Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Just the Facts:

*Hayley has her Kindergarten Screening today.  She drew a picture for the evaluator.  A "mommy" bunny in the middle of the page, being attacked by approximately 20 large snakes.  There is a baby bunny in the corner of the page "watching his mommy get eaten."  Oh, my.  the child psychologist is going to LOVE that picture!
*Tim's foot is getting better
*Our refrigerator passed away last week.  It was 25 years old.  We were blessed with a WestRidge orphan.  My work had a kitchen-renovation plan where they took perfectly good 8 year old refrigerators and replaced them with brand new ones.  So, now we have about 5 - 10 fridges in the garage waiting for a home.  I learned how to switch the doors/hinges/handles on a fridge!
*Our new fridge is taller than the old one, so we had to rip down the cabinets on that side of the kitchen.  We uncovered a scrap of wall-paper from 1971.  WOW that place was colorful at one point in time!
*Our new health insurance was supposed to save money, but I feel like we have spent 10x more $ in the past month than we did in the past YEAR with our old insurance.  But Tim also went to the urgent care or clinic 4 times in 2 weeks. (with a $45/copay each time).
*The Pediatric Cardiologist we were referred to by our pediatrician wasn't In-Network.
*FYI: It costs $500 to spend 10 minutes with a pediatric cardiologist.
*Just how many Pediatric Cardiology clinics are there in Minneapolis? One.
**Update** I just called the insurance company.  The Cardiologist will be fully covered -minus the co-pay- because the pediatrician didn't send the referral letter to the insurance company.  Really? Do insurance companies really think I would just take my 3 year old in to a cardiologist JUST FOR FUN?? Silliness.
*Hannah gets her H1N1 vaccination on Thursday morning.
*Cub and Rainbow both claim to have the lowest price on turkeys in the state.  Cub is 37-cents a pound & Rainbow is 42-cents a pound.  SOMEONE needs to take their "claim" down, or adjust their price.

(One of those things has NOTHING to do with my family... but it really bugs me).

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