JAK CHAT

Yes Victoria, There is a Santa Clause One would think that with having two teenage girls who have worked through the ranks of the "tween" years, that I'd be exceptionally prepared for just about anything my 8 year old daughter might throw my way.  Yah, right! I just finished the gihugic project of sorting through the clothes of all four of my kids. Discard.  Carry over.  Donate.  Those were the 3 major stacks that consumed my life for way too long.  I'd be embarrassed to share with you how long this process took. There's about a six year gap between daughter #2 of 3 and daughter #3 of 3.  So all of those cute bib overalls....bye bye.  (I finally got rid of my own beloved bib overalls last year.  Love 'em!  Waiting for that comeback!) Among one of the few things I am storing for my 8 year old's future use is all of the training bras we have. As I start loading the 11/12 year old stuff into a rubber storage tote, darling 8 year old grabs them....

The Story of Glen Snow It was Easter Day 2007 and I was as yellow as an Easter egg. No, I am not messed up here with my holidays, you'll see where I am going with this!  Please keep reading... I was ripe for gall bladder issues. Victims many times have these 4 F's in common: forty/ies, female, fertile, fat.  (See what you have to look forward to, young mommas?  It's quite common.) After a weekend of vomiting and lying on the couch, my husband drove me to the urgent care clinic and quickly I was being processed "STAT".  It was a crazy series of events as I was admitted on Monday and released on Thursday, with a laparoscopic surgery procedure.  Typically, you are released within a day.  I had no idea that the challenges I was dealing with while in the hospital would pale in comparison to the issues I would experience post op with my health insurance coverage. Read more. Unbeknownst to me, the contract between this large health care provider and my employer's ins...