Six more sleeps ....Six more weeks

By this time next week, we will be in sunny Barbados.  Not sure what we will be doing exactly but one thing is for sure, we will not be shovelling snow.  So, six more sleeps until our flight departs for Bridgetown.  It will be nice to get away from Winter for a bit, although it comes with a price:  being away from Cooper.  We will miss our little guy but we know he will be in good hands, having the time of his life at Camp Talemaker.  As for Old Man Winter, well, we will not miss him at all.  This past week brought a lot of drifting snow, almost every day, with very high winds.  The snow drifts in Cooper's backyard were so high that we couldn't use our electric snowblower.  We had to resort to good old shovelling so that we could clear his paths.

So, it looks like another six weeks of Winter is ahead of us.  As if we ever doubted that......oh well.  Spring will be here before we know it.  When we look at the positive side, the days are truly getting longer, the sun is much warmer and the birds seem to be rehearsing their Spring song.  It's all good!

Despite the weather, we had a good week but only managed to go for a walk once.  It was too cold and windy for walking.  Today, however, is a different story.  It is a balmy -6 Celsius and the sun came out for a bit.  We went downtown Huntsville to check out the Winter Carnival that is on this weekend.  The main streets in the downtown core have been transformed into cross country ski trails.  We also saw a few people skijoring with their dogs.  Wow, that was amazing to watch.  We had Cooper with us and, as usual, everyone stopped to pat him.  He was a very good boy and people were amazed at how calm he was.  We make it a point to let people interact with him and to watch, and correct if need be, his behaviour,  as this will be a critical test when he goes for his therapy dog evaluation hopefully later this year.  

Today is not only Groundhog Day but it is Super Bowl Sunday.  I'm not a big football fan, actually I'm not a football fan at all,  but I must say that I have always enjoyed watching the Super Bowl.  There is something exciting about that game no matter how we look at it. It is also an excuse to indulge in some fun foods such as chicken wings and potato skins. That will be our dinner tonight, then gym tomorrow.  Even my parents are having wings and ribs tonight!  

It is now 2:30 pm.  I must finish my blog as I have to watch the Puppy Bowl set to kick off at 3 pm EST.  Can't wait.

That's about it for this week's blog.  I hope to find the time to write a short blog from beautiful Barbados next Sunday. So, keep an eye out for that blog.  I wish you all a great week ahead.  Have fun tonight and may the best team win!

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Anne and Coop on Main St by 'That Little Place by the Lights'.

Cross country skiing up Main Street.

Cross country uphill from the River Mill Park.

A warming station...something about the smell of an open fire.

Skijoring on Main Street in front of Town hall.