I remember very well swinging on the front porch of my Ma's big log house...She had planted Sweet Autumn Clematis along that end of the porch and had a rough arbor of wires on two sides for it to run on......We used to set in that swing and talk for hours at a time......My Granddaddy Buntin had build that log house and right there by the swing was a place where the mortar had started to fall out and he had used his fingers to push it back between the big logs...I don't know why he didn't smooth it out but I'm glad he left it......We used to stretch our fingers out and try to match Grandpas finger marks....He died 6 years before I was born on his birthday.....but I think we would have got a long just great...he loved to read, you see.......Jeannie T ____________________________________________________________ Home Refinance 3.8% FIXED No Hidden Fees, Easy Approvals & Better Terms-Free Quotes-3.9% APR! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d42702fced221c45m06duc

I agree 100% about specialists, but if you are in with food poisoning or run of the mill illnesses it is more comforting to have the doctor you have had for 25 years, not some young kid that you never saw before! But that is how it goes------I really think my doctor is thinking about retiring-but he is still young(to me)but he got divorced, his sons are out of college and he has a real hot girlfriend and a sports car! I think he is seeking some rest and relaxation! He has always been just the greatest and even if you call on a weekend you get his pager # ---and he talks to you when he is on the golf course and will phone in a scrip or tell you to go meet him at the ER--now he has changed! He has always been there for us--I hate the idea of having to get a new doctor now! Helen

Equate.75 then 6.00 now = just under 8.00 x2 $16.00 still doesn't compare to the $65 or more they are bill Medicare or you. REMEMBER WHEN-IN 1946 WHEN MY HUSBAND GOT HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE NAVY AND WE SET UP OUR HOME=WE WENT TO WORK FOR A COFFIN CO.HE WAS PAID 35 CENTS A HR AND I GOT 25CENTS A HR DOING THE SAME WORK AND THEN HIS NEXT JOB WAS 75CENTS A HR.=BY THEN I WAS PREGNANT=DR, OFFICE CALL WAS $2.OO A VISIT=I STILL HAVE THE REC. FOR THE DEL. OF OUR FIRST SON=$5O FOR A 10 DAY STAY AT HOSPITAL=BUT REMEMBER HUBBY ONLY MADE .75 PER HR ==GOOD OLD DAYS=WE WERE HAPPY=GENE IN TX. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No Doug, my copay is still $10.00. I get 2 diabetes meds free. Barb tipperboo12@msn.com > From: roses4831@msn.com > To: memory-lane@rootsweb.com > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:08:49 -0800 > Subject: Re: [ML] Grrrrrr > > > I haven't had any meds refilled lately but I'll check next time I do.Emma > > > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:49:23 -0600 > > From: ddcrim@gmail.com > > To: an-internet-family@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [ML] Grrrrrr > > > > Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? > > > > A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription for her > > chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a local pharmacy > > that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. Anyhow, yesterday the Rx > > was delivered via FedEx... when she opened the enclosed bill, she discovered > > that instead of a $50 co-pay, we were billed for $200.... YIKES! > > Sherry seemed to remember that at her work she did get something from BCBS > > about possible changes... Next week I will have to have all my scripts > > refilled... I'm almost afraid to find out what that will cost... > > Anyone else seen surprises in their co-pay? > > > > The Dougster.. :-)* > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

REMEMBER WHEN-IN 1946 WHEN MY HUSBAND GOT HIS DISCHARGE FROM THE NAVY AND WE SET UP OUR HOME=WE WENT TO WORK FOR A COFFIN CO.HE WAS PAID 35 CENTS A HR AND I GOT 25CENTS A HR DOING THE SAME WORK AND THEN HIS NEXT JOB WAS 75CENTS A HR.=BY THEN I WAS PREGNANT=DR, OFFICE CALL WAS $2.OO A VISIT=I STILL HAVE THE REC. FOR THE DEL. OF OUR FIRST SON=$5O FOR A 10 DAY STAY AT HOSPITAL=BUT REMEMBER HUBBY ONLY MADE .75 PER HR ==GOOD OLD DAYS=WE WERE HAPPY=GENE IN TX.

Put a little perspective on cost. Fifty cents might equate to two days today or say 1920 prices 25 cents a day or even after ww2 $1.25 per hour. Inflation and false inflation even more(greed) will kill us all. Bud. Prescription costs are getting more expensive because everyone wants more and more. I remember my mother going to our family doctor and him stepping into his little room beside this office and mixing a bit of "this" and a bit of "that" in a bottle, shaking it, handing it to mom and said "50 cents". > Yes, I have. a perscription that the Humana doesn't cover a couple > years ago was around 25 dollars, and had it filled again and it was > 75. I couldn't believe it. I have Humana for prescriptions and seems > they mostly just cover meds you can get the fake one. Even my pain > meds, that is the ganeric one and it is three times as much as in > Dec. Really makes me mad. Every one can have ins. well how the heck > you supposed to be able to pay for all this. It has always been > available if you could afford. But Obama will save us. Crap. Louise > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: > "an-internet-family" <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com> Sent: > Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: [ML] Grrrrrr > > > > Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? > > > > A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription > > for her chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a > > local pharmacy that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. > > Anyhow, yesterday the Rx was delivered via FedEx... when she opened > > the enclosed bill, she discovered that instead of a $50 co-pay, we > > were billed for $200.... YIKES! Sherry seemed to remember that at > > her work she did get something from BCBS about possible changes... > > Next week I will have to have all my scripts refilled... I'm almost > > afraid to find out what that will cost... Anyone else seen surprises > > in their co-pay? > > > > The Dougster.. :-)* http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That is interesting about eye doctors not needing all the liability insurance,maybe just the specialists that perform eye surgeries need big insurance plans. Everything seems to be about how much money people can get from other people! Unlike when our old doctors truly liked helping make us better and not shipping us off to specialists! My own primary care doctor no longer does hospital visits to his patients-you get strange doctors to care for you-I find this just appalling but what is one to do when most doctors are now doing this for insurance reasons? Helen

We "belong to" a clinic, and our primary care doctors also do not do hospital visits. Presumably that is so they'll be more available in the office, and although I can see the reasoning behind that, I'm guessing a lot of it has to do with insurance. I do appreciate specialists, though. If my husband is going to have back surgery in March, I'm happy it's going to be done by someone who specializes in just that and not by someone who does one or two a year. Connie > That is interesting about eye doctors not needing all the liability > insurance,maybe just the specialists that perform eye surgeries need big > insurance plans. > Everything seems to be about how much money people can get from other > people! > Unlike when our old doctors truly liked helping make us better and not > shipping us off to specialists! > My own primary care doctor no longer does hospital visits to his > patients-you get strange doctors to care for you-I find this just > appalling > but what is one to do when most doctors are now doing this for insurance > reasons? > Helen

I remember the local drug store my mother used to go to, they mixed alot of their own stuff. Didn't cost an arm and a leg for the meds then. They don't mix their own of any thing any more I don't think. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "helenware" <helenware@comcast.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 4:19 PM Subject: Re: [ML] Grrrrrr > When we were young our family doctor-delivered babies, took out appendix > etc., charged a dollar or two for an office or home visit! Prescriptions > were cheap and uncomplicated. > The with insurance companies, doctors specializing in certain fields and > people getting sue crazy-it forced everything to go up-our doctor stopped > delivering babies and doing surgeries(such as circumcisimns etc.) > I bet many of us knows a person or two that threatens to sue over all > kinds > of things most of us overlook! I know several and it really annoys me. > These > are petty stupid things they sue over and WE have to pay for our doctors > to > be covered by insurance. > My niece was going to be a Pediatrician but is a Nurse Practitioner > because > of the liabilities a doctor has! > I understand many young people shy away for being doctors for this > reason---it is a sorry state of affairs that the few jerks that are trying > to get money from lawsuits cause all of this to happen. > Off the soapbox ! > Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

When we were young our family doctor-delivered babies, took out appendix etc., charged a dollar or two for an office or home visit! Prescriptions were cheap and uncomplicated. The with insurance companies, doctors specializing in certain fields and people getting sue crazy-it forced everything to go up-our doctor stopped delivering babies and doing surgeries(such as circumcisimns etc.) I bet many of us knows a person or two that threatens to sue over all kinds of things most of us overlook! I know several and it really annoys me. These are petty stupid things they sue over and WE have to pay for our doctors to be covered by insurance. My niece was going to be a Pediatrician but is a Nurse Practitioner because of the liabilities a doctor has! I understand many young people shy away for being doctors for this reason---it is a sorry state of affairs that the few jerks that are trying to get money from lawsuits cause all of this to happen. Off the soapbox ! Helen

My family doctor told me just a few weeks ago that his daughter is going to be an opthamalogist. He's in family practice and told me 50 cents out of every dollar he makes goes for liability insurance but eye doctors don't have that need or requirement. Apparently there aren't as many lawsuits involving them. juanita > When we were young our family doctor-delivered babies, took out > appendix etc., charged a dollar or two for an office or home visit! > Prescriptions were cheap and uncomplicated. The with insurance > companies, doctors specializing in certain fields and people getting > sue crazy-it forced everything to go up-our doctor stopped delivering > babies and doing surgeries(such as circumcisimns etc.) I bet many of > us knows a person or two that threatens to sue over all kinds of > things most of us overlook! I know several and it really annoys me. > These are petty stupid things they sue over and WE have to pay for our > doctors to be covered by insurance. My niece was going to be a > Pediatrician but is a Nurse Practitioner because of the liabilities a > doctor has! I understand many young people shy away for being doctors > for this reason---it is a sorry state of affairs that the few jerks > that are trying to get money from lawsuits cause all of this to > happen. Off the soapbox ! Helen > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Prescription costs are getting more expensive because everyone wants more and more. I remember my mother going to our family doctor and him stepping into his little room beside this office and mixing a bit of "this" and a bit of "that" in a bottle, shaking it, handing it to mom and said "50 cents". We recovered from our illness and many of that generation are still around long after everyone was thought to have been gone. Medicine has done marvelous work over the years and we've profited from it but it is going to have to change or our grandkids and their offspring will be unable to afford to go to a doctor. I don't know a solution that will satisfy everyone without a cost. juanita > Yes, I have. a perscription that the Humana doesn't cover a couple > years ago was around 25 dollars, and had it filled again and it was > 75. I couldn't believe it. I have Humana for prescriptions and seems > they mostly just cover meds you can get the fake one. Even my pain > meds, that is the ganeric one and it is three times as much as in > Dec. Really makes me mad. Every one can have ins. well how the heck > you supposed to be able to pay for all this. It has always been > available if you could afford. But Obama will save us. Crap. Louise > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: > "an-internet-family" <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com> Sent: > Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: [ML] Grrrrrr > > > > Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? > > > > A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription > > for her chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a > > local pharmacy that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. > > Anyhow, yesterday the Rx was delivered via FedEx... when she opened > > the enclosed bill, she discovered that instead of a $50 co-pay, we > > were billed for $200.... YIKES! Sherry seemed to remember that at > > her work she did get something from BCBS about possible changes... > > Next week I will have to have all my scripts refilled... I'm almost > > afraid to find out what that will cost... Anyone else seen surprises > > in their co-pay? > > > > The Dougster.. :-)*

Are you talking about Medicare Plan D prescription plans? All the changes should have been outlined in their booklets distributed in December, I think. I received a large booklet from BC/BS as I was interested in what their plan offered for 2011. We've had Prescription D plan thru HUMANA since the program began. From what I could determine BC/BS for this area (all States, I think may be different) they were more costly (for us) than the HUMANA. So we renewed Plan D thru HUMANA which had a $5.00/mo. increase in cost. I order several prescriptions thru RightSource, the mail order plan of HUMANA and thus far have had zero co-pay for Tier 1 drugs because they are generic. I will have to have refills before long on some Tier 2 brand name prescriptions though and they will cost $110 co-pay for a ninety-day supply. The problem I foresee in Plan D is the companies may drop a particular drug from their formulary which means there'll probably be higher cost in buying it from another pharmacy outside of our plan. We get some medicine thru the VA and they cannot - or will not - fill some prescriptions. juanita ks > Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? > > A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription for > her chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a local > pharmacy that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. Anyhow, > yesterday the Rx was delivered via FedEx... when she opened the > enclosed bill, she discovered that instead of a $50 co-pay, we were > billed for $200.... YIKES! Sherry seemed to remember that at her work > she did get something from BCBS about possible changes... Next week I > will have to have all my scripts refilled... I'm almost afraid to find > out what that will cost... Anyone else seen surprises in their co-pay? > > The Dougster.. :-)*

I haven't had any meds refilled lately but I'll check next time I do.Emma > Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2011 10:49:23 -0600 > From: ddcrim@gmail.com > To: an-internet-family@googlegroups.com > Subject: [ML] Grrrrrr > > Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? > > A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription for her > chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a local pharmacy > that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. Anyhow, yesterday the Rx > was delivered via FedEx... when she opened the enclosed bill, she discovered > that instead of a $50 co-pay, we were billed for $200.... YIKES! > Sherry seemed to remember that at her work she did get something from BCBS > about possible changes... Next week I will have to have all my scripts > refilled... I'm almost afraid to find out what that will cost... > Anyone else seen surprises in their co-pay? > > The Dougster.. :-)* > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Yes, I have. a perscription that the Humana doesn't cover a couple years ago was around 25 dollars, and had it filled again and it was 75. I couldn't believe it. I have Humana for prescriptions and seems they mostly just cover meds you can get the fake one. Even my pain meds, that is the ganeric one and it is three times as much as in Dec. Really makes me mad. Every one can have ins. well how the heck you supposed to be able to pay for all this. It has always been available if you could afford. But Obama will save us. Crap. Louise ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> To: "an-internet-family" <an-internet-family@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:49 AM Subject: [ML] Grrrrrr > Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? > > A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription for her > chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a local pharmacy > that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. Anyhow, yesterday the Rx > was delivered via FedEx... when she opened the enclosed bill, she > discovered > that instead of a $50 co-pay, we were billed for $200.... YIKES! > Sherry seemed to remember that at her work she did get something from BCBS > about possible changes... Next week I will have to have all my scripts > refilled... I'm almost afraid to find out what that will cost... > Anyone else seen surprises in their co-pay? > > The Dougster.. :-)* > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has anyone else noticed a change in your health insurance benefits? A couple of days ago, Sherry called MDA to refill her prescription for her chemo-drug... I still don't understand why we can't find a local pharmacy that can get that drug, but that's how it goes.. Anyhow, yesterday the Rx was delivered via FedEx... when she opened the enclosed bill, she discovered that instead of a $50 co-pay, we were billed for $200.... YIKES! Sherry seemed to remember that at her work she did get something from BCBS about possible changes... Next week I will have to have all my scripts refilled... I'm almost afraid to find out what that will cost... Anyone else seen surprises in their co-pay? The Dougster.. :-)*

Excellent idea Brenda.... I had thought of this before but haven't checked on it... I'd even be willing to make a donation in exchange for their assistance.. Good thinking girl! Thank you ... :-)** On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:18 PM, brenda <bgormley5@verizon.net> wrote: > Doug > Have you checked with your local fire dept to see if they need a training > day? Just a thought... > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Doug Crim" <ddcrim@gmail.com> > To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:01 AM > Subject: Re: [ML] Another weekend at da ranch... > > > > Eventually, I would love to do a controlled burn over this entire portion > > of > > the ranch in an effort to control weeds and prickly pear but right now, > > there isn't enough grass/weeds for a burn to be very effective. A > > controlled burn requires a permit and enough people on site to make > > certain > > the burn doesn't get out of control. I can't afford such nonsense. No > > doubt my controlled burn will be in small portions until I get the entire > > field burned.... I also have another 35 acre tract that needs a good > grass > > fire... No doubt I'll have more to write about as these events take > place. > > lol > > > > :-)** > > > > > > On Tue, Jan 25, 2011 at 11:42 PM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > > > >> I can remember helping Daddy burn off a field that hadn't been planted > in > >> several years, judging by the bushes....We very young weren't expected > to > >> do much work, so it was fun for us....Spent most of our time hunting > down > >> the snakes and watching them keep squirming on the fire. We were in the > >> habit of killing ALL snakes because they'd scared us with stories about > >> the dreaded stinging snake..... > >> > >> After Dad died we were burning off a field and Mama said " I smell cloth > >> burning !You kids check your clothes !!! " Turns out she was wearing an > >> old pair of daddy's overalls and her rolled up pants leg was on > >> fire....Women didn't have pants/slacks of their own back then..dresses > >> all the way. Young girls could wear pants to school but I was told in > the > >> 7th grade that I was too old for that. I pled cold weather and walking > to > >> the bus...Didn't work... Jeannie T > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >> On Mon, 24 Jan 2011 12:15:55 -0600 Doug Crim <ddcrim@gmail.com> writes: > >> > Last Friday morning, as we drove to the ranch, it was obvious that > the > >> burn ban had been lifted. Everywhere we looked, for miles around, we > saw > >> large plumes of smoke, which indicated that many ranches had one thing > >> on their minds... burning brush piles! The Dougster > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> ____________________________________________________________ > >> 1 Simple Form: Up to 4 offers! > >> Refi to low APR before rates rise: $225,000 for $964/mo > >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d3fbd5e936d0b0f6em06duc > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------- > >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > >> MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the > >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Odd thing...all the little side roads in this area has the kids getting off the bus on the main drag and walking home every day...Rich new subdivision ..one street , half a mile or more long...Bus takes them right to the door...Odd, huh ? Our street is a half mile long, with a good turnaround at the end......Kids walk.....Most parents drive the kids up to the bus and go get them...I know theres more danger from perverts, but think they could all go together and be safe, out here in the country. Theres houses at the bus stop where they could go if trouble hit. Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Wed, 26 Jan 2011 00:38:21 -0800 Emma Roses <roses4831@msn.com> writes: > > When I was in High School, they said we lived just inside the > district that we couldn't ride the school bus, so we had to walk. I > was friends with a girl that lived just across the street from me > aso we always walked together. As we got closer to school, we met > other friends along the way so we would have quite a group of us by > the time we got to school.I always thought we walked at least two > miles, maybe more when I was walking it. But like you, I measured > it later by the car and it was just over a mile. We never thought > too much about the distance when we were walking it because of > meeting so many friends along the way. After the first short > distance, we had sidewalks to walk on so it wasn't like walking in > the country. Yep, we walked it in the rain too. We put a bandanna > on our heads and carried our books in our arms and never thought > anything about it. That was before backpacks.Emma > > > To: dwsbgs@centurytel.net; memory-lane@rootsweb.com > > Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:52:37 -0600 > > From: askgranny@juno.com > > Subject: Re: [ML] Rabbit 'gums', etc.. > > > > > Who walked to school ? We ran and played nearly all the > way...Played till > > school started, played at first recess, after we choked down out > lunch, > > and again at second recess...Play all the way home, do all the > chores, > > happily eat whatever Mama had fixed for supper and slept like > little > > angels...Different from today...By the way, I measured that > distance on > > my car after I grew up.... > > > > Jeannie T > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~` > > > > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ____________________________________________________________ Globe Life Insurance $1* Buys $50,000 Life Insurance. Adults or Children. No Medical Exam. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4d4114bfed4c9b320em06duc

Glad to know you and Herby are feeling better. At least you weren't sick on the cruise, so you could enjoy feeling like the Queen. My co worker went to Disney just after Christmas. She showed me some of her pictures, and everyone was bundled up with winter jackets, hats & scarves! It was very bizarre! Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "annette tucker" <annelovespugs@yahoo.com> Well Bob and I took the cruise I talked about after Christmas and we had a wonderful time but three days after getting home I came down with Bacterial Pneumonia and I am over that. I sat down to send an email to my friends and found out that Herby had croaked again.(Herby of course is my computer) Well we hae him fixed up and now I can send a few words. There were so many emails that it was just impossible to answer them all or even to read most of them. The cruise was cooler than we had expected and for two days we had a monsoon however this did discourage us as we just enjoyed the luxary of the ship and being treated like Queen Elizabeth. The food was wonderful and the entertainment good. I am better now so I have no complaints except that my energy level is not what it should be but then I have always been impatient. I feel rather sorry for the vistitors who have come to Florida during the months of December and January as the weather here has not been exactly warm and sunny. Even today it has rained this morning and is still cool outside and we have our heat on this afternoon. Annette.

Hi Helen, Happy Birthday. Sorry you didn't get to go out on the day itself, but I'm sure you'll have a great time when we can shovel out. The pile at the end of street is worse than I ever remember it. You have to pull way out into the road before you can even begin to see if a car is coming. Last I heard they were saying 6-10, but that was from earlier this afternoon, so we'll just have to wait and see I guess. Did you see that massive truck that can melt the snow? I heard something about it being used in NY, then I saw it on the news one day last week. Good idea, but I'm not sure where they drain the water? They would have to locate the storm drains first and that doesn't seem so easy to do these days! Lisa Lisa ----- Original Message ----- From: "helenware" <helenware@comcast.net> To: <memory-lane@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:15 PM Subject: Re: [ML] This year started with a bang. > Hi Annette, > Thanks for worrying about me-it is snowing like crazy here-I am so sick of > snow and ice! > It is my birthday and we cancelled plans we had and my grandson and his > fiancé just left-they brought me pizza and a strawberry cheesecake for > dinner to celebrate. > I don't like to go out in the slippery weather for fear of falling so we > will go out to casino and dinner tomorrow or another day depending on > weather! > You know that the plows and sanders keep up with all of the snow but after > awhile there is no place to pile the snow up and now we have had over > forty > four inches in January it is piled high! Hard to see when pulling out to > a > road or in parking lots! > Spring can't get here soon enough for me! > Helen