Saturday, August 31, 2019

Care, IP Adjustments,

I'm a bit gobsmacked at the moment, I contacted a company that help caregivers and was told I would be expected to have them twice a week for a minimum 3 hour visit. They charge hourly at $33 an hour. They must be joking. Or at least in my case. That would mean my bowling would cost me $211 a week. I thought these places were supposed to help not bleed us dry.

Friday night I cooked the Shrimp and Asparagus Linguine which I posted yesterday. I adapted it and
cooked it in the Instant Pot. I started by cooking the asparagus in chicken broth. I then saved that broth, topped it up to make a cup again and turned on the IP. I sautéed the peppers and garlic and added some basil (only had dried). I then added the broth together with the pasta. Turned on the Pressure Cooker for 9 minutes. I did a quick release then added the shrimp and hot sauce, turning the Sauté function on again. Once the shrimp was just about done I added the cooked asparagus pieces and served it. Delicious and the juices were worth either using a spoon for or getting some crusty bread. I went to the Victoria St. Market to get the peppers, they were very expensive, cost me over $34. Well, yes, I did buy Bienstich and Dobos Torte, some bananas, a cob of fresh corn and so on. I was thinking of buying some sirloin steak which looked really good, but didn't. Now I am thinking about going back tomorrow (Saturday).

Think ladydog and Zoey are coming over at lunchtime today, hope so.

Have a great weekend/

4 comments:

  1. Wow that is a lot of money! A bit unreasonable I think. Really, who but the very rich could afford something like that?

    betty

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    1. Even if you are very rich Betty, I think it is something of a rip off anyway. However, as I am not very rich, that's out of my league.

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  2. I googled and the average in the US is about $19 an hour for home care. Between gas prices and home care, maybe you should move across the border. NOT!

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  3. That's expensive. It's similar here though. Our current government is very keen on privatisation and out-sourcing but all that seems to be doing is providing business opportunities at the expense of those who need the services.

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