This morning we saw one of our rabbits on our deck. He was under one of our chairs and them proceeded to nibble at them. God knows what he found to nibble on a painted wicker chair?

We have to go to a meeting with him in a couple of weeks and presumably will be interviewed about our medical history etc and then we will be taken on. The woman who phoned said that he is taking on everyone he interviews so looks like we have finally found a doctor which is a big relief. I know I have received excellent medical attention since being here, but knowing we have a doctor to hand who has all our history etc and that we can get annual medical with is a big bonus.

I guess the moral of the story is keep trying and eventually, even if it takes a few years you will eventually get a doctor.

The doctor said that I have four abnormalities which individually are often seen, but rarely in one person – trust me to be different! None are dangerous, so onward and upwards – a big weight off our minds.

Thanks for the messages of support I received via various sources regarding this.

With some trepidation I went onto the Internet to look up these strange beings. I could not find anything, so I changed my search criteria and found much to my surprise and relief they were not spiders but moths – phew.

Apparently the “web” contains all the larvae for the caterpillars and protects them from predators. The caterpillars hatch in the webs and then crawl out. They are called tent caterpillars.

So if you happen to spot large, horrible looking webs in the trees they are not huge man-eating spiders but harmless moths and caterpillars.

So, there you go, you learn something every day!

On another topic, I have finally heard back about my MRI/ultrasound stuff. I have an appointment in two weeks to see the gynaecologist to discuss the results, so hopefully I will get a resolution to this long-lasting saga.

That evening I phoned the OPP (police) to see if we should report the sighting and they said yes and gave me the number for the bear reporting centre. I called them and gave the details and then yesterday someone called me back.

He said that although bear sightings happen down here, it is rare. As the bear only wandered in for a short time and we have no garbage in our garden he thought we would probably not see him again. He did mention that one had been seen a few days earlier in nearby Prince Edward County, not sure if it is the same one or not.

I still haven’t heard back about my ultrasound or MRI scans yet. Hopefully someone will come back to me next week.

The second house was brand new and on six acres of land which was great, but needed intensive landscaping (it was pretty much a field). From the outside we thought the house would be worth the trouble of the landscaping, but once again we were disappointed once we got inside. The house was much smaller than it appeared from the outside, a bit like the TARDIS in reverse! So, we are back to the thought of putting the whole house moving idea on hold.

Anyway, onto another reoccurring topic – my insides! Yesterday I had my MRI done in Kingston. I had never had an MRI done before and had only really seen them on House (TV show) so knew very little about them.

When I was called in I was asked a lot of questions such as medical history, operations, allergies etc. I was also asked if I had any metal in my body or had any piercings (all jewellery ahs to be removed). Had I ever worked with metal or did I wear coloured contact lenses? Did I have any medical or smoking patches on my skin and many other bazaar questions?

I was then told they would need to inject a dye into me, which I needed to give permission for. I was just about to say, “yeah fine” when she told me that the dye could sometimes cause an allergic reaction such as rash or anaphylactic shock and death. She stressed the changes of the two latter options was very low and they had doctors on hand if the worst happened! So, completely reassured – NOT, I agreed.

I had to change into a gown and was told to lie on a table and had a strange contraption laid across my abdomen. I was then moved into the machine which was very closed in and had little room, so I have no idea how they MRI larger people? I was given headphones and it began.

You feel absolutely nothing but the noise is quite deafening even with headphones on. It is like you are in a metal cylinder and half a dozen people are on the outside banging and scraping the sides. Through the headphones they started to play panpipes music, which I hate. I did debate asking them to turn off the music as I preferred to hear the banging, scraping and beeping etc. There is also cool air blowing all round you, which I found really annoying as I hate draughts.

After about half an hour they pulled me out again and injected the dye into my arm, then put me back in the machine for a few more minutes. I suppose in total I was in there fore about forty minutes.

When it was complete they told me to dress (fortunately the dye had no ill-effects) and told me to wait in the waiting room. After about five minutes I was given a CD with my scans on it.

I now have to wait for the gynaecologist to contact me for another appointment once he has analysed the results. Hopefully he will also have the results of my ultrasound from last week, as I haven’t heard anything about that yet.

We are also getting our house valued at the end of the week. We have two companies coming round. Obviously the value of this house will determine if we move or not as you have to pay quite a lot more over hear for selling costs. With realtors, as a buyer you pay them nothing, but a seller has to pay around 7% of the selling price, so this can be quite a lot of money and will obviously eat into our equity.

Also, I had my second ultrasound for my cyst today. The woman doing the scan told me I would get a phone call from a doctor to give me the results. I believe the cyst has gone because I have no pain anymore and she told me before that it was this that was causing me pain and not the double womb or the fibroids. Hope to hear back about that soon and an appointment for my MRI.

We are also starting to wonder if we should move again. When we purchased our house, we did so on a two week trip a few months before we landed and although the house has pretty much everything we wanted, we also know that our perfect house is still out there. So, don’t be surprised if sometime in the future I announce that we are moving.

We have looked at a few properties over the last couple of weeks (only from the outside) and have ruled most out, however yesterday we saw a house which on paper (or MLS) looks great and perfect for us, but we will have to actually view it to see if it lives up to expectations.

In one way we want to view it, but are also afraid that we will love it and that will start off a whole chain of events that I’m not sure we are ready for. So, watch this space!

Over the last few weeks we have been trying to get some of our wildlife eating from our hands and we have succeeded with the chipmunks. We sit outside for an hour most days with a pile of monkey nuts feeding the chipmunks.

At first they were taking them at arms length, then running off a few feet to open and eat (or rather store in their mouths) them. Now they just come over and take the nut and sit by our sides eating.

The other day when Chris went to the mailbox to get the mail one of the chips followed him and he nearly trod on him. Also, on Saturday he was doing some weeding in the garden and the chips were following him about waiting to be fed. He ended up carrying a bag of nuts around with him so he could feed as he weeded.

Last night we had the thunderstorm from hell. We went to bed at about 11pm and the skies were rumbling gently in the background, but within half an hour the thunder was crashing down with lightening so bright and frequent it was like midday not midnight. The rain coming down was torrential and the storm continued till about 4am. We could not sleep with the noise and they forecast more today and tonight.

I am off to the hospital today for another ultrasound, so hopefully my cyst has gone and I then just have to wait for the MRI appointment for the other things that are amiss with my insides!

He is really quite cute.

I have also been called back for another ultrasound at the hospital on July 9th. This is to make sure the cyst I had is gone. I believe it has because I haven’t had any pain for quite some time. I am still waiting for an appointment for an MRI. No idea how long that will take.

In total last year we paid $2,500 for both car and house insurance. That price includes taxes etc. This year we have renewals for a total sum of $1,650, so we will be saving $850 on last year which we thought was pretty good.

I also got a call from the doctor I saw at the hospital last week. She rang to say they had studied my ultrasound further and come to the conclusion that I have two wombs, one cyst and fibroids. When I get something I don’t do it by half measures!

I still have to have the MRI just to make sure and also to see what the next stage of treatment will be. I am still in some discomfort, but not to the extent of last week. I just hope I do not have to resort to surgery.

Anyway….. the killdeer babies in our garden are growing so fast it is now hard to tell the difference between the parents and the babies. I suspect they will be leaving us soon. We still haven’t seen them actually fly yet, but it won’t be long.

The robin is still on her nest and we expect to hear the sound of cracking shells next week – can’t wait.

One of our squirrels must also have babies as she has droopy teats, poor thing. Mind you she still spends all day stuffing herself with nuts, so the poor babies must be lonely. We also caught two squirrels bonking in the garden this morning, so they are either later at breeding than the others, or just having a good time!

Ronnie the raccoon is still coming on his evening forages. If there is still plenty of food about the stays for about two hours, going through every feeder in the front and back garden.

We haven’t seen the deer for a few weeks now. I suspect that now the weather is good they have found food in the woods and won’t come to the house if they don’t have to.

Talking of weather, it has been lovely here for the past few weeks. Temps are in the mid twenties and today it was 29C. Apparently the average for this time of year is about 20C, so we are doing well so far.

My husband has bought me a lovely new camera for our wedding anniversary, which will be at the end of June. I only have one of these small pocket digital cameras and wanted something with a better zoom etc. I am really getting into photography since being in Canada. He has a really nice SLR digital but I find that too complicated. I needed something better than mine, but as easy to use. Hopefully this will be the answer – so I apologise in advance if my blog suddenly becomes a photo gallery!