Dogs of our Lives

December 30, 2014 June Cotte Leave a comment

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is getting ready to welcome 2015 in. We will be missing midnight this year, as our cab to the airport arrives January 1 at 4:30 am!

We had a great Christmas visit with Grama Joan and Grampa Doug in Kingsville. Aunt Judy and Uncle Malcolm and cousin Evan came too, which was lots of fun.

This time, I thought I would share some photos of Joe and the various dogs he has loved in our travels. You’ve heard earlier about Joe’s love for Aunt Mary’s dogs Louie and Sophie. But in the last month he has been able to cuddle with Rosie, Louie and Sophie (again), Sparky, and Riley. And this year Santa brought him his very own dog suit, so he can pretend to be a dog in their midst.

The next blog will likely be from California. The ship sets sail January 5th. We are very ready!

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA — Joe says to Riley: I am your alpha dog!

P1020085 - Version 2 — Joe and Sparky Teevan – cuddle buddies!

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Test Post via Email

December 15, 2014 June Cotte Leave a comment

Hi!

June here. This is really just a test blog, to make sure I know what I am doing. I won’t have traditional internet on board the ship starting January, but I will have email. And WordPress allows you to post a blog via email. So, here goes.

The last couple of weeks have been hectic and more than a little stressful. After a wonderful visit with Linda Price in Tucson, we drove through horrible fog and rain to visit Mary and Kevin Becker, as well as Grama and Grampa Cotte, on the way to Toronto. While in Toronto, we completed our visa application for India. Despite the scary (past our departure date) date they told us to expect our passports back, we received them today in London just fine. Whew! After Toronto, we stayed in my sister’s lovely home in Niagara on the Lake, and stayed snuggled in the house during a major snowstorm. My tan from Arizona is now well and truly gone…

We just had a rowdy, lovely, wine-filled escapade with the Teevan family this past weekend, and have temporarily camped out in Matt Thomson and Allison Johnson’s house. We are true vagrants… off to my parent’s place this weekend for the rest of the holiday. We fly out to San Diego January 1, and board the boat January 5th. Very exciting feeling!

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Mountain Lion

December 11, 2014 June Cotte Leave a comment

At the Tucson Desert Museum we saw a mountain lion. At first he didn’t do much, then he left. But not for long. When I looked back he jumped on the glass, so we stayed. Then the lion pounced again, but this time he scared away a girl who was at the glass, which gave me a chance to get next to him. Then he pawed on the glass and left his paw there when I placed my hand on the glass. Then when I put my face to the glass he licked on the glass 🙂

(Editor June’s note – adorable pictures will follow soon!)

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The Longest Blog Ever

December 11, 2014 June Cotte Leave a comment

Joe and I have not written in a long time, so this is going to be long (you have been warned).

First, we went to Tucson. It was really fun. We went to my Mom’s friend Linda’s house and stayed there for three nights. While we were there we went to The Desert Museum (it’s really a zoo). Then to a place called Old Tucson, but Old Tucson was not open (even though the website said it was)!

The next day we went to the Tucson Botanical Gardens and The Children’s Museum, then to my old school. Linda is really nice. She let Joe and I play Assassins Creed 4 (giving Aunt Mary and Lisa a run for their money).

After we left we drove and drove and drove. Then guess what we did? We drove some more. After the third day of driving, we made it to my Aunt Mary’s house (alive). Joe, being in love with dogs, was in heaven. Sophie (who any sane person would run away from) decided that Joe was hers. Then we went to our home to work on our visas for India (who doesn’t love FedExing Passports). Now we are in a little town called Niagara-on-the-lake (formally known as Newark). The best part is, it isn’t Sedona.