I guess it has been many months since the last post - this one will be a big catch up post before we head into the Christmas season.
Ruby continued to adjust to her new family, and learning new things. She chases her tail, loves the back (patio) room, and absolutely adores going out in the back yard. She also has quite a side-eye/sassy attitude at times.
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| Ruby loves to be outside in the yard! |
In October, Wendy and Eric visited Manitoba and were able to be part of the Thanksgiving celebration. While in Portage, Wendy got her hair coloured – all pink this time. Adam was up in Attawapiskat (west side of James Bay, about 1100km north of home) for work, and Ruby was with Parker and Jaclyn at their place. During our week of vacations, we also went to a hockey game, toured the Western Canada Aviation Museum, visited Camp Hughes (1.5 hr west of Portage, where Eric’s grandfather trained prior to heading to France during WW1), and did some hiking at the Spirit Sands in Spruce Woods Provincial Park.
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| Arriving in Winnipeg for a week long visit! |
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| The Thanksgiving crowd |
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| We all fit around the table! |
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| Fully pink! |
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| Spirit Sands - there was nobody there! |
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| Spirit Sands rope ladder |
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| Sand was in whatever direction you looked |
On returning home, Ruby started Level 1 puppy training class at McCanns (15 minutes from Dundas). Adam took part in some November 11th activities and we actually got a photo of him in uniform! Jaclyn had a big birthday celebration in November and we went out to dinner with Jaclyn and Parker plus her father and brother before going to do some (dark) bowling. Adam travelled to Wainwright AB for a Canadian Armed Forces training course and graduated around the same time that Eric’s parents celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary.
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| Comfy and happy |
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| Jaclyn's birthday party |
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| Captain Seidlitz |
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| She is a happy girl! |
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| At puppy class |
In December, Eric’s classes ended, and Wendy’s office moved within the hospital. Ruby learned all about snow (she was originally from San Antonio TX) – she seemed to enjoy it.
We also began our most recent renovation project to change the look of our living room fireplace and mantel. It was too formal for us and hadn’t been updated since 1964… so a refresh was in order. We will show more details in a later post, once it has been completed.
This week, Ruby graduated from her Level 1 puppy class this week to move on to Level 2.
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| Getting ready to be evaluated |
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| She passed! |
Next post will after our fireplace renovation is completed... and, in all likelihood, it will be after Christmas as well.
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