Swimming For Exercise

So the pool pump motors are finally fixed and/or replaced at our local health club in the hotel and I can’t wait to go back and swim every morning for my exercise.  I loved swimming but haven’t swam for so long because the pool was closed for repair and they found that they had to replace the pool pump motors.  And yes, I had been very lazy and haven’t done a lot of walking to replace the swimming but now that the pool is open again – I’m all for going back tomorrow morning for a work out – hopefully I don’t get tire out or get out of breath so easily – since I haven’t swam for months.

Thank You Gifts For My Doctors

Some of my doctors are very nice here – some not so – and in all my years in Canada there had been some people in the hospital who have made my life a lot easier and encouraged me when I was having difficulty with my health issues.  And because of them – I have had better control of my health now – but what do you give those doctors who have everything money can buy?  I don’t really want to buy some generic thing just because – so the spouse said some cufflinks in a nice gift box would be a really nice gesture.  So knowing that one of them is leaving the town to start a practice in Halifax – I decided to get him a nice cufflink as a thank you gift and hope that whenever he wears it – he will remember me.

Scrubs For My Favorite Nurses

A couple  of years ago, when I had my huge operation to take out my fibroid, the nurses down at the blood transfusion center treated me really well.  I’ve always kept in touch with them and each time I visit the doctors, I would drop in and say hi.  Some are transferred to another department but some are still there and I say these nurses don’t get enough credit.  So last Christmas, I decided to get some discount scrubs from Marcus and not just ordinary ones – some really fun looking scrubs as presents for them all.   They all loved the ones with the owl print and the scrubs sells from $5.99 – so they were really worth getting for these nurses.  I wished more patients would appreciate the good nurses a lot more.

Keeping Warm During Winter

My in laws work outside a lot in the winter – they owned a hundred acres land like Winnie the Pooh.  From cutting down trees for wood/fireplace – they also collect maple syrup in the spring.  So this Christmas, we bought him some very good quality overalls as presents because we know he will appreciate it.  Overalls like the one above are great for their hunting expeditions as well.  And while some people wants to keep fashionable while they are outdoors – the above overall looks rather stylish – so no worries about not looking good but if you are an outdoor person – all you should care about is keeping warm and keeping safe.   It was definitely a great buy and the best present for something who wants to keep warm when working.

Stressless Christmas

I had a pretty much stressless Christmas this year  – why?  because I found a place that took care of all my gifts – including the ones for the spouse.  So whenever some said they can’t find any gifts for husband anywhere – I show them where I get my gifts for the spouse.  Plenty of goodies to choose from and which husband can resist all these lovely chocolate right?  well, mine loved his chocolate best – I had a pretty much stress-less Christmas and from now onwards – you know where I’m getting HIS gifts.

New Outlook For The New Year

Yes !  a new outlook for the new year for my health and to start off the new year – we are heading to our cottage to re-decorate with some rustic log furniture that we had bought last month.   The cottage will be used for our weekend getaway once a month – or whenever we get chance  – especially during the summer.  We are finally closing the cottage down for the winter and will be running it in the spring.  We feel that by using more of the cottage – it would relieve our stress and make us do things together instead of just going on the computer always.  Rustic log furniture are great because it gives us so much warmth in our life and we feel like we are living harmoniously.   The rustic log furniture blend into our cottage so well – we just loved it.

I Wanna Sue My Doctor

I’m sure you’ve heard people telling you this more than once in your lifetime – and just because doctors has malpractice insurance – it really doesn’t mean that he doesn’t mind getting sued.  I know very little about suing my doctors – because usually i get over it – after I’m upset with it for a while.  Just like the last time I was admitted to the hospital and the doctor insisted that i had a bowel obstruction – and I knew it was food poisoning.  And another time – a doctor said I had appendicitis but in fact it was something else.  So of course, my appendicitis were taken out but it was rupturing or anything – but a cut was a cut right?  yes ! i was mad – but no i didn’t sue the doctor after all – they symptoms were there.  But I can understand if someone had died – and it was a mistake by the doctor – yes – I’m sure someone would have sued for malpractice.  There are a lot of times I don’t feel that my previous doctors had made the right diagnosis – but not every patient is like myself – so yes!  some insist on suing the doctor for the slightest reason – so yes! i’ve heard many times from friends and co-workers – that they want to sue their doctors.

Keeping Healthy During Winter

Winter is definitely here – we’ve had rain – the wind and the snow – and it’s getting colder every day and nights are longer now.  I tell Missy Moo to keep warm -when she is at school or outdoors and when she is indoors – I try to heat up the room that we are in warm.  The only problem I have keeping her warm is in the store.  You see – to heat the store – it will cost us an arm and a leg – heat and oil is very expensive here and we don’t get a rebate like the ones that ct electricity gives out to the good people in Connecticut because we are a business.  But we have to keep somewhat warm – and if I can have it – I will leave the store temperature up at 25 degree Celsius the entire time we are at the store but of course that is not possible as the bill will definitely kill us.

So how does one keep healthy – without overpaying the power bill or oil bill?  layers – yes! you heard right in layers – I dress Missy Moo and myself up in layers – that way if we are cold we can put on another layer and if we are hot take off one.  All of Missy Moo’s pants has fleece lining – now that would definitely keep her a lot warmer than her friends.  Unfortunately, adults can’t get that kinda pants – else I would too.  How are you keeping healthy during Winter?  share your tips please.

Stress free Christmas

Yes! i would like a stress free Christmas and in fact – I think I might achieve it this year – as someone is dressing up the window of our store for Christmas – I don’t even have to worry about that ! woohoo!!  so when a customer came in to ask me for gift ideas for wife I told him – he will have to check with the spouse – for I am having a stress free Christmas – hahah!  But seriously, I buy everything online – so no need for gift wrapping nor mailing and postage worries.   I have been doing this for a few years now – and for friends from away – I think it’s the best thing to do.  I loved that I just need to pick the item online – and the rest will be done by someone else.  Yes, I do pay a wee bit more – but what the hell right?  you have to keep the economy going.  So if you want a stress free Christmas – use my secret – shop at reliable places online – and you will be all set.   So while others fret and sweat it out – or run around n the cold – I sit and relax and wait for the gifts to arrive at the receiver’s address – and await my thank you emails.

Flu Mist

It’s that time of the year again – and once again – we had to order the Flu Mist for Missy Moo for her flu shots – from our local pharmacy.  I had ordered it about a week ago – and yesterday I was told it was available – so I made the appointment to have Missy Moo get her flu shots today.  We had to pick up the vaccine before leaving for the doctor’s and had to have them on ice pack – while they were packing the vaccine for me – I also noticed they were using a very nice and small printer – unlike ours that is quite big and white in color and pretty dirty by this time.  The Epson TM-T88V that they were using was black in color and it was pretty small as compared to ours at our business – and being black in color – i can see that it won’t show that it is dirty after a few years like ours.

After collecting the vaccine – I went back to our store – and I told Mr Moo about the receipt printer I saw there – I like the fact that it was really fast when it printed out my receipt – unlike the one we are using.  An auto cutter is always good for a printer – then I don’t have to worry tearing receipts out for our customers in horrible shape.   And a new receipt printer like Epson has a 4 yrs warranty.   We might consider the Epson TM-T88V for our next printer – when ours goes out of service – I guess the pharmacy must have some good tech savvy guy working and buying their electronics for them.

New Gynecologist Center

My girlfriend from home just emailed to me to let me know that my gynae from home will be in the new gynecologist center build right in the middle of town.  She showed me pictures of the currently to be built plot and all the excavators on site using their hydraulic hose heavy machines to put the building up together.  I am envious of course – because where I am living now – we are so much in need of a new gynecologist center here.  What I’m seeing is a lot of old age home build and nursing home – in preparation for the older generation – but you would think with all the pregnancy in this town – and all the babies born here – they would also focus on getting a new gynae center as well as gynecologist right?  but doctors are so hard to come by in this town – because we are at the end of the province.   We only have 1 hospital in this town – that needs to cater to a 7000 population and around our town as well.  So if there are lots of babies coming at the same time – you can understand why I say we do new a new gynecologist center with better equipments too.

Hiking For Health

Missy Moo wants us to buy her a metal detectors garrett so that she can go hiking with her friends and grampie.  Grampie promised that he would go a long with them – so that they can hunt for some treasures in an old path down by the old train track.  Mr Moo wasn’t going to get her one at first – because the one that Grampie has is very expensive – but we found one that was within our budget at the local electronic store here – so she is all excited about her hiking trip this weekend.  If the weather continues to be good – she can go do her treasure hunting with her Grampie and Grammie – it would be good exercise not only for her but her grandparents as well and they can spend quality time together.  Knowing Missy Moo, I know she will have lots of fun with her new toy – because when she was younger – she loved collecting stones – so this is a new hobby for her – and hopefully, she make use of the metal detectors garrett to make it worth buying it for her.

Outdoor Adventures

This year – I’ve done more outdoor activities than I had in my entire life – because of the used ATV that Mr Moo bought for riding around the woods on his father’s 100 acre land -  yes! just like Winnie the Pooh – according to Missy Moo.  But because the ATV is pretty huge – it’s hard for me to go at it by myself but Mr Moo bought the utv power steering to enable me to cruise and steer the ATV easily – so I’m now able to ride on it by myself.  Sometimes, I get Missy Moo brave enough to sit behind me for a ride but other times – I like to do it on my own.

This fall – we have been having a few good days – so I’m taking advantage of it and going out in the woods more often than I would usually do.  And because of all these outdoor activities – I find myself getting stronger and less tired during the day – it makes me feel so much younger.  For those who lives in the country – you will understand why we like to go to the country during the weekend and stay at our cottage – and ride out in the woods.  If you haven’t tried it – you should and now that one can buy the UTV power steering – even for someone who finds it hard to maneuver the ATV before – can do so.

Vacation

The outlaws just informed me during Thanksgiving supper that we were invited for another wedding next year – and the entire family will be going to New Brunswick for the wedding of the cousin.  But this time, they are not going to stay in a hotel – since the entire family from down here is going – they are looking for houses for rent for a week and treat that as a summer vacation.  It’s a good way for the entire clan across Canada and United States to get together.  So they want us to plan our vacation time around the wedding as well.  I would love to go – since I haven’t been to New Brunswick for a vacation except for a drive thru’ while going to Maine, so that would be very nice.  Plus everyone needs a vacation every now and then to relax and I love family gatherings and BBQs.  I told the outlaws that I wasn’t going to be cleaning house while on vacation – so if they are looking for a rental house for the vacation or a seaside apartment – they have to make sure there is maid service as well.

Time For A Dental Visit

Yes! it’s time for another dental visit soon -  because one of my tooth is giving me problems – I can eat on one side of my mouth because it’s pretty sensitive now.  But because of the last visit with my usual dentist – that caused my gums and tooth to hurt for months  – I’m very apprehensive to go to him again.  So I’m looking for a new dentist – even though my neighbor tells me she had no problems with the same dentist.  Unfortunately, I love my dental hygienist and hate to leave her – and Dental Hygienist Jobs are not easy to find around town – so I guess she isn’t going to move anytime soon as far as she was concern.  But yes!  I need to visit a dentist really soon before I get into lots of trouble with my gums and mouth.

You Don’t Need To Look Frumpy Girl!

I tell all my pregnant girlfriends – they don’t need to look frumpy or clumsy when they are pregnant – because maternity dresses are not made the same way they were during our parents time.   I loved it when I see a pregnant woman taking care of herself and dressing up well.  As for me – when I was pregnant with Missy Moo – i was sick all the time – and not just morning sickness and the only time that would make me really happy was when i had to dress up and go out.  I didn’t have many maternity dresses because there were no maternity stores here – but these days – one can order them online – and some even have shipping free as well.  Now you can buy jeans, evening dresses, tops and bottoms at reasonable prices.  I loved my maternity bottoms – I still have them now – they carried me from 3months pregnant to 9 months – I loved the material and you can wash it like normal.   So gals – you don’t need to look frumpy when you are pregnant – some people don’t want to get pregnant because they can’t dress up – but you are wrong gal!  you can still look your best.

Bowflex Home Gym

So I had a chance to get a bowflex home gym from the local yard sale – as you can see its not a very huge machine and you can even store it away if you are not using it.  So I decided to check it out – since the spouse was interested in flexing his muscles as well.   Normally, these machines are a few thousand dollars but this used one is going for $600 – so that’s the reason why I wanted to get it.  Alas, some of the  bearings need changing because it wasn’t running as smoothly as a new one – I was told by the now owner that bearings don’t cost very much – and I can get them online anytime and fix the problem.  Having said that – he was willing to give us a further discount on it if we decided to take it but what kind of bearings do we need to buy?  or can any bearings do it ?  if we dismantle the machine – would we know how to put it back together?  and since the spouse is so busy – will the bowflex sit in the box for a few months or even a year before he gets to it?   So we had to give it a past this time round – so sad!  now if I had someone who knew how to fix the bearings – or tune it – that would be a totally different story.

Medicine Cabinet At Work

We don’t have a medicine cabinet at work – so we stored all our usual emergency stuff in the washroom at the store – but we found out quickly that it can be quite inconvenient and embarrassing as I have my personal stuff in there.  So when I received some Target coupons the other day – I decided to invest in a real medicine cabinet – that way – when a customer/s need some emergency stuff -  the spouse don’t have to rummage thru’ my personal stuff in the washroom.   Thanks to the coupons – I didn’t have to spend so much on the medicine cabinet and even bought some allergy medication for the store.

Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff

So my medication for my panic attack is almost due for my yearly refill – that means I have to go see my family doctor again and get her to assess me to rewrite the prescription for another year.  So I’m sure you all want to know how my panic attack is after taking my medication right?  I call it my crazy meds – whenever I go pick my prescription from the pharmacy – and we all have a good laugh.  What make the girls at the pharmacy have a laugh is the  funny shirts i wear whenever i pop into the pharmacy because I try not to sweat the small stuff anymore.  The only thing that gets me really excited and paranoid is Missy Moo – she can be really dramatic  and even now I try to keep calm with her.  But sometimes her whiny can caused me to get upset – and the other day – I was mad with her and lost my temper on her.  I wished I didn’t do that and I regret losing my temper on her after shoving her into the washroom because she wouldn’t go in there – as she said there was spiders in them.   I think I need to get Missy Moo to wear some funny t-shirts on her – that way maybe she will lighten up sometimes.

Biking For Exercise

I’ve always wanted a cruiser bike – and not because it’s pretty – but because they are so easy to ride on – and cruiser bikes are not very expensive these days.  What’s missing on my cruiser bike is a basket – for me to carry my doggie with me when I go biking by the beach.   For now we just chuck our bikes into our truck – but I would like to be able to go biking on my own without having to wait for the spouse to drive me to the beach.  So as soon as I can get a chance – I’m getting one of those yakima bike rack for my car – and I can go biking on my own with Missy Moo.  Exercising with my cruiser has never been easier and with the cruiser – I want to go biking so much more – and you know as a diabetic – any form of exercise is great.   What better than to go for a bike ride after supper right?