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Mar 23 2009

this is why i drink

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lots of things are different at the house of jess lately. first and foremost, the biggest change is one i probably shouldn’t blog about. now i realize i can’t dangle a carrot out there like that and not explain, but i do need to stay employed. i have a mortgage to pay and kids to support. all you need to really know is that i still have a job, but i do not like it very much and right now i’m struggling to get through each day. it’s been a great trial and i expect the trial to continue for some time to come. but i’m tough and i’ll make it.

i quit smoking. saturday night was the one month mark. now before you go and give me a bunch of praise, keep this in mind: the last time i quit, it was for 3 or 4 months - AND THEN I STARTED AGAIN. however, this time i do believe it’s for good. i’ve already seen a remarked difference. not just with the coughing up a lung in the morning - but with reflux. i have long suffered from stomach problems (i’ll spare you all the gory details), including ulcers. since i quit, reflux has almost disappeared. i have still munched down a few pepcid ac’s every now and then, but i’m pretty happy with this.

i’m happy to report that cooper, our third dog, is 1 percent housebroken. no, that is not a typo. ONE PERCENT housebroken. as in, he has NEVER pooped or peed outside. thank you, winter, for hosing my life as the owner of a very tiny dog who will not do his business outside. lucky for me, most of our main floor is tile, and that is where he chooses to relieve himself 98 percent of the time. and he does use his puppy pad, too.

i lived through the worst cold i’ve had in at least five years. for two days, i wished for death. i had a fever and i was just thoroughly exhausted. i lost my voice for most of five days. i’m just getting back on my feet.

i’ve been really burned out on blogging. lots of interesting things have happened, but i haven’t really felt like writing any of it down. i’ve found facebook and twitter easier to update - b/c i only have to think in 140 characters or less. i am pretty sure that’s a total cop-out, but it’s true. i’ve still been lurking on several blogs and even commenting on a few every now and then, but even reading blogs has become a luxury…something i don’t have time for now.

life has been chaos…and that’s just the way i like it. today i spring cleaned the HELL out of my house. yesterday i went skiing for the first time in 15 years. and i can still walk!! (with pharmaceutical intervention, thank you very much.) jake and jenna have learned how to snowboard. i bought a new washer and dryer. i changed all the lights in my kitchen BY MYSELF. jake kicked butt in winter basketball, often being the scoring leader on his team - usually scoring ten points or more in a game. i’m really proud of my son and the man he is becoming. jenna danced at halftime at a USU basketball game and has a couple of competitions coming up. i’ll also be coaching her soccer team here in a few weeks… 11 girls, all 7 or 8 years old. LUCKY ME…right?? RIGHT?!?!?!

i’m going to try to post on a more regular schedule. but no promises. i’ve missed writing and i want to do it more often.

now…i’ve got to go take some drugs, take the dogs out, switch out some laundry and read my sister’s book. you should go and read an excerpt of her book, downloadable for free on amazon.com

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Jan 29 2009

Save a Fortune Now, Pay a Mega-Fortune Later…

Published by Bridge under kids

As many of you know, my niece and nephew both have Rigid Spine Muscular Dystrophy. One of the problems with this, and there are many I assure you, is the lack of muscle development. This lack also affects their lungs. That is why I had all of you help purchase the Cough Assist machine for them last year. It usually helps them stay out of the hospital. Unfortunately my niece is currently in ICU at Primary Children’s Hospital in SLC.

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Our healthcare system in the U.S. is pretty much crap. Not even pretty much, it is just crap. Our doctors and nurses are awesome. Our insurance… NOT awesome.

I am extremely sad that my sister-in-law and brother-in-law will probably become bankrupt soon because of medical bills. My niece and nephew qualify for a Medicaid waiver allowing them to be on Medicaid, and it allows their parents to still work. Unfortunately there are only so many of these waivers in the State of Utah. Basically other kids need to die in order for my niece and nephew to get them. Otherwise my sister-in-law and brother-in-law need to spend all of their money, and quit their jobs to get the same medical care. LAME. LAME. LAME.

Did I mention LAME?

If you know anyone that can help with this please let me know. We have written letters to our local and state government trying to get additional Medicaid waivers approved. Instead we hear they are going to cut them. What? They would rather have people live on welfare and receive Medicaid than have working/contributing members of society work and pay taxes.

HMMMM.

I should mention these Medicaid wavers are given to children with disabilities. They were designed to help these children live the best life they can.

This is a message my sister-in-law Jasmine wrote today on her facebook account. I want to share it all with you.

The US health care system is one bandaid fix, upon another bandaid fix, upon another. The doctors are as good as anywhere else, the staff are trained and the floors are clean - and yet as a country, the United States is ranked #37 as a health system by the World Health Organization.

This is because actually accessing care is impossible for tens of millions - even those that have health insurance, because they simply cannot afford to pay the bill.

The United States spends nearly $7000 per capita each year on health care - the highest in the world - and yet it is estimated that 18,000 people die needlessly each year, simply because they are uninsured or underinsured.

Phoenix’s intensive care doctor was sickened to receive her into intensive care yesterday. She was sickened because Phoenix could have had an RSV vaccination two months ago, but because of the highly inflated cost of $3,300 for three needles, we had to literally turn the delivery man away at the door. This was a very difficult decision for us to make and it ate away at me for weeks because Isis nearly died from RSV at Phoenix’s age, as many of you remember. Earlier that morning, Phoenix’s doctor had admitted a young mexican boy who had become blind from an untreated tumor - this tumor was untreated for the exact reason that Phoenix didn’t get her RSV shots - the cost.

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Australia spends just over $3000 per capita and every person has access to care. The current Australian system, known as Medicare, coexists with a private health system. Medicare is funded partly by a 1.5% income tax levy (with exceptions for low-income earners), but mostly out of general revenue. An additional levy of 1% is imposed on high-income earners without private health insurance. As well as Medicare, there is a separate Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme that heavily subsidises prescription medications. Doctors still make great incomes and the public hardly notices the tax.

As my sister put it last night sitting by Phoenix’s bed, “In Australia, we all take care of each other”. I hope to be able to sit by my children’s hospital beds in the future and be able to focus all my worry and attention upon my sick child living and recovering, rather than how on earth we are going to pay for it.

I hope for the day where we all take care of each other here too.

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Jan 03 2009

jacob and jenna-isms

Published by jess under kids

today we were at sam’s club…and i was examining some giant pork tenderloins. they were only $1.97 a pound, and i was trying to decide if i wanted to buy one or not.

jake says, “mom! how do you cook pork lion anyway?” (no, that is NOT a typo.)

me: “pork lion?”

jake: yeah, pork lion. that’s what these are called.

me: no they aren’t. they are PORK LOIN.

jake: oh. well, i like pork lion better. that’s what i call it.

he then proceeded to talk about pork lion for the next ten minutes. how do i cook pork lion??

on new years eve, we were all getting ready to go over to bridge’s house for a night of debauchery food and games. paul had just gotten out of the shower and was singing in the bathroom. he was just being a dork…he knew i could hear him. jenna laughed and said, “mom, you have a good husband.”

jenna told her grandma, her very mormon grandma, on christmas day that “my mom lets me drink coffee ALL THE TIME.”

then jake chimes in, “yeah, she does. we drink it every weekend!!”

that is SOOO not true. thanks, jenna. you have a giant mouth. and jake, you are no help.

jenna: “mom, would you like a mountain dew?”

me: “why yes, yes i would.”

jenna: coming right up.

she brings it in and then stands there and waits for me to open it. when i don’t right away she says, “moooom. i wanted a drink of that!!”

very generous of her, dontcha think??

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Dec 17 2008

Happy Birthday Mason…

Published by Bridge under kids

Today my little boy turns 9 years old.

Um, that is not so little anymore. I feel REALLY OLD suddenly.

Happy Birthday Mason… I love you!

(THIS IS WHEN HE WAS A BABY. HE HAD SURGERY AT 1 MONTH.)

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(I CAN’T BELIEVE HE IS 9!!!)

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Dec 07 2008

walmart survival

Published by jess under kids

one of my favorite things to do is to review my kids’ graded assignnments. if they don’t come home as homework, i don’t always see what they are doing in class.

this gem was in jenna’s stack of stuff last week:

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the kids are asked to write about what they would do if they were trapped at walmart overnight. i’m don’t know if you can read her paper (or her handwriting) very well…so i’m going to type it out - exactly as she wrote it.

What I would probrely since theres fhones I would call for help but if there wasn’t if theres clothes shoes bathrooms and a water fhouten I think I could be fhine four a month but I’m sure my mom would be verry sad cause she would miss me so much. and she would be wourey. But then when it opens then I can just ride thz bus home.

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Nov 16 2008

No Bake Cookies… a great activity to do with your kids!

So my husband is the Cub Master for our son’s Cub Scout Troop. This week’s activity will be making cookies. What group of boys wouldn’t want to learn to make cookies when they get to eat them afterwards?

Yeah.

Today my husband asked me for my No Bake Cookie recipe. After looking at my copy of the recipe, I realized NO ONE would be able to create an edible cookie from the chicken scratch I have on the paper. I decided to type it up. Not only did I type it up, but I put in step-by-step instructions for 9 year old boys.

I think I will share the recipe with you…

NO BAKE COOKIES

2 Cups Sugar
¼ Pound Butter
½ Cup Milk
2 ½ Cups Oatmeal
1 Cup Coconut
2/3 Cups Peanut Butter
3 Tablespoons Coca
1 ½ Teaspoon Vanilla

DIRECTIONS:

In a mixing bowl, combine oatmeal and coconut. Stir until completely mixed.

In large saucepan, combine sugar, butter, cocoa and milk. Mix on stove over medium heat until melted and boiling. Boil for 60 seconds while stirring frequently. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla and peanut butter. When peanut butter is completely melted add in oatmeal and coconut.

Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand until cool and firm. Store tightly covered.

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS:
Step 1: Measure oatmeal and coconut.
Step 2: Mix oatmeal and coconut in mixing bowl.
Step 3: Measure sugar, butter, cocoa and milk.
Step 4: Mix sugar, butter, cocoa and milk in saucepan.
Step 5: Turn on stove to medium heat and stir ingredients in saucepan until melted and boiling.
Step 6: Continue to stir the boiling ingredients for 60 seconds.
Step 7: Take saucepan off of hot stove burner. Either place on a hot pad or on cold stove burner.
Step 8: Measure vanilla and peanut butter.
Step 9: Add vanilla and peanut butter into the saucepan. Stir until melted.
Step 10: Add oatmeal and coconut into the same saucepan. Mix well.
Step 11: Using tablespoons take spoonful of batter and drop on waxed paper.
Step 12: Leave alone until cool!
Step 13: Share with friends and family.
Step 14: Finally eat one yourself!

Go ahead and make some with your kids. They will love you for it!

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Aug 20 2008

Bridge is finally an adult… well kind of…

Published by Bridge under bridge, kids

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Today is an amazing day. Today my youngest child goes to first grade. For all of the parents out there… you know what I am talking about.

SIX AND A HALF HOURS TO MYSELF EACH DAY!!! KID FREE!!! WHIPPEE!!!

Do I sound excited? I totally am. Kindergarten sucked donkey balls. Literally. I hated the half day of school crap.

So what am I doing right now you might ask. Well it depends on the time. In between the hours of 11:00 A.M. and 11:00 P.M. I will be drinking beer. I may eat or try to put together a coherent sentence during that time.

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I was totally planning a spa day for today, but am going to do that in Europe with Al instead. For anyone in the CV area… I will be at the White Owl. Feel free to come and visit me. Feel free to text me first to make sure I haven’t passed out yet.

Thursday will be back to work. I can’t party like a rock star EVERY day. Or can I?

On a different note: I will post about my weight progress next week. I’ve been sidetracked from lots of summer vacation crap. Back to the grind on Thursday as well.

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