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Reading. LOVING it all Amiee and Cathie. Just hushing my mouth because I'm very emotional these last few days.

So keep it coming.

 

[Ronda93]

Back to work! I love vacation, but it's nice to return to the routine. I rode my bike to work. I had a slow leak in the front tire and found the hole over the weekend. Patching a leaky tube - now THAT'S a feeling of accomplishment!

I started riding again with trepidation. My focus is preparing for and staying healthy for the WDW half marathon. I'd been feeling some nerve pain in my left leg over the last few weeks. I've had it much worse before from long (250 mile/week) bike rides. The recovery time from those eposides was long/bad enough that I don't want to repeat it. Without the riding on vacation it had subsided, but I've also changed my run to R/W and made some other changes. With the riding reintroduced we'll see what happens. I'd give up the bike commute reluctantly. It's great cross training and gets me somewhere to boot.

I'd been saying for a month that I'm going to add another mile to my Saturday run. Something always interfered, but I did it this past weekend. I was surprised at the difference I felt toward the end. The last half mile goes through a big dip and my thighs hurt on the downhill. I was fine going back up, except for the fact that it was UP. Today I still have some twinges in the front of my thighs. I'll be out again tomorrow morning (back to 3 miles).

Adding the mile gave my confidence a boost. Yes, I can TRAIN and go farther.

In something that has become too routine at work, we are letting people go today. It's not a surprise. Many of the folks leaving today are people held over from a BIG layoff last November. A significant piece of business was planned to leave in August and it did. Most supported it in one way or another. They did take volunteers (the severance is generous). I never felt threatened by this round, but there's a numbing quality that doesn't completely go away. The names trickle out. We shake our heads. Some from last winter still haven't found work.

Ronda

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dawn--so are you actively going after the homeowners at this point? And these people are the parents of one of Baylor's friends, right? How is that going? I mean, do you run into them in town or at school and stuff? Is it hostile or awkward and all of that? Are Baylor and the kid still friends?

No - we are not going after them personally. Baylor and the boy see each other in school and that is it. Last Halloween was the first time Baylor and he had spent anytime outside of school together and the mom and I had talked a few times that week to coordinate the sleepover for Oct 30th and what the boys were going to do on Halloween.

I had tried to be civil to them and was the first week after the accident - then she refused to give her home owners info, refused to call them, lied to the fire marshall about details of the accident and her and the boy told the insurance agent that Baylor had asked the boy not to call for help. This was refuted not only by Baylor but the neighbor boy of theirs.

I do not hate anyone - disslike many people - hate is not a word I toss around at all - but they are close. The boy is telling people at school that Baylor is "faking" it still. That he is wearing his compression stockings for attention. At the football game Friday afternoon, Chad and I were standing by Baylor, when a boy came up to him and asked him when he was going to stop being a , "pu$$Y" and stop wearing the baby sock. He said it like he was thinking he was funny and a smart mouth and I wanted to knock that snot into next week. I think Chad finally "got" it from Baylor's perspective because he never sees this interaction that Baylor experiences.

We need an attorney because Chad's insurance policy has a clause - many do - that states if a 3rd party is involved and responsible then they have first rights for a sub-demand (clause in your health insurance is called subrigation) to get the homeowners policy.

They have already taken the $1,000 medical liability that was supposed to go to the hospital to help cover our deductibles and are planning on going after the $300,000 liability to get back the money they have paid out.

This could mean that Baylor will have no settlement to cover future issues if they come up and nothing for him for pain and compensation.

It is not their homeowner's fault - the agent assigned to Baylor is a great guy and he was the one who "suggested" to protect Baylor's best interest we might want to look into hiring an attorney now that our insurance made it obvious what they intend to do.

It is just cr@p. You pay your premiuims, we paid Cobra for November last year while Chad was laid off for that 1/2 month and then, they want to take what is rightfully a kid's. Or anyones. And truthfully, the homeowners insurance company wants and knows Baylor deserves the settlement. They are not happy either.

So we have 2 decesions.

#1 Settle on our own with their homeowners - they have to pay for an attorney to represent Baylor's best interest (that is on their dole so do you trust that he is going to work as hard as possible?) in court and that attorney will try and work out an agreement for our insurance to settle for less than 100% of the bill - so there is some for Baylor.

#2 Hire an attorney who gets 1/3 of Baylor's settlement who will work ahead of time and try and settle with the insurance company a lower ammount as well. The difference is the attorney in the first choice - only shows up at court to work out the deal with our health insurance company. This attorney gets paid based on how much Baylor is awarded and works ahead of time - I would assume he would work harder than attorney #1 because his income is based on how well he does - #1 gets paid his salary no matter what.

So that is the dillema. We just found out that our insurance was going after the money in August - knew it was a possibility since he was hurt but they sat on it - so now gathering facts about where to go from here.

I feel a tremendous amount of responsibility in this. It is for Baylor and will impact Baylor - if I make the wrong choice it is not like I am the one impacted. Chad is zero help - after talking about this since last November - he finally gets the fact that even though he has insurance - they do not have to cover this situation 100%. I swear I wonder how the heck I handled living with him for so long. He does not get basic things at all. After the 200th time explaining it - he asked, "so who was supposed to get that $1,000?"


I wanted to shove my head inthe door and try shutting it at that point to get rid of the migraine.

Okay - hope that explains it well enough to follow!

 

[DisneyGalUK]

Reading. LOVING it all Amiee and Cathie. Just hushing my mouth because I'm very emotional these last few days.

So keep it coming.

just for you.

Amiee and Cathie - Im loving your trip reports too!

Dawn - Nightmare situation.

Everyone - Hi

VMA's - Just watching them now! Cant wait to see the New Moon trailer, ive held off from watching any up until now so Im very excited!

I feel blah today. I think im coming down with a cold or something. Ive just gotten a cold flannel to put on my head, im going to lay down, watch Robert Pattinson, and Kanye make a fool of himself then go to bed

I hope I feel better tomorrow, I have no energy to do any exercise and I cant be bothered to get anything to eat or drink.

I hope everyone else is having a great day

 

[Ronda93]

Dawn, that sncks. It's truly insult to injury. You said Baylor was mainstreaming into some classes. Was he outside the usual classroom from absence and treatments? I'd be so nervous about football. Has he played before? I don't recall what year it is for him.

Erika - glad you found the ON switch!

Ronda

 

[Dizneydawn]

Dawn, that sncks. It's truly insult to injury. You said Baylor was mainstreaming into some classes. Was he outside the usual classroom from absence and treatments? I'd be so nervous about football. Has he played before? I don't recall what year it is for him.

Ronda

Baylor needs to lotion his leg every few hours and then he has to wait 15 - 20 minutes to put his compression sock back on because otherwise the lotion is absorbed in the sock. He also needs to get up and move around often as when he sits, like everyone, he gets a pooling of fluid in his leg and it causes severe itching in his scars and swelling which is painful. Same thing when he stands for long periods of time. His nerve endings are still trying to re-attach and the process depends on how severe the burn is. Most teachers do not want to deal with the dissruption in a middle school classroom.

He has played football before - he is in 8th grade. He was put on the "B" team this year versus all other years of being on "A" and it was hard on him. They are worried his leg will not withstand the hits and he still is gaining weight back and muscle on that leg. It will take another year to get caught up at least.

I worry about him - but heplayed soccer this summer as well and that can be brutal with kicks at the leg all the time with cleats. He is wearing a soft shin guard on his leg under his sock and that should help.

He wants to be as normal as he can and I have to just sit back and bite my lip because if I worry non stop I would not let him go out of the house.What is the most infuriating is the ignorance of many adults. At open house a teacher walked up to him and said, "So Baylor, you look like you did before."

If he had been burned on his face or in an accident that scarred him on his face, would someone say that? I understand that they meant no harm - but there is no going back to before for him like there used to be. His new normal means 1 hour a day of leg prep, sunscreeen like a fiend etc. Every time that happens, he goes quiet and looks at me for help and I just say, he is doing well.

I have to say - there is great things in all this. A mom from here has recently been in touch with me - she read my TR in the past few weeks and asked for help/advice. Her 4 year old daughter got 3rd and 4th degree burns from an accident with a treadmill and is looking for help processing this emotionally and what to do to to make the most success of a trip to Disney. There are so many people who have to deal with this and I hope our experience can help others.

Not all bad things come out of accidents - just stinks when the not good things seem overwhelming.

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Feel like I'm swimming upstream these days! I'm trying to catch up here - but please forgive me if I've missed anything!

Kelly - So sorry you feel poorly. Get better soon!

Dawn - insurance is such a freakin' hassle. I have friends who got hit head-on by a drunk driver. DRUNK driver (not her first either) CLEARLY at fault. It's been nearly 3 years and they are still having insurance issues. (why that woman still had a license in the first place is beyond me!)


EE- love the TR. Thank you so much for sharing that!


Erika - for being "on". Now - please start throwing wrenches, because I've gotten the exercise part back, but the food/drink department is not following suit.

Lisa - (remember when we used to have to call you LisaV? Where did our other Lisa's go???) Anywho... for you. Are you still working out or do I need to have Erika throw wrenches at you too?

Ronda- welcome home. Hope your nerve issue is resolved. That is so not fun.

Kat & Cathie - keep on enjoying WDW!


Lyz, Liz, Amy & Paula

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Hi!

Ronda - sounds like a great trip!

Dawn - and E - so glad you asked the questions, E. I am SO confused by the insurance stuff. I think you explained it well, but it's still like, OMG, overwhelming. I need the 4 yr old explanation. But I"m glad Chad seems to be a bit more...um...with it. And that Baylor is maintaining his attitude. As for the soccer stuff, that I need a cheat sheet on too. I can barely manage kindergarten!

So, back to tracking. Weighing in on Fridays. Need to get on the gym thing. Like I was before!

 

[lisaviolet]

Ah sh!t. Thanks guys. I shouldh't have distracted and mentioned it. I just know when I don't write at least a medium length babble it shows. Ie. I'm pretty transparent.

Ie. I meant that I better shut my mouth in these highly emotional states or who the hell knows what will come out of it.

Just whining.

Just 42 - no problem with age. Just realizing that tick tock - motherhood is not coming. And a tad frustrated on the - or lack of it - end. Which is so funny. Even before Jean I never cared about such matters or cared if a relationship came. Just poor me whining. And I long for my home downtown (Jean is very happy which makes me ). Blah. Blah. Blah. Too much time on my hands. School has started - I supply - September is hard.

I should have said "enjoying - just reading" - but Lord knows that that ain't me - I babble. That's Kat's line. Hope you're having fun Kat!!

 

[lisaviolet]

So far so good on the food and water today - however it IS only 10.27am!

where I thanked the bouncer at the bar who graciously asked for my ID and then commented that he was the same age as I was . Yes, I was out with a bunch of people from the gym and I definitely skewed the average age of the group up a good five years. I loved the looks of shock I got from the twenty something gals when they found out I was 38.


!

First - on the above. that! The bouncer and 20 somethings loving your skin.

Suncreen? I used to do baby oil when I was a teenager. Oh no!

I'm frustrated with me today. I'm making things so much harder than they need to be...unnecessarily. Will I *ever* learn?

This has been running with me all day. Nancy, I want to know what this means. I could jump to my own conclusion but as my father says "don't assume - it's makes an a$$ out of you and me".

Entertaining myself while waiting in the bus line....hehehehe....that's the only major complaint I've had thus far. There must be a LARGE influx of people staying at the all stars because the bus lines at night have been awful. Hoping its better tomorrow since people from the weekend will be gone...last night we waited almost an hour to get on the bus. (Eek!) Tonights bus line is moving fairly fast so hopefully it won't be too bad.

Honestly, that's why its my "crackberry" because I can't say screw it, I keep thinking I have to stay in touch with the world ALLLL THE TIIIIME lol. So really. I don't mind as long as yall don't mind the typos

And I'm just glad that there's someone "back home" interested enough to want to hear a live report lol. Though in all reality I'm probably geographically closer to most of you being here than if I were at home haha

As I meant to say in my last post..hope yall have a fantastic week

Oh there are lots of us back home very very interested.

Lyz questioned this:

SO? Was Nookie allowed between husband and wives or are you saying "None at All"? Hence the reason to take in orphans and slaves, to keep the Shakers a'goin?

There were no husbands and wives. Their marriages stopped and they became bothers and sisters. If they were caught doing the deed, they were forced to leave. Yep, exactly the reason for the orphans and slaves. Yes, it was great that they did that, but it was completely self-serving.

Gosh - a degree of my dreams. I so wished I had studied anthropology. Loving it Amiee.

I'd been saying for a month that I'm going to add another mile to my Saturday run. Something always interfered, but I did it this past weekend.


Adding the mile gave my confidence a boost. Yes, I can TRAIN and go farther.

Ronda

Nice Ronda.

No - we are not going after them personally. Baylor and the boy see each other in school and that is it. Last Halloween was the first time Baylor and he had spent anytime outside of school together and the mom and I had talked a few times that week to coordinate the sleepover for Oct 30th and what the boys were going to do on Halloween.

I had tried to be civil to them and was the first week after the accident - then she refused to give her home owners info, refused to call them, lied to the fire marshall about details of the accident and her and the boy told the insurance agent that Baylor had asked the boy not to call for help. This was refuted not only by Baylor but the neighbor boy of theirs.

I do not hate anyone - disslike many people - hate is not a word I toss around at all - but they are close. The boy is telling people at school that Baylor is "faking" it still. That he is wearing his compression stockings for attention. At the football game Friday afternoon, Chad and I were standing by Baylor, when a boy came up to him and asked him when he was going to stop being a , "pu$$Y" and stop wearing the baby sock. He said it like he was thinking he was funny and a smart mouth and I wanted to knock that snot into next week. I think Chad finally "got" it from Baylor's perspective because he never sees this interaction that Baylor experiences.

We need an attorney because Chad's insurance policy has a clause - many do - that states if a 3rd party is involved and responsible then they have first rights for a sub-demand (clause in your health insurance is called subrigation) to get the homeowners policy.

They have already taken the $1,000 medical liability that was supposed to go to the hospital to help cover our deductibles and are planning on going after the $300,000 liability to get back the money they have paid out.

This could mean that Baylor will have no settlement to cover future issues if they come up and nothing for him for pain and compensation.

It is not their homeowner's fault - the agent assigned to Baylor is a great guy and he was the one who "suggested" to protect Baylor's best interest we might want to look into hiring an attorney now that our insurance made it obvious what they intend to do.

It is just cr@p. You pay your premiuims, we paid Cobra for November last year while Chad was laid off for that 1/2 month and then, they want to take what is rightfully a kid's. Or anyones. And truthfully, the homeowners insurance company wants and knows Baylor deserves the settlement. They are not happy either.

So we have 2 decesions.

#1 Settle on our own with their homeowners - they have to pay for an attorney to represent Baylor's best interest (that is on their dole so do you trust that he is going to work as hard as possible?) in court and that attorney will try and work out an agreement for our insurance to settle for less than 100% of the bill - so there is some for Baylor.

#2 Hire an attorney who gets 1/3 of Baylor's settlement who will work ahead of time and try and settle with the insurance company a lower ammount as well. The difference is the attorney in the first choice - only shows up at court to work out the deal with our health insurance company. This attorney gets paid based on how much Baylor is awarded and works ahead of time - I would assume he would work harder than attorney #1 because his income is based on how well he does - #1 gets paid his salary no matter what.

So that is the dillema. We just found out that our insurance was going after the money in August - knew it was a possibility since he was hurt but they sat on it - so now gathering facts about where to go from here.

I feel a tremendous amount of responsibility in this. It is for Baylor and will impact Baylor - if I make the wrong choice it is not like I am the one impacted. Chad is zero help - after talking about this since last November - he finally gets the fact that even though he has insurance - they do not have to cover this situation 100%. I swear I wonder how the heck I handled living with him for so long. He does not get basic things at all. After the 200th time explaining it - he asked, "so who was supposed to get that $1,000?"


I wanted to shove my head inthe door and try shutting it at that point to get rid of the migraine.

Okay - hope that explains it well enough to follow!

Wow Dawn. Wow. And I'm so sorry that Baylor has to put up with crap.

:

VMA's - Just watching them now! Cant wait to see the New Moon trailer, ive held off from watching any up until now so Im very excited!

I feel blah today. I think im coming down with a cold or something. Ive just gotten a cold flannel to put on my head, im going to lay down, watch Robert Pattinson, and Kanye make a fool of himself then go to bed

And he will make a fool of himself for you. Hope you feel better Kelly.

You know I actually had your MIL on my mind the other day - I was wondering if she is menopausal. But I think she was born that way, eh?

All quiet on the Western Front there eh Kelly? That's good.


Dawn it's a Kodak EasyShare Z712 IS. Are there two of those? Or did I never give the #. I simply can't remember.

 

[lisaviolet]

Two things. Paula - Peanut butter and chocolate? One piece needs to go to Ohio. And one north of the border. Stat.

Erika - did you actually set foot in Toronto? Were you in the hinterland or downtown? Where was his meeting?

What does Jeff like the most about Taiwan and Korea? Besides missing you guys what does he not like?

Pollution for the not like? Taiwan is HEAVY, eh? Food - how I love Korean food. Oh how I love thee.

Oh three things. Liz - how is Emily enjoying school?

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Two things. Paula - Peanut butter and chocolate? One piece needs to go to Ohio. And one north of the border. Stat.

Erika - did you actually set foot in Toronto? Were you in the hinterland or downtown? Where was his meeting?

What does Jeff like the most about Taiwan and Korea? Besides missing you guys what does he not like?

Pollution for the not like? Taiwan is HEAVY, eh? Food - how I love Korean food. Oh how I love thee.

Oh three things. Liz - how is Emily enjoying school?

She loves it. She never stops speaking. EVER. God Bless those teachers. I wish them luck as I laugh and dance out of there.

 

[lisaviolet]

She loves it. She never stops speaking. EVER. God Bless those teachers. I wish them luck as I laugh and dance out of there.

Lovely.

 

[amykab]

The DIS has been eating my posts all day. Grrr..

Cathie and EE--LOVED the trip reports!

Paula--SO glad you had a fun birthday!

Lisa--Hugs.


6 miler for me today. SLOW for me thanks to the heat and some IT band pain. But I felt so good afterward. Day off tomorrow as far as exercise.

Only 2 more weeks of third shift and then I will get to first for a bit. AND only 2 more nights of this crazy 130am-10am shift. After wednesday night I am going to 10p-630am to finish off my training. While working nights sucks in some aspects, it is super super busy so I never look at the clock. I think the other night I tested like 2,000 samples or something like that. Crazy busy.

in laws arrive thursday. We are spending saturday night at the dolphin since they want to go to epcot. Drinking around the world will be required for this!

 

[Dizneydawn]

Liz - cheat sheet would be good. I will try cliff notes. It is not easy to understand and I have had to deal with it for a year.

Health Partners (HP) = Baylor's health insurance
Farmers (F) = The homeowners policy

We had HP at time of accident. HP found out that it happened at home covered by F. HP thinks F should have to pay for the $325,000 and growing medical bills because it is their client's fault.

In Minnesota, HP has first rights to the money that F insured client carried. $1,000 medical liabilty and $300,000 reg liability.

They want it all. They have already taken the $1,000 medical because even though F had signed papers stating it would go to the hospital bill, HP can legally go in and force it to go to them as they have "sub-demand" rights.

We think it is cr@p we have to pay out $4,000 in deductibles on top of all the other OOP money and that none of the $300,000 will go to Baylor who was the victim in the accident when everyone agrees that F's clients are responsible for.

Unless we fight for it.

In Minnesota if a person injured is under 18 - the settlement has to be approved by a judge who will be there to protect the child. The judge does not want parents to settle on something not fair of the representation of injury and due compensation for the child. The money would go into an annuity for Baylor and protect him for future surgeries that will not be covered under a pre-existing clause etc.

In Minnesota, the law also states that F has to pay for an attorney to represent Baylor. The irony though is that attorney is on F's payrole. Not an attorney of our choosing.

So the goal is to get HP to agree on less than the full amount of $300,000 that F has in liability.

We either do that through F's attorney or hire one of our own at 33% of the settlement.

Advice from experience ahead:



Bottom line - please everyone, look at your home owners insurance. Because if someone gets hurt at your house - the policy needs to be greater than just a compensation claim. It needs to be enough to cover the medical costs and any sort of compensation. HP may decide to go after the family personally to recover the difference. If the neighbor boy would have been hurt, there is no way the amount of coverage they had would even touch both hospital bills.

I always assumed if you has health insurance they would take care of the costs because you pay your premiums for a reason.

If a 3rd party is responsible though or negligent - you have no choices in what they will do or what they will go after.

There is a family from our town that was involved in a horrific accident a few years ago.

2 sisters (A&B) and their families were up at Sister A's cabin. At the cabin they had a sauna. Both couples were in the sauna late one evening and Sister A left to check on the kids. The sauna had an interior door and an exterior door. Between the two was a sort of storage/changing room.

When she opened the exterior door, the draft caused an air mattress that was leaning on a wall, to fall on a candle they had on a shelf to ward of mosquitos.

In seconds the place was engulfed. The air mattress fell in a way that wedged against the interior door, the husband of sister A fell from smoke inhalation against the inside of the interior door trying to push against it to open it.

The end result - miracles happen and all 4 survived - Sister A had the least burns (20%) but did from pulling the trapped people out.

Health Insurance company for sister B and her husband took all the Home owner money that there was for Sister A's policy. Then they went after Sister A personally and they have since lost their house and everything they had.

So now - Sister A and her husband who was burned the worst - live in a run down apartment - he is dissabled permanently - no hands and bad facial burns.

Sister B - lost their house as well because husband and wife both spent 3 months in the burn unit and both are dissabled.

That is the reality of health care.

Sister A had enough of a home owners policy that Sister B and her husband could have been compensated for life if it would have not gone to pay back the health insurance company.

Sister A could have also made enough to help her family not live in poverty. Now - the amount they owe is so great - her credit is shot - she will have to work forever to get the health insurance paid back.


Rhonda - like you said - it just stinks for everyone. I know we used to not have enough coverage - with kids at the house with friends - in an instant something could happen. To save that $30 a month for the higher coverage may seem like a savings at the time - but if something like this ever happens - you will wish that you had spent that $30 on insurance and not Starbucks each month.

Liz - as far as soccer - that is still a mystery to me as well most days!

 

[Ronda93]

Thanks Dawn. We took out an additional umbrella liability policy when we bought our house two years ago. We were having work done by a variety of tradesmen. While each should have their own insurance, the peace of mind as people climbed all over the exterior of our home was nice. The renewal just came and DGF and I discussed whether to keep it or not.

We will.

Ronda

 

[Dizneydawn]

Thanks Dawn. We took out an additional umbrella liability policy when we bought our house two years ago. We were having work done by a variety of tradesmen. While each should have their own insurance, the peace of mind as people climbed all over the exterior of our home was nice. The renewal just came and DGF and I discussed whether to keep it or not.

We will.

Ronda

Ronda - thanks for understanding it was not intended as a lecture. You just do not know things like this unless you are invoved with it. I would have never thought that legally things can happen like they do unless we were living it.

It makes me sick thinking of how hard people can work for their lifestyle and life and loose it in a second while thinking they has crossed all their T's.

Sorry for misspelling your name earlier - my aunt is a Rhonda so it is typed out of habit!

 

[SeptemberGirl]

Dawn - the cliff notes version worked! I prefer to have things explained like I'm four. Sooo much easier!!!!


So, the soccer thing baffles you, too? Bc I know E asked and you explained, but I couldn't get my brain around that, either. How is Treynor with it all?

Em has homework. I can barely get my brain around that!

 

[cathie1327]

Evening all!!!!

Yes, we are doing everything as a group of four...we haven't gotten any time to ourselves really, but I don't expect oit to change much. His parents are so uncomfortable and paranoic when they're somewhere new so looks like its tour guide cathie and carlos!!!

And yes, I'm LOVING my blackberry here. It really does give me something to do while waiting. Very helpful.

Okay so todays update is short.I'm grumpy and tired but mostly because fireworks start soon.

Today we are at epcot. LOVE this park. Ate at akershus and noticed that they've made a couple of menu changes since we were here last year. Hm. Dinner and san angel inn which we actually all enjoyed very very much! The menu has changed as hasd the salsa, and overall I find it to be even better than it was last year. Could still use a bit more lighting though.

Tomorrow we are doing mnsshp in the evening, so well get ointo mk at four. Beforew that we are A)sleeping in (thank goodness!) And then either shopping or swimming. Either way no matter what they all do I may opt to lay by the pool with a yummy beverage

Hope everyone is having a agreat night!!!!!!

 

[AKASnowWhite]

Reading and enjoying

Really though, I am. Dawn. Thank you for that explanation. You're so right. One should never underestimate the need for adequate insurance.

This has been running with me all day. Nancy, I want to know what this means. I could jump to my own conclusion but as my father says "don't assume - it's makes an a$$ out of you and me".

I just mean that I know all the right things to do (food, exercise, etc) yet for some reason unknown to me, I choose to do things that make me unhappy with the way I'm feeling. That part of my life does not need to be so difficult...yet....here I am. Again.

She loves it. She never stops speaking. EVER. God Bless those teachers. I wish them luck as I laugh and dance out of there.

The DIS has been eating my posts all day. Grrr..

I really HATE when that happens!



Paula - JC tonight?


I'm off to watch the rest of Jay Leno. I sure hope that he gives Kayne West a verbal beating