7-2-11

1:00pm

Went down to mom's this morning.

The same Insight cable man came to

their house to check lines and start

getting them into all digital mode.

They won't be charged the $25 installation fee

either!  Along with our new digital

converter boxes we'll also be getting

an additional DVR box for the same

price of $7.00 for all.  Cable man said

it doesn't matter if you have a newer LCD

flat screen tv with the digital converter

built in them, Insight says you still need a 

converter box on it!  Doesn't make sense!
Wow didn't require that you had to have
a converter box on a newer tv that
had one already in it.  That was one reason why
we went out and purchase another LCD TV
for our bedroom.  And Wow didn't
require that an additional tv have a dvr on it.
I asked if it was necessary to have the 
extra DVR on another tv or could we do without
it and any extra charges.  
Cable man said it was all part of
them going all digital.

Trying to keep up with the times

is getting really confusing!
To me something isn't making sense.

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 When making breakfast this morning

I thought of this next tip.

Instead of buying expensive cans

of cooking spray, which are probably

filled with more air than oil,

why not buy a bottle of oil and fill

a spray bottle and use that instead.

I think a $2.50 (on sale) bottle of cooking oil

would last a lot longer than a 

can of $2- $4 cooking spray!

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 I hate the first of the month and

paying bills!

The mailman was so kind to bring

me another 3 doctor bills today, grrr.

In the past month alone 

I have shelled out a little over

$941 in doctor bills.

And today I have to pay another

$473!!

And I'm sure more are lingering

that still need paid off or

will be coming from recent 

doctor's visits.

I still have 2 years and 8 months

til Tony's hospital bill is paid off.

Once I get ahead with the rest of

the doctor bills I'd like to send the

hospital bill a little more each

month to get it paid off sooner.

I'm so tired of seeing doctor bills

I could just scream!

But I'm paying them off the best

I can to keep them off our backs.

It's still expensive with having

medical insurance.

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1:35pm

Well I might go color my hair,

meaning to color it myself.

A couple weeks ago I did it

a light golden brown and you couldn't

tell I colored it.  And it sure did not cover

any gray hairs I had even though the box

said it would. This time around

I got an ultra light ash blonde.

If you should have any red undertones

in your hair color and want to go

to blonde then I suggest using

hair colors that say neutral or ash

in the color names.  This should

keep the red tones from coming through

in your new hair color or having

orangy tones.

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2:15pm

Doc just called Tony with results

from the chest Xray.  

He says he doesn't have pneumonia anymore

but there is still something showing

up on his left lung.  

We should

really get the xray that was done

at Urgent Care so the doc can see

it to compare theirs and his.

Maybe we'll stop in there today

when going to get his prescription

since it's close by.

Maybe he hasn't had pneumonia

and has something else.

Maybe he did have pneumonia

at first but it has now developed into

something else.  

Who knows at the moment.

I think doc wants him to get

a cat scan and will probably schedule

it when he goes back this Thursday

for another follow up visit.

Doc did call in a prescription inhaler

for him because at times it gets

difficult for him to breath. 

 We'll get ready to leave for Kroger's

once my hair gets done.

I've got another 30 minutes to go.

For light blonde hair coloring

it takes longer to develop on hair,

up to 45 minutes.

So while we're waiting I'll

post before photos-

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3:15pm

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10:30pm


We had a friend of ours stop by today
we hadn't seen in awhile.  He used
to work with me and Tony
12+ years ago.  Then a couple other
neighbors came out to gab.


Kids are currently down the street
at their friends house watching fireworks
and me and Tony are planted in front
of the TV watching the NASCAR race.


Earlier today we went out and got
Tony's prescription and stopped
by Urgent Care to pick up x rays.
They put Tony's  x rays on a cd.
That was a first for us.
I was able to view it on the computer
before taking to the doctor's Thursday.