Back Tracking

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been fine, with a few showers on some of the nights, so I also got in some more golf practice. I have completed one FastTrack board for Liam, and have two more cut out. I also completed two Pegs & Jokers sets, so Wendy and I tried out all the new games—fun! We got the company of Ed & Barb on Friday, and enjoyed a beautiful sunny day of touring with them today. Our choirs reopened practice sessions after the summer hiatus. Sweet Adelines practice Monday evenings, and Silver Sounds practice Thursday mornings. Those will form a part of our weekly program until December. The markets took a bit of an upturn as continued bad economic news from the USA has convinced the pundits that the FED will cut the prime rate next week which is usually good for stock values. We’re in the “Bad news is Good news” phase of things. Baseball continues its inexorable drive toward the playoffs with about 14 games left, and the Blue Jays holding a 3 game lead over the Yankees. The Riders put up a ghastly effort tonight, losing to Montreal in the rain. In college football, #7-Texas and #13-Sooners had easy wins. 

Erica writes, “It has been a busy week—back into the swing of work, and several evening meetings and events. We did enjoy one evening out at Christopher Lake. Eric and I led singing at The Quest's Golden Camp, for retired folks—which we aspire to become. It was wonderful and they blessed us with good food, many hugs and a wonderful gift. I also had the opportunity to play and sing at three Care Homes with Mystery Train. If only I could make a living at this! Thursday was the end of this year's accounting designation exam, named the CFE or Comprehensive Final Exam (former the UFE). We joined a group in Saskatoon and celebrated with the writers. They will find out their results at the end of November. Eric got some organizing done at the house in anticipation of our moving the fridge into the kitchen. This should be interesting as it will require the removal of the fridge doors—more to come on that next week. The news of Bonnie Baxter starting her Doctorate (way to go Bonnie) has also led Eric to a renewed interest in exploring his Doctorate. He isn't teaching this year, so it might be a good year to start. We have also been exploring our vehicle situation. The Venza is in great shape, but is also 11 years old. We can get a fairly decent recovery on a trade in, but the cost of a newer vehicle is more than our first house—yikes!! We are also debating whether or not Liam needs a different car. The Jetta, which is low in miles but high in years, has been very reliable. However the experience last winter with a delay in getting servicing done, and thus leaving Liam without a car, makes us wonder if we need to get something else for him. All this costs money, and we would rather not spend it, but it is what it is!”

Kristian has his school program pretty much locked in now, and is beginning to enjoy the experience. Erin has been very busily trying to catch up to artificial deadlines at work, and is succeeding. She also received the first part of the installation of her new privacy fence. Looks good!

new privacy fence being installed

Travis has been so busy with his BucketDecals contracts that he hasn’t had time to get his new desk built. I was thinking he had managed it without me, and that I was off the hook—but not so fast! He dropped by today with Marigold; we enjoyed the visit. 

And that’s about enough for this week.