2. Lynette and I watched a couple of shows on TLC last night. The first one was about a government-subsidized (i.e. our tax dollars pay for it) obesity clinic where the rules allow the patients to order take-out and actually gain weight, and can order special order wheelchairs that cost up to $8000. The second was about a young woman with liver cancer who had to sell her home in order to pay for her treatment. A hard rain's a-gonna fall...
3. There's one strip of road on the way to the new Wal*Mart that freaks me out at night. I always turn my lights on bright when passing through it and I can't really figure out why it's so creepy. It just feels haunted or something. It's just past a four-way stop where a cross has been placed to commemorate someone's death in a car accident. I never feel anything there during the day. Why is it that ghosts only do their work at night? What do they do during the day time?
4. I want a Houdini cork screw.
5. I still don't know what I'm going do for a costume for Ville's party on Saturday night. I've been wracking my brain for two weeks and... nada. I went as Andy Warhol last year. Any ideas? It has to be easy and cheap. We don't have the extra money to put out on things like costumes.
6. I sure am enjoying using my laptop again! All it needs now is a larger battery. My current one only lasts two hours.
7. I need another cup of Joe. Talk amongst yourselves...
8. Is it true that in new model homes the furniture is actually scaled down in order to make the rooms look larger?
I've been doing some reading up on that Brookhaven so-called "obesity" clinic. It seems that it is indeed, merely a "nursing home" with a rehab facility specializing in the morbidly obese. Problem is, because it does take Medicaid/Medicare, law states that they cannot restrict food being brought into patients. I don't know about restricting their ability to order delivery/take-out, but they are not allowed to restrict what is brought into them by family members, friends, etc. Seems ridiculous to me, nonetheless. These people are clearly not getting the help that they need, and our tax dollars are paying for their $8000 custom built, park-bench-sized, wheel chairs while they stuff their faces with fried chicken and pizza, and have the orderlies wipe their asses because they're too fat to walk to the toilet. All the while they're complaining that they don't get treated with any "dignity" by EMT's and other staff who have to carry or move them because they can't move themselves.
ReplyDeleteIt just pisses me off...I have a significant amount of weight to lose,(nothing like these people), but it is extremely difficult for me because I have an insulin resistent disorder that prevents my body from metabolizing my food properly. I have been told that there is a new drug for people like me, that actually assists in that metabolizing process and helps us lose the weight that we cannot otherwise lose--no matter how much we diet and/or exercise. However, it's extremely expensive and since I don't have health insurance and don't qualify for Medicaid, I can't afford it.
I'll bet that drug is cheaper than one day at Brookhaven, and certainly cheaper than an $8000 wheelchair, which Medicaid seems to have no trouble footing the bill for.
I don;t know what I am wearing either. Usually I come up with something at the last minute. Last year, i hadn't a clue until the day of the party. LOL I can't spend any money either. Beau still hasn't found a job, and were abehind on every bill, including our house payment. Sooo.... But, who cares. We will have a blast anyway! Do you still have that moustache? You could do John Lennon again. That was way cool.
ReplyDeleteLOL Ville. No, the mustache is long gone. Besides, I don't have the long hair anymore. I'll come up with something, even if it's a wig head wearing a silver tinsel disco wig and strapped to my head...
ReplyDeleteYes, it IS true that the furniture in model homes is smaller so that the rooms look larger. :)
ReplyDelete(One of those useless little tidbits of info that I have learned whilst working in a real estate office.)
I wouldn't consider it useless if I were looking to buy a new house!
ReplyDelete8^)
Realtors have lots of tricks up their sleeves to make homes appear roomier than they really are. They take pieces of furniture out of rooms--extra chairs, tables, desks, etc. Fewer pictures on the walls. Eliminate clutter of all kinds, knick-knacks, etc. Clean out closets and only have a few clothing items hanging in them. Paint the walls a lighter color.
ReplyDeleteThese are all tricks to make a room look larger than it really is.
(Our house is a Realtor's nightmare. We have too much "clutter".)
Well, I maintain that if I were in the market to buy a house, I'd want to see it lived in rather than staged. It would give me a better idea of how I and my belongings would fit in.
ReplyDeleteI hate the sanctioned lying that has infiltrated every corner of our society. Gimme some honesty!
"I want a Houdini cork screw."
ReplyDeleteI'm making a list, checking it twice...
I am going to my first party (a lindy hop dance party) in years. I wanted to be something that was abstract - I am going as a patchwork quilt. I have a dress that looks like a quilt, I made a head scarf out of quilting, and hope to get some gloves and put quilt on them too. Maybe paint my face a bit too with a quilt pattern. Maybe you could go as this Houdini Corkscrew thing...
ReplyDeleteI've decided to go as Frank.
ReplyDeleteLOL!
LOL Ville. No, the mustache is long gone. Besides, I don't have the long hair anymore. I'll come up with something, even if it's a wig head wearing a silver tinsel disco wig and strapped to my head...
ReplyDeleteI don;t know what I am wearing either. Usually I come up with something at the last minute. Last year, i hadn't a clue until the day of the party. LOL I can't spend any money either. Beau still hasn't found a job, and were abehind on every bill, including our house payment. Sooo.... But, who cares. We will have a blast anyway! Do you still have that moustache? You could do John Lennon again. That was way cool.
ReplyDeleteYes, it IS true that the furniture in model homes is smaller so that the rooms look larger. :)
ReplyDelete(One of those useless little tidbits of info that I have learned whilst working in a real estate office.)