<p>I spent Father’s Day with my elderly Dad for the first time in pretty much forever. And he is feeling better after a bout of terrible back problems. So happy and relieved!</p>
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<p>Depends on what you mean by “funding.” I got paid my salary while working on it, but whether the company derives any funds from it will depend on whether customers choose to buy it. Naturally I hope it will be a big seller.</p>
<p>I have one more: a client called me up to say thank you for everything I did to make their transaction a smooth one. Very few clients say thank you. It really makes you feel good when they take the time to acknowledge what we do.</p>
<p>I had recruited a young coworker last year onto this never ending IT project. She learned alot and I got much needed help. </p>
<p>A manager a few levels up came by with recognition certificates for each of us today.
The associated dollar award is modest but appreciated.
Well, you would have thought she’d won the lottery. The BIG one.
And her excitement and reaction just made my day!</p>
<p>I sold another painting last week. I get the warm fuzzies thinking about
a) my work hanging in the house of a complete stranger
b) money</p>
<p>Well I just had a heart attack.
I recieved the hospital bill for my surgery after my deductible was met & insurance paid to the network provider.
I still owed over $11,000.
But after much voice mail chasing, I learned that they will send a new bill and I shouldnt owe more than $2,000.</p>
<p>Still money I dont have though.</p>
<p>At least my hospital is about $10,000 cheaper than average area cost.
Since the device isn’t returnable. 
Its kinda growing on me, anyway.</p>
<p>D2 texted to me from her babysitting job:
“We are watching Winnie the Pooh. Best day ever.”</p>
<p>We are having dinner out with D1 to celebrate her birthday tonight.</p>
<p>Nutella
72 degrees, sunny, low humidity, for an entire 3 day weekend.
Any beach, any weather, when the two of you are the only ones there.
Hot water that lasts as long as you want to stay in the shower.
A down comforter, a blizzard, a working furnace, and no need to go outside.
When the hurricane turns east and fizzles out over open water.
figuring out how to fix a piece of machinery all by yourself.
A good book, a hammock, and a pitcher of ice cold tea.
Fixing the computer by turning it off, and then on.
A perfectly grilled steak, a baked potato, a salad and a great glass of wine.
Kissing the nape of the neck of your freshly bathed and footie pajamaed toddler.
Running slightly down hill, with the breeze at your back, and feeling like you could go forever.
Catching sight of yourself in a mirror and thinking, Not bad, not bad at all."
Finding a photo of your parents skinnydipping years before you were born and realizing they were real people before you came along to complete them.
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<p>EK4, still 2000 seems kinda ballparkish for owing after surgery…11000 would send me over the edge.</p>
<p>Hope you’re feeling better :)</p>
<p>Couldn’t help but smile when I read about kissing the freshly bathed and foot pajamaed toddler… Is there anything better than that? </p>
<p>I dropped my 19 year old off at his first paying job ever yesterday. He will be away from home for 6 weeks, earning his own money. I kind of had to push him out of the nest, but I think he may actually enjoy his job and it will help him grow in new ways.</p>
<p>So happy the incompetent manager I work for is retiring!!! She’s not even old so I though we’d be stuck with her for a lot, lot longer. She met and exceeded the Peter Principle a long time ago.</p>
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<p>I’m so sorry to hear this. 
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<p>After reading about your D’s recent actions, this just seems like insult added to injury.</p>
<p>But you are being proactive, and for that I’m sure you will ultimately find some satisfaction and hopefully resolution with D. </p>
<p>Hang in there.</p>
<p>DH’s close friend with leukemia of 2 years standing (many many procedures and hospitalizations, blood transfusions, bone marrow transplant, complications, etc.) told him that his medical bills to date are $6 million. :eek: He says he just tosses them as there is no way to pay. When DH had chemo for colon cancer, our 20% every month for 8 months was 4K. It was mind boggling.</p>
<p>Wishing you a full recovery from your heart issues and reconciliation with your D.</p>
<p>Oh no- i didn’t really have a heart attack.
I was using it as a figure of speech. ( my surgery was a total knee replacement- my heart is actually in pretty good shape)
Sorry. :o
My h & youngest just came home from their camping trip and it sounds like they had a good time even though it rained most of it.
Of course she only has been home long enough to eat and shower, then she took the bus to go meet her BF, because she apparently convinced him to register for the rock&roll marathon tomorrow and they have to pick up their packets.
She did give me a gorgeous pair of earrings for moms day.
She also was telling her dad about a plan she has for us all to take a camping trip, she & her bf, and her sister & her Bf, down close to where her sister lives- someplace that is supposed to be a low light area so you can see the stars better?</p>
<p>So crossing my fingers cause I have been trying to get a camping trip going for years!</p>
<p>( i also went over the bill again & I think since I paid the deductible, I shouldnt owe anything- which was probably why the customer service person told me to get the rest of me fixed before the end of the year!)</p>
<p>I sent a fedex package from a small town in CO at 530PM to a small town in PA delivered to the door by 1030AM.,this is amazing- I cannot even fly that fast from here. They are amazing! USPS takes one week.</p>
<p>I am grateful for a loving family, an adundance of true friends, a spiritual fellowship that is always by my side, and a beautiful puppy who loves everything about me. I have a life full of rich meaning and so many blessings. My garden is in full bloom and it is plentiful enough to share with the baby bunnies. Thank you God. Amen</p>
<p>My dad is coming over today to help my fiance install recessed lighting in our living room, our room that came to us painted dark gray with NO lighting and filthy carpet. We never sit in it because I despise it so much, it’s so gloomy. But now that we will have proper lighting I will be able to choose a new paint color, and hopefully soon we will also have money to tear out that carpet and put in the hardwood I wanted. Maybe some new window treatments that will let more light in.</p>
<p>I AM SO EXCITED! Feels like Christmas. No more dark gloomy house. And this is the first major change we’ve been able to get our crap together well enough to make since we moved in. Hopefully many more to come.</p>
<p>My immediate family does not allow our celebrations to be dictated by the calendar. It’s more about when we are all available to be together. Therefore, my two daughters traveled home this weekend to honor me with Father’s Day cards, presents, and hopefully cake.</p>
<p>Ema-
Happy for you and your house renovation. We have an old house that is always begging for some repair/update. I celebrate every little improvement.</p>
<p>Last nite, I replaced the corroded bolts on our still fine maple toilet seat to avoid having to replace the entire seat. Then I replaced the ugly plastic toilet handle with a chrome metal one. Total cost: less than $10. Total time: maybe 30 minutes. The older I get the more intrepid I become with home repairs. My mantra is usually “hey, it’s better than it was”.</p>
<p>We are hiring someone to replace our crumbling concrete walk with brick pavers. Can’t wait.</p>
<p>We are getting ready to update our kitchen … I am so excited! We refaced our builder’s quality cabinets (from 1969) 26 years ago, and at the time we got new laminate counter with a great big laminate molding against the wall. So dated!! I have very little cabinet space (it’s a small kitchen), but we are redoing things so that we will have as much storage as possible. It’s not inexpensive, but we are planning to stay in this house, so it’s time to redo all of our 26-27 year old “updates” from when we moved in. Someday soon, I will come home from work to a 21st century home, and I am thrilled at the prospect.</p>
<p>Last night, my deeply depressed son came out of his room… we took him out to dinner to a restaurant we’ve been patronizing for over 20 years… he ate a ton… he seemed in a good mood and even laughed… Sometimes there are good moments in his emotional illness that turned a happy, verbal, perpetually smiling little boy into a lost and troubled 20 year old… May there be more such nights.</p>