Well I found out today that the retirement home around the corner from me allows residents to bring their cats with them as long as they are kept in their suite.
I am so happy to hear that as my Nanny was refusing to come to visit as she wouldn't leave her cat for someone else to mind for her.
I am hoping that she will stay at the retirement home for a week or two to see how she likes it here (the country is not near as busy as the city she is use to).
I hope she likes it so we can move her here and I can spend alot of time with her and not have to always be travelling to the city actually it is my Mother that runs to the city all the time and it is wearing on her and I worry for hear health too.
This would be perfect for her if she likes it here so keeping my fingers crossed she will agree to it.
If she was able to handle the stairs I would gladly move her in with me but then she would not be happy as it would be a small room and we have a quiet home she likes hustle and bustle hence the trial at the retirement home we will offer.
Have you faced the task of finding accommodation for a loved one that is aged and still in relatively good health other than being lonely?
I hate to move her but this running to the city all the time takes it's toll on my Mother's health and pocketbook.
This way I am hoping to have a happy,healthy family all in one town.
About Me
- Laurie
- I live and love in the small town of Marmo, Ontario, Canada. I am a mother of two wonderful young men and grandmother to a little beauty that owns a big piece of my heart. I have great love for my family and they come first in my life. Mollydooker is slang for a left handed person and lord knows I am as left-handed as they come. Waltz, by definition is informal, leading purposefully( my life). I will be sharing with you my ... Mollydooker's Waltz.
Saturday, June 28, 2014
Friday, June 27, 2014
Heartbreaking To Watch
I must say it is heartbreaking to watch your family decline and die off one after another in a couple of year span.
I come from a small family and can see that it soon will be me on my own.
My boys have their own lives and I see them around Christmas each year and one of them keeps in touch by phone about once a month one live a great distance away and the other lives 30 mins away and doesn't return e-mails or calls unless he wants something, he is very self absorbed and the other is a very busy man that calls once a month or chats on line with me when he has the time to catch up.
I have never been demanding of my boys time as they are always busy.
Do you come from a large family?
Have you been losing alot of family members lately?
I come from a small family and can see that it soon will be me on my own.
My boys have their own lives and I see them around Christmas each year and one of them keeps in touch by phone about once a month one live a great distance away and the other lives 30 mins away and doesn't return e-mails or calls unless he wants something, he is very self absorbed and the other is a very busy man that calls once a month or chats on line with me when he has the time to catch up.
I have never been demanding of my boys time as they are always busy.
Do you come from a large family?
Have you been losing alot of family members lately?
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Empanadas
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/empanadas-recipe2.html
This is the link to the best empanada recipe, I use this for a guide for all empanadas I make, play around with the mixture of spices or meats, can use many different things to fill the pastry with.
Remember to have fun with this and use your imagination ...omit the chicken broth in the pastry and use juice, water, and some cinnamon and brown sugar or ginger as well as fruit.
I make these up and freeze them as they keep in the freezer for 3 months.
Take out of the freezer and deep fry at 350 F for 2-3 mins each side.
I like mine with hot sauce and Mom likes hers with ceasar salad dressing to dip in.
This is the link to the best empanada recipe, I use this for a guide for all empanadas I make, play around with the mixture of spices or meats, can use many different things to fill the pastry with.
Remember to have fun with this and use your imagination ...omit the chicken broth in the pastry and use juice, water, and some cinnamon and brown sugar or ginger as well as fruit.
I make these up and freeze them as they keep in the freezer for 3 months.
Take out of the freezer and deep fry at 350 F for 2-3 mins each side.
I like mine with hot sauce and Mom likes hers with ceasar salad dressing to dip in.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Staying Cool
We had a very rainy spring here in Norwood. and now that the summer is upon us I am trying to stay inside and cool. I have spent very little time out of doors this spring/summer so far.
I must be careful due to meds I am on not to be in the sun as I break out in a rash.
Due to thyroid disorder I have spent all winter in -30 celsius temperatures standing outside in a tee-shirt ,
My Mother calls my room" the meat locker" at bedtime in those -30 temps. I had the window wide open a fan in front of the open window blowing directly on me and the ceiling fan above the bed full blast as well the bedroom heat vents blocked off and bathroom door shut so not to freeze pipes.
The poor guy in the basement came upstairs to ask if the furnace was broken as it was 42 degrees celsius in his apartment, I was standing there with sweat dripping off my scalp down my back apologizing profusely and turned on the heat making some joke about the crazy lady upstairs and menopause and thyroid ...thinking to myself I can't stand it now how will I survive the heat on...
I walked into the livingroom to see my significant other and my Mother wearing their winter coats and decided that I must see the doctor about this...again.
I went to the doctor explaining again how hot I have been that I hadn't even worn a coat all winter( I usually hibernate as I am always cold).
I explained that I am going to have to purchase a freezer large enough for me and take the lock off so I don't get locked in as it would be where I would have to live to make it through the spring and summer .
The doctor was not my doctor it was the nurse practitioner and she is getting annoyed with me and I am sure she believes I am exaggerating ( as usual I fight with the nurse practitioner about my med changes) she sent me to another doctor as she is tired of me always challenging her ( it is my body and I know it better than someone that spends a mere 5 minutes if that and appointment with me).
Well that I must say was the best move she could have made for me.
The doctor she sent me too immediately added another med (one the nurse practitioner and my family doctor took me off of 4 years earlier as "studies show it may cause breast cancer")
She put me on this medication for 3 months, the first 3 weeks I noticed a difference (so did my poor family I froze out all winter).
The doctor said I am an anomaly and seem to require this medication along with my thyroid med.
Well I need refill of this medication and of course due to the fact that the doctor I saw was a locum doctor I must see the nurse practitioner again and she must have refused to see me as they sent me to another locum doctor and each time I must explain myself and fight for refills of this medication.
I will continue to fight for what I need.
I need to feel like myself again and if this med makes me feel better and I know the risks I think that it should be my choice whether to take it or not.
I don't think the doctor should choose to not keep me on it and that is where I am right now , finally feeling like my old self and noone wants to keep prescribing the meds I need to continue to feel well.
They don't live in my body and if I choose to take a med that has been known to cause cancer (heck breathing causes cancer these days) then that should be my choice.
What I have been doing for the last 4 years has not been living it has been a cruel existence, the overheating is only a part of what I have gone through not to mention an 80 pound weight gain in 4 months due to ooops a med that is not right for me @!!#!
Losing weight has always been a struggle for me so this is devastating to me.
The doctor gave me 3 months more of the meds and told me that she would not prescribe it to me again that I should try to get off of this med.
I think that it should be my choice to continue or not.
Do you think that the doctor knows best or do you think that you know your body and should be given the choice as to what goes into it or doesn't go into it?
I must be careful due to meds I am on not to be in the sun as I break out in a rash.
Due to thyroid disorder I have spent all winter in -30 celsius temperatures standing outside in a tee-shirt ,
My Mother calls my room" the meat locker" at bedtime in those -30 temps. I had the window wide open a fan in front of the open window blowing directly on me and the ceiling fan above the bed full blast as well the bedroom heat vents blocked off and bathroom door shut so not to freeze pipes.
The poor guy in the basement came upstairs to ask if the furnace was broken as it was 42 degrees celsius in his apartment, I was standing there with sweat dripping off my scalp down my back apologizing profusely and turned on the heat making some joke about the crazy lady upstairs and menopause and thyroid ...thinking to myself I can't stand it now how will I survive the heat on...
I walked into the livingroom to see my significant other and my Mother wearing their winter coats and decided that I must see the doctor about this...again.
I went to the doctor explaining again how hot I have been that I hadn't even worn a coat all winter( I usually hibernate as I am always cold).
I explained that I am going to have to purchase a freezer large enough for me and take the lock off so I don't get locked in as it would be where I would have to live to make it through the spring and summer .
The doctor was not my doctor it was the nurse practitioner and she is getting annoyed with me and I am sure she believes I am exaggerating ( as usual I fight with the nurse practitioner about my med changes) she sent me to another doctor as she is tired of me always challenging her ( it is my body and I know it better than someone that spends a mere 5 minutes if that and appointment with me).
Well that I must say was the best move she could have made for me.
The doctor she sent me too immediately added another med (one the nurse practitioner and my family doctor took me off of 4 years earlier as "studies show it may cause breast cancer")
She put me on this medication for 3 months, the first 3 weeks I noticed a difference (so did my poor family I froze out all winter).
The doctor said I am an anomaly and seem to require this medication along with my thyroid med.
Well I need refill of this medication and of course due to the fact that the doctor I saw was a locum doctor I must see the nurse practitioner again and she must have refused to see me as they sent me to another locum doctor and each time I must explain myself and fight for refills of this medication.
I will continue to fight for what I need.
I need to feel like myself again and if this med makes me feel better and I know the risks I think that it should be my choice whether to take it or not.
I don't think the doctor should choose to not keep me on it and that is where I am right now , finally feeling like my old self and noone wants to keep prescribing the meds I need to continue to feel well.
They don't live in my body and if I choose to take a med that has been known to cause cancer (heck breathing causes cancer these days) then that should be my choice.
What I have been doing for the last 4 years has not been living it has been a cruel existence, the overheating is only a part of what I have gone through not to mention an 80 pound weight gain in 4 months due to ooops a med that is not right for me @!!#!
Losing weight has always been a struggle for me so this is devastating to me.
The doctor gave me 3 months more of the meds and told me that she would not prescribe it to me again that I should try to get off of this med.
I think that it should be my choice to continue or not.
Do you think that the doctor knows best or do you think that you know your body and should be given the choice as to what goes into it or doesn't go into it?
Sunday, June 15, 2014
Missing My Daddy And Best Friend Today And Every Day
Loving you and missing you as always Daddy....Laurie xxx....ooo...
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Gretchen and Grandma's Weekend
She is my heart.
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