5C's Que Pasa

Do you use it?  If so, how so?

We picked this up at Costco yesterday.

Yesterday it was liquid from the heat and today as we have rain it is now solid due to the chill in the air.  It can be used in either form and requires no refrigeration and lasts forever.  Someone suggested that it might be good for my skin when I get a rash.  I have heard of it but never researched it before. Seems like it is a bit of a miracle product.

Worth a try I think.

Here is a link I found that seems straight to the point.  I like the comments at the end describing the various uses.  I am interested in how many of you are using this product and what if any benefits you have derived.

I will have to check to see if I can buy it easily in Mexico or if I have to pack a few jars in with me.

Tags: coconut oil, health

We were in Costco at some point today and I heard a little girl singing that Christmas song!  I looked around and sure enough Christmas decorations are for sale right next to the wrapping paper.  Her Mom must already have bought her Halloween costume of which many were for  sale along with the appropriate October 31st decorations because all she cared about what Christmas.  It is 33C  ( 91.5 F ) here today and we have our A/C on.  All I cared about was buying groceries and getting back to the car. Christmas is just over 4 months away.

I have to say though that traffic in this tourist town is becoming much better.  People are going home and getting ready for school to start.  We left late this morning and got to my allergy testing appointment with 20 minutes to spare.  Kinda glad I haven’t been driving all summer.  It will be easier now.

I have taken my first shower unsupervised and dried myself and have been driving the golf cart.  Tomorrow I am taking Colin’s car for a test drive. I think my Z3 is too low for me to get into at this point.  Today marks 8 weeks to the day I had my hip replaced.  I think that I am doing very very well.  I kept up today slepping through a few grocery stores.  Colin thought I was doing quite well.  I still have to get the hang of carrying a purse ( or get an outfit with deep pockets ), using my cane and carrying parcels to the car.

I have avoided mention of the allergy testing till now.  We both felt that the entire thing was a huge waste of time.  I was tested by nurse #1. It was very simple and Mickey Mouse in my opinion.  Then I was sent to nurse #2 as they called her where she asked the same questions I had already answered on my written form but typed them into her computer.  Finally I got to see the Dr. who said that likely I would never discover what caused my rashes and I would just have to keep taking antihistamines and applying strong cortisone cremes to the rashes.  She did order a bunch more blood work to test me for a bladder infection, diabetes and auto immune diseases.

I learnt a few things,  that there is such a test ( hmm…really ? ) and that it is hereditary but there is no cure.  My father has Wegner’s granulomatosis and medical papers are being written about the length of his survival ( 10 years ).  My mother had both Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia. I believe that all my test results will come back negative.

The doctor does not believe in caffeine allergies.  She suggested I be careful what I read online.  So tomorrow I shall send her a report that references the Mayo Clinic!!!!

By the way, the allergy tests only showed a reaction to grass and molds.  Otherwise they say I have no allergies.  Marty that does include corn.  So I am now going to resume my old regular diet and see what transpires. Colin even asked her about the wine I drink and she stated that it was okay.  Well I already knew that 🙄

I did breakout into hives on the grasses and molds but it is not showing here...the battery died.

As to the grasses, we don’t have any where we live in Mexico.  Just sand and gravel.  She tried to tell me it was pollen in the air, well we are here only 50% of the year…..!  Then she suggested it might be stress related.  Had all of this started here I might agree but it started on the Isla, my go to for total relaxation.  Last thing she suggestion was that the rashes would just simply disappear one day.  I sure hope so.

Meanwhile yesterday Dad got transferred from the hospital to a sub acute ortho specialty rehab.  Their purpose is to rehabilitate him ASAP so he might go home ASAP. He likes it there and says he is glad to be “out of that hospital”!

It is 6:15PM and time for me to unwind and get some dinner happening.  Only posting at 7:40PM local time…..mucho mass family discussions via telephone.

Beat news of the day…I am not allergic to my girls 

Tags: Family, health, Wine

Dad seems to be thinking very clearly and over that hump.  It had to have been the pain meds he was on.  He finally was able to stand long enough to have a shower and is doing just a bit of walking with a walker and a physiotherapist.  I think having someone spend Sunday night with him allowed him to get some rest and start to rebuild.

I went to see my physio guy yesterday and I am doing very well.  Everything is healing as it should and I seem to have full movement of the new hip.  I have been given permission to walk without a cane in the house if I am careful.  The walker and crutches can be retired.  But I still have to exercise daily, do stairs daily and lots of walking and of course the pool therapy every two days.  Lots of work.  No wonder my desk is looking neglected.

Colin started a new job last night, the photography of a 12,000 sq ft home.  Kinda makes our place look tiny.

Tags: CJPS, Family, health

We finally found the perfect wasp relief.  Actually it was right there and easier and mess free.  I do appreciate all those who gave me ideas for homemade catchers but we didn’t even have a pop bottle to start with and right now with things so hectic it is easier to just buy something.

This inexpensive wasp catcher simply needs to have water added. There is a ?? chemical substance that dissolves in the water. The wasps are attracted, enter and can't escape. The beauty of this particular device is that the wasps seem to sink to the bottom with room for lots more. Not sure how long it will last but at day 5 it is still attracting the wasps and they are not coming inside the house!

I now seem to be reacting to the chlorine in the pool.  I have noticed that each time I do my exercises in the pool my skin becomes irritated and starts to peel off.  This is getting really tiring.  Meanwhile I am eating wheat but staying off the coffee. I can hardly wait for my allergy appointment on Thursday.

Colin was suppose to work Sunday afternoon and evening but it clouded in.  Instead we  ( actually he ) did house and yard stuff.  He still did leave @ 5:45PM do a small evening photo shoot.  I managed to get 7 loads of laundry done, 3 of them were RV related.  We still haven’t finished cleaning out the RV since we returned and it is almost time to start loading it again.  Just too much has happened in the past few months.

I spent most of yesterday on the phone with either family or the hospital in Edmonton.  Dad is not doing well.  Personally I believe that the medication he is being given is causing his hallucinations and most strange behaviors. It got so bad Sunday afternoon that I finally made a call to a nurse friend I trained with who works at the hospital he is at.  She will look into things on my behalf on Monday. Yes I have spoken to the nurses and head nurse and have managed to get his pain meds decreased by 50%.  My sister spent hours there today but things are no better.  At my suggestion my niece who just turned 18 will spend the night at Dad’s bedside.  Her role is to reassure him that all is well and he is safe and guarded and can just relax and go to sleep.  I don’t think he has slept since he arrived in Emergency on Tuesday.

About 9:30PM last night he was transferred to a private room, something I have been asking for since Friday.  I was told that this was impossible yet under the circumstances it happened. The good news is that he did get a good sleep last night.

One other thing, I think I broke my toe last night, well at least hurt it badly.  I dropped my cane and was moving a chair ( one of the heavy bar stools ) to get it when the chair landed on my big toe on the left foot.  The pain is constant, there is blood and the nail is split.  I refuse to look any closer or to take off my nail polish to check it out any further.  It hurts too much.  Walking is difficult but I hope that the toe will ease up as this is affecting my exercise routine.

What next?

Tags: critters, emergency, Family, health

Colin has been doing photography for these awards for at least 20 years.  When we lived in Vancouver they were called the Georgie Awards and here in Kelowna they are called the Tommie Awards.  The awards are entered by builders, interior designers and anyone in the housing industry.  There are dozens of categories from Best Home, Best Kitchen, Best Hi-Rise Multi Family Development, Best Outdoor Living Space to Best Show Home to Best Customer Service, 54 categories in all.  Judges come and do their thing then there is a huge event to announce the Silver Winners in Novmeber with the Gold Gala event in February, much like the Academy Awards.

The gold winner in each category gets one of these.

Over the years Colin’s photography has consistently led to hundreds of Gold and Silver winners both here and in Vancouver.  This year we have decided to pay, yes you have to pay to enter each category, and enter, perhaps four categories.    Fortunately we won’t have to hire a photographer 🙂

If you are the person who enters the category you get the gold statue. Otherwise you have have to pay to get your own statue. We would have an entire library full had we done that. We are just happy to have our clients win because that means they will hire us again next year. Plus being the consistent award winning photographer is great promotion.

Because we put so much of ourselves, our time and our ideas and most of our energy into this house we have decided to enter the 2013 Tommies.  The Tommie entry deadline is October 15th.  With all his other jobs, free time is limited, so this morning seemed like a good time to make a start.  Let the journey begin.

Each category requires 8 to 12 shots. This will be our 'front exterior'.

Tags: 319, CJPS, construction, Duck Lake, Holiday Park, Kelowna