July 31, 2009

The Move: Fill Up

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 14/25 Part Series.



I am telling you filling up full u-Haul trucks was very expensive. We spend around $140 on each fill-up. I don't remember the capacity it had but it too was a lot.


Moving Tip #14: Everyone needs to walk around and take a pee break whenever you can, you and your dogs.

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July 30, 2009

The Move: On the Road, Another Day

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 13/25 Part Series.


On the road. That was the view we saw for days and days. Endless nothingness of payment and snow.


Moving Tip #13: Have a cell phone on you for safety. Of course there were some areas there was no receiption but in general that is generally a good tip.


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July 29, 2009

The Move: A Tim Horton's Pit Stop

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 12/25 Part Series.


We enjoyed many Tim Horton pit stops along the way. You be surprised how many Tim Horton coffee shop there were during our big move from Winnipeg to Ontario. Of course you would believe me as you hold your Tim Horton's cup in your hand.

Moving Tip #12: Go to grocery stores to pick up fruits and snacks that are easy to eat in the car.

It was too cold out for us to be eating picnic style anywhere but we snacked as we drove.

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July 26, 2009

This is Heaven


A man and his dog were walking along a road. The man was enjoying the scenery, when it suddenly occurred to him that he was dead. He remembered dying, and that the dog walking beside him had been dead for years. He wondered where the road was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall along one side of the road. It looked like fine marble... At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch that glowed in the sunlight. When he was standing before it he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like pure gold. He and the dog walked toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side.

When he was close enough, he called out, "Excuse me, where are we?"
"This is Heaven, sir," the man answered.
"Wow! Would you happen to have some water?" the man asked.
"Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up." The man gestured, and the gate began to open.
"Can my friend," gesturing toward his dog, "come in, too?" the traveler asked.
"I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets."
The man thought a moment and then turned back toward the road and continued the way he had been going with his dog. After another long walk, and at the top of another long hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a farm gate that looked as if it had never been closed.. There was no fence. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

"Excuse me!" he called to the man. "Do you have any water?"
"Yeah, sure, there's a pump over there. Come on in."
"How about my friend here?" the traveler gestured to the dog.
"There should be a bowl by the pump.."
They went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with a bowl beside it. The traveler filled the water bowl and took a long drink himself, then he gave some to the dog. When they were full, he and the dog walked back toward the man who was standing by the tree.

"What do you call this place?" the traveler asked.
"This is Heaven," he answered.
"Well, that's confusing," the traveler said. "The man down the road said that was Heaven, too."
"Oh, you mean the place with the gold street and pearly gates? Nope. That's hell."
"Doesn't it make you mad for them to use your name like that?"
"No, we're just happy that they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind."

Author is unknown.

This story was forwarded to me, the original e-mail talked about why you should forward jokes. Author was never mentioned so if you would like to claim your story, please e-mail and I will certainly give you credit. This is a lovely story by the way.

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The Move: Josie Needing to Enjoy the View

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 11/25 Part Series.



Josie loved hanging out the window but in her case hanging beside the Window. I notice that she loves to enjoy the view even if it was just a wide blanket of snow.

Being on the road is no excuse for not getting a few brush strokes in; I didn't get hardly enough and the poor girls ended up a bit matted.

Moving Tip #11: Visit your local CAA chapter to pick up a 'Trip Tric', they are able to lay out your way from start to finish.

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July 20, 2009

That Josie Girl, She is so Full of Herself...

The other day while visiting relatives we ending up talking about this Pretty In Pink Dogs website and my host said and I quote:

"That Josie girl, she is so full of herself. Everything is about her."

Her comment stuck me rather funny. This is Josie's online persona I have created for her but in many ways I have not stretched the truth too much as I find it can very much be her offline persona too at times.

I often refer about Josie to others who may be visiting that Josie is our Moral Officer. If anyone follows Star Trek Voyager, a TV Series, might catch on to this silly inside joke. Many people never do and now that it has been said out loud, I guess it is no longer an inside joke. She loves to greet everyone and be the centre of attention. She takes her Moral Officer position very seriously as any good Bolognese should and takes great pride in her work.

Keep up the good work Josie, you Diva!
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July 19, 2009

Loving Josie Hill


Just because Josie has claimed the unused nearby hill doesn't mean that Caillee can't use it and enjoy it as well.

With high winds blowing through Caillee's long fur, she looked so beautiful. I might be a little bias here and under the circumstances, Caillee being my puppy dog and all, it's all okay to be so.


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July 18, 2009

Josie Hill is not Bad

Marsha, Marsha, Marsha...

Josie, Josie, Josie...

How many Bolognese can say they have a whole park named after themselves? Ok, so it's not an official park, just some unclaimed hill on someone's near by property. What joy these girls have there. Everyone gets to run around, even the two legged creatures.

Josie looks so happy. Just looking at her makes me happy.

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July 17, 2009

Cali Rides Motor Scooters


I am telling you, Cali, one of Caillee's daughters, is one cool Havanese. Her mommy sent in this photo of Cali on a motor scooter. How cool is that? First she drives a car and now a motor scooter. Is there no motor vehicle in the world she can't use?


Doesn't she look so adorable on it? OK, OK, I know, I am a bit bias. Can you blame me? She looks so adorable.


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July 16, 2009

Visiting Linda and her Fury Family


Soon after we arrived back in Ontario I had to ask Linda a big favour. I asked that if she could take care of Josie and Caillee for a short time. Hubby and I were trying really hard to adjust to our new work schedules and run around after work taking care of things. There was a few days where we just couldn't care of our puppy girls. Thank goodness the cat was at some cat retreat back in Winnipeg awaiting for our call to come to his new home.

Here is Josie and Caillee when we came to pick them up after almost a whole week being apart. They seemed to really enjoy themselves there as Linda accounts their stay at her house.

They got to sleep with her and her furry family, and got to play until they dropped from exhaustion. I wasn't sure if they would be at all interested in coming back with us. In the end we tricked them in the car and they weren't the wiser for it.

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July 15, 2009

The Move: Josie Out the Window

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 10/25 Part Series.


If Josie wasn't sleeping, she was hanging out with whoever was sitting at the passenger side window. One of her favourite most favourite spots in any vehicle.


Moving across Canada, Josie got to drive by and see lots of great and some spectacular views of Canada's scenery.

Moving Tip #10: Take along some thermoses with you on your next moving trip you can have some hot drinks and save some money too.

Every time we stopped at a hotel, each morning I would make some tea for my thermos and some coffee for hubby's thermos. Friends did give us some Tim Horton's gift cards for our moving trip that we so enjoyed, so with some coffee and tea money we saved, we got to enjoy some donuts, croissants, and hot soups. I had so many donuts on the trip that I couldn't eat another donut for a while.



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July 14, 2009

The Move: Enjoying the View

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 9/25 Part Series.



Like any dog, hanging out of windows seems fun and a natural doggie activity. Just be careful, any dog not contained by either a seat belt harness or a crate in a could end up becoming a projectile object in your car in the event of an accident. Just an FYI.


Moving Tip #9: If you are the passenger bring something to do with your hand to keep yourself awake. This way you can better interact with the driver and keep him awake.

During the our moving trip I brought some knitting. I have no idea how to knit but just recently learnt how to do a couple of knitting techniques. I have no idea how to end my knitting project. Apparently, ending your knitting project is very similar to how you started your knitting project. That's just great for me, I can't remember how I even started. My knitting project is too big to be a dish cloth anymore and far too short to be considered a scarf. It is going to take me a very long time to learn how to knit a doggie sweater which was my goal in learning how to knit. Is there any hope for me? Is there any hope for Josie getting her pink knitted sweater made by mom?

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July 13, 2009

The Move: Josie and Caillee

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 8/25 Part Series.
Josie and Caillee handled the road trip across Canada in stride. Here both are on the seat beside us with there harnesses on.

They both did a lot of sleeping between stops.

Moving Tip #8: Makes sure to take many breaks: keeps you alert and keeps your joints from getting sore. The exercise keeps them sleeping while you drive.


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July 12, 2009

A Dog and Her Man

A man and his dog walk side by side

Down this lonely road

Neither alone

For they have each other

For now and forever


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July 10, 2009

A Visit from Cali

We got to see Cali, Caillee's puppy girl back in March. Cali lives near Toronto so we all can visit Cali more often. Caillee is pretty excited about this.

We were visiting a mutual friend on our way into Niagara Region. We were passing through and had a good time doing so.

Josie doesn't seem to care but would like to know if she has to come along if there will be any doggie treats involved and points out that she likes the meaty type of doggie treats the best, should anyone be asking. “Oh Josie, you cannot be the centre of attention all the time my dear.”

It's pretty neat how Cali looks just like her mom, Caillee. Cali's mom sent in another photo of her and on a scooter. Sorry guys, you will have to wait to see it. Caillee is one proud mom.


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July 9, 2009

The Move: On the Road Again

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 7/25 Part Series.

One way we passed the time driving was to listen to an audio book. Yup, just one and it was so long we didn't even finish it while we were on the road.


Moving Tip #7: Listen to an Audio book, it helps to pass the time.



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July 8, 2009

A walk through Beamer Falls


What a way to spend a day, Josie and Caillee got a chance to spend another afternoon at Beamer Falls, in Grimsby, Ontario.






Caillee had to watch out for mud puddles because she had to keep her fur somewhat clean.




Josie didn't mind the mud puddles, she happily ran through them.







The view was amazing seeing the town from up up above on the peninsula escarpment.












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July 7, 2009

The Move: On the Road

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 16/25 Part Series. Distance makes the heart grow fonder...

Driving across country, this was our view for miles and miles... or should we say kilometres and kilometres.

For the first day of our travels, it was great.... nothing but breath taking country side. We drive by towns, lakes, rivers, mini-mountains, closed fruit stands, and snow everywhere! We moved back in late February and early March where there they were still covered by snow.

The closer we drove to southern Ontario, the less and less snow we saw to the point where we thought it must be spring already.

Moving Tip #16: Take a moment to enjoy the view that Canada has to offer. Many people are envious of this beautiful country.



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July 6, 2009

The Move: Getting the Moving Truck


We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 6/25 Part Series. Moving is never closure but a hope for a new beginning.

Here is the biggest U-Haul trailer you can possibly rent from U-Haul, their 26' truck. We used this truck to haul all are possessions from Winnipeg Manitoba to St. Catharines Ontario.

The person at the dealership we picked up the trailer from allowed us to take it first to load all our stuff and come back to hook up the car hitch. I thought that was very kind and generous of him.

The truck was so big, we needed to make sure there was a 12' clearance under any bridge we drove under.

Josie and Caillee really took to the travelling lifestyle, they handled themselves really well in the truck.

Moving Tip #6: Make sure you check the distance you will need to travel from point A to point B and make sure you have been allowed a generous amount of distance from your rental company to make the trip.

We didn't have any problems this trip. When we moved from St. Catharines Ontario to Winnipeg Manitoba, the truck rental company didn't give us enough mileage to cover the distance to make the move and wanted up to pay the difference in extra mileage charges. We did get the matter cleared up but not without the aid from google map to explain the minimum required mileage to cover the distance didn't match what we were first allowed.

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July 5, 2009

Just Caillee


We were out on some park somewhere and here is Caillee just doing what she does best.... just hanging around.

You can see here Caillee is being all fashionable in spite of herself. Her human mommy put in some nice elastics in her hair in a neat little design.


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July 4, 2009

One Cool Josie


That's one cool Josie!

We found a lost pair of children's glasses and put in on Josie's head. It looked so funny and cute that we took a photo of it.

Surprisingly, Josie didn't try to shake it off.

We put the same found sunglasses on Caillee and she managed to shake it off in two seconds. She is no fashionista.

We put the glasses back where we found them just in case the person comes back to claim them. In the mean time, thanks for letting us have some good laughs with them.

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July 3, 2009

The Move: Still a Bit More Packing

We all decided to move back home to Ontario: 5/25 Part Series. Starting a new job can be very exciting.
Packing can be long and tiring work even for our fearless Josie. All the boxes and furniture we wanted to keep were moved to one area, the basement. Josie thinks that it helped all of us to feel like progress was made each day and made it easier to see what needed to be done upstairs clearly.

Moving Tip# 5: Label each box and keep an inventory sheet so you can find what you need faster later.
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July 2, 2009

Living in the Outer Limits



We are living just out side of St. Catharines until we can move into our next home.



We see the Welcome to St. Catharines sign every day. Sometimes Caillee and Josie pee on the sign. Hehehe










There is nothing out here. We are surrounded by trees, vineyard, or orchards.



Going around the block takes a long time because it's all country side out here.










We still live out of boxes and is rather hard but the good thing, Josie says we doesn't have much to repack when we move to our new home.








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July 1, 2009

Happy Canada Day Fellow Paws!

Josie and Caillee wish you a very big, fun, and great Canada Day. Happy Canada Day!

Caillee and Josie took a walk around the new neighbour they will be moving to next month. They visited a near by park adjacent to Lake Ontario.



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