the end of their high ranking. #7-Texas improved their ranking, but are not in championship consideration which is what I was expecting of them. They enjoyed a strong win today over BYU. 

Garage (not a garage!) in a Box

Erica writes, "Exciting news! Our gas line has been moved, making space for our not-a-garage storage building as well as for a back door on our house! Greg has procured a cloth garage for us so we have coverage until we can build our not-a-garage, but the box is in Kenora, ON and we are in Prince Albert, SK so we are trying to figure that out. Eric had his Marriage & Family Therapists' AGM in Saskatoon on Friday and I am at the Sask Lipedema booth in Saskatoon for a wellness symposium. Hopefully, we will get the word out to more people! We are making a weekend of it so that is fun. But, maybe Eric should just drive to Kenora! LOL"

Millennium Falcon

Kristian has completed another Lego-Star Wars project, and Grandma was busy looking for missing pieces at the Lego store in MOA. For now, he has just substituted pieces as needed. Kristian has been commissioned to design a display wall for some of his projects and for the cats to climb on. On Tuesday, Kristian had a tour/introduction to Sask Polytech and is considering options for his post-secondary education. Erin is feeling better again, but is not accommodating her new BP meds well. It leaves her feeling drowsy and nauseous. She has another appointment with her doctor on Monday, and we hope the meds are adjusted to something that works better. 

As mentioned, Travis and Joanna fired some more projects into the mail and travelled with us to the Mall of America and the NHL game between the Oilers and the Wild. It was a great time despite the Oilers loss! They are fully into hockey photo season, so are keeping very busy. Joanna couldn't keep from shopping for new ideas for her store while she was at the mall. 

And that's enough for now.