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traceroo

Sunday

Nov 16, 2008 14:53

Grocery shopping day. This time three weeks of supplies for $100, including stocking up on Coke while it was on sale ($.40 for each 20-ounce bottle, $.25 a can -- it pays to use the stock from home and forgo machines and restaurant Cokes!). Now that I've been in this new routine of grocery shopping for about three months, I'm really impressed by ( Read more... )

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samiraalthores November 16 2008, 21:12:41 UTC

Yay for saving money!!

It's wonderful that you and Ian can talk and communicate with each other about your whole relationship. It's a rare thing.

rhoda_penmark November 16 2008, 23:31:05 UTC

Before you start trying the baby thing, there are a couple of things to look at:

Check to see whether your health insurance covers treatment for infertility, and what is covered. I hope you never need to worry about it, but it's a good thing to know about ahead of time so you know what your options are if you are faced with making decisions of that sort.

If you don't already have AFLAC and want to get it for maternity leave purposes, it has to be in effect before conception or they won't pay.

There's lots of other stuff, of course, but those are practical things that seem to get forgotten. Just my unsolicited two cents.

Helpful! traceroo November 17 2008, 02:48:18 UTC

Actually, this is really helpful, thank you!

#1 - I looked into the general stuff of various infertility treatments a few years ago, and I have already decided (and Ian respects) that isn't for me. It's just so... much. It is perhaps good for Ian and I to revisit this particular "what if" right now, however -- and on your mention, I will pencil that in for a talk in the next few months. We'd both like to have a child naturally. For me, adoption runs only a very close second. Ian feels more strongly about this, however. Although we covered this topic a few years ago, you raise the good point that now that's "in our face," perhaps time to revisit it ( ... )

elena23 November 17 2008, 12:42:15 UTC

Awesome job on the recycling issue! I've been amazed, since moving here, how much less garbage we use due to recycling. We have the added advantage of also being able to compost and burn our papers, so when we're really concentrating we have cut our garbage down to 1 30-gallon bag per week. We only have to take the garbage to the curb once every three weeks or so.