My advent calendars 2023

These days there are a surprisingly large number of tea advent calendars available. I tried to order a Moomin tea advent calendar with the food order from Prisma, but it was out of stock.

In Citymarket, on the other hand, there was an abundance of options, and my choices ended up with three different advent tea calendars. It was difficult to choose the number one, the remaining two ended up as replacement options. Well, in the end I didn't get the first option, but it was replaced by Forsman's tea Christmas calendar. Exciting to see a if I'll like any of them.

 

 

For the cats, I ordered probably the cheapest possible option from Zooplus, the Cosma advent calendar. Of course, it is also grain-free.

 

 

 

But a good week before the beginning of December, I noticed that Karppaamo would have a advent calendar with sugar-free chocolate... How many years have I dreamed of such a thing? I think I once had one when my spouse managed to buy one in Manchester. Now I would have gotten a 10% discount from Karppaamo because of Black Friday. But I decided that in my current income situation, it makes more sense to leave the vanities unordered.

 

 

 

Veikkaus scratch card advent calendar, which has become a tradition, I do not have now and probably never will again. How much will the sales of scratch cards drop when you can no longer buy them as a gifts?

A poop update

Not even an ass update? TMI warning?

Olivia had diarrhea on the floor three times last week. Twice to the corner of the bedroom and once to the vestibule. Was it a bit high time to start a completely grain-free diet, although Olivia would of course prefer to eat grains. I have finally found some grain-free foods that are suitable for Olivia. Bilanx grain-free organic loafs (and just as I was praising Olivia left part of Bilanx uneaten, even the day before she ate a cup empty. sigh. it's always like this with Olivia and cats). Kattovit Gastro. Primacat sometimes. And of course Porta21 chicken food, which I don't know how often you can give it when it's not complete cat food. The problem is that Olivia should have breakfast food that she always likes, because in the morningss he gets Porus one powder hidden in her food due to kidney failure.

The grain-free diet also has the problem that I'm not sure whether all the foods are grain-free or not. Are (all) Miamor wet foods grainless? Is there any grain other than rice in Kattovit Renal, which is therefore allowed? It's not nice if you try to give the cat grain-free food, but then there is that somewhere.

 

 

In addition to the grain-free diet, a new lactic acid bacteria and Kaopekt are now in use. I only gave Olivia the diarrhea medicine Avital Kaopekt once, and her stool became firm. It felt like a real miracle! The first time Kaopekt fixed Olivia's shit with one dose for two days. I didn't dare to give more right away because there is always the risk of constipation.

 

 

But diarrhea medicine should not be given continuously, because it can prevent the absorption of nutrients. But so can constant watery diarrhea. I was surprised when Olivia peed less than normal. Because kidney failure causes it to pee a lot. When the stool solidified, the profuse peeing also returned, meaning that those liquids had just gone to diarrhea. Olivia's potassium level was just below normal already in the spring, I don't know if she should be given a potassium supplement. It is dangerous when too much potassium can cause a heart attack. But so can too little potassium.

By the way, I wondered why the cats were so crazy about the new dry food, Primacat. All three hit the same cup at the same time. Well, turns out there is catnip in that food. Is it safe to eat? I'm now trying new grain-free dry foods because the price of Orijen has increased tremendously and that Guardian 8 doesn't taste very good to the cats anymore. Orijen Tundra was fine, but it and many others are not available anymore in e.g. Musti ja mirri.

And as far as I'm concerned, that pain in the ass was probably the final reason for me to not to get a folding exercise bike. I know that even with normal butts, cycling can cause pain in the ass. The pain disappeared at least for a while with the cycle, so endometriosis is still the number one suspect.

The price of my phone connection is going up again, many euros. The poor cannot afford such vanity. I need an internet connection and a computer, but I don't need a phone for anything. Sigh. I guess it's a must to be able to call the emergency number and have a vet appointment for the cats. However, I still have my ex-employer's two work phones and subscriptions. So just use them hahahaaaaa. In Finnish, I still haven't received instructions from my ex-supervisor to return them and also e.g. work keys.

 

 

We with sore asses

I'm stressing too much now about the lack of income and other things. There's nothing that can be done, but I think it's so wrong that you work for years with very low wages and hours, and then you're punished with no unemployment benefit . If I hadn't made the mistake of agreeing to part-time jobs, I wouldn't be without income now. I spend a lot of money on cats and food. Just yesterday, I noticed that the price of the olive oil I use had suddenly jumped up by several euros. This situation really makes me want to cry.

 

When the nausea finally subsided, a new symptom struck again. A noise in the head, probably tinnitus. On the first day it was tum tum tum and then a different length of break. I first wondered if there was a work machine nearby, but no. The other day, a much louder full-time roar. Actually, it was already more difficult to hear speech when I have another ear blocked anyway and now I had tinnitus on the side of the hearing ear. So that every time you think about what to comes next... just shit. Fortunately, the tinnitus disappeared after a couple of days. 

Since Sunday, I have had pain in the ass. After all, I've had that pain in the ass every now and then during the last few years, because of supposed endometriosis. But now the pain is constant, and makes it hard to sit and concentrate. I really hope that pain will disappear with the cycle. If it stays, it's not good. In addition, there have been occasional nagging pains on one side of the lower back.

 

After the last time I complained about it, Olivia stopped vomiting. But yesterday it made diarrhea on the parquet floor in the bedroom. Only the sounds of farting revealed its secret activities. And it really seemed like an intentional act, not an accident or incontinence. Why would a cat poop in the wrong place? I can't think of any other reason than the pain of pooping, that the cat wishes it wouldn't hurt in a new place. Of course, Olivia's bum has to endure a lot when it has to cleaned by humans after every diarrhea, at worst several times a day.

Last week, Tabitha didn't eat for one day. At first I thought it was because of its blocked nose, but it seemed that she just had no appetite at all. She didn't even want to try to smell the food. The next day and after that, Tabitha has had an appetite to make up for that. But she has been throwing up too much for the past few days. Of course, she has been able to get hair out at least a couple of times, but still it is always possible that it could be caused by the worsening of her hyperthyroidism.

 

 

That dog food scandal is absolutely terrible. The fact that dogs have died and been euthanized for no reason. I was supposed to order last weekend from Musti and mirri when there was a sale code, but I really didn't do it. It's a bit suspicious to even feed Smaak wet food to cats now.

Foldable exercise bike

After my job ended in a short run, I've been thinking about my physical condition even more than money. My work was physically demanding and thanks to that I have stayed in some kind of (muscular) condition. I wouldn't want to get into the same mess I was in 20 years ago, but I'm really lazy to move voluntarily.

 

 

I've been dreaming of an exercise bike, but this apartment can't fit one. So I dreamed of a collapsible exercise bike, but I thought there were no such things. But yes, there are. For less than a hundred euros, you could get a folding exercise bike that still weighs less than 10 kilos, so I could almost manage to move it myself.

I was looking at a folding exercise bike from Hobby Hall. But now there have been real difficulties with the Hobby hall shopping Basket because it is constantly emptying. Actually, for example, the item added to the shopping cart just half an hour ago disappeared from it. It hasn't even been many years since I ordered from Hobby hall, and I don't remember that there was such a problem back then. I even tried with two different browsers, and in both the items from the Hobby Hall shopping cart disappeared. It's a shame, because you can get a lot of other nice things from Hobby Hall, such as lovely animal-themed duvet covers (I already have this guinea pig version) and Orijen for cats for less than many other stores.

 

 

I read in the reviews of the exercise bike I'm planning to buy that it doesn't have enough resistance. That's what I was a little afraid of. Actually, I would prefer a cross trainer, but they are not collapsible, they cost more and weigh too much.

But the problem is, of course, that I want muscle fitness (legs), not aerobic exercise, which is not even possible for me anymore because of diaphragm/lung endometriosis. So anyway, an exercise bike is not necessarily the most suitable device for me. Maybe a stepper would suit me better, I don't know.

There's a bit of a rush with this thing, because winter has brutally arrived again and I wouldn't be interested in going out into life-threatening slippery conditions and snow.