Thursday, January 24, 2008

Knittin...movin?....Jehovah Jireh

What be goin on wit' me......I retaught myself how to knit, and now I'm knitting humble dishcloths....soon to graduate to a furry, colorful scarf. It helps interject pleasure and gratification into days which are 99% toil/service/labor/sacrifice. Jessica has a knifty knitter, and I got her some more yarn to make another hat. So we have a knifty, knitting, mother/daughter bond going on there.

Move to Port Orchard into a house my Dad could build (across the bridge) or rent...or buy? Pop needs to sell this house we're living in. I loathe upheaval, and I love this area. What to do?

Answer to prayer: I took William to the dentist for the first time (he's 5)last week. I thought he was hooked up as of November to my dental insurance through work, but I screwed up. He wasn't on it, and HR wouldn't budge because "open enrollment" was over till November. I was so depressed that I'd have to pay for a checkup, 2 fillings, and 2 pulpotimies (like mini/quasi root canals), that I was in tears on my knees. I completely thought that I had done the correct thing and signed him up to my insurance. It would have covered his initial appt 100% and other stuff at 80%. The pulpotimies alone cost 316.00 each. When I told the vivacious, kind receptionist the situation, just so she'd know, she said she was going to give me a 250.00 coupon credit to my account. That she was just about to mail them out. Hallelujah!! SOOOOOO THANKFUL!! :D

5 comments:

ljm said...

I am nodding to all three of your paragraphs...lots to relate to here. Am excited about your knitting!

We have almost no dental coverage and it stinks because my teeth are like rotten stumps and it's like pouring money down a never ending funnel of doom....
Time for some coffee.

Lori said...

Rotten stumps!?!? Ha ha!! Mine are constantly decaying, and I am due for 2 crowns. I have to pay for my coverage, and all of us are way overdue to go, cuz you still have to pay 20% and probably meet a deductible. I have a missing filling and am probably developing a cavity on some surface as I write this. Never ending funnel of doom! Ha ha!!

kw said...

like your new blog page. How do you get the pic to download? I can never do that and I really want to make mine more interesting.. Rotten stumps are cool in England. PEople have no shame re: teeth.haha

Kristi said...

What is it with the bad teeth in our family?? My teeth are always having issues. You'd think I sucked on sugar and never brushed my teeth. No insurance here, either.

Lori said...

KW, after signing in, click on "layout," then "edit header," then "upload photo," click "behind title and description," and "save changes." If this all doesn't appear as I have listed, maybe an "add page element" was a step I had to do at some time. I know what you mean about the famous English teeth!! :D Yes, Kristi, it would appear we go to sleep with extra sour lollipops in our mouth each nite!! Doesn't matter that I brush my teeth 3 times a day, usually. The bacterial culture of our mouths seems to be against us at all times!! Argh!