I spent the week visiting Dad in Ottawa.  I arrived last Saturday and am leaving today.  Its was great as Doug arrived Monday and we had a fantastic visit with Dad.  I must say it was definitely mans land for the week.  Too much beer, sports, b movies and junk food but now I have my fill for a while.  The highlight was that we went to see the Senators play against Washington.  We were about 5 rows from the ice in the Capitals end.  It worked out well as most of the action was there and the Sens won 6-5.  Great hockey game.  Dad is doing very well but he has the craziest dog you could ever meet.  The backyard looks like a war zone with every plant (and some trees) torn up by the dog.  Not to mention the “land mines” that exist everywhere.  Dad says there is a dog service that will clean it up in the spring.

The house is in good shape and Dad is doing a good job of keeping it clean.  The dishwasher has been repainted a lovely lime green that somehow tries to match the paint in the kitchen but does not quite succeed.  However, it is better than the dirty white that it had become.  I even watched Dad do his laundry and he very professionally folded his clothes.  I will get some house cleaning done today to get rid of the dog hair.  She sure loses a lot of hair for such a small dog.

Doug will be staying on for a while and then it will be a short time until spring and Dad can start traveling for visits.