My brother sent me an email yesterday that had me really thinking.  Mom wants to move to Canada, I don't.  He pointed out that Mom won't live forever and I should do what I want.  What I want is to live near him, because he is my brother and I love his family.  He has the most adorable kids, one who turned 10 today, and the other is 8.  They live in Seattle, which is beautiful.  I visited there last summer and Abby (the 10 year old) just cried and cried when we left.  She couldn't understand why we don't live near them.  They moved, I didn't.  Mom really wants to move because she is afraid we won't bury her in Canada.  Why she is thinking about it, I don't know.  She is very healthy with the exception of the memory problem.

I am not sure what I am going to do.  It is a rough decision.  I am not sure what to do yet.  I will let you know.  Of course, I take advice.

Have a great afternoon!

It is looking like rain again.  I don't really mind the rain, it's the power failures and nasty storms that bother me.  It is nice and a little cooler today, my kind of weather (temperature wise).  I had lunch with Georgette today.  That was fun.  She is a fellow piano teacher.  She also sells Mary Kay products.  

Today is Canada day as some of my relatives in Canada reminded me on Facebook.  Happy Canada Day!  

Not much else going on.  No students today :( 1 tomorrow!  Definitely not going for a scooter because of the rain heading this way!

Have a great evening.

Back from exercising.  Yuck.  I now ache more than I did before I went.  At least I expect to ache more now, it is no longer a shock to the system.  It's kinda rainy out today.  Not very nice weather for today and it is suppose to be like this again tomorrow.  Oh well, sunshine brings heat and it is (temperature wise) nice out, not too hot or cold.  Not much happening here today, I have two students, my boys!  I like teaching them because they are both self motivating so they are easy lessons.  Both are out of school now for the summer and are very happy about that.  Not that I blame them, I used to love summer vacation too.

We are going to go and visit Kathy in a few weeks I think.  that will be fun.

Have a great afternoon.

It is supposed to storm again today.  I hope we keep our power this time.  Not really into losing power again!  We have to throw away a lot a food in the fridge from last weeks episode.

Not much going on here.  Mom wants to move to Canada.  I am not sure.  I am worried about their health system as being chronically ill, I need doctors.  I now once you get a doctor there is no problem, it's the getting of doctors that is the problem.  I am going to speak to my cousin Tilley about it.  She lives in Windsor.  She has wanted to move for a long time now and I am the holdup.  The bottom line is we will lose the house eventually as we are short for bills every month and sooner rather than later we aren't going to be able to make the mortgage unless I can get a job (and be healthy enough to work - if I could stand and walk I would be fine - but I can't).  I am looking for a job, but haven't found anything yet.  It has been 9 months since I last worked at a job.  I am at least awake for about 10 to 12 hours a day now, unlike the fall when I was up only 7 or 8 hours at a time.

I will be hopefully talking to Richard today.  I haven't spoke to him in over a week and I have emailed him too.  I hope he answers soon.

Not raining yet, so we are going to run errands!  Have a great day.

We went to see Imagine That movie today.  Was it ever good!  I laughed a lot through out the movie.  Mom, I think, was awake for the whole movie (she falls asleep easily if she isn't moving).  I remember having imaginary friends and trying to get my brothers to talk to them.  I am glad we finally got power.  After the big, huge storm on Thursday we were without power til about 10pm on Friday.  We went and saw Transformers 2 yesterday.  Not that good of a movie.  Imagine That was soooooooo much better.  There were several inappropriate scenes that children just don't need to see.  One was the two dogs humping, we got to see that twice, and the other with the mom high on marijuana brownies. Yeah, really added to the movie.  So keep those scenes in mind if you have small children.  

Today is actually a beautiful summer day, not too hot, not too cold, just right.  I think we might take a stroll! (okay - I will scooter, Mom will stroll)  Well, I can't think of anything else to say, so have a great night!

Very hot out today, and it is only going to get hotter.  I wonder if I am the only one who aches a lot more in the heat, not just the cold.  I really can't be.  There has to be more of us.  I am not looking forward to summer, not one tinsy winsy bit.  My arm is not too bad today.  Tomorrow I get my eyes checked and also get my monthly blood test.  I hate the blood test.  They have a hard time finding my veins, so you can only imagine how fun that is.

Katie Rose found me on facebook, and then I found Danielle Smit.  I haven't talked to them since they graduated high school 4 years ago.  It seems like yesterday that they graduated.  I looked at some of Danielle's pictures and boy have both of them grown into beautiful young women.  Hard to believe they are finished with college already.

It is way too hot to go for a scooter/walk today with Mom.  I hope this finds you doing well.

Today started off with a scary moment.  Mom was lost, only I didn't know it because I was sleeping when she left.  Yeah, she left the house went to the top of the street and didn't know where to go.  Fortunately, a neighbor was outside and noticed that Mom was upset so she brought Mom home.  Mom left the door open and called up to me, so this is what I woke up too.  A lost Mom (well, she was found by then)so scary.  I have asked her not to go out without me.  Oh yeah, she was in her pajamas at the time.  The neighbor made sure I was home before she left.  Thank God for good neighbors like that.  I can only imagine what would have happened if I woke up and she was gone.  I don't know what to do with this.  It is very scary that is all I know.

We did go and exercise today, but my brain wasn't on it.  All I could think of was what if I lost Mom today and someone not so nice picked her up?  She was extra tired to because she didn't want to do as much as she usually does.  I hope tomorrow is a better day.

Not much happening today.  I taught one lesson which is always a blast.  He bought a new book with a cool new song in it.  It is so nice when they find things they want to play.  I enjoy picking out music for my students but it is also neat to see what they are listening too.  We are going for a scooter/walk tonight.  It is not as hot as its gonna be so I want to get in as many as I can before it is too hot.  Mom simply melts in the heat.  It isn't pretty.  Poor Mom.  Tomorrow is exercising day, ugh.  We had to turn on the a/c yesterday evening, it was very hot upstairs and Mom was melting.  I don't think the blower is working right, but it is working enough so I am not calling anyone to get it fixed.  We really can't afford it.  I hope it lasts through out the summer.  We shall see.

April sent in her questionnaire!  I am very excited about that.  I will add her comments into my story.  It really can't be called a book yet, as there are only about 4 pages to it right now.  I will work on that tomorrow too.

Well, off to the scooter/walk!  Have a great evening.

We just got back from exercising.  I actually dislike exercising and only go because I have to.  I know that I feel a bit better if I go.  Not right after, but it does help keep me limber which is why I go.  I am sore after going every time, but I have discovered that if I take a pain pill before I go, it helps a lot.  I was able to do all the machines I usually do and one new one.  It is getting hot out.  I like spring and fall best.  Winter is too cold and Summer is too hot.  I can't win at this weather thing.  We are probably done with the scooter/walks for the summer.  Mom can't handle the heat well either.  She gets overheated really easy.  

Today is Father's Day.  Usually Mom and I go to a movie and dinner to celebrate her Father's Day, but we went on Friday so we could exercise today.  I think we will go out to dinner again today though, it's not like she will remember that we already went.  I think she will like that. 

Pain level is normal for today (well, normal for me, which is medium high).  My arm is not burning today badly, it is more of a dull roar burn instead of the really burning feel.  I am happy about that.  Today is a pretty good day.

Time to watch a movie with Mom!  Have a great day!

I had two students today.  It was nice.  To think I used to have 10 on a Saturday, now I have 2.  I need 8 more.  Hopefully by the fall I will have more.  The two I have were fun and are great students who work pretty hard (for the most part they do now).  We went for a scooter to Tim Horton's this afternoon and then went to Barnes and Noble.  I actually walked out of there with nothing, that's right, I didn't buy a thing!  Shocking, I know.  Me and no books!  But there wasn't anything jumping out at me.  The Newsweek and Time magazines looked boring on the cover and people didn't look interesting either.  I finished reading the new book club book.  Was it ever good!  I really enjoyed reading it.  I loaned it to Aggie, Katie will borrow it next.  It was such a great choice.  Maggie really picked a good one.

On the pain front, (sounds like war zone talk) my arm is still burning.  It has been burning on and off for about 1 month now.  Usually it just hurts a lot, but no, now it has to add a burning sensation to it.  Whatever!  My knees are quite sore today to.  Must be because it is going to rain.

I spoke a bit to Richard today.  He is celebrating Father's Day today, because Sunday he will be on a plane to Toronto for work.  He lives in Seattle, so it is a bit of a hike.  I could hear the kids in the background playing.  I have the world's cutest niece and nephew.  The are almost 10 and 8 and wonderful.  I absolutely adore them.  I miss them terribly.  I don't think we will be able to visit them at all this summer.  (Especially since Richard is working out of town!)

Hopefully this finds you doing well and having sunshine (like we are for a change!)

We went to see a movie today, we saw The Proposal, what a great flick!  It is so funny!  I laughed so much.  The main male lead had the same name as my younger brother.  I thought that was hysterical!  Sandra Bullock is so funny, how she can keep a straight face during some of the scenes is amazing to me.  I would be laughing too much to do it.  I guess that's why she's the actress and I am a writer and a teacher.

It looks like rain again.  Yuck!  I hate the rain.  I ache more when it rains and get bad headaches from it.  No students today, but have (at this point anyway) 2 tomorrow.  Sunday is Father's Day, so Mom and I celebrated it today so we can exercise on sunday, otherwise we will have to skip it, and she doesn't want to do that.

I should get one questionaire back by Monday!  I am excited about that.  I can continue writing on my project.  

I hope this finds everyone having a good day and feeling fine.