Equinox

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather continues to drift to the cooler side as we head into Autumn officially this weekend. We’ve had several showers, but enjoyed comfortable temperatures throughout. I have continued my woodwork on the FastTrack boards—only one completed so far. Wendy keeps busy with her two choirs, and especially with the business end of the Sweet Adelines. On Tuesday afternoon, I got my new partial plate from my dentist; it looks remarkably like the old broken one (and that’s by design!).Then, that evening, our chorus was invited to open the city council meeting by singing O Canada—that was an honour. We both had medical appointments this week, and I’ve supplied bloodwork for another visit later. My appointment was mostly good news, but I am being scheduled for another colonoscopy—not looking forward to that bottle of bad koolaid! Wendy’s prognosis was a bit troublesome on the blood chemistry report, so she’s looking to return us to our long-abandoned keto diet. Otherwise, both lawns received a fresh trim, but there remains plenty of yard work to do. The markets received quarter point cuts from both the Bank of Canada and the FED, so they rallied nicely. The FED acknowledged that Trump has accomplished the rare feat of raising inflation while diminishing employment—yeah, the USA economy is in trouble! Riders have the week off, but BC did them a favour by beating Calgary. #11-Oklahoma caught a tough, ranked opponent this week, while #8-Texas had a rematch with the Little Sisters of the Poor. Sooners rode a 10 sack performance by their defence to the win, while Longhorns had a blowout win as expected. The Jays are struggling to the finish line, still holding first place, but switching between poor pitching and bad hitting along the way. Their magic number to clinch first place is 5 and they have 7 games left. 

Erica writes, “Big news this week—Wheeler/Dealer little sister, Erin, wheeled and dealt! So, we are buying a new-to-us-Toyota. It’s a Highlander! It should be the same base as the Venza, so we hope it will fit in our not-a-garage. Our plan is the pass along the Venza to Liam and then we will need to sell the Jetta. It was a busy week with meetings and working Bingo. But, all in all, a pretty normal week.”

Along with Erin’s new career in car sales, this week she was featured as a Birthday Celebration organizer! Kristian’s birthday was on Tuesday, and the big score was a new phone—iPhone 16 which is a six generation upgrade for him. His XS has not been charging consistently lately, so he’s glad to move up. The birthday supper involved a trip to Dairy Queen. The contractors have returned and installed the other privacy fence on her patio. It looks good. 

Travis & Joanna, along with Andrew & Rosie joined us for pizza and cards on Sunday night. Marigold came along to entertain Kali. It was fun. 

And thatr’s enough for this week.