Halloween in February. Sure!

As I write this, it's -6 celsius outside and "feels like" -12.  That is the warmest day we've had in ages and so, we made good use of it.

First off, we made a stop at a Pet Value in Stittsville for a Canadian Daschund Rescue fundraiser. We'll make this a semi-regular thing when the organization holds an event nearby to take the opportunity to contribute to our pet cause (pun not intended. OK, maybe it was intended a little...)

We went to such an event in mid-December but at the time we were still getting to know George so we didn't bring him just in case he got freaked out. He came with us this time and was pretty great. He let people come up and pet him and generally ignored other dogs so no issues. We didn't really anticipate any, but it was still a bit of a relief.

In the store, out of the hundreds of toys and chewable/edible items on display, George was kind enough to latch on to something from the Halloween discount box. I think a "if you bit it, you bought it" policy is more than fair so...I bought it for him. But at least he didn't choose to lick a buffalo femur or hump a 12' X 12' memory foam bed. So, in a way, I'm grateful to him for trying to save us a few bucks.

Our karma improved, we headed off to Crow Lake. We've been dying to get George out there, make sure everything survived the harsh elements, and wanted to drop off a few things knowing full well that when the time comes to open up, the car will be crazy loaded. May as well relieve some of that pressure now.

Most of the stuff we brought with us involved electrical work that we plan on having done in the spring. The electric panel wiring looks like plate of spaghetti and some of the fuses are the wrong strength (20's where 15's should be, that sort of thing). We're not the types to leave every light on, but nonetheless, it's a bit of a back-of-your-mind concern.

We're going to get that dealt with and have a few new light fixtures put in. We have two (of three) acquired and I'll display them later, In addition to that, we're having baseboard heaters added.

** spoiler alert**

One heater is definitely going into the guest bedroom. There isn't a lot of free foot space in that room, so using a heater like Furn The Furnace is cumbersome. A baseboard heater should be more appropriate. The other one is going into either the dining room or kitchen, that's TBD.

The picture of the lamp above, by the way, has nothing to do with any of that. I just thought that a picture of a baseboard heater would suck.

Christine bought the lamp weeks ago at Wal-Mart to replace the one I broke in our bedroom when working on the floor. The other items are decorative presents that will also appear here at some point, no doubt.

After we completed our drop off, our inspection, and I dug George out of the snow bank that he got stuck in (poor beast), we headed off to the public area to see if George wanted to take a little walk. At that point, my phone read -19 celsius, but the little trooper seemed eager enough, which was a nice sign. We think he's going to end up liking his weekend home just fine.