The State of My Union...and Other Ramblings
Wow, it's been a while since I've posted. What a CrAzY week! We buried my sister-in-law's sister on Monday. She was 39 years old and lost her year long battle with ovarian cancer. It's been a tough situation altogether. She was a mother to a beautiful 12 year old girl. Please keep the family in your prayers as they go through the healing process.
Tyler has been sick this week. I am not sure what was wrong with him. He lost his little voice, had a belly ache, and cough. He seems to be feeling better. He seems to think he needs to stay home from pre-school ONE more day. ;) We'll see how it plays out tomorrow.
Sunday we went to The Big Buck Classic, hence Tyler's camo picture. He was all decked out and ready to go. We had a nice time. The kids got to see the Rattlesnake wrangler. Funny, and TRUE story: Emily Grace, my 16 month old daughter was pushing her way to the fence to see the rattle snakes. Her eyes were wide and she was so excited! There was a double fence so I guess that she couldn't have touched them, but once she got too close, I snatched her up and held her in my arms. She screamed! People thought that she was scared. But, she was ANGRY that I wouldn't let her get close to the fence. The fence where 50-60 rattlesnakes were piled up in the corner. The fence that just might have let her tiny little fingers slip through within striking distance of those venomous reptiles! Eeeeewww...the thought just makes my stomach turn.
All in all we had a fun weekend, followed by a not so fun week. Tonight was the state of the union address. Brien and I skipped it and decided to watch a movie instead. I get so frustrated when I watch things like that. I can tell you the state of our union isn't too great right now! We're small business owners who at the end of the month will have no health care coverage because my COBRA coverage from my previous employer has expired. So, right now we're playing the insurance marketing game. He has sleep apnea, high blood pressure, and is a smoker. We cannot get an insurance carrier to write a policy for him. Since Emily was sick with RSV last winter, the only one who would write a policy for her wanted me to pay a 110% increased premium and have a pre-existing clause where nothing related to RSV or ear infections was covered. It's disgusting to think that my husband and I both work hard to provide for our family and can't even get simple, affordable health care coverage while there are people who won't even attempt to find a job are handed vouchers for food, formula, provided them free childcare and health care at no out of pocket cost to them. So, who's pocket is it coming out of?! While you take a guess, I'm going to finish watching this movie and try to forget the state of THIS union!
