http://localhs.com/scuttle/2006/10/great-school-debate.asp
Read this "lovely" article on how Dr. Phil covered homeschooling and breastfeeding on his show.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Brittany's re-connection
When Britty was 5-6 she had a friend named Hannah that she just LOVED. She even named her dolls after Hannah. Hannah's family and our family ended up not being involved in the same things the next year or any other year until now. Friday night she went to a Jr. High Game Night and guess who she went with...Hannah! Here are the two of them:
as a side note, I got to reconnect with her mom, too, whom I love dearly! We are really looking forward to getting to know this family better over the years!
as a side note, I got to reconnect with her mom, too, whom I love dearly! We are really looking forward to getting to know this family better over the years!
Sharing the good news of others
my friends, the McCrackins, got the news today that their adoption went through so they are going to be on the way to Korea to pick up their little boy later this week! They already have one little boy from Korea: Colton, Kaedra's boyfriend. ;-) (It's okay if I say that when they are so little! LOL) Now they are on the way to get Braden and we are so excited for them! HALLELUJAH!
I have been praying for this family and this little one, Noah Steven: http://noahsteven.blogspot.com/. Check out their blog, he got to go outside yesterday! HALLELUJAH! I remember when Kaedra first went outside... What an exciting day! (Noah has been outside before, just not for 11 1/2 weeks) Please join me in praying for them, regularly!
I have been praying for this family and this little one, Noah Steven: http://noahsteven.blogspot.com/. Check out their blog, he got to go outside yesterday! HALLELUJAH! I remember when Kaedra first went outside... What an exciting day! (Noah has been outside before, just not for 11 1/2 weeks) Please join me in praying for them, regularly!
Sunday, October 22, 2006
My restful weekend
Well I have been on bed rest this weekend due to spotting and cramping. My doctor has put me on rest for a whole week. I am not good at this, but I am trying to be a good patient. I kept myself busy ALL day today with one of Brittany's Nancy Drew computer games. I highly recommend them for a day of rest. I barely noticed the time going by! LOL
I will write more tomorrow, I am off to bed now.
I will write more tomorrow, I am off to bed now.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
My own response to my "solutions" post
I opened my bible to psalms this morning and these verses jumped out at me...
The Lord is my glory and the Lifter of my head....He sustains me. Psalm 3
The Lord has set me apart for Himself. Psalm 4
I am surrounded with favor as with a shield. Psalm 5
The Lord is my stronghold, my stronghold in times of trouble,
I know His name and I put my trust in Him
For He does not forsake those who seek Him. Psalm 9
I sing to the Lord, because he has dealt boutifully with me. Psalm 13
And I am like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
and I yield my fruit in its season,
my leaf does not wither and in whatever I do, I prosper. Psalm 1
The Lord is my glory and the Lifter of my head....He sustains me. Psalm 3
The Lord has set me apart for Himself. Psalm 4
I am surrounded with favor as with a shield. Psalm 5
The Lord is my stronghold, my stronghold in times of trouble,
I know His name and I put my trust in Him
For He does not forsake those who seek Him. Psalm 9
I sing to the Lord, because he has dealt boutifully with me. Psalm 13
And I am like a tree firmly planted by streams of water,
and I yield my fruit in its season,
my leaf does not wither and in whatever I do, I prosper. Psalm 1
When your hut's on fire....
My dear friend Susan sent this to me after reading my last post....
WHEN YOUR HUT'S ON FIRE
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small,
uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Everyday he
scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he
eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect
himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little
hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had
happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief,
and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching
the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?"
asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they
replied.
The Moral of This Story:
It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we
shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives.... even in the midst
of pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut
seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons
the Grace of God.
P. S. You may want to consider passing this on, because you never know
who feels as if their hut is on fire today.
WHEN YOUR HUT'S ON FIRE
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small,
uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him. Everyday he
scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he
eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect
himself from the elements, and to store his few possessions.
One day, after scavenging for food, he arrived home to find his little
hut in flames, with smoke rolling up to the sky. He felt the worst had
happened, and everything was lost. He was stunned with disbelief, grief,
and anger. He cried out, "God! How could you do this to me?"
Early the next day, he was awakened by the sound of a ship approaching
the island! It had come to rescue him! "How did you know I was here?"
asked the weary man of his rescuers. "We saw your smoke signal," they
replied.
The Moral of This Story:
It's easy to get discouraged when things are going bad, but we
shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives.... even in the midst
of pain and suffering. Remember that the next time your little hut
seems to be burning to the ground. It just may be a smoke signal that summons
the Grace of God.
P. S. You may want to consider passing this on, because you never know
who feels as if their hut is on fire today.
Monday, October 16, 2006
Solutions?
So, we have an issue that has come up against us...I will get to what it is in a second. We have been calling different people in charge trying to come up with solutions. These are some of the ideas that we have received:
1. get a divorce, still live together, but have Kahri get on welfare.
1a. same as above, but also claim Kahri as a live in nurse.
2. move to a different state
3. have Michael step down from his position and take a lesser paying position.
4. have Michael quit his job and get a completely different one.
5. work out a series of benefit concerts.
6. put Kaedy's name on a jug and have people contribute to a "Kaedra fund" at local Walmarts.
7. have more kids so you can claim them(okay, I can HONESTLY say that this has NEVER been a reason I have considered for having more kids)
Aren't these lovely "solutions?" They were all given to us by supposedly intelligent people who were being serious at the time!
So the issue we are up against? Our insurance is changing as of Jan 1st. Neither of the two choices we have for new insurance will take care of our nursing needs (not to mention other of Kaedy's needs). One of them will only pay $1000 maximum per month in nursing and the other will pay 80%. The first one would cover not-quite two days out of the month, the second - if we are only responsible for 20% of our nursing, that will still be approx $3800 a month! Add the lifetime max to the equation and Kaedra will only be able to have a few more rib surgeries. We are applying for a program called TEFRA for supplemental aid with Kaedra. I was told the other day, by someone from the county health office, that Kaedra seems far too healthy to qualify for that. She actually said, "you will do a lot better if Kaedra could be really sick on the day they come out to meet her!" She stopped just short of suggesting poisoning! (JK...well, sort of) We were originally told that our insurance wanted to institutionalize her because it would be cheaper. Now we are being told, because she is too "well" to be institionalized, we can't get government aid.
The "solutions" I listed above? They are from Michael's employer's health insurance dept, our nursing company, the county health dept and the insurance companies. Some of them (namely "solutions" 1-4) were named by more than one source!! YES! We got told by TWO different people to GET A DIVORCE!!! All four mentioned Michael taking a cut in pay so we could qualify for Medicaid. I can't count how many times people have told us to move to a different state so we could qualify for more state aid. "You just need to get yourself below the poverty level." Hmmmmm and all this time I thought we were trying to get people OUT of poverty!
Okay, I am closing my mouth now.
1. get a divorce, still live together, but have Kahri get on welfare.
1a. same as above, but also claim Kahri as a live in nurse.
2. move to a different state
3. have Michael step down from his position and take a lesser paying position.
4. have Michael quit his job and get a completely different one.
5. work out a series of benefit concerts.
6. put Kaedy's name on a jug and have people contribute to a "Kaedra fund" at local Walmarts.
7. have more kids so you can claim them(okay, I can HONESTLY say that this has NEVER been a reason I have considered for having more kids)
Aren't these lovely "solutions?" They were all given to us by supposedly intelligent people who were being serious at the time!
So the issue we are up against? Our insurance is changing as of Jan 1st. Neither of the two choices we have for new insurance will take care of our nursing needs (not to mention other of Kaedy's needs). One of them will only pay $1000 maximum per month in nursing and the other will pay 80%. The first one would cover not-quite two days out of the month, the second - if we are only responsible for 20% of our nursing, that will still be approx $3800 a month! Add the lifetime max to the equation and Kaedra will only be able to have a few more rib surgeries. We are applying for a program called TEFRA for supplemental aid with Kaedra. I was told the other day, by someone from the county health office, that Kaedra seems far too healthy to qualify for that. She actually said, "you will do a lot better if Kaedra could be really sick on the day they come out to meet her!" She stopped just short of suggesting poisoning! (JK...well, sort of) We were originally told that our insurance wanted to institutionalize her because it would be cheaper. Now we are being told, because she is too "well" to be institionalized, we can't get government aid.
The "solutions" I listed above? They are from Michael's employer's health insurance dept, our nursing company, the county health dept and the insurance companies. Some of them (namely "solutions" 1-4) were named by more than one source!! YES! We got told by TWO different people to GET A DIVORCE!!! All four mentioned Michael taking a cut in pay so we could qualify for Medicaid. I can't count how many times people have told us to move to a different state so we could qualify for more state aid. "You just need to get yourself below the poverty level." Hmmmmm and all this time I thought we were trying to get people OUT of poverty!
Okay, I am closing my mouth now.
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
PLEASE READ!
If you have sent me mail in the past month, I have managed to lose it. Jeff Mitchell - if you read this, please email me again. I don't have your emails or your address. Anyone that is waiting for an email from me, please try emailing me again! I had to re-load Windows and, for some reason, it chose to back all my info up to 9/9/06. In between then and now, I have nothing....
Thanks!
Thanks!
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