My came over to the office to sign some documents so that she can apply for a CPP bump up called the “Child Rearing Provision” – seems if a woman takes time out to raise her kids and her income drops significantly CPP can discount those years (up to age 7 of the child) when calculating how much CPP a person would get once they retire. My mom doesn’t get much, about $200 per month, so this is a chance to bump it up a little.
As a “thank you” my mom offered to take me out for dinner. As she isn’t very mobile, one of her legs keeps dragging a little, I chose to go to “Marche” across the street from my office building. I got some pork tenderloin, roasted, and some roasted veggies. The veggies were horrid, someone put some sort of horrible spices on them which made them barely edible. So I chose to just eat the meat and have a salad at home. Mom had some chicken and rice, but the chicken was overcooked and dry.
So dinner – 5oz roasted pork tenderloin, 2c salad, 2c cucumber slices
My pedometer showed only 6000 steps so I’m not completely thrilled in that area.
