Sunny Sunday!

We woke up this morning to a sunny day for a change.  We haven't had a lot of sun lately and I must admit that I miss it.  We just got back from a nice long walk with Cooper and you can really tell that the sun is getting warmer.  I know we still have a couple of months of Winter but if the sun is around, somehow it makes it easier to handle (although we can't complain about our weather lately).

This past week was good.  We were not able to go to Huntsville as planned due to the bad weather in that area so Ali sent us the kitchen drawings by email and we were able to review them. Great job Ali! The design looks really good, with lots of counter space, drawers and our kitchen window by the sink will be huge! We made some minor changes to the drawings, so we're good to go now.  We need to finalize the appliances but we pretty much know what we want.  On Tuesday, we went to HD Threshing Floor Furniture in Cambridge and placed our order for our Harvest table and a few other pieces.  It will be beautiful furniture made from reclaimed hemlock and pine barn-board .

I attach a few pictures taken by Matt last week of the log home.  Great progress has been made.  Weather permitting, the log shell should be erected on the foundation by end of February. Things are coming along nicely.  

Cooper is doing fine, full of life and enthusiasm about everything. This is very obvious when he goes to his Obedience class.  He is very eager to be "put to work" and doesn't care much for the theory part of the class (which of course is for us).   The instructor borrowed Cooper to demonstrate the "Down" command on verbal rather than just using treats and hand signal. She was impressed by how well he did.  She also commented on how social and full of life he is.  She actually said that Cooper is a Border Collie in a Havanese body.  She has a Border Collie herself (which she also brings to class for some demonstrations) and those dogs are known for their superior intellect and an intensity and almost obsessive zeal for working.  That's our Cooper!

We will be looking for an Agility class for him in the next few months.  This is something that he will really like. We have set up a makeshift hurdle in the basement and he's been jumping over it and just loves it.  We found an "agility set" that we may buy for Huntsville.  

Weather permitting, we plan on going to Huntsville tomorrow or Tuesday to check out the site and meet with Matt and Ali.  This will be our last trip until end of February.  On Friday, Cooper will be getting his blood work done for his February 15 neutering.  I know I've said it before, but we will be glad when this surgery is over and done with.  We found a soft cone, which he will wear after his surgery for about 10 days.  More comfortable than the plastic cone (Thanks Nathan and Darlah for suggesting this).

That's about it for today's blog. Have a good week!