Heading East

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Wascana in the centre of the prairies, but today finds us leaving Regina behind, and beginning our trek home. We watching the memorial service for my brother Verner today as the family held that in Dallas. Thank you family for including we far flung members of the family in the occasion. We have completed what we could at Erin's, but we've run out of time while there remains more painting and refurbishing to do.

Lucy trying out the tree

Kristian and I assembled the Cat Tree on Wednesday—now, we wait to see how they'll make use of it. Wendy completed her painting on Thursday, and then we spent yesterday cleaning up, and packing. This morning, we headed east and have stopped for a visit with Glen & Kim, in Carman—thanks folks! The markets have taken a decidedly good turn after a troubled week as the FED has finally agreed that there will be a rate cut in September. In sports it was more of the same ol' as the Jays play the young hopefuls with varying degrees of success, while the Riders lose a game they should have won. 

Erica writes, "We have restarted our keto diet this week. Erica is finding it reduces her inflammation (but Eric was sick day one). Erica’s band played at Mt St Joe’s. On Friday, Eric attended the Wizard of Oz while Erica had her book club.  Today, we tried out our kayaks at Redberry Provincial Park. That went okay, but we found it took more energy than we had to give! We have a date for Eric’s eye treatment now; it will be September 10th."

Erin and Kristian completed their summer of hosting us, and now have their house back with some improvements. We certainly enjoyed spending the time with them, although we struggled to get as much done on the projects as we would have wished. I was delighted to see Kristian become a good driver, and feel confident he will soon get his driver's licence. He has also pushed forward with his job search; we hope that meets with success as well. 

Travis and Joanna have prepared a memorial activity for Minnie. We look forward to getting home, reuniting with them and taking part in the commemoration. 

And that's enough for this week!