Happy Sunday everyone! It is 6:23 am and it is bright outside, thanks to the end of Daylight Saving Time. We've been up for a while, as expected. Merlot and Sherlock didn't get fooled by this time change....their precise internal clocks were set to wake up at 5 am, although we stretched it out until 5:30. In a few days, we will all be back to normal.
This past week brought some excellent news. On Tuesday, Russell got a call from the Lakeshore Hospital. He will have his TKR surgery on December 4. We were hoping it would be before Christmas so we are really happy about this. Russell also had an appointment with his physiotherapist Michael at Kinatex to get a pre-op muscle strengthening exercise program. Michael will take care of all post op physio as well. It's all good and my hubby will be in tip top shape for our trip to Italy in May 2025.
Until surgery, we are keeping our social activities limited and outside. Russell can't afford to get sick, neither can I. There is a lot of viruses going around at the moment. Case in point, I am recovering from a viral sore throat, which I've had for five days. I saw my doctor last Friday as I wanted to rule out any bacterial infection. I am much better this morning. Russell got his flu shot last week, I get mine on Tuesday. We both have to wait three months for our COVID shot since we got infected in September.
On Thursday, we had a "meet and greet" with Balou, Pauline's 4 month old Bearded Collie. He is a such a sweetheart. After a few minutes of sniffing each other, all three pooches played their hearts out. They chased each other around the backyard non stop. Eventually, all three crashed from all this fun. I think they will be good friends 😊
Halloween night was not as busy as we had hoped. We had about 40 kids and we watched them from our dining room window. The weather was perfect.
Merlot and Sherlock are doing well. Yesterday was Merlot's first class. He did well and I might even say that he was ahead of the others as we've been practicing at home. He was prancing like the show dog that he is, beautiful to watch. Sherlock spent some quality time with Russell while we were gone.
Those are my little news on this first Sunday of November. This week should bring the long awaited US election results. We can only hope for a good and peaceful outcome. On Saturday, we will celebrate our little guy Sherlock's first birthday. I will post pics in next week's blog.
Have a great week everyone!
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| The 'three amigos" 2.0! Balou, Sherlock and Merlot taking a little break from the chase me game. |
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| Balou is a handsome fellow with a gentle personality. |
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| Sherlock in the 'let's play bow'...Balou getting ready to give chase but not before a ceremonial sniff - game on! |
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| Timeout...the grass feels so cool. Balou certainly felt secure and right at home with his new pals. |
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| Arms full of puppy love! Pauline and her boy Balou...me with Sherlock and Merlot. |
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| The very scary Halloween set up chez Duncans |
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| Sherlock and his human dad on the lookout for trick or treaters. |
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| Merlot wanted in on the action too and he enjoyed the Halloween pageant. |
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| A favourite spot for Cooper and Spicy...the front doorstep - September 8, 2023. |
