Frosty

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The weather has been cool and rainy with most nights down into single digits and temperatures struggling into double digits during the day. We have also had a few nights dropping into negative numbers—frosty! We have done a bit more Fall yard work; and, I’ve been back to the shop, preparing it for winter. We have our usual music practices; there’s only a month left before our Christmas concert.

Curling last weekend concluded with the two #1 teams prevailing as Mouat beat Dunstone on the men’s side, while Homan defeated Tirinzoni for the women’s title, and an unprecedented 19th Grand Slam championship. This week, the big event is the Continental Cup in Virginia MN. Our teams (#4-Jacobs and #1-Homan) both made the playoffs. And, after winning their semi-final games, they will compete in the championship final tomorrow. Jacobs will face USA, #14-Shuster. Homan is up against China, #16-Wang. In college football, #14-Sooners lost to #10-Ole Miss while #22-Longhorns managed to overcome an unranked team in OT. It seems that for both teams, their chances of making the playoffs are slowly leaking away. Riders, having already clinched first place, played out the regular season against the Lions tonight. Meanwhile, the Blue Jays have defeated the Mariners and moved on to the World Series against the Dodgers. They won the opening game and lost game 2, so they head to Los Angeles for the next three games. In early action of the new NHL season for my three teams: Pens are doing well, while Leafs and Oilers are playing below expectations. 

Erica writes, "We had a pretty normal week in PA. Eric had a conference in Saskatoon on Friday and today. I’m trying to get some work done, so I don’t fall behind with our upcoming trip.We have finalized our plans to take our neighbour to Montenegro to see her daughter. We leave on November 9th and will be back on the 21st.”

Kristian has decided that the Machinist program was just too tough, so he has quit school and is currently looking for a job. We are all saddened by this development, but wish him well in what he chooses next. Erin has been learning a new software management program for tracking the deals at VW, so that was an extra work challenge for this week as well as the turmoil with Kristian. 

Travis and Joanna have announced the adoption of another dog—their fourth. The new gal will be another Pomeranian and actually the sister of Marigold. Travis is scheduled to pick her up in early November. Otherwise, they both keep busy with work, and joined us for a Thanksgiving turkey dinner this week. Hey, when you’re old you can celebrate things whenever you want!! 

And that’s enough for this week.