Hello and wow it has been long time since I have blogged. I am currently looking for a new private nanny job. I was hoping to stay in Seattle but have not found a job that will allow me to stay here. I am so shocked that the economy is this bad and that I would have problems finding a job that would pay enough to pay my rent here and other bills.
So I am moving to Portland Oregon on June 30th to live with my son and his family. I may also go to visit my daughter and job search in the bay area mid July. My Portland family and friends are happy to have me there again.
I had two aunts die withing three months of each other. I will miss them so much.
Sad, frustrating, and interesting developments in my life the past three months.
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Monday, March 01, 2010
Shamanic Zoo musings
Saturday night I joined a group of people for a evening visit to the Zoo. It was a Shamanic gathering to be with the animals and to say thank you for them being ambassadors to us inept humans.
The Zoo guide, Carolyn, was excellent. She started out the journey with a king snake and two tortoises. They were as interested in us as we were in them.
We also interacted with some pelts that the Zoo uses for education. My favorite was the snow leopard pelt. He still had his pads on his feet and when I touched them I could sense how he felt the earth under his feet. (Yes I am woo woo like that.) I said, " I want to wear him." Everyone nearby said yes do. But I thought it weird and didn't want to seem weird in front of all these people I didn't know. But after watching others do it. I finally gave in to the urge. It was wonderful and I thanked him. He had the most wonderful tail and I could just see how it would twitch and move.
There was also a bear skin. Brother Bear is what I called him, I shook his paw and felt his claws. But I didn't wear him. He is powerful medicine. I thanked him too.
Then we went out into the Zoo. They gave us little red flashlights as those do not disturb the animals like a regular flashlight. At first I was worried that I would trip and stumble but then I realized I had been to this zoo so many times that I could have walked it blindfolded! So I gave my flash light away.
The Moon was full and the sky fairly clear. What clouds there were scuttled across the sky quickly and never really obscured the moon fully. It was interesting to feel the zoo at night and to know we were the only people at the zoo. We saw all kinds of animals and there were some birds who really wanted us to come see them. They called to us, "hey come here, come see us, what are you up too?" (All in loud bird squawk of course )
We learned lots of zoo trivia. A man who one night went swimming with the penguins on a dare and left his clothes, wallet and car keys laying there. When he heard security coming he went home which was near the zoo. When he finally returned to the zoo to pick up his car he tried to insist it wasn't him. But of course they had all his id.
The snow leopard likes to play tricks on the zoo keepers by hiding and when they start getting worried he has escaped will jump as if to say "aha fooled yah, here I am."
I found out they let they orangutans paint with mustard and ketchup and that the wolves won't come out when you first come by, they scent you first, and when you come by again they will be their watching you.
We went to the night exhibit which closed today. So sad. We wanted to support those creatures in their move. The anteaters were extremely cute, running around in the trees. Yes they run around IN trees. One seemed to have a big itch happening.
The night monkeys were pulling tricks on each other. One pushed over their feed/water bowl. The other seemed quite annoyed by this while down below the armadillo ran around and around on the ground.
My favorite night animal is the slow loris. He is a tiny teddy bear looking creature that moves slowly around his cage. But the guide told me that he doesn't catch and eat his caterpillars slowly. I also was surprised to learn that the slow loris has a poison gland on his back toe and he licks it and then bites to protect himself. It is like a bee sting however zoo keepers have been know to go into anephalaptic shock from it's bite. I guess when you move that slowly you need some kind of protection.
I also saw a springhass which is a very shy animal and the guide said she had only seen it three times in all the tours she had led. So I guess he was saying farewell to us.
We also found out they are bringing in some meercats in the fall. I love those crazy little animals. So cute.
I had a great time and was glad that I went. The zoo is one of my favorite places. I have animal friends there. I am sad that they can allocate for a new west entrance but no one allocated funds for the night animals. So they move on and we will miss them. I hope they all travel well and are well kept and fed in their new zoos.
The Zoo guide, Carolyn, was excellent. She started out the journey with a king snake and two tortoises. They were as interested in us as we were in them.
We also interacted with some pelts that the Zoo uses for education. My favorite was the snow leopard pelt. He still had his pads on his feet and when I touched them I could sense how he felt the earth under his feet. (Yes I am woo woo like that.) I said, " I want to wear him." Everyone nearby said yes do. But I thought it weird and didn't want to seem weird in front of all these people I didn't know. But after watching others do it. I finally gave in to the urge. It was wonderful and I thanked him. He had the most wonderful tail and I could just see how it would twitch and move.
There was also a bear skin. Brother Bear is what I called him, I shook his paw and felt his claws. But I didn't wear him. He is powerful medicine. I thanked him too.
Then we went out into the Zoo. They gave us little red flashlights as those do not disturb the animals like a regular flashlight. At first I was worried that I would trip and stumble but then I realized I had been to this zoo so many times that I could have walked it blindfolded! So I gave my flash light away.
The Moon was full and the sky fairly clear. What clouds there were scuttled across the sky quickly and never really obscured the moon fully. It was interesting to feel the zoo at night and to know we were the only people at the zoo. We saw all kinds of animals and there were some birds who really wanted us to come see them. They called to us, "hey come here, come see us, what are you up too?" (All in loud bird squawk of course )
We learned lots of zoo trivia. A man who one night went swimming with the penguins on a dare and left his clothes, wallet and car keys laying there. When he heard security coming he went home which was near the zoo. When he finally returned to the zoo to pick up his car he tried to insist it wasn't him. But of course they had all his id.
The snow leopard likes to play tricks on the zoo keepers by hiding and when they start getting worried he has escaped will jump as if to say "aha fooled yah, here I am."
I found out they let they orangutans paint with mustard and ketchup and that the wolves won't come out when you first come by, they scent you first, and when you come by again they will be their watching you.
We went to the night exhibit which closed today. So sad. We wanted to support those creatures in their move. The anteaters were extremely cute, running around in the trees. Yes they run around IN trees. One seemed to have a big itch happening.
The night monkeys were pulling tricks on each other. One pushed over their feed/water bowl. The other seemed quite annoyed by this while down below the armadillo ran around and around on the ground.
My favorite night animal is the slow loris. He is a tiny teddy bear looking creature that moves slowly around his cage. But the guide told me that he doesn't catch and eat his caterpillars slowly. I also was surprised to learn that the slow loris has a poison gland on his back toe and he licks it and then bites to protect himself. It is like a bee sting however zoo keepers have been know to go into anephalaptic shock from it's bite. I guess when you move that slowly you need some kind of protection.
I also saw a springhass which is a very shy animal and the guide said she had only seen it three times in all the tours she had led. So I guess he was saying farewell to us.
We also found out they are bringing in some meercats in the fall. I love those crazy little animals. So cute.
I had a great time and was glad that I went. The zoo is one of my favorite places. I have animal friends there. I am sad that they can allocate for a new west entrance but no one allocated funds for the night animals. So they move on and we will miss them. I hope they all travel well and are well kept and fed in their new zoos.
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Good times and bleg....bleg.. ralph
Last weekend I went to Portland. I stayed with my son Jere. My daughter Leeonna and her partner came to town to visit. I hate the drive but it is totally worth it to see the kids.
Saturday I went with my son and his family to see Wolfman. I loved that they stayed true to the old movies. Yes they used special effects to change the wolfman into well...wolfman, but they were done well. Not overdone like some movies effects can be done today. As a kid I felt so sorry for the Wolfman, I mean it was so clear that he hated being the wolf man. I felt sorry for all the monsters. Frankenstein, (Frankie, as I like to call him) couldn't help being a monster either. Those were the good ole days.
Monsters today are just monsters and the special effects are mainly to gross you out. They bore me to death. Yeah yeah yeah, gonna be blood and guts, spewing blood, but do I feel sorry for any body in a modern day horror movie, naw, not even the victims. Note: ok movie makers give me a monster to care about...like wolfman...yeah I felt bad for him.
Oh and how come all those victims are so stupid???!!! Hey look tons of blood, yeah I am going to investigate that!!! NOT!!! How come they don't notice the music? If I heard that creepy music I wouldn't be looking around... geez it's loud folks...can't you hear it??? When I was a kid and was watching a scary movie I found it wasn't so scary if you turned off the sound! LOL..yeah we all know what that creepy music means!!! Anyway go see Wolfman, it was good and you will like the wolfman and feel sorry for him.
My son and his step daughter cooked dinner. They called the recipe Breast Implants. Oh my goodness these guys can cook a mean meal. They made up the recipe and it has to do with ricotta, mozzarella and Marinara. I would tell you how it's put together but then they would have to kill me....shhhhh it's a highly guarded secret. but I bet they could win some kind of chicken recipe contest it is that good!
Saturday night my son and I went and met my daughter and friends at a Wine and Beer Bar, called Crush. It had interesting decor, kind of that trendy metal art work, sort of ala seventies. The waiter was happy to see us but became disgruntled when he realized most of us were lite drinkers and some of us were actually drinking water..gasp! He went so far as telling us we could get our own water. The music was weird... one minute it was polka or something like polka and then Hooked on Classical. But visiting with my daughter made it worth it. It was also the first time I met her fiance.
Sunday my son put on a pizza eating contest... now I don't usually eat gluten products but unfortunately Pizza is one of my weak spots that and a competition. I actually thought that I would eat..oh one or two pieces... but my competitive nature got a hold of me and I ate six and half pieces in something like eight or nine minutes. I once did a corn on the cob eating contest and came in second.. Let me tell you eating pizza in a contest is much more difficult. Mozzarella cheese is not conducive to chewing at a fast pace. Crust tends to be a problem too. Our team won and the winner ate seven pieces.
I had a lot of fun visiting with family.
However, I thought I got off scott free in the "it didn't" affect me" department to eat all that gluten. Hah...either nature was out to get me with a stomach virus on Wednesday night or my stomach decided it "wasn't going to take it anymore!" Ralph visited me right as I got off work Wednesday night... a purge of epic proportions. I probably will rethink another pizza contest..... or if enough time as passed...maybe not....
Saturday I went with my son and his family to see Wolfman. I loved that they stayed true to the old movies. Yes they used special effects to change the wolfman into well...wolfman, but they were done well. Not overdone like some movies effects can be done today. As a kid I felt so sorry for the Wolfman, I mean it was so clear that he hated being the wolf man. I felt sorry for all the monsters. Frankenstein, (Frankie, as I like to call him) couldn't help being a monster either. Those were the good ole days.
Monsters today are just monsters and the special effects are mainly to gross you out. They bore me to death. Yeah yeah yeah, gonna be blood and guts, spewing blood, but do I feel sorry for any body in a modern day horror movie, naw, not even the victims. Note: ok movie makers give me a monster to care about...like wolfman...yeah I felt bad for him.
Oh and how come all those victims are so stupid???!!! Hey look tons of blood, yeah I am going to investigate that!!! NOT!!! How come they don't notice the music? If I heard that creepy music I wouldn't be looking around... geez it's loud folks...can't you hear it??? When I was a kid and was watching a scary movie I found it wasn't so scary if you turned off the sound! LOL..yeah we all know what that creepy music means!!! Anyway go see Wolfman, it was good and you will like the wolfman and feel sorry for him.
My son and his step daughter cooked dinner. They called the recipe Breast Implants. Oh my goodness these guys can cook a mean meal. They made up the recipe and it has to do with ricotta, mozzarella and Marinara. I would tell you how it's put together but then they would have to kill me....shhhhh it's a highly guarded secret. but I bet they could win some kind of chicken recipe contest it is that good!
Saturday night my son and I went and met my daughter and friends at a Wine and Beer Bar, called Crush. It had interesting decor, kind of that trendy metal art work, sort of ala seventies. The waiter was happy to see us but became disgruntled when he realized most of us were lite drinkers and some of us were actually drinking water..gasp! He went so far as telling us we could get our own water. The music was weird... one minute it was polka or something like polka and then Hooked on Classical. But visiting with my daughter made it worth it. It was also the first time I met her fiance.
Sunday my son put on a pizza eating contest... now I don't usually eat gluten products but unfortunately Pizza is one of my weak spots that and a competition. I actually thought that I would eat..oh one or two pieces... but my competitive nature got a hold of me and I ate six and half pieces in something like eight or nine minutes. I once did a corn on the cob eating contest and came in second.. Let me tell you eating pizza in a contest is much more difficult. Mozzarella cheese is not conducive to chewing at a fast pace. Crust tends to be a problem too. Our team won and the winner ate seven pieces.
I had a lot of fun visiting with family.
However, I thought I got off scott free in the "it didn't" affect me" department to eat all that gluten. Hah...either nature was out to get me with a stomach virus on Wednesday night or my stomach decided it "wasn't going to take it anymore!" Ralph visited me right as I got off work Wednesday night... a purge of epic proportions. I probably will rethink another pizza contest..... or if enough time as passed...maybe not....
Friday, February 12, 2010
Dear Jean Makers
Dear Jean Makers,
I went shopping for a pair of new blue jeans. However I didn't buy a new pair of jeans. Why, because I am not a hard body 16 year old anymore. There are some importants facts for you to know oh gods of jean design:
1. I don't have a waist anymore and I am not sure where I lost it, some where between birthing two kids and homemade bread is my guess. You on the other hand no longer make waist high pants anyway.
2. I don't want to show my tummy, my belly button or my butt crack! My tummy looks like the Pillsbury bread dough boy, my belly button is not cute or cuddly, and the butt crack look works for plumbers not for me.
3. Those slim your tummy low waisted jeans only push the tummy fat up to where my waist should be, creating the giant muffin look, sexy looking, NOT! Really looks great with those short show your tummy shirts everyone insist on making again NOT!
4. Those jean pants with the stretch elastic might work if I was 100 years old, (I doubt it) Why would you think if we don't want to look like we are 16 years old we want to look...matronly. (Only word I can think of to describe those kind of pants)
5. My legs are not 6 feet long! How come women can't buy jeans that are measured in pant length like the guys? (Oh yeah they make women's Carharts like that but Carharts also think we want the butt crack look.)
6. Wearing a belt isn't a solution when the waist band sits under your stomach, in fact it is downright painful.
So my choices are let it all hang out or wear really ugly matronly pants.
Right now I am not taking either choice. I am lucky that boys Levi husky fit the leg length issue but they too have the waist issue.So I deal with the muffin top look, unhappily whether they are made for male or female.
(An aside note: How come men don't seem to notice a breeze on their butt crack?)
Dear Jean designers and makers...please make some jeans that reach the waist and don't have gigantic flapping roomy, too long legs. If you want to put a little slimming panel in the waist high jeans feel free..at least all of me will be covered all the way to the waist, squashing all around equally is better than the giant muffin top look.
P.S. Shirt makers if you are reading this...start making some great looking shirts that go past my waist to my hips.
Thank you
P.S.S. Designers: I would be glad to draw you a picture if you can't figure it out.
I went shopping for a pair of new blue jeans. However I didn't buy a new pair of jeans. Why, because I am not a hard body 16 year old anymore. There are some importants facts for you to know oh gods of jean design:
1. I don't have a waist anymore and I am not sure where I lost it, some where between birthing two kids and homemade bread is my guess. You on the other hand no longer make waist high pants anyway.
2. I don't want to show my tummy, my belly button or my butt crack! My tummy looks like the Pillsbury bread dough boy, my belly button is not cute or cuddly, and the butt crack look works for plumbers not for me.
3. Those slim your tummy low waisted jeans only push the tummy fat up to where my waist should be, creating the giant muffin look, sexy looking, NOT! Really looks great with those short show your tummy shirts everyone insist on making again NOT!
4. Those jean pants with the stretch elastic might work if I was 100 years old, (I doubt it) Why would you think if we don't want to look like we are 16 years old we want to look...matronly. (Only word I can think of to describe those kind of pants)
5. My legs are not 6 feet long! How come women can't buy jeans that are measured in pant length like the guys? (Oh yeah they make women's Carharts like that but Carharts also think we want the butt crack look.)
6. Wearing a belt isn't a solution when the waist band sits under your stomach, in fact it is downright painful.
So my choices are let it all hang out or wear really ugly matronly pants.
Right now I am not taking either choice. I am lucky that boys Levi husky fit the leg length issue but they too have the waist issue.So I deal with the muffin top look, unhappily whether they are made for male or female.
(An aside note: How come men don't seem to notice a breeze on their butt crack?)
Dear Jean designers and makers...please make some jeans that reach the waist and don't have gigantic flapping roomy, too long legs. If you want to put a little slimming panel in the waist high jeans feel free..at least all of me will be covered all the way to the waist, squashing all around equally is better than the giant muffin top look.
P.S. Shirt makers if you are reading this...start making some great looking shirts that go past my waist to my hips.
Thank you
P.S.S. Designers: I would be glad to draw you a picture if you can't figure it out.
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Just call me little Miss Muffet!
So I had thought about making Ricotta on Saturday but when the sun shines in Seattle ya just gotta get out in it. So I spent the late morning walking and doing errands in my neighborhood. Saturday night I worked.
So today it was gloomy, dark and sprinkling. I had some more errands to run in my van so I went out and got those done.
<-----Draining the whey from the curds.When I got home I decided to make the Goat Cheese Ricotta. It's true! It takes just a short time to have yummy tasting Ricotta. However just as I got ready to make it I couldn't find my cooking thermometer. I at one time had two! So I ran to the neighborhood Freddies and bought one. (You can be sure one of my thermometers will show up if not both, now that I bought one.) It was done in a jiffy and I think the draining of the whey took longer than the whole cooking process. MMM curds and whey are tasty!
<-------Finished Ricotta after whey drains off.So then I made Lasagna. I am one of those cooks who kinda of checks out a few recipes and then flys by the seat of her pants. I have food allergies so I have to adjust and modify. Here's what I put into my Lasagna.
1 lb ground buffalo (I am allergic to beef)
1/2 yellow onion
1 large bulb of elephant garlic (cuz I luvs garlic)
Italian seasonings - (shook in what looked like it was enough LOL)
I sauteed the onion and garlic in olive oil.
Added the ground buffalo and seasoning cooked it all together until browned.
The sauce is something I found at Costco and thought was yummy.
One jar of Dave's gourmet butternut squash pasta sauce (mix in ground buffalo mix)
Shredded Jack goat cheese (would've added some goat mozzarella but didn't have any.)
Homade goat cheese Ricotta! (I'm allergic to cow dairy products)
One box of cooked rice lasagna noodles
Layered the Lasagna noodles with sauce, ricotta cheese, jack cheese..Done Lasagna ..................................>
I am in Lasagna heaven!!!! It has been years
since I have had Lasagna.
Tomorrow I will make gluten free bread and use the whey to replace the liquid in the recipe.
Friday, February 05, 2010
I gotta Ricotta
Last week one of my employers showed me a book about green homesteading. So while the kids were napping I read it. (in high school I was clocked reading 1500 words a minute in speed reading class!) So I read the whole book. It was interesting and the best thing is that it had a recipe for making Ricotta from goats milk.
Now I don't eat gluten, dairy, soy, or beef due to food allergies. I can eat goats cheese but man is it expensive!!!! I have been wanting to make Lasagna. But kept wishing I could figure out how to replace the ricotta or cottage cheese in the recipe. I kept looking for goat cheese ricotta at the specialty stores, (like whole food) but all I have been finding is jack and cheddar goat cheese and sometimes if I am lucky goat cheese mozzarella None of them fit the bill for ricotta for my lasagna.
Ricotta is so easy to make! I was shocked. I do a lot of my own bread making due to my gluten allergy and it is pretty tasting. So when I saw the recipe I thought, I CAN DO THIS!!! So I am going to the store getting the goats milk, and then I will try it in the morning...unless I can't wait.. then I will make it tonight. The biggest problem I face is keeping my cats out of my ricotta and whey once I make it. I think I will rig up the cheese cloth on a hook in the dish cabinet and let it drip into a bowl. I can close the door and hopefully my cat Harold won't figure out how to get it open.
I love learning stuff like this.
So far it looks like if the world comes to an end you can survive with:
Camping supplies, first aid kit, three chickens, a few goats, a garden, downspout water barrel or some water source, a big fence...er and some big guns...
Now I don't eat gluten, dairy, soy, or beef due to food allergies. I can eat goats cheese but man is it expensive!!!! I have been wanting to make Lasagna. But kept wishing I could figure out how to replace the ricotta or cottage cheese in the recipe. I kept looking for goat cheese ricotta at the specialty stores, (like whole food) but all I have been finding is jack and cheddar goat cheese and sometimes if I am lucky goat cheese mozzarella None of them fit the bill for ricotta for my lasagna.Ricotta is so easy to make! I was shocked. I do a lot of my own bread making due to my gluten allergy and it is pretty tasting. So when I saw the recipe I thought, I CAN DO THIS!!! So I am going to the store getting the goats milk, and then I will try it in the morning...unless I can't wait.. then I will make it tonight. The biggest problem I face is keeping my cats out of my ricotta and whey once I make it. I think I will rig up the cheese cloth on a hook in the dish cabinet and let it drip into a bowl. I can close the door and hopefully my cat Harold won't figure out how to get it open.
I love learning stuff like this.
So far it looks like if the world comes to an end you can survive with:
Camping supplies, first aid kit, three chickens, a few goats, a garden, downspout water barrel or some water source, a big fence...er and some big guns...
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Thoughts in the night
Wow! its been a while since I posted. LOL, my garden is now a muddy dirt pit covered in cardboard to keep the weeds at bay until spring.
I have these really deep thoughts (subjective) right before I go to sleep. Ones I think I will remember but of course if they are right before my Ambien induced sleep they are pretty much gone.
However I did remember one and the whole concept makes me angry. How come we can get such cheap auto insurance to replace our cars and their parts should an accident happen and not get the same type of insurance for health care?
I mean really there is a lot of competition in the car insurance field. They are fighting for our dollars...(here I imagine that little geckko with boxing gloves on)
The interesting thing is I haven't heard of car insurance companies whining how they will go out of business because of all the competition. Yet big health insurance are whining (not to mention giving senators lots of money to listen to them) that if there is competition , OH MY GOD THEY WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS! I think pharmaceutical companies are whining the same tune.
Yes there are deductibles in car insurance...you pick em... for the most part but hey I don't mind paying 250 as my share to remove dents if I should have an accident. My health insurance for the same rate expects me to pay 5000 deductible to fix "dent's" in my body. God forbid anything should happen to me as I don't have a slush fund of 5000. So cars are treated and taken better care of than people in the good ole USA.
Oh wait can't I ask the government for a bail out like all the big banks??? Sorry Mr. President I was using my money to live on. I know I should have kept some back but hey we are in a depression oops I mean recession and I made some bad decisions like ..oh say pay my rent and have groceries, electricity etc etc etc.
I'll hold out my hand, big eyes like those old seventies pictures and poof I'll get a nice lump sum with admonishes to pay better attention to where my money goes. No more paying for necessities...aren't there poor houses to house the poor? They are called cars for many....(sorry Dicken's just seemed appropriate.)
A prescription that I put off getting until I absolutely have to cost me over 200.00 here in the USA. It would cost me 72.50 in Great Britain, true story...However not for the people who live in Great Britain. They get it free along with their health care. However my government cautions me that it may be inferior product if it comes from another country, even Canada...oh give me a break! (rolling my eyes!)
I didn't use to be so cynical but I think having my health insurance raised (to better serve me) each year (since I turned 50) on my birthday by 30 to 40 dollars has made me that way. WTF
Guess I am a tad cranky from waking up with a head cold..
I have these really deep thoughts (subjective) right before I go to sleep. Ones I think I will remember but of course if they are right before my Ambien induced sleep they are pretty much gone.
However I did remember one and the whole concept makes me angry. How come we can get such cheap auto insurance to replace our cars and their parts should an accident happen and not get the same type of insurance for health care?
I mean really there is a lot of competition in the car insurance field. They are fighting for our dollars...(here I imagine that little geckko with boxing gloves on)
The interesting thing is I haven't heard of car insurance companies whining how they will go out of business because of all the competition. Yet big health insurance are whining (not to mention giving senators lots of money to listen to them) that if there is competition , OH MY GOD THEY WILL GO OUT OF BUSINESS! I think pharmaceutical companies are whining the same tune.
Yes there are deductibles in car insurance...you pick em... for the most part but hey I don't mind paying 250 as my share to remove dents if I should have an accident. My health insurance for the same rate expects me to pay 5000 deductible to fix "dent's" in my body. God forbid anything should happen to me as I don't have a slush fund of 5000. So cars are treated and taken better care of than people in the good ole USA.
Oh wait can't I ask the government for a bail out like all the big banks??? Sorry Mr. President I was using my money to live on. I know I should have kept some back but hey we are in a depression oops I mean recession and I made some bad decisions like ..oh say pay my rent and have groceries, electricity etc etc etc.
I'll hold out my hand, big eyes like those old seventies pictures and poof I'll get a nice lump sum with admonishes to pay better attention to where my money goes. No more paying for necessities...aren't there poor houses to house the poor? They are called cars for many....(sorry Dicken's just seemed appropriate.)
A prescription that I put off getting until I absolutely have to cost me over 200.00 here in the USA. It would cost me 72.50 in Great Britain, true story...However not for the people who live in Great Britain. They get it free along with their health care. However my government cautions me that it may be inferior product if it comes from another country, even Canada...oh give me a break! (rolling my eyes!)
I didn't use to be so cynical but I think having my health insurance raised (to better serve me) each year (since I turned 50) on my birthday by 30 to 40 dollars has made me that way. WTF
Guess I am a tad cranky from waking up with a head cold..
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