Banking

I have been with my bank for 8 years. I also worked for them. I never thought to have an account anywhere else as I was a person who had very few issues and didn't need bells and whistles.

Last month I decided to open an account with a different bank just as a way to stash money. I chose Compass because they were giving away a free Ipod Shuffle. I got my personalized debit card today and I am in love. I used a pic of James and Chrisopher. It's SO cute!! The account is their "build to order free checking." Not only do you get one free personalized debit card but you also get a free order of checks. I haven't had a bank give away free checks in years. I haven't had the pleasure of dealing with Compass at a branch level but the internet division is awesome. They sent me a few auto emails and then an actual person sent me an email to let me know if I had any problems or questions to contact her. My debit card is so cute that I might make this account our main one so I can use my debit card.


This is the pic

All is well is the house of Silence.

I finished my book and James fell asleep on the couch. He was speaking to me when he woke up 20 minutes later. He is already off to work. He's been gone for 2 hours and won't be home for 12.

(L)James got up with plenty of time to spare but somehow was running late by the time I made him breakfast. Maybe it was because I smashed a wine glass on the floor. I am sure that one of us will cut our feet since shards hide and then jump out to bite you no matter how well you sweep.

Christopher has accomplished his rolling from back to stomach. It's all over for us now. No more sitting on the couch or bed unattended. What? Like you've never done it? Now that he is mobile he will be confined to his floor mat.

I guess I should go do something productive while Christopher is napping, like get dressed.....

SHUT UP!

I got a book from the library. When I start a book I don't put it down until I am done and I don't like to be interrupted. Especially by idle chit chat. The only time I have to read is when the boys are fast asleep, as any mom knows. (B)James was especially talkative this evening. I didn't really care about the t.v. show he was watching or the story about his personal experience with it. Sometimes he tells the same story and I get tired of pretending to be interested. I went upstairs for awhile hoping he would then be quiet. I was wrong. I finally asked him to leave me alone and I hurt his feelings. Now he is downstairs mad and not talking to me. Why does he have to be mad, why can't he just be quiet? He said "I haven't been here all day, why didn't you read then?" Hmmm because instead of going back to bed after a restless night w. the baby, I had to get all dolled up and go to James' portfolio celebration and after that I went to the grocery store and to find an end of year gift for Ms. Teacher. When I got home Chris was still restless and only took a half hour nap. So while he did that I ate lunch, God forbid. And then when I finally got him to take a real nap I fell asleep with him, but only for an hour, because before I knew it (L)James was ringing the doorbell, 3:30 already????? And then there was time to do homework and head off to Karate. And then another quick run to Publix so (L)James could choose flowers for Ms. Teacher. And then home to cook dinner, who knew you needed milk for meatloaf? I substituted water and it came out fine! and while dinner was in the oven and nearly burning it was time to bathe Chris and get him ready for bed. Meanwhile (L)James needed to read a few last books to me. So as I was doing this and that and everything there was no time to read my book. And so it was said "husband please forgive me but give me 30 minutes to finish my book. Then I am all yours." (B)James said "that's OK, I don't want to talk to you anyway!" Awwww fantastic! That leaves me time to sit here and vent and then laugh and then go finish reading.

A few of things

* Today was James' portfolio celebration. Where has the school year gone? He has 4.5 days left. I don't know why they have to go Thursday since it's only a 3 hour day.

* I had a tank of gas last for 3 weeks!!!! How awesome is that? I tell ya, not taking James to school and not having extra cash really saves on the gas. But it doesn't help that much now that James' is now paying $60 3x a week. We thought there might be an opportunity to get a store closer but James isn't sure now because he has a couple of new managers to train.

* I am recovering from my sunburn quite nicely. I wasn't in much pain after the first day. My nose still looks like a cherry tomato though!

* Christopher can almost roll from his back to his stomach. He is doing a little better at night but every time I talk about it he relapses, so I am gonna keep my mouth shut from now on.

Paula Deen

We waited 2 hours to get our book signed. We got there an hour before it started and we didn't make it to the table until there were only 5 minutes left. The Publix employees were literally pulling my stroller to get me out of line. Little James was behind me trying to get our stuff, which they didn't realize, and I was waiting for him. He easily would have gotten lost in the crowd. Because it was so rushed I didn't have time to check my camera and it was on the wrong setting so all my pictures look like shit. I hate that fucking camera. The setting thing is on top and spins off way too easy. At least I made it this time. The last time she was here Williams Sonoma sold out of her book and that's the only thing she would sign, so the W.S. employees said. I boycotted W.S. and Paula for awhile after that. Paula is back in my good graces now since I was doing this for James' father's day present.





Waiting in line, in the blazing sun!



Almost there!


Paula telling James he was beautiful. At least there was some interaction!


Christopher's wipe case. She also signed our book.

Another ouch!

To start. I ALWAYS giggle uncontrollably when someone gets hurts, even myself. I feel bad for doing so but as I said it's out of my control. That being said if you giggle it's OK.


Last night (B) James went downstairs to get a glass of water. I heard a thud but no cursing so figured he was all right. He came into the room with a paper towel wrapped around his foot and there was blood ALL over it. And that's when the giggling started.

Our steps are killer. We have all fallen down a million times. There is something about the bottom that gets you. Someone had to save me from falling at our baby shower, I think it may have been Darlene. The last time I fell I came down so hard that my foot bent the wrong way.

James somehow got tripped up on the steps and hit his big toe. He said it didn't hurt and he didn't realize it was bleeding. He SPLIT the damn thing wide open. He needed stitches or a butterfly Band-aid. I was unable to provide either. He taped it up with bandages and tried to go to bed. I offered him some of my leftover pills from the c-section but he declined. All the while I was giggling.

I am sure it hurts like hell right now. I don't know how he got his shoe on this morning.

Red. Hot. Ouch.

James was off yesterday and we decided to go to Huguenot Memorial Park. You can park on the beach and that solves the problem of having Christopher in the sun and lugging two kids, 3 bags and chair around. It was very crowded but we got a good spot. The water was cold and it was windy but we had a good time. We packed a lunch and I brought horseshoes for the boys to play. I laid out but had no idea that I was burning because I was too busy shivering. This is what I look like now.

Maybe I should become na active member of the PTA

I want to do this as a fundraiser next year. Chico Bags has a program to sell reusable shopping bags. And they give you 50%. Personally I would be much more keen on buying one of their bags for $5 then a stupid $1 candy bar. At least I would get good use out of it. And the school gets $2.50 per bag. Hmmmm I think I will start going to the meetings in the fall.

I would expect your facts to be straight.

So I would've put this in the last entry but it's not gross.

Another Public Service Announcement!

Bullets first.

1. who knew Jacksonville doesn't have hard water, just VERY high concentrations of lime.

2. Ever wonder why your dishwasher says Electrosol is best?

3. Ever get white stuff on your dishes that doesn't come off?

4. Ever think about becoming a little more Eco-friendly?

5. Read on to get the answers.


Our dishwasher crapped out on us last week. Everything has this nasty white film on it, even after multiple rinse cycles. We used the Electrasol cleaner. That didn't work so we called out the maintenance man. Turns out that the white spots we see everyday is from the Lime. But the white film is from Phosphates that build up over time. The MM asked me what type of soap I used. Up until recently I have always used Cascade. MM says "Oh that's the worst, it has the highest level of phosphates in it." I say "well I have tried 3 different types and nothing is making it better." MM says "well Electrasol has the lowest levels" I say " Hmmmm what about the phosphate free?" MM is dumbfounded. I guess the old guy isn't current on his Eco friendly products. Phosphates are killing our lakes and steams and our beautiful St John's River. I have been using Palm Olive Phosphate free for a few months now. But I was curious at the levels of phosphates in the other products and decided to do some research. It turns out that MM was WRONG. Electrasol is no better. I looked at Electrasol, Target Brand, and Cascade tabs and all had at least 8% phosphates. So even though your dishwasher says to use Electrasol, it's not good for it. I bet they get some sorta kickback from the appliance companies. So try the Palmolive phosphate free. It's in a white and yellow bottle (please recycle it) and only costs about 60 cents more then the others!

After a rinse cycle in CLR our dishwasher is back to normal. Thank goodness we don't pay the MM.

So this post was really about my Maintenance Man not having his facts straight. I bet he has never even read the labels!

The grossest thing EVERRRRRRR!

I was happily brushing my teeth, noticing that I needed a new head for my spin pro or whatever the hell. Never looking in the mirror, I continue brushing. It wasn't until I spat, and not on the floor this time, that I saw I was using James' spin pro. OH MY GOD. I really really thought I was going to die. I guzzled a few cup fulls of mouthwash but that didn't help. I even wiped my mouth with a washcloth. Now doesn't this seem weird? It's my husband. We share bodily fluids from time to time, but to use his toothbrush? I'm still dry-heaving.

Oh and one more gross thing.

Little J and I found the downstairs to be infested with millipedes last night. Even though we have two floors we are still on the 2nd level of the building. You wouldn't think bugs like this would be an issue. We stopped counting at 16. I was so horrified that I pulled up the carpet, there goes our security deposit, trying to find a source. I called James at work, like that would help. Then I called my sister. She is a wealth of knowledge but even she wasn't helpful. After killing every one is sight, no I am not going to catch and release, I googled them. It seems that large infestations can occur after heavy rainstorms. Well what do you know? It has just rained. What I want to know is why there has never been an infestation before. GROSS!

Insurance crap

I could hurt myself at this point. Or others.

I got the insurance info yesterday. One day after the dr's appt. I read through it and all the coverage the agent said I was getting has stipulations and exclusions. My dr's appts are only covered at $150. My bill from last year was $400. My b/c is not covered at all. So not only did they increase my policy price 100% but I can't even get the services I need. I made the hard decision to cancel the insurance. We would have been paying $364 a month, plus $30 for my prescription and I would have to pay the $250 oop for my dr visit. The plan had a $1500 deductible so even if we get seriously sick/injured we would have to pay that before insurance would pay their 70%. It just didn't make sense and now I see why so many people don't have insurance.

But because I took Chris to the dr on tuesday I am responsible for the whole $369 bill. I could have gotten the shots for $10 each at their office if I had waited or gotten them free at the health dept. It's sickening but they are letting me make payments and did reduce the price to what insurance would have paid. That was nice of them. The woman I spoke to said she would check if they could change the imminization fee from full price to $10. She made it clear that she probably couldn't but would try. She said she would call me today to let me know. I haven't heard from her yet and probably won't but it's nice thinking they may not charge me the $200 difference.

4 month check-up

I called the Dr's office to re-schedule this morning's appt because I still haven't received the insurance paperwork and I didn't want to pay out of pocket and be reimbursed. When I told them that's why I was re-sheduling they said not to worry about it and to keep the current appt. Wasn't that nice of them?

Christopher is 15 pounds and 25 inches. 50% percentile for both. He is definitely not like his brother who was always off the charts.

The Dr. is really irritating me with this sleeping crap. He says Christopher is not sleeping well enough. I know he went to college and all but EVERY book I have read considers a full night to be 5 hours, midnight to 5am. Christopher sleeps five hours wakes up for a bottle and then sleeps another 6.5 hours. Dr. says he should not be waking at all and again told me we need to take him out of our room. I wanted to ask him where he would like me to put him? I WILL not put him in with Little James. If anyone is going to get woken up it'll be me. Other than that all is fine. He gave me a solids feeding schedule, gave Christopher his immunizations and we were on our way.

I hate comcast, it's "craptastic"

OH I HATE COMCAST. Every time I turn the tv on I want to break it. It is not my lovely tv's fault instead my shitty ass cable provider. We pay for HD and DVR. so tell me why NOTHING in HD ever comes in. We either get "this channel will be available shortly," and then it never comes in, or the screen is all garbled, like when your satellite goes out. When I use the DVR all I get is a blank screen. The On Demand ALWAYS times out. It's really quite infuriating. When we first moved to this condo we had them out 3 times. Finally they told us the outside lines were bad. Thanks Comcast, for having shitty lines that you don't plan on fixing, yet still charging me for service I don't get. Comcast is not "Comcastic." It's awful. When we had satellite service it went out 4 times in the 12 months we had it, our cable doesn't work on a daily basis. I think I will be switching back to Satellite. Only downfall is my cable Internet. CRAP! I guess I could keep that service with Craptastic Comcast.

What started my rant? When I went to watch Desperate Housewives tonight (30 minutes into the show) I got the stupid channel available shortly. It never came available and I missed the first 30 minutes.

Go Green

I hope all of you have clicked on the links under "go green." I have added a new link to Terra Cycle, Inc. I saw a segment about the company on the weather channel and found it very interesting. They take everyday items and use them for their procucts, whether it be old soda bottles, juice wrappers, or old shopping bags. Go take a look!! Terra Cycle Inc

Who forgot to tell me

That today is Christopher's four month birthday! FOUR MONTHS! I didn't realize it was the 16th and just where has the month of May gone?


Here's a kidd-o update.

James: He will be seven 3 months from yesterday. It's killing me. He has 15 days left of 1st grade. I'm dying! He goes to the bus stop by himself. He has his own house key (that he has trouble using). He is still doing fantastic academically. He may be one of the youngest but he's also one of the brightest in the class. He is doing better in Karate. He memorized part of his form fairly quick now we just have to work on the rest, and doing it without following the instructor.


Christopher: He is sitting with support and enjoys the Bumbo chair we got him. (from craigslist, NO WAY was I paying $40 for that chair) He has a doorway jumpy thing that he loves. We attempted to start feeding him cereal but I think that's what gave him the chuckles so I put it away for now. He still rolls stomach to back and is almost able to get from his back to his stomach. He still hates tummy time but not so much if it's about 8am. He still won't soothe himself to sleep but he's getting there. He still wakes up once for a bottle and then for good at 4am. Unless I put him in our bed there is no going back to sleep for him. So we snuggle for a few hours before we get up and get James out the door. And right now he is fighting his nap even though he takes a nap everyday at this time.

So this is how it happened

1st. James was not listening. His teacher asked him to put his book away. He chose to disobey, he had to flip a card.

2nd. One of his classmates tattled and said he was teasing her. His teacher told him to flip his card again. His teacher wouldn't listen to him when he said he wasn't teasing and he got so frustrated by this that he screamed, kicked his desk and punched the desktop.

3rd. He was told to take timeout in the K classroom. On his way back from lunch (with the kindergartners) he was swinging his lunch bag and twirling around and he hit some of the kids with his bag. His teacher misheard and thought he had kicked the students.

4th. Because of the kicking he was referred to the Vice Principal and the referral will go in his file.


I am concerned that things were blown out of proportion where the kicking is concerned. James is ADAMANT that he didn't kick anyone but will admit he wasn't following directions and swiped some of the kids with his lunch bag. I have had him tell me what happened three times and the story has not changed. I have no doubt that he wasn't on task and that he did throw a tantrum out of frustration but I wonder about the kicking. And now I am frustrated because that got him in a lot of trouble. I will have to call his teacher tomorrow.

Here at home there will be no TV or toys until he can get his attitude in check. I am surprised at how calm James Sr remained. I know it took all of his self control to not whip off his belt. That is where he and I are different. He was raised being downright abused and I was barely spanked. I don't believe in beating James or spanking him with a belt before we have had time to calm down. I will not hit him in the heat of the moment. I am very thankful that although James disagrees he accepts my feelings about it. Don't get me wrong there are plenty of times when I feel like smacking him, but if I tell him he can't flip out or kick things when he is frustrated then I shouldn't smack him when he pisses me off. Sometimes I wonder if I am right though. He is such a little smart mouth with the huffiest of attitudes.

Hopefully we can all help him with it, since it takes a village.......

The bad gets worse.

Earlier this afternoon I got a phone call from a # I did not immediately recognize. It took a few minutes before I said, OH CRAP, that was school. Normally they call with a recorded message for school closings or early dismissals but it's too early for them to be calling about Memorial Day. So I play the message and hear the Vice Principal saying James is in her office on a discipline referral. HOLY SHIT. They only get those when they have done something extreme. Christopher was screaming and I couldn't calm him down. I tried calling James so that he could speak with the VP but he was in a meeting, so I got Christopher calmed to sniffles and called. It turns out that he threw one hell of a tantrum in class. Screams, kicks and hitting of the desk ensued. He had to flip his card. When it happened again his teacher sent him to another classroom for a time out. This is standard procedure. When she went to pick him up he had kicked 3 students from that class. OH MY GOD. That's when his teacher decided to send him to the office. She called me a little while ago to talk about it and the first thing out of her mouth was a sort of apology for sending him to the office. I am pretty sure she wasn't sorry about it since it was what she is required to do. But I think it was more of she thought I would be mad at her for doing so. This is all speculation so I could be wrong. But I told her not to feel bad at all. What I really wanted to tell her was she should have slapped him. We talked for about 30 minutes and both of us are still at a loss as to why it happened. We came up with a few theories. Now I am not denying that he acts like a 2 yr old from time to time but he has never actually hurt anyone out of frustration so that was a huge concern and an even bigger red flag that somethings going on with him.


And there's the bus. I'll let you know how this goes and if he comes out unscathed.

It's been a rough day

I got a call from the insurance company to say they approved me but....... Since my recent c-section they would be increasing the premium. Since when do c-sections increase premiums? I would have taken it better if they had said "do to your shitty credit score we must take more of your money." Will I be having another c-section? Not anytime soon, if ever, and if I so choose I will be working and have much better insurance then the crap I'm being charged an arm and a leg for. Do c-sections pose some imminent health risk, like oh say smoking, drinking or sun bathing? What the fuck? Pardon that please. All in all I gave up my 100% coverage w/ no deductible for the same price as the high deductible coverage I have now. Before any of us can be seen by a specialist (there goes my gyn) we have to pay $1500. Before any hospitalization $1500. We do get well care visits, immunizations and well woman physicals for $25 copay. WHAT THE HELL DID I DO? I gave up awesome insurance to save $150 and then they come back and slap me in the face. I knew that the quote could change. But did I think it really would? No. Seeing as we have only been hospitalized, knock on wood, for delivery and we don't get sick enough to visit the Dr for anything other then well visits once a year. I spent the afternoon sobbing and trying to keep myself from banging my head against the wall. Sure we have the money to pay for the insurance but it will now take up 100% of our savings when we expected it to take 50%. What a nice thing to happen right before summer vacation. I am going to feel like such an ass being the penny pincher who can't afford to do anything when we get to Ohio. And J's trip to Miami? Nixed. The only reason I am not canceling Ohio is because the tickets are non refundable.

In other news. I vacuumed, mopped and did some laundry. It did not make me feel better. I ate 10 rainbow chips ahoy. It did not make me feel better. I took a nap with Christopher. It did not make me feel better because he chuckled all over my fresh shirt. I know this comes with the territory but he's not the chuckling kind. *chuckling is spitting up in Bonnie Talk.*

My sister bought a new camera. The one I want. She called to tell me what a deal she got. She did not do this to be a butt. She was calling to tell me the website so I could buy one too. She did not know the stupid day I had and all I could do is quietly say "I can't afford it." I felt like a loser. My family doesn't talk about money like some folks do so my sister doesn't know that we are poor. Nor did she know the state of our bank account when we were doing well. But it still makes me feel bad that I can't afford a new camera because I have to spend the $500 in birthday money on health insurance. And now I must go because typing that made me cry.

Finally!

The bus arrived at a better time this morning. Still not on time but at least not 20 minutes late. Since Friday's Fiasco the bus has been arriving at 10 after. Today it came on the hour. She's getting closer!!! And seriously there is no traffic at that hour right here. At least not the way she's coming. Maybe she's waking up late. Or maybe her kid's bus is late so that cause her to get a late start. Whatever it is it better be fixed next year. The only reason I haven't complained to the bus department is because school is almost over and J hasn't been marked tardy. All I want is for the bus to come at the designated time. If it can't make it here by then they ought to change the time so the kids aren't standing out there for 30 minutes when it should only be 10.

Christopher is whining, gotta run.

Do you?

Think the laundry got done? Nahhh. I saved it for another day. I did do about 5 loads but am not close to finished. I did a load of dishes. Another is overflowing the sink. I picked up the living room, it still has chip crumbs all over the floor. I swept the back porch, the tornado force winds filled it with dirt. It was a day of little accomplishments.

I did make (start to finish for a change) a summer pool/beach bag. I was going to buy one but figured I should NOT spend the money when I have $100's of dollars worth of fabric lying around just begging to be put to good use. I chose a light olive colored piece with large hibiscus flowers in dark olive green and neon green. I made a HUGE bag. I didn't use a stabilizer or a liner since it's just going to be thrown around. I love it!

I was going to take the boys to the pool but it was SO hot and windy that I didn't dare take Chris. The wind was hot, which is unusual for us since we normally have a cool breeze, and it was kicking up dirt from the construction across the street. It was so uncomfortable that I turned the a/c on. I try to keep it on 78 during the day but that wasn't happening this afternoon.

What the?

I was brushing my teeth and thinking that today was trash day. I guess it was still on my brain when I went to spit because I leaned over and spat my rinse water at the trash can. I say "at" because there was no aiming involved. It didn't make it into the can but all over the floor instead. I couldn't believe it. Now I have to add mopping to my chore list, lol.

Can someone, ANYONE, help me????

A few days ago I tried to print some coupons at www.coolsavings.com but my printer went haywire and wouldn't print. By the time I got it fixed the website said I had already printed the offer. I NEED the $1 off JERGENS lotion. Is anyone willing to print it? I will send you a SASE......... Thanks bunches kind ladies. My face will love you for it.

I am in for it.

The headache from hell is gone. An order of fries and a diet lemonade mixed with ibuprofen did the trick.


So! You should see the piles of laundry sitting around me. You would think we, I mean I, haven't done laundry in years. Really it's only been a week. NO one has clean undies. Even me the undie queen. Chris is almost out of washcloths. We all know that you somehow end up with a thousand little baby rags so to be almost out is quite the feat. Little James had to wear shorts while his undies dried and he was none too happy. There are no more clean bath towels or bedsheets. What the hell have I been doing?? Oh and we only have one bed sheet each. I refuse to buy more when we wash them once a week anyway. I wash and put it right back on. I have a load of darks and undies (we REALLY needed them) in the dryer and a load of Chris's stuff in the wash. It looks like I will be doing the rest well into the night. I don't know how it happened. It's not like I am that busy. What's worse then a million piles of dirty clothes? Folding them when they are clean? I HATE IT!

We went to the pool today and luckily for me there were no kids. I always cringe when I see other kids. I don't do well with other people's. I always assume the worst. I wonder if people do that to me too.... But there were a nice pair of couples and a little girl sitting next to us. AND yeah I cringed at them too, but that was because the woman shouted, OH LOOK AT THE BABY!!!!!! I don't enjoy when people do this. Leave my baby alone. They ended up being pleasant and let James play their beanbag toss game with them. The only negative was all four were smokers and didn't feel bad at all puffing around Chris. I had to move but I did so inconspicuously. They didn't even notice. Lucky for me they had their radio so loud that I could still hear it ;)

We will probably end up at the pool tomorrow too. James works all day. Last year everyone decided to go up there for mother's day (I am sure it was for the free food more than anything) If his sister calls me tomorrow I am not going ANYWHERE. I am not wasting my gas driving all the way out there just to see them. They can come visit whenever they want but choose not to.

Ahhh I guess that's it. I am starving.

headache check-in

Time 11:57 am. Headache still present, after two tylenol and a bottle of water. Next will come the 800mg ibuprofen and then after that? I may die. Or I will go to target and get excedrin tension headache.


Oh btw, I went to target last night and saved $13 on my makeup. I heart coupons. I got two tubes of maybelline lipgloss, maybelline eye makeup remover and a sally hansen manicure set for $7.67! But thinking about the great deals didn't help my head. :(

My head hurts, I thought maybe my pony tail was too tight, it's not!

I have had a headache since 4 am. I am not sure why but even though it's 10am there is more shit adding to it by the minute. Let's make a list.

1. James school bus has been late everyday this week. It's supposed to get here at 10 til. It's been getting here at 10 after. So by making him be there 10 minutes early he is now out there for thirty minutes. I have caught on to her crap and send him out at 5 til. The stop is right at the corner of our house so it's a short trip. ANYWAY. Today the clock was ticking. It ticked the hour, 10 past, 20 past, Mom calls the bus dept "it's on it's way.", Mom calls the school because the boy will be late "it won't count against him.", 30 past- school has started. Dad calls the bus dept - mom goes to wash her face to take boy to school - neighbor knocks on door but dad is in his underwear so now mom has to take the boy when neighbor was going to offer - she has a mini van, 40 past we're on our way. 50 past we arrive at school- 55 past the bus arrives at the bus stop. AN HOUR LATE!!! Now the kids who had no other way to school will be an hour late, after waiting for an hour.



2. Applying for private insurance. The plan with J's job was insane and we can't afford it. The company I chose calls from this number 000-000-0000. Since it is a bunch of zeroes I didn't answer and they didn't leave a message. Finally after 3 days they send me an email. They have a few questions, questions I don't have the answer to. I call the Dr. and wait for the return call. I get the test results and call the insurance company, hold forever and finally get the app finished, I should get a decision soon. It's been two weeks now. They call yesterday to tell me they need another test result. The Dr doesn't have this one. I am at the mercy of the hospital record department. I called and left a message. They didn't call back. I called again and again and finally got to speak with someone. They won't tell me the result over the phone, that's all the ins. co needs, nor will they fax me the results. Now I am at the mercy of the USPS. Why couldn't the insurance company just pull our records? All the answers are in there and I would have been approved two weeks ago. Chris has an appt. on the 20th and I am trying to avoid paying out of pocket. I started this process 3 weeks ago. The agent said it would take 7-10 business days. MY ASS!!! So now I am going to do one of two.
1. reschedule the appt.
2. take him to the health dept for his shots.

And finally,
3. The house is a mess and there is about 9 loads of laundry to do. I hate doing laundry.


So that added a lot to my headache. The way I wrote it will add to yours, sorry!

Here it is in a nutshell, the 2nd time around

DAMN DAMN DOUBLE DAMN. I deleted my whole entry. I had another tab open and thought I was in it when I went to search something but wasn't.

1. James is now a red belt at Karate. He could be a black belt by the end of the year. I doubt he will move that fast since he has been a brown belt since December 2006 and graduation is every 4 months. But it is a possibility.

2. My B-I-L graduated Cum Laude from UNF with a double major (business economics and business finance) A DOUBLE FREAKIN MAJOR, while working full time. I heart him so!!!! He has decided to continue his education and will take the LSAT's shortly. If he scores well enough, and I don't doubt he will, then he hopes to attend The University of Florida. Even though we're not big Gators fans. James Sr. is a Miami Hurricanes fan and I love the Buckeye's just because I am from Ohio.

3. My birthday was yesterday. We had a lovely party. I actually had friends to invite. I am 27 and I feel fine. James did all the cooking and the food was awesome. I had a yummy cake and enough people to eat it so there were no leftover's.

4. I bought a new bathing suit today, even though I think I am fat and I hate wearing one. This one looks ok. SWEET.

That's about it.

Chris is doing well. He chuckles now and loves to play patty cake. Little James is also doing well and loves that it is hot enough to spend the weekends at the pool.

*edit* I just realized the deleted entry was saved as a draft. PAIN IN MY ASS.