Appointments, Appointments, Appointments

I didn't mean to take a blogging break but life got in the way.  Mom has had some health issues and that has increased our time spent together.  I am just so thankful I have a job that I can do around helping her with things.  She hasn't slipped on the ice as most of our snow is already gone.  She stubbed her toe badly and could barely walk for a few days.  I then had to go out and buy bigger shoes for her as the pressure on that toe was unbearable with her current shoes and wearing slippers to the store was just not cutting it.  Thankfully even with our poor retail environment Walmart had some perfect slip on shoes for $20 in a size 1.5 sizes too big.  Now, if she encounters any more feet issues or just has swelling which sometimes occurs as we age she has the shoes for it.  Other than that we have been going to a boatload of appointments.  Sleep apnia machine appointments, chiro appointments, diabetes testing appointments, and Dr appointments.  I love hanging with Mom but so many appointments!  If normal appointments aren't bad enough on Sunday her vertigo started acting up badly.  So badly she could get out of bed for 2 days.  Apparently once you have vertigo it can reappear at any time.  Finally it let up a little so today I got her to the Dr for new medication and they requested lab tests - more appointments!  Anyway, Mom seems on the mend mostly.  Fortunately hubby flew out of town on business yesterday afternoon so I have time to deal with all of this during daytime instead of just late afternoons which is how we normally book things around our business.

Last Saturday though before her vertigo acted up we managed to get to a garage sale held by one of my favorite local charities, MARS which is an avian rescue center.  I ended up spending a whopping $3 on books but from the very large crowds there I expect they made a lot of money.  This owl had been hit by a car about five years ago and lost part of his wing so is a permanent resident at the sanctuary and acts as one of their friendly birds for events.

He is a magnificent example of a great horned owl.  Mom had one of these in the trees above her condo a few weeks ago.

Even though I have been super busy I managed a freebie today - three free boxes of chamomile tea.  They were $1 each and there was a $1 rebate through checkout 51 for each box so free!  We get so few freebies in Canada I take advantage of them where possible.

On the "out to rip parents off" front I saw this last week at the grocery store - a hollow chocolate puppy for just $8.98.  The amount of chocolate in this hollow puppy is the equivalent of 2 small chocolate bars.  All for the low price of $8.98!  To top it off one of this dogs eyes had already fallen off.  And might I add how crappy hollow bunny chocolate actually is unless made by one of the better chocolatiers.  Parents, please avoid this trap.   They think they can put cute pictures of dogs on the outside and people definitely fall for it. The chocolate dog on the inside looks scary.   Oh yeah, there was a buy maximum of 4 of this at a time at that price lol.

In other news a cougar has been spotted in our neighborhood twice this week - right where I walk Buddy.  Needless to say we are going to have more indoor playtime this week or walks away from the woods. 

And tomorrow more appointments...