• My Cat Has Behavioural Problems

    I have a cat because dogs take a lot of attention and care. You need to pet them and walk them and kennel them when you are out so they don’t get pissed off and pee on your couch or rip up a pillow. But my cat Simon is being like that. We’ve decided we are going to take him to the vet again next week. He doesn’t seem to be in pain so we are waiting for payday, as sad as that may seem. I am guessing either he has another bout of urinary tract crystals or it’s behavioural…

  • The Trouble with Cats.

    There is so much conflicting advice on the internet about what to do with a cat that seems to have a behavioural problem. And believe me, I have tried it all. Well, all feasible options. My cat Simon is peeing in inappropriate places. Wait, that makes him sound like a flasher. Haha. Let me start at the beginning. Simon started to act grumpy as soon as we had Isabella. He acted so grumpy around her we’d lock him out of her room at night, just in case. He doesn’t seem to like them touching him, doesn’t seem to trust them.…

  • Simon Cat: An update on my cat’s illness

    Cat Update. I’ll backtrack just in case. Simon wasn’t peeing in his litterbox. And he was peeing on the floor or in front of the front door on the mat. I thought at first Hunter was having accidents and not telling me he got pee in the carpet. Then I saw Simon and he looked uncomfortable while peeing. My sister was able to look after the kids while we took Simon to the vet. By this point he would yowl while peeing, like cat screams. He was lethargic and not himself. We took him, expecting the worst. He was diagnosed…

  • Life Update

    I had an excellent day yesterday. First I had to take the guilt of having free time and being able to sit and pack it away in a dark recess of my brain. I put my guilt in a timeout. Yes sirree. Frequently it had to be shushed and put back in to its corner but eventually I did it. I went to my ultrasound appointment, got a clean bill of health and came home. I checked the interwebs for news, found some good news stories and then some sad ones so I turned it off (who wants to read…

  • Kid Free Time

    My two kids are away! They went camping with Grandma (aka my Mother in Law) and her best friend Tracy. I am sure they are having so much fun! My week alone started out with an ultrasound to check the lump in my breast. Except that in the last couple of days it disappeared. So the ultrasound was extra insurance only. The tech looked and she didn’t see anything, then brought the in-house Dr to take a look and she also found nothing! Phew. From my description they are both 95% sure I just had a fluid filled cyst that…

  • A Case of the Mondays…

    Remember the movie “Office Space” and they made fun of people who say, “Looks like you have a case of the Mondays”? Well, I have a case of the Mondays and it’s Wednesday. It’s one of those mixed up days you wish you could start again. Hunter was awake a bit last night. I settled him and thought he was teething. The kids were crabby this morning from lack of sleep and it was the regular gong show morning. Hunter couldn’t decide if he wanted to walk Isabella to school or not so Izzy and I started out on our…

  • I Turned 33

    I’m 33!  I turned 33 years old yesterday so it’s still my “Birthday Weekend”. Today was a lazy day. My actual birthday-day was too. I ate a Tim  Horton’s breakfast the Husband snuck out early to go and grab……So spoiled!…… then dropped off my hunk of junk (aka my beloved Maude-mobile that I am mad at for costing us money right now) at our mechanic’s. Then lazed and watched Ruby Gloom with the kids. Ate Lunch, kids napped. Did one quick round of Tokyo Jungle and then showered. Spent a longgg time playing with makeup while listening to Dave Grohl’s…

  • Running Back and Forth Between Tiny Disasters

    It’s St. Patrick’s Day and I have had quite the day. The husband sneaked out of bed first and went downstairs to make breakfast. I got up and got the kids out of their rooms. Husband made eggs, sausages, and hash browns, then served it with french bread and jam. He wanted a good base in his stomach before he went out St Paddy’s Day drinking with his best friend. (Now, no hard feelings there. He gets to see his friend around twice a year lately cuz they live on opposite ends of the city and are so busy with…

  • Chester the Molester: Child Safety

    People that have never experienced sexual assault don’t understand how awfully common it is. If we start being careful of what kids see and educating them young we can empower young beings to defend themselves and know when to say no and report it. It happens to both girls and boys BY both men and women, but girls are more frequently targeted… I stole these statistics off of the Rape Victims Support Network and they are frightening. Sexual Assault Stats: One of every 17 Canadian women is raped at some point in her life A woman is sexually assaulted by…

  • Food Intolerance and Its Relationship to Age

    Since I am waiting for the paint on my nails to dry, and it is as exciting as it sounds, I thought I would ramble for a minute before I start supper. I talked to my doctor about my food intolerance issues and she basically said, “Of course. You are getting older. Your body chemistry is changing and you can’t eat what you used to. Be careful of food combinations and quantity and you can eat everything. It’s just a matter of getting older and adjusting.” And you know what? She is right. I eat less processed foods now but…