It's NOT Barbie, it's 'The Beach!'

Thursday, November 29, 2007

Just wondering...

I was looking at my blog hoping that I would have some great comments to read and I wondered why I have a uh, an, er...what do you call the container that deodorant comes in? I was just wondering why I have deodorant open on my kitchen table. I can't figure that one out...

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

Lie #96: Co-pays are designed to ease our financial burdens.

Sickness seems to find our family. It doesn't matter what kind of vitamins my children are taking, how many times I was running a week, or whether my kids are eating their veggies; if my kids are destined for sickness, sickness will find them. Yesterday I stayed home with two sick children and took them to the doctor. My oldest boy has another sinus infection...why does he have to suffer so? The boy has not been able to breathe clearly through his nose in 5 years. No joke, here. So there goes $25 for a copay. My youngest has some strange rash that keeps spreading and I was worried it might be Fifth's disease. That would have been a blessing. Instead, she is likely allergic to amoxicillin which she was taking for her double, count 'em - two, ear infections. There goes another $25. My hubby took three of the kids to the doc the week before and had to pay $75 in copays and another $10 for an after hours phone call to the nurse. So then tonight my hubby and I are looking at our poor baby, who never complains, and thinking...this looks like it's getting worse. So, like suckers, we call the after hours line - ca-ching....$10 only to be told that we better bring her into the after hours clinic. That's a measly $50. The doctor tells me to give her Benadryl a few times a day. Thanks, I say. I almost flipped her off as she closed the door but remembered that the Lord is watching. He's always watching.

It gets better.

So then I go to the pharmacy. $57 in antibiotics and steroids. Ear infections still not gone, stuffy nose still stuffy. Last week, my hubby spent about $30 at the pharmacy. I forgot that the Lord can read minds also.

Grand total for the medical community? In co-pays? Drumm roll.....ca-chinga, ca-chinga

$$$282.00 Don't bother telling me if my math is wrong. Or my grammar.

Merry Christmas, kids! Enjoy your empty Rx bottles. Let's be creative and find all the ways we can make ornaments with the lids and a few pipe cleaners I swiped from my school supplies!

Friday, November 16, 2007

Lie #18: Good people never wish the wind out of another's sails.


My 6 year old son and I were having lunch together in the school cafeteria and he was talking about a friend of his in his kindergarten class. He tells me, "Mom, he is always on green." I said that was good because he obviously tried very hard to make good choices. He leans into me and whispers, "Well, sometimes I wish he were on yellow because he's ALWAYS on green." It took all I had...


So then I started wondering, how many times have I wished for someone else to be on yellow because they are so perfect? I lost count after the time I wished some beautiful, well manicured stranger, who asked me if i knew what causes babies, would become impregnated with Michael Jackson's child.


I should have lunch with my kids more often. I am obviously in good company.

Lie # 74: Credit cards come with a rewards program.

Hahaha! Gotcha, sucker!
I received a notice from a credit card company that we were nearing our limit on a card that has a low line of credit. In the same envelope I received a notice telling me that I was eligable for triple reward points for the next three months on all purchases totaling $900 or more each month. This basically translates to this: I put $2700 on a credit card in three months and I will receive $50 in Amazon gift certificates. If I do this, I will also acrue $39 each month in over the limit fees ($117 for those aforementioned 3 months). You do the math.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

lie # 54: I am happy to have the opportunity to speak with you all today.


This is a lie. It is most commonly heard from the pulpit during an LDS sacrament meeting, or from a motivational speaker at some convention your company is forcing you to attend.


But I am happy to have the opportunity to share my incredible thoughts with you. I hope you find what you're looking for.