Get it right! Please.
09/02/17 07:43
My cold may be on the wane but I need to get my mojo back. I am just not feeling the love so let's hope that gets better soon. In the meantime, we are going to get us an old fashioned snow storm today. Yep, a solid 10-16 inches of the fluffy white stuff. I need gas for the big snowblower so told Nancy that I would go to the station at the first hint of snow to get the gas I need. Needless to say, she is a little uncomfortable with that. My god, woman, the station is not that far away and the snow is not going to come down that fast that I can't manage my way there and back. Ev took care of the snow left over from the last snowfall on the back porch yesterday so with any luck we can get a hand from him once the storm hits. We'll see how that goes. He can be a little fickle one when it comes to pitching in around the house so we'll just have to play that by ear. I just don't know how that boy is going to manage on his own when the day comes where he has to do just that. The good news is that we're working on it. Believe me, we're working on it.
It may even be a good day to have a wood stove. Crank that puppy up and get er going for the long haul. The prospects of losing our electricity are also very real but not to worry. One of these days, and it may come sooner rather than later, we'll have a chance to use the generator we purchased some years ago. We've used it once or twice so we know it works. What I worry about is that it is hardly used so we may either forget how to use it or it may come up short when we really need it. It is probably useless fretting about it so I'm better off just moving on. I will say that now that Nancy's mom doesn't live in the hood anymore we have one less responsibility when it comes to cleaning up after these nuisance weather patterns involving snow, her sidewalks, and her car. Her car is now tended to by the management team of her new residence so that's great. It was never a big deal rather it was just one more thing to think about when storms passed through. Not that she was going anywhere anytime soon given the conditions of the roads but I think it gave her and Nancy a particular peace of mind to eliminate any and all worries one way or another.
I don't know why the good folks at the dentist office don't get the whole insurance thing. They always calculate an incorrect co-insurance rate and they invariably ask for more money than they are otherwise entitled to. And when they take more money, do they go out of their way to reimburse me? No. I had to give them a hard time last year when I had to insist that they not hold on to my money even though chances were good that I would end up owing them if and when I had to pay them another visit. When you do the calculations on something like a crown, for example, the monies involved are not insignificant. Anyway, I have an appointment with them on Monday of next week so I'm giving a little bit of thought to their pre-estimates, the estimate I received from my insurance company, and the difference between the two numbers. What a pain in the ass. I shouldn't have to do this. In fact, they assured me last year that the dentist's wife would review future billings herself and I can see how well that is working out. Promises promises. Now I'm a little worried that they will close their offices today due to the snow and since they are closed tomorrow I will not have a chance to advise them one way or another until Monday morning when I am due to pay them a visit to have some work done. It's always something.
It may even be a good day to have a wood stove. Crank that puppy up and get er going for the long haul. The prospects of losing our electricity are also very real but not to worry. One of these days, and it may come sooner rather than later, we'll have a chance to use the generator we purchased some years ago. We've used it once or twice so we know it works. What I worry about is that it is hardly used so we may either forget how to use it or it may come up short when we really need it. It is probably useless fretting about it so I'm better off just moving on. I will say that now that Nancy's mom doesn't live in the hood anymore we have one less responsibility when it comes to cleaning up after these nuisance weather patterns involving snow, her sidewalks, and her car. Her car is now tended to by the management team of her new residence so that's great. It was never a big deal rather it was just one more thing to think about when storms passed through. Not that she was going anywhere anytime soon given the conditions of the roads but I think it gave her and Nancy a particular peace of mind to eliminate any and all worries one way or another.
I don't know why the good folks at the dentist office don't get the whole insurance thing. They always calculate an incorrect co-insurance rate and they invariably ask for more money than they are otherwise entitled to. And when they take more money, do they go out of their way to reimburse me? No. I had to give them a hard time last year when I had to insist that they not hold on to my money even though chances were good that I would end up owing them if and when I had to pay them another visit. When you do the calculations on something like a crown, for example, the monies involved are not insignificant. Anyway, I have an appointment with them on Monday of next week so I'm giving a little bit of thought to their pre-estimates, the estimate I received from my insurance company, and the difference between the two numbers. What a pain in the ass. I shouldn't have to do this. In fact, they assured me last year that the dentist's wife would review future billings herself and I can see how well that is working out. Promises promises. Now I'm a little worried that they will close their offices today due to the snow and since they are closed tomorrow I will not have a chance to advise them one way or another until Monday morning when I am due to pay them a visit to have some work done. It's always something.