It was good while it lasted

Tomorrow is our last day of vacation. We had a good one. I am ready to get back to a schedule. I never realized how much we are schedule people until this vacation.

I started my son on chores a few weeks ago. He is doing so well I am very proud of him. He has about 10 different things he has to do each day and then he has a chore that is different each day. For example. On Mondays he has to vacuum a room, Tuesday he has to sweep the kitchen floor, or on Thursday he has to get the garbage around to be set out on Friday. The only day that he does not have the extra chore is Sunday. He argued for a day off. He still has his daily chores on Sunday though.

We took down our Christmas decorations today. This is a record for us. We have NEVER taken it down so early. I don't know......... I think we just want our life back to normal.

Our First Snow

They are growing up soooo fast

What a NERD

I love my husband very much but he is such a NERD. My son was surprising him with the fact that he had been invited to his friends birthday party. In response my husband said "get away" I started laughing and informed him that it was not "get away" but it was "get out".

Questions

If you don't want to hear answers to questions...... why ask the questions in the first place.

If you don't want a reply to emails then maybe you should not send them.

Looking for someone

I love this site: http://www.zabasearch.com/

I have found 3 people that were among the "missing" this season. I found my good friend that I spoke about earlier. I found a person that I knew from high school, and I found my husbands brother. The last one is not an easy task because he does not want to be found. I had found him a couple years ago and then misplaced the address. I just send a Christmas card. No response of course.

Another itunes question

Can you download a movie to itunes? For example, can I take a DVD and download that onto itunes and then upload on my son's ipod.

i tunes

When you are downloading a disk to itunes, do you have to download the entire disk? or Can you pick and choose the songs that you want?

Honestly 2

We went to lunch at our favorite restaurant, Pizzco. The waitress there loves my son and she bought him a gift for Christmas so we decided to drop off a thank you card. When lunch was delivered they leave (for us) a cheese grater so you can have fresh Parmesan cheese on your lunch. My son picked up the grater and I reminded him to be very careful not to put the grater in the sauce on his lunch. He did a great job. It is not easy to work the grater especially for kid size hands. He then handed the grater to my husband. My husband immediately dropped the HUGE chunk of cheese out of the grater and directly into his lunch. The HUGE chunk of cheese was covered in sauce. He then picked it up and was going to place it back in the grater - sauce and all. Both my son and I started yelling for him not to do that. My son suggested that his father wipe the sauce off the cheese and then replace it in the grater. After completing this task my husband proceeds to grind his cheese. He must have had sauce still on his hands. The grater was covered in sauce. My husband then thought he was going to leave the grater & cheese for the next customer. I told him absolutely not and he would just have to use the cheese because no one else could. You should have seen the pile of cheese on his meal. It was embarrassing. Honestly I cannot take my husband anywhere. Then I had a long talk with my son that he was NOT going to grow up to be just like DAD.

Honestly!

Why are "boys" incapable of opening a cereal box without destroying it. My husband rips them to shreds. I just tried to show my son how to properly open a box (such as cereal) without destroying it. He promptly told me that he was not an idiot. I responded with boy=idiot. I told him to check it out in the dictionary. They would have the word boy and it would say also see idiot. He returned a few minutes later with a victory dance. He had looked in the dictionary and it said boy = male child. It didn't say anything about idiot. I didn't want to tell him that he proved my point by looking it up.

Finally!!!!

Dear Ms.
The results of your pathology report are as follows:
---Pathologic Diagnosis---
Right anterior chest
Fibroadenoma
This is a benign, not cancerous, breast mass. This was good to remove for diagnosis.

I should have had this before Christmas. I was really starting to go out of my mind. Then to add insult to injury I have to deal other nonsense.

Andrea

I found my long lost friend Andrea again. Andrea and I went to high school together (she was a couple grades behind). We have many good memories together. She was a good friend and I look forward to building that friendship again.

No News

I still have not received the call / letter from the doctor. I am starting to go out of my mind. I sent them a message. My husband thinks no news is good news. I think the same also but sometimes the unknown is harder than the known.

What a good Christmas

We had a great Christmas. My son woke us up at 6:30 and we opened packages. I got 10 pounds of chocolate :-) , red crocs, a dremel, some nick nacks, Yankee Candle, and a bunch of stocking stuffers. My husband received a tie rack (i know what you are thinking what a stupid gift but... My husband has about 70 ties. They are all character ties and he loves wearing them. They make everyone notice him. Just what he likes) new slippers, World Trade Center (the movie), Hogan's Heroes, a tie with my son's picture all over it, Knex rollercoaster, Red Sox hat, Yankee Candle, some more photo gifts (I LOVE walmart), work gloves, and some other stocking stuffers. My son received some legos, Adventures in Odyssey CD, two board games, and the big gift was an IPOD. This was something we thought about long and hard. It was a huge investment but he listens to Adventures in Odyssey on a daily basis and this was the IPOD that we could save all his CD's to. He has about 40 CD's and there are 4 disks in a set. We needed a HUGE IPOD for that.

The day consisted of watching TV, eating, standing to stretch, eating, downloading songs, eating, taking care of presents, and eating. The only thing I didn't get to do today was take a nap. But I was too busy eating.

This was a wonderful Christmas. I love my family so much. My son is such a little man. He is so respectful.

OK I understand Now!!

When you look this good it is only safe to assume that "certain people" will have issues.

There you have it.

1.Wrapping paper or gift bags?
Wrapping paper. At least I am not like my grandmother who would glue the paper to the packages. I don't know but I think she thought tape was too expensive.
2.Real tree or artificial?
Real, upstairs as the main tree but artificial down stairs. (because of the heat from the coal stove that we are no longer using.)
3.When do you put up the tree?
The Friday after Thanksgiving is the normal time.
4.When do you take the tree down?
When we are sick of it. When we lived in NY (Loon Lake) we left the tree up until March.
5.Do you like eggnog?
Hate eggnog.
6.Favorite gift you received as a child?
I cannot answer that. I don't honestly know.
7.Do you have a nativity scene?
Yes two as a matter of fact. One is from my Mom. It was the one I remember growing up with. I asked the other day and she told me it was older than me. I am 37. I also received a new one this year from my husband and son for Thanksgiving. I love it.
8.Hardest person to buy for?
Probably my husband because he always buys what he wants when he wants it.
9.Easiest person to buy for?
I don't purchase gifts for many people. I would have to say my son. He wants everything.
10.Mail or email Christmas cards?
I only mail cards to people I will not be seeing for the holiday. I don't mail to everyday people.
11.Worst Christmas gift you ever received?
When I was in 3rd or 4th grade we exchanged gifts and school and someone bought me this "hair brush set". I was such a TOMBOY as a kid. I do remember getting in trouble because I was complaining about the gift. My teacher was very disappointed with me and didn't think I was that "kind" of person.
12.Favorite Christmas movie?
Until this year I didn't think there was a bad Christmas movies. If it was Christmas I watched it. This year I have seen more STUPID so called Christmas movies. I really do like the Muppets Christmas Carol. Have you ever seen it? It is wonderful.
13.When do you start shopping?
Before Thanksgiving because I HATE crowds and will NOT go shopping when the stores are busy. You have no idea how many times we have said let's go to the mall, go there, and never even got out of the car. The parking lot was too full.
14.Have you ever recycled a Christmas present?
I don't think so.
15.Favorite thing to eat at Christmas?
Have you seen me. I love to eat everything.
17.Favorite Christmas song?
This year: Mary did you know. In the past Peter Paul and Mary's entire CD. I hate their politics so I have not been listening to them at all recently.
19.Can you name all of Santa’s Reindeers?
only if I sing the song.
20.Angel on the tree top or a star?
Angel
21.Open the presents on Christmas Eve or morning?
Santa does not make it to our house in time to open them on Christmas eve, SILLY.
22.Most annoying thing about this time of year?
people trying to claim that Jesus is not the reason for the season
23.Do you have Jebus in your heart this Christmas?
If you mean Jesus.... I would like to think I have him in my heart all the time.
24.What would you like for Christmas?
Financial Stability

It was HUGE

She dug and dug and dug. Even she was getting frustrated. I was getting worried. Then finally it was out. It was huge though. Much bigger than I thought. It was also deep.

Sylvester Stallone

When I saw Sylvester Stallone's face in the preview for the new Rocky movie I thought that it was altered to make him look like an old "fighter" But then I saw this.

Wow can you say Botox gone bad. This guy looks horrible. When are these people going to learn to grow old gracefully. I saw Dolly Parton the other day and wanted to cry. I have always loved Dolly. I don't know why. I love her voice and her "country" ways. She looked worse than Michael Jackson. Her face was plastic. It was like a Halloween mask. Sylvester Stallone's face also looks like a Halloween mask.

I am glad that I don't have money. I can safely say that I will never have botox or plastic surgery to cover my aging. Heck I am only 37 and have more gray hair that my mother does at 50 something. I have no plans to color it. Most people ask "who does your highlights, they are great, I wish my hairdresser did mine that well." My highlights are God's doing.

Merry *^%$ing Christmas from Blue Cross

I recently received my annual renewal from those fun and loving people at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield.

I am sure you will be surprised to hear that they are once again raising our rates. Now for the Christmas present, they are raising our rates $583 a month. It will cost me almost $20,000 a year for health insurance for three people. Now let’s put this into perspective. I make $9.00 per hour when I work at the school. The most I can work is 30 hours a week. That is $270 a week. I would have to work 75 weeks in a year taking no taxes out just to pay for my health insurance. Now I know I am not a genius but I don’t think that is possible. We also know that schools are not open for a full 12 months. I don’t get vacation or sick time or anything on $9.00 an hour.

When I opened the letter I broke down and cried. Then I threw a royal fit. I screamed, threw the papers, used my favorite curse word about 1,000 times, and did I mentioned that I screamed. My husband tried to comfort me. I hate it when he says “ohhh it will be OK don’t worry” Don’t worry!!! Well then he was on the receiving end of my favorite curse word. I used it in every form possible.

I called my broker. The first thing out of my mouth was I thought it was horrible that they send these letters out a week before Christmas. I tried so hard not to cry. But before long I was bawling like a baby. He assured me that they have the right to charge me anything they wanted too because we are a small company. I asked how in the heck they expect someone to be able to pay that much in health care and was told that frankly they don’t really care.

I asked if there were other options and was told that in New Hampshire it is almost impossible to get health insurance. He told me he was sending me information on other policies that were a little cheaper than what we have but…. Frankly they would all be about the same. Now what are my options. Moving….. I love NH. I cannot see myself living anywhere else. I have NEVER even thought about leaving NH. That was until my Christmas gift from BCBS.

Did I mention that BCBS increased my rates last year and then instituted a deductible. They charged me more and covered much less. I was never made aware of the deductible so imagine my surprise when the bills for the doctor’s office started coming in.

One of the things that I mentioned to my lovely broker was the fact that last year I saw the doctor ONCE. Yes one time during the entire year. Guess what….. They didn’t pay a thing because of the deductible.

This wonderful Christmas present came to us one week after we finally made a big decision regarding a purchase. We made the purchase and then this. Not that it really would make that much of a difference. It certainly was not a $7,000 purchase.

I may just have the last laugh. I found a lump on my chest the other day. Boy that would serve BCBS right if I have cancer and they have to pay for the treatment. But then again I would still have to come up with the premium starting February. I guess it doesn’t matter how you look at it I am screwed.

PS Please remember that my husband HATES when I blog so if you are reading this please do not talk to him about it. I still blog in hiding.

Isn't it funny

Isn't it funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell.

Isn't it funny how someone can say "I believe in God" but still follow Satan (who, by the way, also "believes" in God).

And now the winner of the most inappropriate birthday card EVER.

And now the winner of the most inappropriate birthday card EVER. Now this was given to my ten year old son. The same 10 year old that was born with two heart defects and spent a week in the NICU in Albany. The same 10 year old that weighed 4 lbs 9oz at birth. The same 10 year old that was born with no blood sugar and had seizures. The same 10 year old that was diagnosed with a collapsed lung within a month of birth. The same 10 year old that they told us would have to have heart surgery to correct the birth defects. This is just one more reason, to add to my list of many, to keep this person out of our lives.