The Sewing Mom

I feel very fortunate right now to have health insurance, there have been times over the years when we didn’t. This year alone, we’re dealing with my daughter’s orthodontia work on her teeth, my eyes and my husbands digestive issues. Having health insurance allows us to get these issues worked on and tested without the stress of how we’re going to pay for it.

As I’ve said, there have been years that we’ve not had health insurance. Thank goodness we didn’t have any major medical issues during those times. Others are not so fortunate. I just read a website, www.hollysfund.com, created to explain the situation of one such person.

Holly has been diagnosed with breast cancer, but has no insurance. I have a very dear friend who has been battling breast cancer for a number of years now. Without insurance, I’m not sure what she would have done. With insurance, she’s been able to stay on a treatment regimen that includes daily medications, monthly radiation and/or chemo treatments, plastic surgery, wigs to cover hair loss among other things.

Holly is not fortunate enough to have health insurance to cover the cost of all these treatments and tests. By visiting her site, you may want to choose to donate to her fund which will help her to cover these costs. Or, you may want to go directly to The National Breast Cancer Foundation which supports research and helps those fighting this cancer, and make a donation.

Whatever you do, please consider helping. Holly could be someone you know.

Well, I wish I could say that I did this work today, but as I said in my previous post, I wasn’t that productive today. These are bags I actually complete a couple of weeks ago. This is my favorite bag pattern to make and I tend to make them in between my larger projects. These three are made from very summery fabrics and all are great little totes, about 10 inches tall and 8 inches wide.

I have to tell you, after a day like I’ve, I want to Try Sublingual B-12 from Trivita today.

My husband had to get up early to catch a flight this morning. By early I mean 3:30 A.M. Our bathroom is directly off of our bedroom and I could hear him getting in and out of the shower a few times, open and close the bathroom pantry doors a few times and drop a few things on the floor. I finally got up out of bed to see what the heck was going on. I think he was so tired he just couldn’t get his act together. He had dropped the soap, forgotten his shaving supplies and was generally just disorganized.

Needless to say, until he was completely finished, had packed his personal things into his suitcase which was in the bedroom, and had headed out the door, I had no chance of getting back to sleep. He left about 4:30 and it was probably 5 A.M. before I fell back asleep. I got back up at 7:30, and began my day. You can read about the rest of the chaos in my previous post.

Vitamin B-12 is a supplement known to boost energy levels. I could sure use some of that! Sublingual B-12 is a painless shot-free alternative to B-12. Considering I am afraid of shots and needles of any kind (except for sewing needles), I think this is a great alternative. Besides boosting energy, B-12 is also associated with improving diabetes, dementia, and good for those people who have undergone gastric bypass.

It’s definitely an affordable alternative.

I feel like I am just coming off of one of the most unproductive days I’ve had in a very long time.

I began the day really well.  I got up, checked a few things online before getting my shower.  After showering I got a few emails taken care of, did a little business and then got my daughter out of bed.  I did some research on hotels which I will need for my upcoming trip, and then my daughter and I headed out the door for the hair salon.

We each got our hair cut and I got mine colored.  The stylist is a perfectionist, so it took almost 3 hours!  We left there and grabbed a burger at the drive through and then headed to do a few errands.  By the time we got done, it was after 3 this afternoon when we walked in the door at home.  I was completely worn out.

I got an order placed online, called Verizon to ad text messaging to my daughter’s phone and wound up purchasing a new cell phone for myself.  My current phone is over 2 years old.  I wasn’t in a hurry to get a new one, but I just happened to see one today while we were out that I thought was very cool.  It was $149 at the store and I got it for free!  It’s being sent to me, I hope it’s here before I leave on Sunday.

I spent the rest of the afternoon checking hotels.  It’s driving me crazy.  I finally found what I wanted, but they wanted $100 for a pet fee (we’re taking our little dog with us).  That’s insane!  I had to start over.  Then I realized it was 7 p.m. and I hadn’t even thought about what to do for dinner.

I stopped everything and ran to the store to get a few frozen meals.  My daughter and I tend to eat those when my husband is out of town which he currently is.  Thank goodness I didn’t have to cook!

Here it is, 9:45 and I feel like I’ve accomplished nothing.  I’ve promised myself to stay home all day tomorrow and try to get a few things done!