Saving Money At Home & Work

We try to save money in any way we can – from buying things that is on sale – and stock up when there is a good sale on but of course, we also make sure that we don’t buy or spend just because something is cheap.  Owning your own business as well as raising a kid means only one thing – spending your money wisely – so if there is a rebate to get we get it.  Now the only thing that is  killing us is our power bills.  There is no low cost energy  here in our town – and when it comes to winter – it does suxs big time.  I wished we can lower our electric bills – our entire house is electric heat – so we are quite dependent on it.

So this is what we did at home to save money, to save power bills – we had a french door put in our tv room – so that we won’t have to heat the entire kitchen and tv room when we wanted one or the other heated. We also only heat up the rooms that we are using – and at work we brought 2 infra-red heated to save on our power bills.  We thought about putting in a wood stove at home but that would means we need to fork out money to put in a new chimney and of course buy the wood stove and rewire the home a little.  At work, we will heat up the store for a few hours and then turn it down for the rest of the day – using only the infrared machine.  If we are still cold, we have small little heaters turned up for a bit to warm us up.  So there – you have it – on how we save money at home and work with our power bills.  If only we had this low cost energy saving program they have in certain part of the USA – I would definitely bee the first to jump on it.

Healthy Living Begins Now

Procrastination must be my middle name these days – because I have yet to begin a healthier diet but after seeing what the spouse’s cousin ate – even though she is diabetic, it hit me that I should be a living example for a healthier living.  I had promised myself to lose 2 kg a month and I haven’t even started on my exercise regime.  I don’t have those  HCG shots Austin  like those who lived in the states can get – so I won’t get the help I need because I’ve heard that cleansing is also a very important part of losing weight.   Now what made intrigue me was a testimonial I read – not only did she lost 47Ibs but she was off diabetic medication!!!! wow!!!!  now that would be something worth trying for sure.  I asked a friend in Austin Texas to check it out for me  – because I’m really excited about the diabetic part.

My Child Is Still Grieving

Chloe is still grieving for her grammie – we can’t talk about her grammie because it makes her sad – and at night she wants a hug from her grammie.  When she visits her grampie – she wants a hug from grammie before leaving but of course, she can’t get any hugs from her grammie.  She reminds us that her grammie didn’t give her a good bye hug before she died and she had been writing letters to her grammie and calling out for her when she plays.

She knows that grammie is in heaven now but she cannot understand how it can be better in heaven when she cannot see her grammie nor her grammie sees her.  She knows her grammie loves her but she misses her deeply.  I grieve with my child and I wished I know how to say the right thing – but I could only think of all the things she cannot do with grammie anymore.  Very sad indeed.

Battle Of The Weight

 I think it’s the age factor – that one finds it really hard to lose the extra weight – especially someone like myself who loves to eat.  I eat when I am happy, I eat when I am sad – I eat when I watch a tv show – I eat when I am hungry.  Sounds like a lot of eating right? and sounds really familiar too right?  Anyhow, I’m trying to lose some weight for the summer because I have a wedding to attend in New Brunswick.  Last year we didn’t get to go for another wedding of a cousin because we didn’t have any help – but this year there is no excuse – so I’m looking for some help – like a wee bit of diet pills.  Of course, I also need to see what the side effects of myonox  is before taking them and also I will check with my doctor about it.   So wish me good luck with my battle of my weight this summer.

Hacking My Lungs Out !

Darn ! I lost my voice and currently am hacking my lungs out!  I bet I caught the cold from PB – who had been hacking his for a few days now causing me no sleep.  But I can’t complained else he will feel bad about it.  So now revenge time for me tonite and the next few nites – hahahha!

Swimming With Kids

We were invited to a small get-together with some extended family last week and since they have an indoor heated pool – the children wanted to swim of course.  But while we were chatting – the kids were playing in the pool and around it – of course the younger ones cannot go into the pool and thank God for pool safety net , we can go and get our food or drinks without worrying that the younger ones may fall in the pool while there wasn’t any adults in sight.   If I have an outdoor pool in the future for Chloe, I too will invest in the pool safety net because we love BBQing so much in the summer and when you have good friends around, we tend to chat and laugh, we sometimes might just turn around and not pay attention to the younger kids.  So to avoid any accidents at my home – God forbid – I’m going to insist on the pool safety net. We had such a good time at the extended families – no accidents – thanks to the pool safety net – the kids were tired out but they looked forward to going again.

Birthday Party

Normally, I would never asked PB to drop his work and attend a birthday or gathering of his extended family.  But because of Chloe and because we wanted to show her that she don’t have to worry we might die anytime soon – we brought her to Aunt Guytha’s 100 birthday at her home in Port Maitland.

Yes, Aunt Guytha is 100 years old yesterday – a lot of people attended the party – and Chloe was quite pleased to see that Aunt Guytha was real and that she lived to 100 years old.  As for Aunt Guytha – she is PB’s grandmother’s sister –  looking really good for her age.  Her house was huge and really nice.   I’m happy we went – even though it was raining and all – at least she seems happier after going to the birthday party.

That Dreaded Call Came

It was still dark outside and rightly so – since it was only 6am – the phone rang – i didn’t want to pick it up because I knew what it meant and PB didn’t wake up from the ringing at all.  The next time it rang – I woke PB up to pick up the phone and yes, Grammie wasn’t going to make it – she was going.   PB’s aunts had called and  told him that they had taken out her drips because she was gurgling water out from her mouth and they didn’t think that it was going to help her.  The nurses figured it would be between 2 – 4hrs.  We called the father-in-law immediately to let him know and we got prepared to wake Chloe up and send her to school first before going to say goodbye to my mother-in-law.

Another call came at 8am and the hospital wouldn’t talk to me – PB was in the toiletttttttttttt!!!  and yes – by the time we called back – Grammie had left.   We sent Chloe to school and then we went to the hospital – Grammie laid there all still and her hands and fingers were turning black and so was her face.  The cancer had taken completely over – it was just so sad because she wasn’t ready for it and she was excited about her trip to New York this year and also wanting to get her first pension cheque.   I know she was worried for Chloe and rightly so because we didn’t know how Chloe would take the news.  We dreaded it.

Hanging Onto Grammie

Yes, chloe is desperately hanging on to Grammie and hoping that she will get well – but at this point of time we knew it wasn’t going to happen.  But Chloe drew and drew and drew and drew fairies and put on good wishes for her grammie.  My heart breaks for my daughter and wished for a miracle.  I even asked God to heal Grammie – and I’ll give up all my Chinese food.  But Grammie is getting worst by the day – she isn’t even talking to us no more.  We are currently preparing Chloe for her Grammie’s passing, she doesn’t like it and who does and she still asking for pixie dust to be sprinkled on Grammie – so that Grammie can get well soon.

My Doctor Moved Again

Yes, our family doctor is now on her own – coming from another country – and practicing here in the West must be some different for her – but she did go thru’ the usual attachment with a well-known doctor here for about a year and now – she has moved into her own clinic.  I don’t know if they have malpractice insurance here in Canada but i know a place that is highly recommended for doctors in USA.  And while I don’t really understand why they need malpractice insurance before – I now understand it much better.  Why?  because my MIL is currently in the hospital with an enlarge liver – this morning – we had called her in the hospital and she had said that some of her test results are out but inconclusive because now the doctor is saying that the cancer may be coming from her uterus.  From I don’t know where the cancer is coming from – to searching for the primary source of the cancer – it has been 10 days now – since she was first admitted.

We are of course at this time a little frustrated and very worried and am wondering if the doctor is right or wrong but more tests is called for – now my MIL has to see a liver specialist as well as a gynecologist. I guess so many other specialist are asked to come in and give their opinion because my mother-in-law’s family doctor must want to be on the safe side and not get sued for diagnosing wrongly – plus it almost seems like he doesn’t really want to talk to the family but his patient – why?  maybe he doesn’t want to answer so many questions of ours?  So yes, I understand the malpractice insurance now.