It's a blustery 10 degree windchill as I sit here at 5:30 AM. Normal for Minnesota, not so Oklahoma. Yesterday at 1 PM it was close to 70 degrees. Then the bottom fell out and here we are.
My extra bedroom is full of "winter" clothes, that I rarely ever get to wear. Because right now I am in "not quite winter, because I'd burn up in them clothes" and "I can still catch a few warm days clothes"
That's the norm for me at this time of year.
Before bed last night I scrambled through the winter clothes to find my boots, shawls and any top with longer sleeves as I am notorious for wearing tanks even in the winter time, under a shirt.
This a layer day. I don't spend any time outside. Only what is necessary to get from house, to garage, open door, drive to work , get out and go in.
I am not someone who will weather the cold to go for my morning walk or to head to the mall to exercise. I don't do that on warm days, why would I do it on freezing cold ones.
I am always worried about sweating. Yes, I sweat when it's cold. ( I am long past perspire) When I am in the salon and the dryers and heat tools are going it's going to get warm.
So my blustery layered clothes will allow me to get down to something more comfortable when the salon warms up.
Who knows what the day will bring.
I really like these days, occasionally. The atmosphere is different. It gives all the women something to talk about and I like to cozy feeling of it being arm inside and cold outside. Just for a day though. After that I want our regular weird weather.
Time to bundle up.
D
Friday, November 22, 2013
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Obama? Care?
Obamacare. That's a word we never thought we would add to our vocabulary.
I want Obamacare to work.
I need Obamacare to work.
We, Mr. Wonderful and myself, have been without insurance for almost two years. For us to have insurance would have cost us around $1600 per month if we were accepted. I have no misgivings that we would have not been accepted. Too much wear and tear on my body after years of standing behind the chair. I won't go into all of it, but if I was an insurance company I doubt I would have insured me either,
We cruised along for a while thinking this isn't too bad, no insurance payments. Occasional visit to the doctor along with monthly prescriptions was much less than $1600. Until Mr. Wonderful blacked out at work in September 2012 and ended up in the emergency room. POW!! $24,000 we owed.
So much for cruising along. We were now on a warship headed into battle.
I won't bore you with the details but we eventually were able to reduce the bill to $10,000 if we paid it all at once, so we stripped our small savings and did so.
We need health insurance.
Is the AHA flawed? Yes. Does it offer lower insurance rates? For a lot of people. Even though ours is still high due to the amount we make and our age, it's less than the $1600 we were facing. Will we get it? We have no choice, not because the government says so but because we can't face another $24,000 bill.
I like President Obama. ( Pick yourself up, some people really do like the man. He who has not sinned? Get those stones ready) I voted for Obama. I am not going into political talk here. I have my feelings and they will remain within me. I have read too much ugliness the last year and I am tired of it.
I will say this.
Thank you Mr. President for your success at bringing some form of national healthcare to us. I pray that through the years it will be refined and help more people.
I am thankful that even though we have to pay a lot more than we thought, that for
one, we can be accepted without worry about pre-existing conditions. That two, we don't have to fear an emergency room visit. We will have to pay, absolutely, but not the exhorbitant amount the hospitals charge. That three, I can go back and see my doctors without being embarrassed when the front desk asks for your insurance card and you have to see them shake their heads when you say you don't have insurance, then look away from you when they hand you the bill at the end of your service.
This is my political statement for the year.
Have a glorious day.
D
I want Obamacare to work.
I need Obamacare to work.
We, Mr. Wonderful and myself, have been without insurance for almost two years. For us to have insurance would have cost us around $1600 per month if we were accepted. I have no misgivings that we would have not been accepted. Too much wear and tear on my body after years of standing behind the chair. I won't go into all of it, but if I was an insurance company I doubt I would have insured me either,
We cruised along for a while thinking this isn't too bad, no insurance payments. Occasional visit to the doctor along with monthly prescriptions was much less than $1600. Until Mr. Wonderful blacked out at work in September 2012 and ended up in the emergency room. POW!! $24,000 we owed.
So much for cruising along. We were now on a warship headed into battle.
I won't bore you with the details but we eventually were able to reduce the bill to $10,000 if we paid it all at once, so we stripped our small savings and did so.
We need health insurance.
Is the AHA flawed? Yes. Does it offer lower insurance rates? For a lot of people. Even though ours is still high due to the amount we make and our age, it's less than the $1600 we were facing. Will we get it? We have no choice, not because the government says so but because we can't face another $24,000 bill.
I like President Obama. ( Pick yourself up, some people really do like the man. He who has not sinned? Get those stones ready) I voted for Obama. I am not going into political talk here. I have my feelings and they will remain within me. I have read too much ugliness the last year and I am tired of it.
I will say this.
Thank you Mr. President for your success at bringing some form of national healthcare to us. I pray that through the years it will be refined and help more people.
I am thankful that even though we have to pay a lot more than we thought, that for
one, we can be accepted without worry about pre-existing conditions. That two, we don't have to fear an emergency room visit. We will have to pay, absolutely, but not the exhorbitant amount the hospitals charge. That three, I can go back and see my doctors without being embarrassed when the front desk asks for your insurance card and you have to see them shake their heads when you say you don't have insurance, then look away from you when they hand you the bill at the end of your service.
This is my political statement for the year.
Have a glorious day.
D
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