Parenting Chat Thread #3 (toddler, pregnancy, insurance, high school)
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IME, gardeners love to talk to other gardeners about their gardens. Whenever I see someone outside working in a great garden, I'll stop my car and compliment them on how pretty their garden looks. (I've seen some amazing gardens this way!) We usually gab for a few minutes. If they're dividing when I stop, they usually give me something. A few times we exchanged phone numbers and made arrangements to trade in the fall when we divided. Aside from neighbors and friends, most of the people I share with are parents of my children's friends. For example, I traded with TK's mother for years. If gardeners are that limited in your region (sounds like it's hard to grow things), maybe a garden club would be a great idea for you. Hey, maybe our other CD coloradoans garden too! All it takes it arranging a dividing weekend and having a meetup to trade!
My advice is to just purging junk now. Even if you don't end up moving, you'll feel so much better to have your house decluttered.
I was always stressed during my first trimester. I was the calmest during my last trimester. Hang in there.
Thank you! We have a lot of paper work for some reason that needs to be shredded.
It just a crazy year in the X household.
I am in the process of finishing my romance novel, I have to do the last few chapters and start editing so I can get it ready for publishing.
Then this pregnancy which was quite unexpected is causing more problems health insurance wise than anything else. I have my first doctors visit and they still won't tell me how much it is going to cost and most doctors want money upfront for the c-section regardless of insurance.
Now FIL is begging for help business wise because it has seems to expanded overnight and he is getting too old for it. It is Mr. X inheritance along with his two other siblings but they do not want any part of it unless it was sold. I told Mr. X while it would be good to go back just for the birth alone, dealing with the business is going to take a lot out of us.
In the past three years we moved so many times from the UK--NY--TX and now the possibilty of going back to the UK again.
I told Mr. X I am on the verge of moving to Australia without him and staying put! I feel like a nomad!
Then this pregnancy which was quite unexpected is causing more problems health insurance wise than anything else. I have my first doctors visit and they still won't tell me how much it is going to cost and most doctors want money upfront for the c-section regardless of insurance.
I have never heard of doctors requiring payment up front for a c-section from patients who have health insurance.
Do you have health insurance? Did you know that you can go buy health insurance now even with a pre-existing condition? The rates might be high, but it will be cheaper than paying for the full pregnancy and delivery out of pocket.
OK - got about 1/2way done with weeding...it's 85 already and I'm done for a bit. I think we're going to catch a movie this afternoon being as we're technically still on vacation.....DH and DS have been wanting to see The Green Lantern. Also just found out we got our 2 night hotel stay comped so maybe we'll splurge and get popcorn. We noticed that the room had a bit of an odor but we also noticed a wet spot on the carpet and the room looked otherwise clean and was a hotel chain that we're familiar with and have had good experiences with in the past. We figured someone earlier had spilled something and the wet spot was just because the carpet had to be shampooed and the odor was the result of the wet part of the carpet. We had a lot going on in a short period and really didn't spend that much time in the room to complain - besides, the hotel was full and we knew there was an entire high school softball team staying on another floor....The smell didn't go away though and as we were checking out DS pulled the pullout sofa away from the wall to make sure nothing had fallen back there and there were no chargers of any kind left plugged in...and there were a bunch of old newspapers that were wet and covered with mold. DS said he also saw some bugs. Of course it's taken us 2 days to get a manager to return our call (and a call to corporate HQ)....but we were assured that the situation has been resolved, there were no bedbugs (we took precautions anyway), and our CC will be credited the full amount of our stay.....
MrsX - here's hoping for a less stressful pregnancy!
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that needs to be shredded.
I feel like a nomad!
