Time Marches On.....

Sometimes, when I start thinking about what to write in my weekly blog, I can't think of anything.  Why?  Because, at times, the week that has just passed is a blur by Sunday morning.  Not sure if that is good or bad.  All I can say is that the weeks go by too quickly for my liking.  Russell reminded me that I have been retired for 6 months now.  Wow, those 6 months just flew by!  Cooper has been with us for almost 5 months and he turned 10 months old yesterday.  Our new house will be ready in about 4 months.  When I think back about when we started this log home project, it seemed like it would take forever for our house to be built.  We are now just a few months away from moving in.  This brings me to what we did this week:  we started interviewing a few real estate agents so that we can make a final decision about which agent will sell our house for us.  Time is of the essence now as the market is hot, especially in the area we live in.  Our goal is to have our house on the market by end of March or beginning of April.   Our house is ready for selling.  Spring cleaning got done this past week, both in the house and in the front/back yards. Russell is getting ready to start up the pond in the next few days.  All we need to do now is put up the For Sale sign.

Last Monday, the few pieces of furniture that we had made of reclaimed hemlock were delivered. They include a harvest table and buffet, a sofa table, coffee table and two drink tables. This was my retirement gift from Russell, beautiful handcrafted furniture, which will look amazing in our new log home.  I attach a picture of the coffee table.  The carved bowl on the table is made from a birch burl and was a retirement gift from my staff - handcrafted by a Muskoka artisan from Huntsville.  It also looks beautiful and is a nice contrast to the table.

This past week, being March break, brought amazing weather. Those of you who were off lucked out. We sat on the back porch a few times, while Cooper was playing in the backyard.  It is so nice to be able to sit outside and feel the warmth of the sun. This coming week looks to be a repeat of last week.

We are off to Huntsville again this week, for a day trip.  The roof system is going up on our log shell.  We will also meet with Matt's brother, who will not only help to erect the roof system, but will do our stone work, including the fireplace.  We look forward to meeting him.

There was no Obedience / Trick training class last week, so we resume this week.  Cooper really enjoyed the first class two weeks ago.  We are practicing some of what he learned as this training uses the clicker method.  He seems to be responding well to the clicker...but he responds well to anything that has food as a reward...I mentioned above that he is now 10 months old.  We are noticing some changes in him, in terms of behaviour.  He is not as attention seeking as he was a few months ago.  His walks on a leash are now as perfect as they could be.  But he is still a puppy, so he still does some puppy "things".  His new "thing" now is to go after our slippers... whether they are on or off our feet! We are told that the puppy phase lasts until 18 months of age...not too bad.  We love him more for it and he is truly a great doggie!

Those are my little news for this week's blog.  Have a good week everyone and enjoy the spring weather!