I'm Back!

So much has happened since I last posted. I think I want to start blogging again so hopefully this is going to get me started. Not sure where it is going but definitely a start.

Life as we knew it has ended..............

Frustrated and depressed

 

This may cause me to lose friends on Facebook or in real life but in all honesty I guess I just don’t care right now. So if you don’t want to read this-don’t . If you don’t like my opinion, unfriend me. If you want to argue, try someplace else. I am done, had it, finished, kaput. I want to express my OPINION. If you don’t like my opinion-too damn bad.  Go someplace else and worry about it. This is MY blog, My Facebook page.  I am so tired of trying to be nice and not cause controversy and respect others opinions so if I don’t agree with them I try not to respond. My momma always said if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all. But this won’t be very nice but luckily I know my momma will forgive me because her love never changed so it is all good. We have a government who pushed through an idea which, I will admit, sounds good in theory. We had to “pass it to know what it said”, so some brilliant people did just that. Well, let me just tell you what it said. It said, Tonja, you work your ass off for 30 years, raise your kids to believe  in God, our family and our amazing  Republic of the United States, pay your way, give to others and respect all people and here is what we are going to do for you. We are going  to pass a law that causes your healthcare costs to almost double  in 2 years and try and financially ruin you.  For 2015 our deductible is going up to $10,000 a year. That means we have to pay the first $10,000 before our health insurance pays a dime. Let me say that again-$10,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is the price of a very nice used car. A Hawaiian vacation.  A new furnace.  A new roof for our house. It is a one-quarter of my husband’s annual salary (before  taxes). So tell me how this president and his awesome plan is helping me? I would consider us as being middle income. Very soon we are going to be low income-you know why?  Because we have now just been priced out of healthcare. Can we afford the medications that are keeping us alive and in good health and allowing us to work and pay taxes? That $10,000 doesn’t include copays for vision care or dental care. Or any over the counter medication or bandaids or vitamins or cold medicines. None of that. I do not have $834 a month in my budget to pay for this. If Obamacare has helped you, I am happy for you. But for me, right now, I am pretty much looking at the ruination of my hopes and dreams.  Just saying.

Mary Connealy~Real Life Petticoat Ranch: Fifty-Four Years of Math 1957 - 2011 In America

Mary Connealy~Real Life Petticoat Ranch: Fifty-Four Years of Math 1957 - 2011 In America

This was sadly funny but true.
Loved it!

My new baby

We have a new baby at our house. He is a Hereford/Angus cross bull calf, born June 16, 2010. I have to explain over and over again to my girls that he is NOT a cow. A cow is a bovine who has given birth. This is a male baby hence a bull calf. He still has all his parts. I named him Buddy since no one came up with anything better. Tom wanted him to be named Supper but I had to draw the line somewhere. I am continuously amazed at what a poor job I did in teaching them about farm life. I am thankful that I have been able to teach the boys a little bit more about where their food comes from and the circle of life. The little dog is chasing her tail round and round. What a weird dog. When we got Khaos she became the "litttle dog" as Buck is so much bigger. Now we have a quandary, with Peanut here she is no longer the "little dog". Now what can we call her? Medium dog just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Terrible Weather

It is Thursday night and we are all huddled in the living room watching TV and trying to stay warm. Genna is home from college. The weather outside is awful. I went to North Bend this morning to cut toenails. I have my reservations had canceled so that was easy. Then went up to Dodge and took blood pressures. They let me eat lunch with them and it was so good. A breaded pork patty with gravy and saurkraut and dumplings. Yum, yum. The sun was shining and blue sky when I got there. I left at 2 and to the south it was really cloudy and to the north it was still blue sky. I ran errands when I got back to Fremont and then had my pre-op physical appointment. By the time I got out of the dr's at 5 it was starting to rain and get icy. I went 50 from Fremont to Cedar and then 25 from Cedar to home. The guy in front of me was going really slow and still managed to slide past his corner. The kids all want a snow day. I don't plan on sending them to school in Fremont for sure first thing in the morning and the boys only if the bus picks them up. I don't see any way of the roads getting better until the sun hopefully shines tomorrow or there is more traffic on the roads.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Went to church today and sang in the choir. It is so cold out today. 5 degrees with 30 mile an hour winds. It is horrible. Then went to Fremont, took fridge to Lillie and Matt and then went out to eat at Godfathers. After that went to Supercuts and Tom, JT, CJ and Jaci all got haircuts. Finally home this afternoon and put carpet in family room in basement and put TV with xbox down there. Kept boys busy for a while.

Saturday

This has been a busy day and I am so tired now. Woke up at 5 am and couldn't go back to sleep. Had to have JT in to the Y for BB pictures at 7:15 am. Even made it on time. Yeah! Then to the town house to work on laundry and get a few things. Then back to the farm to help Tom clean out the garage so we could get my van and his car in it before the weather gets bad tomorrow. I am exhausted. We got our first egg yesterday from the chickens-1 egg!. We got another today. They are brown eggs and definately medium size not large. JT made snickerdoodles this afternoon. My new oven cooks so good. They turned out great I thought. Brie is out with AJ for their 5 month aniversary. Oh, to be young again. Jaci is spending the night with Amber, Hallie at work and I am not sure what Genna is up to. Think I am going to go to bed early.