Lilac Season (June 16, 2026)

Well it's back to rain again, at least the weekend was nice.

 

My lilac bush finally seems to be doing well.

I dug this up out of my grandmother's yard back in PEI and my brother drove it back in his truck all the way across the country so I could plant it here.

It even has some blooms this year - I love lilacs so this is very exciting for me.

It was a busy day at work - I had to catch up on emails from yesterday then it is my meeting day as well.

I had a doctor appointment today to chat with him about this wart that suddenly appeared on the bottom of my foot out of nowhere and to discuss possibly starting a GLP-1.

I feel like a failure for not being able to get a handle on my weight by myself so I've really been struggling with this decision.

But then I've also been thinking that my weight has been an issue for me since my teens so around 40 years and if there is a medication out there that can help me, why keep torturing myself?

The doctor basically said the same thing to me.

He said that people try to manage things on their own but there comes a time when they need medical assistance and that's ok.

I have concerns about the muscle loss and possible hair loss too.

The doctor said that I need to stay active to help with the muscle loss which I already am but I can bump that up and I will need to work in some weight lifting too.

He prescribed me Mounjaro and while I have some concerns, I'm looking forward to getting started.

We have no pharmacy in town so I called down to the pharmacy in Whitecourt to arrange getting it delivered.

I asked if they had a generic version available yet - they said they did not for Mounjaro but they do for Ozempic.

The Mounjara would be 357.00 per month, the generic Ozempic is 103 so no brainer there.

I called up to the hospital and asked the Doctor to change my prescription which he did.

Then I called back to the pharmacy and since I have to go to Whitecourt on Thursday for a physical therapy appointment, I decided just to pick it up then.

That way, I can ask the pharmacist some questions and they can also show me how to do the injection myself.

So all set - we'll see how it goes.

I'll do a weigh in on Thursday morning to track my starting weight.

After work, I finished sorting through all of the toys downstairs and took a few things down to the dump.

Tomorrow I'm going to sort it even further and decide what to donate (which is going to be a lot), what to send to the trash and then what to keep and how to store it.

It feels good to get things done.

The girls came over later in the evening for a short visit.

Freya had my phone the whole time so no pictures.

Eden wanted to play cops and robbers, I love how she says it.

She tells Jason your a robber and I'm a robber and Grandma is the cop.

Then the go and steal the 'candy' and as she's running away with it she goes "hee hee hee" in this diabolical little laugh and it is so stinking cute.

Got all of my steps in!

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Weigh In Day and Physical Therapy Begins (June 15, 2026)

Today is Monday and that means weigh in day.

I have not been following WW so I wasn't sure what to expect.

I was 242.8 lbs so that's up 1 lb since last week.

As you can see, I've definitely been trending up this year.

I don't know why I'm struggling so much and just can't seem to get my s%^! together.

I've been going back and forth on maybe trying a GLP1 and then feeling like that's a cop out and I should be able to do this on my own.

I've done it before many times - I know if I can just get a few weeks in that I'd be good - it isn't really so hard once you get into the right mindset but I just can't seem to do it.

So I made an appointment to go talk with a doctor about it tomorrow.

I'm scared of some of the side effects, like muscle loss and hair loss but I'm also so tired of feeling heavy and unhappy in my own body.

I've been on the struggle bus with my weight since my teens and I just don't want to think about it anymore and if something can help me, then why not?

He may not even prescribe it to me but I'm at least going to put it out there.

Eden woke up coughing and hacking this morning, she did not sound good at all.

I was going to drop her off to Morgan but I didn't want to pass her sickness along if she has something so I decided to stay home from work and just let her have a really good little sleep in.

I got Freya up and ready - she was in a good mood this morning despite the late hour that we went to bed.

Jason stayed with Eden while I took Freya to school.

Eden ended up sleeping in really late, like close to 11 am when she got up.

I was able to have a nice relaxing bath.

When she got up, I got her some breakfast (pulled pork).

She seemed to be feeling much better, no coughing or hacking or anything.

I just washed her little princess dress yesterday and she noticed it hanging in the closet so wanted to put it right back on.

I think she would wear this every day if I let her.

I had an appointment at 2 in Whitecourt to see the physical therapist so I was going to drop her off at Morgan's seeing as she didn't seem to be sick.

She wanted to sit on the swing for a while before we left - she loves the swing.

She and I stopped at the Super A to get a few snacks for her and Whitney then I dropped her off and headed to Whitecourt.

I got there a little early so I popped into the second hand store at the mall and found some puzzles and a few little dresses for Eden.

My therapy appointment went way longer that I expected.

They went over some of my history, asked a bunch of questions then did some testing to see where I'm at with my wrist currently.

I lost a lot of muscle mass on my forearm, on my hand under my thumb and under my pinkie.

My range of motion is comprimised as well.

He said we'd work on getting my motion back first then move onto getting my strength back.

He got me to grip this thing to measure the strength of my grip.

On my right side it was 50 lbs and on my left it was only 2 lbs.

So I have some work to do.

They put my hand/wrist/arm into some parafin wax and let it sit for about 15 minutes then they gave me these exercises to do.

They went over them and showed me how to do each move then they let me get to it.

There was a guy sitting at the table with me doing hand/wrist exercises as well so it was kind of weird but we both just looked at our phones and didn't really talk.

After I finished up the exercises, they got me to do another set of exercises with this gripper thing then when I finished up those, I was good to go.

They want me to come back later in the week so I think I will.

I made an appointment to come back Thursday at lunch time.

I stopped at Walmart for a few things afterwards and it was after 6 by the time I got home.

I had a quick supper then was off again to a Mission Possible meeting.

That ran late and didn't finish up until close to 9 so that was pretty much my whole day.

While I was scrolling at the physical therapy office, I came across pedicure trends for 2026 and I really liked this one.

I did not manage to get all of my steps in today.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Quiet Birthday Dinner (June 14, 2026)

I thought I was going to enjoy my coffee then head out for a run this morning but then Kody called to say he'd been called out to work so he was dropping the girls off.

I love having them so I didn't mind.

They got to playing straight away.

Jason carries them both around like nothing.

They were having so much fun - he is so good with them.

Eden was taking a selfie with Jason - oops - she cut her own self mostly out of the picture.

I started doing some cleaning/organizing/purging in the basement.

I want to get rid of some of the toys down there and just organize things better.

One of the cats has been peeing and pooping around the house and I found a couple spots.

It's so disgusting and I know once they start, it's hard to get them to stop.

I don't know which one is doing it - I've never caught any of them in the act and I don't know what to do about it.

I love the cats but I can't have that in the house.

We moved Kody's dinner to tonight but Morgan ended up being sick and so they couldn't make it.

Then Rob got called out to work right before supper.

We had also invited Randy and Crystal - they had already eaten but the were going to come over for cake.

It ended up being just Kody, the girls and us.

Jason made a cake and Eden decorated it and put the candles in all by herself.

She was pretty proud of her work.

Happy Birthday Daddy.

It was a very nice evening and Eden got Crystal to go out and sit on the swing with her.

Then we all just kind of went outside.

Freya drew this amazing house with her sidewalk chalk.

This is Eden's bed - you can see she even has a little teddy bear in there.

This is the fireplace with seating, extra logs to throw on the fire and even a bunch of marshmallows on sticks ready to be roasted.

This is the couch with her buddy Bob sitting on it.

This is the kitchen table with condiments and up in the right top corner is a pan of cookies.

She's got such a good imagination.

Eden was tuckered out when we came back in and fell asleep.

Kody has to work really early in the morning so the girls are going to spend the night here and we'll drop them off to Morgan in the morning.

I'm really into these thai salads lately - this one looks tasty so I think I'll give it a try.

Another active day.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy.

Taste of Summer (June 13, 2026)

I was up early this morning as usual and had some me time to enjoy my coffee and watch a couple vlogs before everyone else got up.

 

Jason picked up this sunflower/cranberry bread because it was on sale and it is delicious!

Jason is making pulled pork for supper - we were planning on having everyone over for Kody's birthday supper tonight.

It was a gorgeous day so we took the girls for a walk.

She's picking up how to ride her scooter pretty quickly.

Crystal got it for her at a yard sale along with the little princess helmet.

It was lemonade stand day so we hit up the stands in town - there were only two this year.

Eden was having a blast at the park.

It was such a nice day and we don't get that many so we decided to postpone supper until tomorrow night and just let the girls play at the park and enjoy the sunshine instead of hurrying home to clean and prepare supper.

Freya making YouTube videos.

She actually comes up with some pretty good ideas.

Back at the house, we sat on the swing and had popsicles.

Eden prepared this one for Jason - it looks like it is covered in chocolate but it's actually dirt 😂😂

The girls actually went home for the night.

Freya wanted to have her friend Eliza spend the night and they wanted to play on Freya's Oculus.

I had an active day!

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Walk to School and Swimming in Whitecourt (June 12, 2026)

Woke up to another rainy day - it has been raining all week long here.

Today is Jason's Friday off and Freya wanted him to take her to school, so he walked down this morning, picked her up and they walked to school together.

She was all ready to go when he got there.

He said they had a really nice walk - they got to have some good one on one conversation and she was in a really good mood.

I hopped on the treadmill on my lunch hour.

I just walked but got some steps in and it felt good.

Haylee had dropped Eden off because she had some things to go.

Eden didn't want her mom to leave so she was crying and Papa was the only one that could console her.

Pretending to be a ghost in the closet.

After work we decided to take the girls to Whitecourt to go swimming.

We allowed Freya to bring her friend Theia along, the girls were all really excited.

I got to be the passenger princess for the trip.

Swimming was fun - We were in the pool for about an hour and a half then the girls played at the indoor park in the Allen Jean Millar Center afterwards for a bit.

We went to Boston Pizza for supper - Freya just loves it there for whatever reason.

She reminded Jason that he wasn't actually 'allergic' to it like he'd claimed (she will never forget that) so we had to go.

Their bellies were soooo full.

Eden was so excited to get dirt & worms for desert.

She kept dipping the worms in and out and eating off all of the chocolate.

Two worms at a time.

Just hamming it up for the camera.

Beautiful sky on the way home.

It was late when we got back to town so we dropped Theia off to her place.

Eden got all settled in the bathroom - she had her phone and she looked pretty comfy!

The girls both spent the night.

Got all my steps in.

That's all for today, until next time, be happy!

Grizzly Sighting (June 11, 2026)

 I'm not sure if it is because of the colder, wet weather this spring but we have been seeing a lot of bears.

They've all been brown and black bears so far.

Jason got to see a grizzly this morning, a mama and three cubs (more like pre-teens actually, they look to be a couple years old).

Enjoying some lunch.

Mama was busy eating.

The cubs were eating too and horsing around with each other.

He watched them for some time - no matter how many times you get to see them, it's always an amazing sight to see.

It was extremely windy, wet and rainy at lunch time so I hopped on the treadmill.

I'd planned on running but my ankle was bothering me so I scrapped that plan and just walked.

Freya asked me to pick her up after school so I did.

She wanted me to invite Theia over so I did that too - they played around on their bikes and then ended up going over to Theia's.

I decided to work on a puzzle.

This is a 750 piece one I picked up at a second hand store.

It was rainy and cold out plus I am really trying to stick to WW and when I do a puzzle, it's easy to keep my mind off snacking.

I took Freya home around 8, she wanted time to play her Oculus before bed.

I did manage to get all of my steps in today - go me!

I stayed up way later than I should have working on and finishing the puzzle.