Well, Happy Valentine's Day! I hope that every one's belly is full of chocolate! Mine is full of fudge! And I got a beautiful bouquet of flowers. I should have been the one to give Janne flowers through. Yesterday he had to see his best friend out of this world. We had Kelsey put down after a very good 15 years! It's very odd because you still expect to see her lying on the bed or on the couch downstairs. Abe is taking it well, or so it seems, it definitely feels like we are missing a member here though. The last year she had gone a bit further downhill, pooping on the floor, we aren''t even sure that she realized that she did it, got a little blinder, deafer, she just wasn't the same dog any more, it didn't seem as though she found much joy in anything anymore, passed the days away sleeping on the bed getting up to eat and then circle the couch all evening until we went to bed. Lately her hind end had been getting weaker too, it was hard for her to eat off the floor, she would slip and have to sit down, and would try to jump up on the couch but would often miss. So many things, it was so hard for Janne to have to make an appointment to have this done, to know that the time was ticking away for his puppy. But he was there with her to the end. He is still really bummed out, but who could blame him?
On a happier note, Lindsay is doing great - she is almost 10 1/2 months old, is starting to stand on her own (but doesn't realize it), so I guess walking will be next. Her daycare is all arranged and I have to go back to work in 2 months - that was the fastest year of my life. Lindsay has also discovered that she can stick her fingers into the holes in my face - nose ears, mouth and eyes. It wouldn't be so bad if she didn't try to dig her fingers into you though!
Janne is going to Tremblant in 2 weeks with Jason as per their usual yearly trip. Amy and I every year say that we two have to go away by ourselves, because the boys always do. I'm thinking warm, next year , even though Janne COULD look after her on his own, I told him that I wouldn't do it just yet, I'll wait until next year.
We have gotten a LOT of snow here last week. A LOT of snow, we had none in January and now in February we had a huge dump, it snowed all last week, this week not so much snow, but really cold. We did manage to go skiing for a few hours last Thursday after a big snow, WOW powder - we don't often get it here in Ontario, but it was deep and fluffy, we spent a good amount of the time on the mogul hill, and it didn't even hurt to fall! It was actually was kind of fun. Those are the days that makes you can't wait to go again.
Here is Kelsey a couple of weeks ago.
