Wow, what more could you ask for. Today was my granddaughters first birthday. Her birthday was on Friday but celebrated today. Around 30 some people--of all ages--arrived at noon for a great bar-b-que. We had pink balloons, a Tinkerbell cake, ice cream cones, lots of presents and yummy food. The birthday girl had on a beautiful green dress. The weather was perfect--around 22 degrees to start with--a little rain to cool things off--then lots of sunshine.
Everyone ate way too much--but that is to be expected at a first birthday party. I made 'spetzla', a German dough dish with sauerkraut. It is a favourite and quickly disappeared before I got to it.
Katya, my granddaughter, asked if she could sleep over tonight and I agreed. Not too many one-year olds know how to do this. Consequently her Mom and Dad get to sleep in longer tomorrow morning.
I was very impressed Katya received money that was ear-marked for her registered education fund. Times are a changing.
To change the topic I want to say that we have now dug our third well. We have 4 lots in our subdivision. One was given to my daughter and her husband (lot # 3). One is ours (lot # 4) and the other two are for sale. Now that the newly dug well (on lot # 3) has come in we have to decide whether to sell them (lots # 3 and # 4) right away or wait awhile and see what the prices do. Medicine Hat certainly is not like Calgary with their huge price jumps for houses and property--but we may not be far behind. This is where my 'mugwamp syndrome' comes into play. Do we sell now or wait awhile and hope the price of the land goes up. Can we afford to wait. Lot # 4 is 1.9 acres and lot #3 is 1.5 acres. Everything is so green and fresh out there because of all the rain we have had. The cacti are blooming along with other native flowers.
As you know construction of a house right now is a finnicky thing. Trying to find a company to do the basement and cement work may be hard. I would really like to have the basement poured and the house built to the stage where we could work on the inside of it this winter. This is something I will be phoning around about this week. Add this to my list of things to do.
Talk about doing things this week. I am already booked solid. My eyes get checked tomorrow, my teeth get cleaned on Tuesday, I look after Katya Wednesday and Thursday, and Friday Rudy and I rest. Then I have to see if I can find someone to do the basement, get hold of Fortis to get them to come out to the land to put the electrical lines in, phone Telus about getting rid of my land line, have another real estate agent come out to the acreages to give their version of what we should sell them for. The last one said $175, 000 per acreage. What will this one say? Maybe they are all out to lunch.
Another subject that is forefront in my mind is LAPBAND surgery. Decisions--decisions!! I have been researching this for a few months and have decided to go ahead and have it done. Lapband surgery is done to help you lose weight. I am 70 pounds overweight and have not been able to lose that much. I am diabetic so need to lose this weight so I can get off using insulin.
The surgury uses a band that is placed around the top of your stomach. The band is filled with a saline solution. When you eat you have to eat very small amounts--for the first few weeks it will be mostly liquids. The food needs to pass through the small opening created by the band. The band can be tightened or opened more. The doctor says that 95% of type 2 diabetics are insulin free after they have lost their weight.
I have researched two places where lapriscopic lapband surgery is done. The first place is in Toronto, Ontario and costs $15,000. The other is in Mexicali, Mexico and costs $8,200. That is a considerable difference in price. Both places appear to do the surgery the same way, have good treatment before, during and after the surgery. There are two differences though. The first is the difference in the money needed for the surgery and the other is that in Toronto you are sent home a few hours after the surgery, in Mexico they keep you in the hospital for two days and nights to monitor you.
I have been in contact with the Diabetes Center here in Medicine Hat and told them what I am going to do. I have an appointment with my diabetic doctor next week, I have talked to my own doctor (who is very supportive of me in this venture), I have talked to my sister, who is a nurse, and she said 'go for it'. My other sister is supportive, too. My three daughters say 'Mom, go get it done.' The last person I told about this was my husband, Rudy. I wanted to have all my bases covered and be positive in my mind that I was going to have this done. He really surprised me by saying 'who is going with you?' and I said Anita, our daughter, had said she would. After a lot of discussion and question asking Rudy said that he wanted to go with me because I might need someone to look after me. Men can be full of surprises. Loved it!!
This has given me more courage to get on with this. I started, last night, to look for cheap flights to San Diego from Calgary. Tonight I will check out how many airmiles I will need--maybe I will have enough. Whatever way I will get down to Mexicali and have this procedure done as quickly as I can. I will keep you informed on my progress.
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