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Thursday, August 03, 2006
Sitting by the (unfinished) dock on the bay....So I am in Collingwood until at least the 25th of August for those of you who don't know. Kevin is doing really well at work and because of that, they keep moving him around the province. Last week he worked in Sarnia and this week he is working in Toronto and will continue working there until August 25th. I could of stayed in Windsor, but I thought Kodiak and I could use a trip to the lake.
So far its been hot as all hell, but luckily Kodiak has decided to be true to his Newfie heritage and embrace the wonderful activity known as swimming. So in short, I get to spend a lot of time in the water. Also he has finally mastered the stairs, and not a moment to soon because I am not able to carry a 40 + lbs puppy up and down three flights of steep stairs on his every whim. My parents dogs have mixed opinions of him, our oldest, Muprhy, an eleven year old yellow lab pretty much ingores Kodiak. Babe, the almost two year old border collie/lab mix with A.D.D. is in love with Kody. They have grand battles all over the house, chasing each other and causing mayhem. One night they ran circles around the couch I was sitting on for twenty minutes, then when they got tired they walked circles around it for another 20 minutes. Our next door neighbour absolutely loves Newfies, she's had them for years so she's become Kody's personal stalker. At five in the morning she heard me letting him out for a pee and she came over to inquire if he was sleeping ok and asked me to bring him over right then to meet her old Newf Darla (who's blind and deaf by the way). It's getting a little scary to say the least.
In other exciting news the Collingwood mall actually got some clothing stores other than zellers and BiWay. They just built a La Senza, Randy River, Stitches and a Bluenotes. Not great selection but at least it's something. I managed to once again avoid the Elvis Festival, coming that much closer to achieving my life long goal of never going to any of the Festival Events.
Yesterday my mother, my mothers cousin and my grade 12 english teacher (friend of the family) and I went to Toronto to see Lord of The Rings. In short, I liked it, there were things they could have definately improved but I think they did a pretty good job of condensing it down into 3 and half hours without making it too confusing. The car ride back was absolute hell as my mother's cousin is probably Canada's worst driver. It took four hours when it should have taken an hour and a half and I cannot count the amount of times we almost died. Never again will I get in a car with that lady, her lead foot almost made me throw up all over her interior.
If anyone wants some time at the lake and can find a way up here or at least to Toronto, give me an email. I don't know how much more quality family I can take before I go nuts.
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8:48 a.m.
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