Blog of Random Thoughts
We are making progress on our renovations and have purchased our new showerhead for the shower downstairs. We had to buy new ones because the ones we had were chrome and it does not fit into the idea that Mel has in her head for what we should get. That was an absolute must, but…
Summer is almost over now and school is about to start again with the kids. Growing up I always hated this time as we would need to go shopping for clothing and supplies. I was not a fan of clothes shopping so I did not like doing this and for the binders and things my…
This morning I received noticed that I could go in to get drained at 11am. Last night we had dropped off the van at Kal-Tire to get a tire repaired, First General came today for their first day and Xavier had an appointment in the afternoon. We managed to pick up the van fairly early…
This weekend has been nice and relaxing and I think that is why I have noticed the ascites build up a bit more. When I move I can feel pressure in my abdomen and I remember last year when I first had this and I just ignored it and it got worse and worse every…
I am getting old and getting blind. There is an ideal distance from my laptop that I need to be. If it is too close then I can not see as everything is blurry with my glasses on. I remembered that years back my optician offered me bifocals. but I said I would just take…
We are outside having a fire today and Mel is eating some graham crackers. Mel had made us some coffee and roasted some marshmallows and added them to our drinks. As we were chatting I mentioned that in grade 7 and 8 I had a friend that I would trade meals with. I would give…
A couple of nights ago, I went to bed early and Mel was already in bed reading with all of the lights on. When I was in the hospital I got use to using a sleeping mask as there is always light and now I have several at home. This evening I decided to use…
Today was a bit of a debacle for our abandoned child. Xavier had ice time but I was not able to drive him, so we dropped off his equipment at the training centre and then at my parents. Except they were not home, but luckily my sister was and she let him in. Afterwards I…
I was with some colleagues today and we were talking about growing up and how things are different for kids now compared to when we had grown up. Things are much different these days where kids are being repeatedly told that they will never be able to afford a house and that they will be…
I am getting old, and my vision is getting worse, but there are times where it is blurry because of the medication I am taking. I am not supposed to get my vision checked until after I have been off the medication for a while to allow it to stablize, but that is not going…