Use At Your Own Risk

So blogging is about sharing your feeelings right?
Nick and I have been shopping for new health insurance. So why were we denied health insurance from one company? They listed the reasons and basically it was every doctor's appt. I have had in the last year or so. I twisted my ankle and went in to be sure it was broken-they lsited that as a reason denied. The benign cyst I had checked out on my shoulder-they listed that too. So the medical community urges us to get these things checked out to be safe, and then when we do, the health insurance companies ding us and refuse to accept us because we are a bad risk. Can we say "Catch-22"? What the hell are we suppose to do now?
I guess we should be grateful that at least the kids got accepted but now I am leery of letting them go to the doctor's-will their appointments and check-ups now be held against them in the future?
What a bitch this is and as far as I am concerned, changes to the way the United States does Helath Care can't come soon enough.

Is This Equality?

I just read a snippet that Courtney Parks, a basketball player from the Oklahoma Sooners, was drafted into the WNBA at a starting salary of $41,000. That is a good starting pay for a new job, but I ask you: what is the starting pay for a man draftd into the NBA?
According to Information pulled off of tripatlas.com, which has information on the WNBA, the base salary of a starting rookie for the NBA was over $300,000 in 2007.
I guess the argument could be made that the NBA attracts more views, ergo more money via advertisment and ticket sales. Still, $41,000 versus $300,000 plus tells me that women play sports for the love of the game, not for personal fortunes. So why do we call the men of the game the hero's? Or should women be happy that they are jsut allowed to touch the ball without wearing a skirt?

Cheap Tip-Part VI

For those of you living in a rural area, this is a no-brainer but for us suburbanites, with a multitude of choices, people look at me in a surprised sort of way.
A great way to expose young kids to sports and/or the theater is to take them to a high school game/production. For older kids, take them to a community college.
Seriously, football/basketball/baseball tickets to the local teams will be far cheaper than anything professional. Same with plays, orchestra concerts, and singing shows.
I remember going to see "Oklahoma" at the local community college when I was 13-I thought it was practically professional and everyone seemed old to me.

Beep Beep Beep

I wasn't going to blog about this, because I already wrote it on Facebook, but my friend Katie said I should and we all know what a follower I am so here goes...

And by the way, I swear I am not making this up...

Last night I was making dinner (a miracle in itself) and of course when I opened up the oven, all the steam makes the fire alarm go off. In my defense, the previous owners put the fire alarm in a very lousy place. The fire alarm almost always goes off when I cook. However, last night when the alarm went off, Asa ran by and went "alright, dinner's ready." Crap.

Is This Love or Annoyance?

The other day, with the warmth of the sun on my back, I just sat and gazed at my beautiful baby boy. Noah just lights up when he sees me and there is so much trust and love in his face it just makes my heart sing. He looks at me like I am queen of the world, and as I coo'd and awe'd at him, I just couldn't imagine ever being angry at him.
Then his 3 year old brother walked by and I am yelling "Asa, get finger out of your brother's nose! Asa, why did you poke Noah in the eye?! Asa, did you toot or poop?"
Oh yeah, sweet little babies turn into stinky little boys. I love both my sons with all my heart but the singing heart stuff doesn't happen everyday.