 Good morning everybody. Today is the day we're doing our donation. You were looking beautiful. Thank you. We gotta get going though. Off we go. We got another good dump of snow this last night. This winter's been pretty crazy. So for those of you who have been following, we did a fundraiser for our little wiener dog when he went in for surgery. And we're able to cover everything thankfully. And we had some leftover and we promised that if we had any leftover we would do a donation like this. So this is what we're doing today. We're very excited and this was all made possible because of you guys. So not only did you help us in our time of need, of great need, you're also helping other dogs that need to find good homes and eat. So we got a bunch of plate pens in the back of the truck here that we had collected over the last couple of weeks. And we're going to Costco and Winnipeg. We're going to pick up a pickup truck bed full of dog food and bring it over to Meadowood Pet Valley. I'm excited. I am. I wish we could have brought Frank with us. But you never know when there's going to be a dog that maybe doesn't like little dogs or something, right? They're rescues so there's some special cases. Also with going into Costco, we didn't want to have to leave them in the truck and stuff. So it would have been nice to have the guy who's, you know, responsible for all this really. He's the reason people donated. It'd be nice to have our little donation mascot with us. But he's with us in spirit always. The bird's dad is meeting us at Costco. He's going to help us out with everything or at least hang out with us. And we're going for lunch after everything's done and come back home. Later on today yet, I have to shovel some snow off the roof. But we won't think about that yet. And I've got vlog standing. For now, we're just excited that we can finally do this donation. We had to wait for today because they don't have a real home base, right? It's foster base so it's out of other people's homes. They don't have an office. Yeah, that's what I was going for. They don't have an office. So they're doing an event today at the Pet Valley on Meadowood in St. Patel in Winnipeg. And we're going to meet them there. So we had to wait for a day that worked out when I could be home. And they were also doing an event. And it works out that they're on the southern part of Winnipeg right now. Which is the closest side to us. So today was the perfect day. Here we go. Of course it snowed last night again. It's still snowing actually. We've had so much snow this year. It would be a great year to have a snowmobile. I keep hinting at Brit. I don't know if she's caught on to my hints yet or not. But it would be a great, great year to have a snowmobile. Too bad we don't have a snowmobile, right Brit? You want to sell the house, get snowmobiles and live in the camper? Yep. That's not the answer I was expecting. Be a little cramped with all our furboys. But we'd have snowmobiles. Look at how much fun we could have. Maybe someday. But today is not that day. We're going to have to make a few more vlogs before then. We could just go look at them. Maybe. No, because I know what happens when we go and look at things. No. No, we can't go look at them. Forget it. So we're clearing them out of the puppy food. They had to get the forklift out to get more down for us. Closed off the whole aisle just for us. I think they're done. Look at her go. They get to pick up and bring it up to the front there. So we don't have to push those heavy carts all the way to the back of the parking lot. Here you are. And she bought me a bed. It's a Chevy. She won't even notice that there's something in there. Ridled just to be a little bit smoother. All those things aren't going anywhere. All right. Got a lot of questions asked about us. It's a little strange. We just bought out Costco. We took everything they had. There was only one specific food that they had requested. So we bought all of it. I think there was how many bags? 73 bags. We bought every single bag. 73 bags of food. And then we got all of this back here yet. All the play pens? Play pens. And did we get them some toys? No, but we always could while we're there. If they want some. So we put everything into these play pens and the food. So we're good to go. I got to go get gas though. She's thirsty. You let her drop below half. I know. You're a vehicle owner. I'm a rebel. Plus she's a Chevy. I trust her. Three of their vehicles. And now here's all the puppies. Let's go say hi to them. These two are in charge of Spirit of Hope Rescue. Where all of our food just got donated to. Did you guys need anything else? This is amazing. This will make a huge difference for our organization. We currently have over 80 dogs in rescue. They're all from indigenous communities around Manitoba. Annually we rescue anywhere from 400 to 550 dogs. We're working with the indigenous communities in order to help address the overpopulation. So that we can prevent the starvation, the violence, the disease, the suffering. That these dogs and puppies are enduring because of homelessness. So we do that through our rescue, which has a fostering adoption program. We also do it through our Low Cross Spaniard Initiative. And we have a team of 20 amazing volunteers that are passionate about what we do. Absolutely. We understand that. We work hard to run the organization and we couldn't do it without our foster base. They're the people who open up their hearts in their homes. They give these dogs a chance to know what a loving home is. And they're the difference makers. Awesome. Awesome. We're trash and bird speed films. We're happy to donate and help. Yes. We appreciate it immensely. Amazing. Because like I said, a donation of this size is a huge difference maker to our organization. It means that we can spend our money on the veterinary care that the dogs need rather than having to go over and buy our supplies. So we appreciate it. It's going to a good cause and we'll make sure we can do it. And we need more fosters. We need more fosters. Absolutely. Spirit of Hope Rescue. Adopt. If you are a good potential pet parrot, adopt. And we'll put the link to your social sites in the description of this video as well. Perfect. So everyone can go down there and play. You're one of Manitoba's largest foster base rescues. So I was just talking to Glenn here and he was telling me some stories about some of the puppies he's rescued from way up north. And it was very interesting to hear and very heartwarming. You want to tell the story one more time? Well, yeah, I guess while I was working up north and doing some work and going through the dump and that. And the buddy of mine came down the hill and we saw two pups there. They were only about eight weeks and just starving. So long story short, we grabbed them, threw them in the truck, finished our day. And they stayed with us all the time in the back of the truck. And then they even taken them over a little bit. They're a little bit of a walk. That's awesome. And they just stuck with us. And so they had a helicopter ride to a lodge, stayed overnight lodge, helicopter ride to the airport and airport ride straight to Winnipeg. And this is what Spirit of Hope is. They just made one phone call and within a half an hour they had everything on a plane ready for me the next day to get them on the plane. That's awesome. That's awesome. And that's what Spirit of Hope rescues all about. They take dogs that are in need of rescue from around the communities up in the north of Manitoba, right? Fly in communities. Fly in communities. And they bring them down here and they find good homes for them. You guys are all a part of that story now too. Where did you go? Where did you go? Who's that good boy? Jersey. Over here. Jersey. Nope. Puppy green. What's over there? Another puppy. Oh my goodness. Hi. Back and forth. Back and forth. Back and forth. Those green eyes just get me. Spirit almost walked away with one. That little Jersey guy with the green eyes. If I wasn't going on the truck soon he'd be ours right now. I'd be walking out with him as we speak. But we can't have four dogs in a truck. That's a little ridiculous. Three is crazy enough. Yeah, but we are pretty crazy. You know we might try it. We're not saying we're not going to. We're saying I'm not going to right now. Not right now. Not right now. We haven't had lunch yet. Let us eat first. Nice people. Very nice people. Really nice. So if I haven't told you in the vlog here already the link to their rescue is going to be down below. In the description of this video Britt is also making a video that's already been released on her channel. Link to her channel is down below as well. So go check it out. If you're in the area for Manitoba and you're looking to get a dog why not a dog? These dogs need good homes. So I'll see you guys when we get home. So we just got home and time for me to clear off the roof. We got some serious ice damming and it's coming into the house. So I'm just sitting up here in the back of the pickup using this roof rake that my sister borrowed me. So far we've gotten all of that snow off the roof. From here what you can see is there's three inches of ice that have formed underneath about a foot and a half, two feet of snow and that ice is pushing up underneath the shingles where this veranda meets the roof there. And then it's pushing up under the shingles and then it's melting and going through the nail holes underneath the shingles into the attic and then down to the poly at the bottom of the attic and then it finds a hole, a light fixture or a heating vent and it's coming down into the house so we're unfortunately going to have to redo the roof this summer. So pretty much all I can do for now is clear the snow off the roof so that the ice underneath the snow can melt and I got to keep the roof clear of all snow and as long as we don't have any ice built up underneath snow on our roof we won't have any water in our house. Then this spring we want to put a metal roof on. So that's going to be fun but hopefully we can do most of it ourselves. I have a few cousins and my dad and father-in-law who also know what they're doing when it comes to roofs so it'll be a learning experience for me so they can teach me how to do my own roof. And then maybe the next year we can do our garage as well to match the house. We'll see what happens but right now we're just trying to get it to stop raining in the house and you know once spring comes around we're going to have to go up into the attic and clear out all the... suck out or blow out or clear out all the insulation. Just the insulation that was touched by the water. Clear that all out and then blow new insulation up into there and then got to redo our drywall on our roof. So we got our projects lined up for us this summer. Home ownership is fun but it's worth it. It's definitely worth it. I don't regret a thing. I'm actually having fun right now. I know it sort of sucks and there's a lot of work and money to be put into this house but I don't know. It's our house. It's our home. And I like fixing it. I like making it better. Well that was a really fun day and a really cool experience. And that was our donation day that we've been waiting for for quite a while. We promised that when you guys helped us out and helped us fundraise for Frankie's surgery to come up with the cash before it was too late. You guys came through for us and we promised that with anything left over a donation to other dogs in need. And this was it. So we were very excited to do that. Thanks for watching today. Please go and check out Spirit of Hope Rescue. Their link is going to be down below in the description of this video. It'll be the first thing down there. If you're in the Winnipeg or Manitoba area I really encourage you to contact them if you're interested in adopting a puppy. They're great people and I'm sure they would love to hear from you. Thanks for watching today and I'll see you tomorrow.