Life of the Party

      Summer is already to the midpoint and I'm surprised by how fast everything has quickly went by. My summer reading list hasn't really had a dent put in it, but I am working through it slowly. I didn't get to have a lake day yet. Where I usually swim was once owned by locals and the dumb northerners who bought it posted it. It's funny that they want to come across by land to do things, but I cannot do the same to enjoy the lake. I spent my entire childhood at that spot.      I saw the dreaded back to school stuff going out. My momma heart cannot take  this. I need more time with my child! I'm more than thankful for my summers off with Taylor. They just seem to pass by so fast.           

      The Affordable Dentures location in Asheville is ridiculous. I have been working to get mom a set of teeth for about four months now. Constant cancelations and misinformation has caused them to seem incompetent in their duties. It's not the actual dentist, but rather their front desk workers. Mom cannot drive herself there, so I have to make the 2.5 hour drive each time to ensure she doesn't miss an  appointment.      In this latest mishap, they called Friday evening wanting an A1C completed for today's appointment. It takes weeks to get an appointment with her PCP. Her doctor doesn't even come in on Fridays. Even if she could have somehow go an appointment the results of the blood test takes a week to get back. Our rural doctor offices are not equipped with the fast A1C readings.      She was desperately trying to explain this to the receptionist, but she just couldn't understand. She also had to keep putting mom on hold to go ask...

    Dark's story of Prince's search for a mate is one of awe. I think she could have an entire series based upon Prince's past. I just want to know more. Catt's character was also one that really showed how powerful female shifter life can be. As I listened to this story, I realized that book could be a complete stand alone book and a wonderful introduction to Dark's paranormal world. I have a few book left in this series, which  saddens me to no end.      I would rate this book a 5 out of 5! The narration was entertaining and lovable! Her choice of tones for the different voices made it an easy listen. I think all women wants a man that loves and protects them as Wolf shifters do their mates. Modern day fairy tale at its best.   

      Oddly enough, we have never had to really step in and help out any of our goats. The mommas have always willingly made the choice to stop letting their offspring suckle. We had to do some research and call some other goat owners to learn how to help her out.      The buckling in question is over 7 months old (his new owners are building a fenced in area for him, but who knows when that will get done). He is on the smaller side, but he will not stop feeding from his mom. So we started separating them at night. He is eating regular feed and picking on his own. He can fully function. The mom has been exposed to a billy and will have new babies early fall. I do not want her body stressing to produce milk and grow new kids at the same time.      Weaning is terrible and I feel so bad when Fin screams for his mom. She doesn't to be stressed or bothered by us moving him either. Tomorrow starts the complete separation where he will stay in a sep...

       My husband had briefly spoken about getting rid of a few more hens today while we were feeding. Funny story short. We have four hens in a separate coop that are not laying or are they? I went back down to the coops right before dark to check on everything and look what I found in the nesting boxes. Four beautiful eggs! What trickery is this? It is hilarious to think they really understood that they were on the chopping block, literally. Where have all these eggs been going for over a month now? I check the boxes at least twice a day during the summer months and they have had nothing for weeks. This is odd! Maybe someone has been helping themselves to the eggs?      Maybe one of them has been eating them including all of the shells?  

      My mom is the absolute best and she really strives to make me happy. This is rare considering I'm in my thirties. She does is all out of love and I appreciate it more than she will ever know. With that being said, she likes to buy me clothes. She recently saw a Facebook Ad for Halara's dresses. They were having an impressive sale and she ordered me several items. Pants and two dresses. I was thrilled with the pants and how cute they were! The dresses however were a massive disappointment. The fit is fabulous and flattering. I took special care to read all the attached tags. Apparently, the wrinkles come out after the first wash. Not a true statement. I even borrowed my husband's clothing steamer to see if that would help. Sadly it did not.      I don't want to look and see how much she paid for said items, but I would like to get her money back or exchange the dresses for other items. I don't think they will take them back after I washed them. Th...

      Even with CarePayment it seems an impossible feat to escape this debt. I got off the phone with this company and decided that I would just do the best I could with what I have. They cannot eat me or however that saying goes.      To beat it all the lady stated that they would hand it over to debt collector regardless of payment via CarePayment if the total is not paid in full by 2027. So even making the arranged set payments this may still end up going against my credit. I think as long as they are getting some form of payment that they should just be okay with it. People who dodge paying medical debt should have it reported not those of us trying to make things right!      I just hope nothing major goes wrong again in the near future. It wasn't an elective surgery, so it should be classified differently. 

Classic love story of a damsel in distress. Emma has a rough childhood with a drug addict mother and things that go with that: abuse, hunger, anxiety, and sexual exploitation. McAdams did a marvelous job of keeping her reader's attention. I didn't really like how slow plot progressed and justification didn't really occur until the last two chapters. The narration was decent and I really was engaged throughout the story. I would give this book a 3.9 out of a 5 due to the slowness of plot sequence. I was somewhat annoyed with this!  I do not think I would give this author an additional chance.     

      I have really good health insurance, but it still doesn't help. I had surgery back in May and I'm just now getting some of the bills in that the insurance didn't cover. Come on Blue Cross Blue Shield! With inflation driving up all living costs and this new debt, I'm in over my head. I don't know where to start and the annoyance is killing me.      I am highly educated and barely surviving! With an education (which was heavily encouraged), I should be breaking more than even. I budget well in my opinion and adding this additional $450 payment a month seems excessive. I wish there was some sort of reform that would happen to place medical costs at set rate. My surgery was over $95,000 dollars and my insurance did the best it could. Each department had its own billing as well, so there are also other payments that will be made. Medical debt is ridiculous and there's no way to escape it. I'm still paying on the birth of my child back from back in 2023. Th...

      I'm have zero medical training, but I do have an opinion on what stress does to the body. At the current moment I'm stressed over not working a summer job. This is the first summer that I didn't clean cabins, bus tables, or work a cash register. I'm feeling it more now than ever. With great certainty, I think stress is why my hair is falling out and my stomach is messed up. Stress causes me sleep issues as well. I have also had panic attacks in the past (a doctor called them this).      So, what do I do to manage this? I'm going to try a few new tactics to see it they help me in anyway. I will first start off with lifting weights nightly to see if that helps and then I will move on to punching my boxing bag. Farm chores just isn't cutting it, and maybe I need something more intense. I went down a used the weed eater for over an hour the other day. Honestly, that seemed to really help me blow off some steam. The heat wave has really made me stay indoor...