This is what breakfast looks like for the eating machine that is also know as my younger son. Most mornings it is just waffles ( made from scratch because it is just as easy and way cheaper) and bacon. Some days I go crazy (as I appear to have gone on this particular day) and […]
Monthly Archives: January 2012
See a doctor at a Cleveland Clinic campus? Check your monthly statements. Now.
There is one benefit to be in charge of Mom and Dad’s bills: I have a very healthy dose of skepticism when I review medical invoices. I have become horrified at what doctors/HMOs get away with charging when they know “insurance pays”. (Don’t even get me started about the doctors who take care of the […]
Paperwork
My siblings and I have divided the tasks that Mom and Dad need to have done, and I took on the paying of the bills. I hate paying my own bills, so somehow there is a cruel irony in the fact that I am now in charge of paying their bills as well. And let […]
Playlists
I go to Pilates classes 2-3 times a week. I love my teacher ( she is ten years older than me and can easily whup me and everyone else in the room…damn) but her choice of music during class is dreadful. Think of trying to do The Teaser or One Hundreds during a medley of […]
Lowering the bar
Precisely one year ago today, Ryan and I thought it would be fun to participate in Inkygirl’s “250 words a day” . I blogged about it here. 250 words seemed do-able, low stakes and possible. I was filled with hope, enthusiasm…even pluck. And then life got in the way. Although I did do my […]
