Category: Family Matters

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A Quiet Weekend

This was a weekend for catching up on everything from sleep to cleaning. Friday night I was in bed by 8:45pm. I cleaned crazy things like my microwave (gross, I know, but I hardly ever bother-it just gets dirty again). MAM got a hair cut, and for a few hours the laundry hamper was actually empty. I even busted out the iron.

Things are in as good of order as they are going to get for awhile…on Friday I leave for a conference in Atlanta. I’ll be there for four days, then a week later we all leave for the Sunshine state. I’ll be flying more this month than I have since before MAM was born.

The other thing I worked on this weekend was the Etsy store–check the widget to the right. New stuff! We’ve had two online sales so far, but the soaps have been going like hot cakes with the elementary kids at my school. Check it out!

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Looking the Gift Horse in the Mouth

I got a 2 letters in the mail today out of the blue from our health insurance company. The first one stated that as of February 22, 2008 our family doctor will no longer be in our network. They suggest we find another provider. This makes me sad, we’ve been with this same practice since moving here in 1999. The office staff is friendly (one of them lives in our neighborhood and always says hi), the doctor is one who’ll make personal phone calls, his physician assistant calls to check up on us if we’ve been in for an ailment…we’ve been really happy there. And now, we must find someone else.

The second letter from the health insurance company stated that our Hospital (and their whole city-wide network) will no longer be in our network either. The hospital that’s across the street from MAM’s daycare, the hospital 6 minutes from our house, the hospital with the urgent care center we’ve frequented…yeah, that hospital. And now we must find a new hospital.

I’m sure there’s a cliche that covers the concept of complaining about something that isn’t exactly what you want but still isn’t all that bad. Because really, unless more hospitals in the area are jumping ship, we still have a lot to choose from. And, um, we have health insurance. I know a lot of people who would gladly take any part of what we’ve got. But it’s annoying to have to do research and figure out where we want to go and who we’d like to see.

And you know on February 23, probably one of us will be sick. So I’m going to go trolling the internet looking for a new doc now.

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For a Good Cause!


I don’t think I’ve mentioned them much, but I have a group of good friends through a Cooking Light Supper Club. We met each other right around September 2001. For the past seven years, we’ve been meeting every so often to, well, eat. Most notably, homemade, fabulous, gourmet low-fat fare. Oh, and dessert. There is always dessert.

One of my fellow supper-clubbers has been recently diagnosed with bone marrow cancer. She’s starting treatment, and her prognosis is good, but she’s going to need help to get through it. So, the club gathered to eat….and to brainstorm.

We are selling this fabulous homemade chocolate scented heart shaped soaps in time for Valentine’s Day. The larger soaps come in a gauzy little drawstring bag and sell for $3, the smaller soaps come three to a box and the box sells for $7. Shipping is $2 for a single soap, $3 for a box, and totally negotiable if you buy more than one item…so buy in bulk for every chocoholic on your list!! The larger size can also be dyed red and scented with cinnamon.

So, how do you get your valentine some of this fabulousness? Just email me at gotchababy05@gmail.com or leave a comment with your email and I’ll get back to you.
Right now we’re just accepting PayPal….if you are interested, email me and we’ll figure something out!

Want to try your luck and win one? Enter my giveaway here.