If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!The past few weeks I’ve noticed that I’ve gained a bit of weight despite the fact that my eating habits haven’t really changed.  It finally dawned on me to look up the side effects of the new(er) medication I was [...]

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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m on too many medications for my age (24).  I mean, really, I don’t know anyone else my age that takes 5-7 pills every morning when they get up.  I’ve gotten so good that I can take them all at once with one swig of milk.  What an [...]

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Back in March when I lost my job, I had to start taking steps to switch to my husband’s insurance.  Due to my medical issues, I couldn’t afford to go without.  I had a 1-month grace period after losing my job so everything got switched over quickly and without a hitch.  Or so I thought.
While [...]

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We adopted a kitten back in March (Romie, pictured to the left) because I was wanting one.  We already have an older cat (Toby, 5 years old) but he took more to my husband and didn’t want much to do with me.  I was wanting a pet of my own, so we adopted. [...]

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When I became full time at my last job, I decided to get health insurance.  Since I was only in my early 20’s, I didn’t figure I would really need it but wanted to be safe rather than sorry should something happen.  At around $100/month for awesome health coverage and decent dental, I was pretty [...]

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If you take a look at the vacation fund progress bar over there in the side column, you’ll see that it went from some 85% down to roughly 30% since yesterday. I had to “borrow” $388 from it to pay for my eye exam, contact lenses, and new glasses (frames and lenses) today, which [...]

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If you pay attention to my Twitter updates over there on the sidebar, you may have noticed that I was in a 4 wheeling accident this past weekend.  If you don’t read the Twitter updates…then this is news to you.  So let me explain.
Dave and I went up north with his dad and brother Friday [...]

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I need new glasses. And contacts. The first thing that came to mind when this dawned on me was “$$$!” That stuff is expensive! But the longer that I put it off, the worse my eyes will get. I learned that lesson once. Don’t continue to wear contacts if [...]

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