a hippie with a minivan

Tinctures…

Well the e-mail list that I joined proved to be a very good idea… I got two responses with places to buy tinctures. One on the island of Montreal but they don’t seem to have many ready made tictures but more bulk herbs and supplies and one off island in my direction but about 1 1/2-2 hours away from me.

The second one looks amazing though and I will be able to order online or go for a drive and really look…. the place looks so nice and from the site you can even see pics of their gardens… they have tons of tinctures and even home mixes all ready made.
Lâ€™Armoire aux Herbes

yay!…

I am SO excited!!!

I just got hold of a montreal group that is fighting for womens right to a midwife and to a free homebirth!!! I had done tons of searches in the past and ever found them before and now that I did I am so happy… they even have an e-mail list and everything!!

Well, I called and the woman at the end of the line was so nice… I wanted to call and ask if the letter could be done by a Chiro and she was confused as to what letter I was talking about… when I told her she said that that is what the Civil office often tells people but that there is NO law about it… she then said that all I have to do is after the birth to give them a call, talk to the supervisor right away and tell them that I just gave birth at home and that I would like a “declaration solonelle”… they will just ask about the date, time and sex of the baby and then send it to me, I then fill it out and send it back and that is it…
She then said that if I have problems because it is rare and the officers are often mis/non informed on the subject that they have a few people that they know well at the Civil office that will help out no prob!!!

So I don’t need to see an sOB!!!! I can just concentrate on the babe growing inside me and there has been a big weight lifted off my shoulders!!!

YAY!!!!

Ughhs and the good thing about hormones…

OK… well like I mentioned, we got the new mini-van… of course it was used so there could be a few problems with it but I have 3 months warranty and there was already somethings that I had mentioned before buying that the guy had said he would fix and forgot… one thing was a crack in the tail light, another was to replace one of the seatbelts.. well, when I had test driven the car I noticed that the windsheild was dirty from one of the wipers… I thought to myself to check it out when I got out of the car and got side tracked before I did… after that I just forgot about it… well, it wasn’t dirty it is scratched and it is not fixable but has to be replaced… ughh…

Another thing that I noticed was on the panel for the back door the handle was cracked and will break in a short amount of time… the alignment is also a bit off which was supposed to be fixed at the same time the breasks had been done 🙁

Anyways… This afternoon he had asked me to go by because he had ordered the tail light on Friday when I picked up the car and reminded him about it… I go to a few places to get options about the windshield and was less then happy when I found out that it could not be fixed and would have to be replaced at a price of 350$…

So I go the dealership early and the owner comes up to me and asks me how I am… I say that I am not too good… I told him that I noticed a few more things wrong… Mentioned the windshield and he jumped in saying that I had bought it that way and that I had noticed it before I bought it and to wait a few weeks and just put it on my insurance… I said that I hadn’t noticed and besides… there are other problems and things that he knew about and forgot to fix even though he said he would before…

So, he started taking the seatbelt out from beside the sliding door and I didn’t even look at him and just said that I am really regretting my purchase with him and he asked why… and then mentioned that the alignment was stil not good and that I noticed that the back handle was cracked and that the windshield was really scratched beyond repair… by that time the hormones hadkicked in and there were tears starting and I just felt him getting uncomfortable… So I just said.. Sorry, but I am pregnant, hormonal and didn’t need this and I am just really regretting buying this car from you”.. he then asked me to show him the back handle… I showed it to him and he said that he really had not seen that and that he would have fixed it if he had…

So then he goes back to the seatbelt and notices that he can’t get it out as easily as he though he could and then said to wait a minute and he would be back… He comes back and asks me if I could leave the car with him tomorrow and he would fix the things that he needs to… the seatbelt, the tail light, the back panel, and he will replace the windshield… the alignment will be done again when the garage that does it for him opens again after their holidays…

So tommorrow morning I will call him to come get the car first thing and he will get everything done as soon as he can (though the back panel might have to wait a few more days until he gets the piece he needs if he didn’t get it for tomorrow) and then he said to not worry about it all and just to concentrate on the new babe… I just hope he keeps his word…

a few little things…

First…

I don’t rememeber how I found the e-mail address but I found an e-mail address a woman that gives information about homebirthing in Quebec. I e-mailed her a few weeks ago with questions about how to go about registering a birth after a UP/UC…

Well she finally e-mailed me back (I had even forgotten about having sent that e-mail) and gave me the info and will be sending me the forms that I will need…

Send that with a photocopy of a confirmation that I am indeed pregnant (ultrasound, bloodwork or letter signed by a doctor) and a photocopy of a letter from a doctor stating that they saw the baby

So, now the dilhema of getting that confirmation that I am indeed pregnant.. well, I e-mailed her back asking if it could be a Chiro that signs the letter… and I hope she says yes because the alternative is to go see an OB and that is the last thing that I want to do… However, If I do have to go see an OB for that letter then I would want to get it over with as soon as possible. For one reason… I think that there will be less questions etc because I still technically have time before the birth to find someone and I could just say that… my mostly because I just would want to get it over with if that is what I have to do…

The other thing is that in the last few days the babe has moved and is in a position that I am not used to… I have been measuring myself for a few weeks now and was measuring right on target.. now all of a sudden I am measuring about 6 weeks ahead, there is a big space between the babe and the pelvic bone and the fundus is no longer just above my belly button but is quite high above it… I have a feeling that babe is transverse for now but it was just surprising for me when I felt that difference…

New car & finance stuff…

Well, with babe #3 on the way and a 5 seats 3 door 92 minivan we decided that a ew car would be a good thing. I am not too happy about getting a minivan again but I am pretty sure that we are not finished having kids so I don’t want to be stuck in 2-3 years having to change cars again…

So, minivan it is…

I would have rather have had a four door but I found a 3 door in good condition at a good price and was able to get a 2000 which is 8 years better then our previous van…

We did have a bit of trouble getting financing at first (we have a great credit rating, just a lot of debt) but then we changed banks and got a better deal then we could have hoped for.

We were able to concolidate a few things with an equity loan which got rid of most of the debt that we had, the car was included in that and will be saving money eack month. Also, instead of having our home loan with 23 years left on the term we now have 20 so we will be saving interest in the long run and our debt will go down more quickly, or at least in an easier way for us…
I am also working on getting a better budget and saving money were we can… we had a cell phone and I got it cancelled. I was about to cancel our cable but instead got a better deal for a few months (what we had + movies for half of the price that we were paying before)… after that we can cancel or try to get a deal again… At the end of August there is a weekend that we are allowd to have a garage sale without a permit so I will try to do that also to get rid of a few things and get some money…
So in a few months when babe #3 gets here and with Simon at home for 7 months we will be able to make it more easily then we were doing just last month… Things have been a bit stressful lately and I was getting really worried about when Simon would be talking off from work since we will be living with 75% of his income for 7 months… but now I am certain that we can make it without worries 🙂