This week has been interesting and that's not always a good thing. Usually interesting=money.
Monday was nice, Brit was here and the kids played and I read and did my own thing. On Tuesday, we went to the library (up) the orthodontist (up and down) and to Karen's for tea (up) and to Daddy's for dinner out (up).
Monday was nice, Brit was here and the kids played and I read and did my own thing. On Tuesday, we went to the library (up) the orthodontist (up and down) and to Karen's for tea (up) and to Daddy's for dinner out (up).
Wednesday, I called and did lots of talking on the phone because Tuesday, we got 2 sets of news from the ortho man. First, Chan's consult-she must have oral surgery to continue treatment. (down) Then Jake's consult-next time he goes in, he will have an eval for removal. (up) At this time, there is no need to go ahead right away with the jaw surgery it looked like he would need (up). However (down) IF he does not fill out more, he will need the surgery after he turns 18 (down) and, AND, he will need to go BACK into braces for another year (down, down). Insurance only pays their meager ortho contribution once per person and to no one over 18.
Chan's surgery will be July 28th, they will do the following: knock her out, yank her baby tooth (a canine), cut open her gum, glue a bracket with a chain to her impacted adult tooth (which is currently sending roots into her sinus cavity), dangle the chain and then sew up her gum. (all down-though I am glad they can do such things). 10 days after that, she will go get traction added to the chain and over the next year, they will guide her adult tooth into place. Cost in addition to the $5k for braces: $935, not counting the meds for pain and a round of antibiotics. (down)
Their brackets are red white and blue for the 4th! (up)
You can see on her right side that there is a gap in her brackets. That's the offending baby tooth that refused to come out. It's not even loose! Her adult tooth is lounging on its side somewhere further up in her head, being VERY lazy.
Wednesday at lunch, I checked the mail and got a letter from Matt's job. Hello, what's this?
They want me to go to a website and fill out a health assessment and also go to my doc and get a physical so they can have a bunch of info about my blood and weight and BMI. If I don't, we get fined $50 a month on top of our insurance costs. Matt had to do that last year, now I have to join in. When I went to the website, I saw they already had a tab for 'children', so I imagine they will be part of next year's demand.
So this year, we avoid the fee by just having physicals. NEXT year, we avoid the fee ($600 a year) by logging in our workouts. Not just ANY workouts, but workouts either at a membership gym that we pay for or using an electronic device that we pay for. We get 10 points a day each for doing the workouts and uploading the info (heart rate monitor or step counter from their partner companies). We need 6,000 points jointly to qualify. That's 300 full workouts in a calendar year. (down)
You can get points for other things: stop smoking, stop drinking, managing diabetes. I guess I could take up a drinking or smoking habit. That would get me out of 40 days of workouts (400 points) when I quit. I feel like an idiot for losing that 30 pounds last year, I could have been obese and then gotten points for when I just became overweight instead.
I am fairly pissed...it's no different in my mind than if they sent someone to check my toilets to see how clean they are. I am not an employee, yet I have to jump through their hoops. It's BC/BS insurance. I can SURE guess what the BS stands for now! (down) Guess what else? There's a drawing you can enter when you lose a certain amount of weight, you can win...a flat screen TV! WTF? Here, sit on your ass now that you've reached your goal! (grrr)
Yesterday also had some ups. First, Daddy loaned me his pressure washer and I washered the sidewalk, became addicted and washered the porch, then the house, then the windows and then we cleaned out the whole shed and I burned limbs and wood and such on into the evening. (all ups!) The house looks SO nice, I am pleased as punch. (up)
Here is a pic of my handsome Benny (up) and his fuzz. He said I have not posted one in a while.
They want me to go to a website and fill out a health assessment and also go to my doc and get a physical so they can have a bunch of info about my blood and weight and BMI. If I don't, we get fined $50 a month on top of our insurance costs. Matt had to do that last year, now I have to join in. When I went to the website, I saw they already had a tab for 'children', so I imagine they will be part of next year's demand.
So this year, we avoid the fee by just having physicals. NEXT year, we avoid the fee ($600 a year) by logging in our workouts. Not just ANY workouts, but workouts either at a membership gym that we pay for or using an electronic device that we pay for. We get 10 points a day each for doing the workouts and uploading the info (heart rate monitor or step counter from their partner companies). We need 6,000 points jointly to qualify. That's 300 full workouts in a calendar year. (down)
You can get points for other things: stop smoking, stop drinking, managing diabetes. I guess I could take up a drinking or smoking habit. That would get me out of 40 days of workouts (400 points) when I quit. I feel like an idiot for losing that 30 pounds last year, I could have been obese and then gotten points for when I just became overweight instead.
I am fairly pissed...it's no different in my mind than if they sent someone to check my toilets to see how clean they are. I am not an employee, yet I have to jump through their hoops. It's BC/BS insurance. I can SURE guess what the BS stands for now! (down) Guess what else? There's a drawing you can enter when you lose a certain amount of weight, you can win...a flat screen TV! WTF? Here, sit on your ass now that you've reached your goal! (grrr)
Yesterday also had some ups. First, Daddy loaned me his pressure washer and I washered the sidewalk, became addicted and washered the porch, then the house, then the windows and then we cleaned out the whole shed and I burned limbs and wood and such on into the evening. (all ups!) The house looks SO nice, I am pleased as punch. (up)
Here is a pic of my handsome Benny (up) and his fuzz. He said I have not posted one in a while.
note the different shirt! (up)
I should get some kind of beautification award for all the pretty babies I have contributed, I tell you. (up, also, no shame)
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| We are replacing the fascia boards next week! SOOO looking forward to looking out of the kitchen and NOT seeing carpenter bee tunnels! |
Kuma is not amused, not one jot.
