My husband is one of those annoyingly healthy people. In comparison to him, I am a hypochondriac. I don't know if he's ever had a flu shot. Certain shots are mandatory in healthcare, such as the ones for Hep, and he's also had to go through the TB check process each year ( Read more... )

Next month, H has is attending a Continuing Education class in NYC. I'm going with him. Hell, why I shouldn't I? Hotel and gas would cost the same regardless, and the hospital will reimburse us. We're staying near Times Square, which is about a half mile walk to his class ( Read more... )

Fat checking now required at New York schoolsNew York really is the 'nanny state.' It's no wonder many parents just don't bother about their kids. I mean, they seem to get less and less control over them. This 'fat check' is just ridiculous ( Read more... )

I'm working through our Allocated Spending Plan for the pay and bonuses Heath will receive tomorrow. This means reading each bill, making sure the right info is entered into Quicken ( Read more... )

Nothing but ice as far as the eye could see. You could tell where the waves had come up onto the beach... and stopped.


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I think Gov. Paterson is determined to tax everything in New York State. My husband was looking at the Holiday Valley ski resort website when he saw a link to the Stop the Ski Tax website.

Upon further investigation, we've discovered it's not just ski resorts Paterson wants to tax ( Read more... )

How does the federal government giving money to the Arts help the economy?

I like the arts. In fact, I keep meaning to visit the Quick at SBU to visit the art gallery there. I wish I could attend more performances.

But here's the rub. I'd like to be able to go to a lot more performances. Actually, here's my dream list of what I'd love to do:

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Ooh, there's a possibility of New York City for our anniversary in October. I guess there's some continuing education thing in an area I know Heath is interested in. The venue for this class is on West 57th, and a map shows that it's two blocks from the southwest corner of Central Park. I'd have a day and a half by myself, and I think my problem is ( Read more... )

Photos from this past weekend, available for all to see at my Facebook.

Links for where we were:

The Inn on the Lake - where we stayed. We had a lakefront room, 4 course dinner, breakfast, champagne and chocolates as part of the package we got. It really was beautiful, until the band began playing at the open-air bar that night. It might not have ( Read more... )

Right, first of all I would like to state that I am not racist, no matter what John Murtha might say about the folks in western Pennsylvania. If anyone thinks differently, please let me know. Western PA is a rural area, which means it is a mostly white area. That I admit. But not all of us are complete rednecks.

"the latte-sipping, New York Times- ( Read more... )