Scary!

Another week has passed on the shore of Lake Superior in my hometown. The temperatures continue to drift lower with several nights below zero, and some days failing to reach double digits. Wendy and I struggled to get the cover on the RV, but it’s now winterized, the batteries have been moved to the basement, the tires protected from the sun, and it’s stashed for the winter. We enjoyed our usual choir times, and Wendy had a sing out at a Seniors Complex on Wednesday evening. We get out for walks with Kali every day, but that is a bit more complicated as we all need our jackets on. The markets collapsed on Thursday and Friday but I still had a good week and a great month. The Orange turmoil remains in the Middle East, and Oil has surged above $100, so we’re getting hammered at the pumps— we’ve gone from 99 cents to $1.69 over the course of the War. Weather was great today, and we had a number of visitors for treats this evening. Big time in sports this week with the completion of the World Series—congrats Brewers! And, it's the start of football playoffs. Riders played the western semi-final in Vancouver this evening, but they ended too many drives with FGs instead of TDs, so they lost 33-26. Their season is over. BC will travel to Edmonton for the Western Final, while Bombers play in Montreal in the Eastern Final. My Oilers are doing very well in the early NHL season. They won again today, and sit atop their conference. Pens and Leafs are not doing as well! 

Scary Hair

Erica writes, “Winter has arrived, or perhaps we have arrived at winter. Eric and I are back up north for another two weeks. It is definitely winter up here, the air is crisp and the land is covered with a couple feet of white stuff. We are working on the 30th anniversary of our organization. The celebration is mid November and I’m working on a song. Liam got back some mid term grades and was happy with the improvement in Math. Greg messaged that he hasn’t managed to get a moose yet and the rut is over. He still has until mid-December so the next month and a half will be spent in pursuit of filling his moose tag. Last weekend, before heading back, I enjoyed Thermëa spa in Winnipeg with my friend Tanis. It is a really nice spa—I recommend the nap room! Haaken is busy challenging us with solitaire and work. This weekend is Halloween. It is highly celebrated up here. All week was spirit week with events such as mask day, crazy hair day and Halloween T-shirts. We had a Halloween door contest and costume contest—what fun! We might have also got some work done. There is a haunted house at the school, a social in Stony Rapids and a dance out at Black Lake. Eric and I might go check out one of these.”

VW-Witch

Erin writes, "Work at VW was good this week. Always busy, but I'm ready for month end. We decorated the showroom and handed out loot bags to kids who came in dressed up." Kristian adds, "No Halloween events at Toyota. We had a little incident at the tire storage when a whole tire shelf feel on me—fortunately, I survived without damage. My car is doing ok, (I hope that means he's been disciplined about doing his soot burning drives every other week!) Soon, hopefully, the surprise might reveal itself!"

Tire Attack!

Travis and Joanna's report seems to write itself recently. They are keeping busy, so we don't see them as much as we'd like. At least Trav and I get to enjoy hockey games together via text. Andrew and Rosie made a trip out to the mountains around Banff—quite a trip from here. 

And that's enough for this week!