On a lighter note…

Know what I really love? Those little packages of Crystal Light powder. You know, the ones that are just one serving. I know I should drink more water, but really, the stuff makes me gag. Doesn’t matter if it’s tap, filtered or bottled water. Blech. But add a little flavor to it and I’ll drink a gallon of it. I know, I could just make 2 quarts or a gallon and it would probably be cheaper. But then I run the risk of being thirsty, going to the fridge to get a drink of lemonade and taking out an empty pitcher. Because I am the only one in the house who knows how to mix powder and water.  *grin* This way, I always have some around. At least until someone uses the last packet and puts the empty box back in the cupboard….

Health Insurance?

Well, we were denied again. The health insurance company won’t insure us because we have pre-existing conditions. My hubby has diabetes. You want to know what one of the reasons for my denial was? I take medication. Seriously. So if I take medication for my illness (which is depression) and it controls that illness and has controlled it for 20 years, I cannot get health insurance. But if I wasn’t taking it and, well, you don’t want to know what would happen, it would not be pretty, I can get insurance and then end up in a psych ward somewhere where it will cost thousands of dollars to get my illness under control with MEDICATION. Why is this not making sense to me? Oh, because it’s IDIOTIC!
I am the first to admit our health care system needs a serious overhaul. My medications, as I alluded to above, are much needed. They cost about $700 a month. For my hubby to get the followups he needs, it would take 4 dr visits with labwork and would run about $2000 a year. That’s insane. Prices are out of control. You can’t get in to see the dr half the time. We are right in the middle of the problem with no health insurance. But I do NOT want government health care. It doesn’t work. How do I know? Because in every country where they have tried it, it’s been a miserable failure. How about going after the Medicare fraud? There’s a ton of money. And they (the government) know that. Or do something about the lawsuits everybody files if they don’t get the result they want. Guess what? Dr’s are human and they can’t control the outcome of every situation. Yeah, some are just plain bad and they should be sued. But to sue your OB because your child was born with a genetic defect? (True story). Like the OB was going to be able to magically make the defect go away? Like the genes that made up the genetic defect didn’t come from the parents in the first place? Makes no sense to me. I am rambling I guess. In part because I am trying to figure out what we’re going to do about health insurance. Being farmers, there’s a higher than normal chance of an accident. Not to mention that with diabetes, my hubby will have complications at some point. We’re only 50….long way to go yet. *sigh* I guess we will just do the best we can and trust God to provide. And hope Obama doesn’t screw up the health system too bad in the meantime.

That’s MY Daughter!

I have decided I don’t like other people giving my daughter advice on how to live her life, especially when that advice contradicts everything we have taught her her entire life. I won’t get into specifics, but one of my girls made a decision we don’t approve of. Obviously we can’t forbid her to make that decision, she is over 18. And of course we still love her. We just don’t approve of this particular decision. Apparently that makes us horrible people. We aren’t, really. But we believe in the Bible, that it is God’s Word and that we are to abide by that word. WHY IS THAT SO AWFUL??? We love her, we are proud of how hard she works at two jobs, she is in love and we are happy for her about that. It’s just this one thing. Yes, it’s a big thing, but that’s it. Are we supposed to abandon our beliefs so we can give her the approval she wants? I can’t. I just can’t. I love her, but I love my Lord more. I know He said if we follow Him, we might have to give up our family. But that hurts. It hurts to know she is miserable about this. It hurts to know that her “friends” are telling her to abandon us. To separate herself from us. We are her FAMILY. Arghhhh…..I am so frustrated right now. I want to tell some people off and I can’t. Because I know it will make it worse and that in turn will make her more unhappy. So I will bite my tongue and pray. Hard. Because I love her.

Here we go….

After much encouraging from our oldest daughter, I am venturing into the world of blogdom. I guess I should introduce myself in this first post. I have been married to a pretty wonderful guy for 26 years. We live on a farm and have 7 daughters. Yes, seven. Ranging in age from 24 to 8. Hence the user name “Sqwerlie”. Our oldest is married and has 2 kids…a very precocious 4 year old girl and a sweet 2 year old (next week) little boy. Our next is also married and has two boys, a very busy 2 year old and  a very snuggly almost 1 year old. The third daughter lives at home, the fourth is out on her own and engaged and numbers 5,6 and 7 are still at home and in school.
I am an RN, but haven’t worked in that job for about 14 years, staying home to raise the kids. It was just sporadic before then anyway, I loved it, just couldn’t do it all.  We have home schooled and sent the girls to christian schools.  I love our church and I can’t wait for Jesus to come back and gather His own.  Some days more than others.  I’m not sure what I’ll write about or even how  often I’ll actually do it, but I’ll give it a shot!

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