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St. Patrick's Day- plus some family history

Posted 16th March 2009 by eileen b, tagged family, irish, celiac disease, St. Patrick's Day

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  Yes- I'm part Irish. A 1/4 to be exact- as I am - German, Irish, Scottish, and English. My Grandmother was real superstitious- she would get upset if you rocked a rocking chair with no one in it. But then my Grandmother was born in 1900- so wasn't uncommon for that time to be superstitious.   …

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Not a good week- but not all bad either

Posted 12th March 2009 by eileen b, tagged work, Dr's, Hubby. blood work,life

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   This has been a very expensive week for our small family. My hubby somehow hurt his back and couldn't make it to work Monday. So of course went to the Chiropractor and got his back adjusted. After the visit when he was home he decided to do too much (hold the Grandson, etc.) and work up…

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Keeping fingers crossed

Posted 26th February 2009 by eileen b, tagged work, money, husband, venting, construction, things

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Dear Hubby told me today that- when they get done with this job-their might not be another one lined up. He does construction- fork-lift driver. And he is one of the lucky ones even to be working right now.    When he went back to work- kept all the bill like they were- didn't add to the…

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The order of things...

Posted 19th February 2009 by eileen b, tagged money, husband, hospital, bills,insurance

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  As most women- I am in in charge of making sure the bills get paid when their due, etc. My hubby was in the hospital last month, for 3 days. S l o w l y the bills have started to trickle in. We have no Ins. so they usually give you some discount because you have no Insurance.   We received…

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Phil (Dr. Phil) my #3 daughter's gerbil died today

Posted 13th February 2009 by eileen b, tagged daughter, cats, pets, death, gerbils

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  She adopted him from a family that needed to rehome him from craigslist.  He has been through 2 moves with her and back home with us when she came home to help out when her step-Dad was laid off.   She is away right now with work- she left on Wednesday. I had noticed that Phil doesn't…

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