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I also tag Claudia and Alison(if you're watching)

I've been tagged

Okay, Julie tagged me (after Rachel tagged her to pick up a book that you're reading and fill us in-go to page 123, 5 sentences down and give us the next 3 sentences). I have a book that I want to read but haven't started it yet. It's called, "It's All Too Much" by Peter Walsh. So now I have to go to page 123 and then go 5 sentences down and type the next 3 sentences. This chapter is about Family and Living Rooms. This section is entitled Make It Happen Establish the Zones: Gary and Marie have 3 young children. They live in an 1800 sq foot home. When I first saw their living room it was a catch-all for anything you can imagine--clothing, books, mail, the kids' toys crafting materials, even two large stacks of romance novels that Marie had recently collected from her grandmother's home Once something came into that room it never left.
Okay, this isn't too exciting!LOL Maybe i won't read it after all!LOL I tag Lorna, April(if you're spying *S*) and Janet(if you're checking out my blog and if you are, could you make me "safe" to view yours? *S* thanks!)

Monday Evening

It's been a while since I've posted and I don't have any photos at the moment to share, but I wanted to share what Kent and I did this evening. We meet once a month with our friends, Steve and Victoria Truscott (and their daughter Katherine joined us tonight) and Larry & Linda Johnson for a combined family home evening ; tonight Victoria offered to host a potluck at their house. We all brought a dish and sat around talked. I brought a "choices" game that promoted a good discussion of values and ideas. Then we went over to Art & Laurel Helm's home for the men to sing to Art. He is dying of cancer; in fact, they expect him to go anytime. There is such a great spirit in their home and especially in that tiny room that Art is in which used to be his office until they moved a hospital bed in for him. The men sang "I Stand All Amazed" and "Families Can Be Together Forever" and then Steve sung ""The Old Rugged Cross". Then the men gave Art a Priesthood blessing with Joe Helm also standing in. It was a very special moment and one that I'm so glad that I was present for. Being there just reaffirmed to me the important things in life which are family and friends and our relationship with Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ. We just never know when it'll be our turn to leave this life. In the meantime, I need to remember to be grateful and enjoy each moment (the wonderful times and the not so pleasant ones as well!*S*).

Quick Update on Rob's knee

Rob went to Dr. Randolph on Monday afternoon and from what Dr. Randolph could tell(and he did a thorough exam) is that Rob has a bad sprain. He wants Rob to go back in at the first of next week when the swelling has gone down even more and then he can do an even more thorough exam and if it's needed, an MRI. So, it appears that it may not be that bad after all. So, why do I waste time worrying?*S*

Insurance Update

So, I called our Insurance company again today to ask more questions as to why Rob could not be covered since he was in school as of Jan. 7th. I was directed to call the Insurance person ,Yolanda, at Pacificorp in Portland. We had a nice conversation and I kept questioning "why". So then I asked if all the doctor bills we would be paying would reflect on Rob's deductible after March 1st and of course the answer was" no" since he would not be on our insurance until March 1st. After a few minutes of talking, Yolanda said , "just a minute" and I waited. When she came back on the telephone, she said that since I had faxed them Rob's school information on Feb. 1st that his coverage on our plan would be in effect as of Feb. 1st! All I could say to her was, "bless you!". She didn't have to do that and she did it anyway. So, there are nice people who work for insurance companies! And I guess the rules can be broken every once in a while. Rob has a doctor appointment today with our regular physician since the Orthopedic doctor he'd go to is too busy and only in the office for 2 1/2 days this week. So, we were advised to go to our regular doctor and if he thought it was necessary to have the x-rays or mri done and then Dr. Gryler (orthopedist) would see Rob. Whatever. So, Rob has a 3:00pm appointment and we'll know more then. I've just go to say that Heavenly Father does answer prayers.

Rob with the immoblizer on his knee

Okay, I got a photo of Rob on the couch showing his immobilizer. The look of pain on his face was just for show He was actually enjoying a frosty that his girlfriend, Chelsea, brought to him. He'll be getting some crutches from his golf coach either this evening or tomorrow so he can be a little more mobile. Let's just pray that his knee heels quickly and on its own!

Our Bathroom Re-Do

I told my sister, Debbie, that I would post pics of our bathroom re-do so she could see. Kent (and Rob) but mostly Kent, redid the hall bathroom right before the kids came home for Christmas. Rob tore the wallpaper down and Kent put up beadboard, new molding, and the hotel-like shower curtain rod(which I love) as well as painted the walls that "green" color. I don't think I have ever picked out a color so fast! I had some paint samples at home and just picked one! I don't know that I absolutely love it but it is growing on me and since we are not going to be re-painting anytime soon, it'll just have to be great!*S* Any suggestions as to what to put over the towel bar on the right side of the room? Right now there's a snowman runner hanging there; the navy is good, but I will need to replace it fairly soon since it won't be winter forever!

You just never know what's going to happen

Okay, so yesterday morning I drove my friend, Beryl(pronounced burl), to the Richland. She had an appointment with a financial planner so she could get her retirement stocks changed and what not since her husband passed away last Spring. Anyway, while she had her hour appointment I shopped in an interesting little shop( in the very old shopping center) called Octopus something. It had very cool greeting cards that you don't see everywhere and just items that aren't in all the stores. It was fun. Then Beryl and I serviced the card department in the Safeway that was about a mile down the road. Edie needed it done since there is no merchandiser for that store right now and it was in bad shape; plus we were paid for the 2hrs and 45 min that we worked plus the travel time to get there and to get back home and mileage on top of that. AFter we worked, we went to Big Lots. I love that store; you just never know what you're going to find there for such a good price!*S* It was about 6:30pm by that time so we went to Red Robin(it was very busy) and had a nice meal and just relaxed for a little while. Beryl has never been to Kohl's so we stopped there(only for about an hour and a half!) The time just flies when you're in that store! I got a few pairs of shoes that I badly needed and I may keep them or I may take them back; I haven't decided. Anyway, to make a long story short, while trying on shoes, Dad(Kent) called and told me that Rob had done something bad to his knee while playing Church basketball! And it was the knee he had surgery on when he was in 9th grade from a basketball injury as well. Beryl and I got back in to Walla Walla round 11:00pm and i drove right to Walla Walla General Hospital Emergency where they were still waiting to be seen. By that time Rob wasn't in horrible pain, but we waited anyway. The doctor said it might just be a sprain, put an immobilizer on his knee/leg, and sent us home. We'll probably just wait out the weekend and see how it's feeling before calling the Orthopedic Surgeon.
The awful thing is that Rob isn't covered under out insurance at the moment since he just started community college in January. We got a letter in the mail from the insurance company about a week and a half ago about that and I, in my mind, figured if I'd just send in Rob's school schedule that it would be no problem. I called the insurance company this morning and he's not covered! When I send in the form with his schedule, he'll be put on our insurance starting March 1st. I felt AWFUL that I had procrastinated getting that in, but I realized later that even if I had turned the schedule in 2 weeks ago Rob would not have been covered until February 1st, which is today, and he since the injury occurred on Jan. 31st, he still would not have been covered(unless the hospital would have fudged the date of injury and treatment? Do they do that?)
So, I am a little bummed today but need to JUST MOVE ON!*S* Oh, the funny thing that happened with the doctor? He asked who Rob played basketball with(since it was a basketball injury) and when we told the Doctor that Rob was a golfer and mentioned that he won the All City Tournament this past August, the Doctor replied that he thought he recognized Rob. It was kind of a cool moment!