Insurance

Today I am to attend the yearly meeting where Wayne is employed to hear about the changes in our insurance. I'm very thankful to have health insurance; however, I'm always a bit apprehensive as to what the changes will mean for us each year. Will we have an HMO or a PPO? Will our deductibles be higher or lower? Will we be able to use the same doctors or will we need to establish new doctors? My hope is that there won't be any major changes this year.

Camping

Wayne and I were able to take our new camper out for the first time last weekend. We had planned to go to Weston Bend State Park; however, we discovered that it was full. I guess everyone else had the same idea as we did -- a great weekend to go camping. We went a few miles on down the road to Lewis and Clark State Park. We enjoyed our weekend away and saw some new sights while there. We are so excited about having a camper again after several years of tent camping. Don't misunderstand me, tent camping is a lot of fun and we really enjoyed being able to get into some pretty primitive areas in Colorado. But as the years fly by, we have decided that sleeping in a tent is a little more difficult and the lifting and carrying all the camping supplies in and out of the back of the pickup a bit tiring. Personally, I'm excited about the conveniences of our camper -- bathroom, oven, refrigerator/freezer, microwave and more comfy beds.

We are looking forward to being able to take some of our family on some weekend camping trips too.

Two Wolves

An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life.

"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves:

One is evil -- he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

"The other is good -- he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. "This same fight is going on inside you -- and inside every person...."

The grandson thought about it and then asked his grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."

New "old" Swingset

Our friends purchased a New Wooden Swing set for their grandchildren and gave us their "old" wooden swing set. It needs to be sanded, re-stained and assembled. Give us a few weeks and we will have a fun play area for our grandchildren with a climbing wall, slide, fort, sandbox and swings.

Erin, Natalie and Avery and Granny's Great-grandchildren will have so much fun. I can hardly wait to get it together for them.

Oh My!

Has it really been almost two months since I've blogged? Where does time go? Well, all that I can say is that I haven't been just goofing off......I've babysat Natalie, helped Sarah pack, helped David and Sarah move to their new home, been active in my church and spent a long Easter weekend visiting my Mom, brother and sister and their families.

Sorry that it's been so long since I last blogged, I'll try to be better. (but, I'm not promising every day!)