WHAT'S GOING ON HERE ?

Way too much!

Trying to make this short. I could write for days about all of these items items. 

Mark's insurance at work changes on July 1st. That really upset me. I've just gotten to know my new doctor's after our doctor changed medical groups last year!  We have had Aetna insurance for a very long time. 

Mark's retiring. So earlier this year Mark announced at work that he would be retiring in March 2019. They started making a lot of changes last year that frustrated him. Also he is just so tired of traveling.

The company is making a lot of changes and probably going to downsize a little bit so Mark decided to see if they would take an offer which would save them some money and that maybe he could leave sooner. They took the offer and his last day is June 29th. Oh my, I wasn't ready for this one!! 

I have absolutely no issues with him being home but this was my year to de-clutter and be ready for some changes in 2019. So since the insurance was changing anyway we decided to get going with Medicare since there was no point in getting the new insurance at work. 

It took Mark about two weeks to go through everything and find something that works best for us right now without too many changes. Worst part is going to be my prescriptions because I have four that there is no generic for. 

So starting July 1st I will be making a lot of calls and getting all of my appointments worked out through Medicare. All of the doctor's I have currently been seeing are in the same medical group we have been in for a year now with our primary doctor. So really just some tweaking to be made. 

We have no idea where we are going. Mark wants to move out of California because it is extremely costly to live here. I won't budge with the baby coming. I've waited too long and I want to be available for babysitting.

So this will take a while to sort out. We will most likely stay where we are now until the end of the year and then work on putting the house on the market.

Needless to say there are a lot of changes coming in the future. I am hopeful that they are all good and positive for us. I never like change but I really want a smaller place. I just can't keep up with this size house anymore. We will definitely miss our view!!

I had jury duty last week. Had to go in the afternoon on the second day. All the parking areas were a little further than I wanted to walk so I decided to just park on the street nearby and pay for parking. I only had six singles which only took me to 3 pm. So before we went into court they suggested I go put more money in.

Of course I couldn't get change anywhere. I ended up asking a few young men if they had any singles. I had a $10 bill to give to them. They wouldn't take it but I did get a few singles and got my time extended. Thankfully I was excused that day.

I have to say that the judge was an amazing man. I was so impressed with him. He did say something that I felt was true. He talked about the importance of serving on jury duty. He said that our men and woman serving our country here and around the world are doing that for our freedom and safety. They risk their lives for us each day. This is something we can do in return for them. It is a small way to serve our country compared to what they are doing for us.

Skye had ticks on her! We don't get ticks here. I went crazy over this one. Ran out for tick spray. Did the whole house and Skye. I actually read some good articles on a natural spray to make. We spray the yard already for fleas and ticks so we think that she may have rubbed against something possibly on a walk with Mark.

Mark had one on him too! All seems to be well now. We are now starting to believe that Mark may have brought some home from his trip to Canada. 

Fun time at Adam and Gabby's the weekend before this one. We took over filet mignon to grill, scallop potatoes from Costco, mushrooms to saute and salad. Skye came along and they are just getting along great.

Roxy thought it was fun holding the hose. 

She even squirted Skye in the face once by accident. 

 After playing the pool they also chased each other

around the yard for hours! 

We headed to Arizona on Friday for a small family gathering with Mark's side. His mom flew in from Houston. His one brother and wife flew in from Chicago. Adam and Gabby flew in and we drove up with Skye. We stayed with his sister and her wife Pam for the weekend. Pam's daughter, her husband and their two boys were in town too. We hadn't seen them in 10 years. We had the best time!

This coming Friday I leave for Florida to celebrate my dad's 95th birthday. I return home on Monday. But this trip is going to be different. I'm not staying for a few weeks like I normally do.

I am meeting up with Amber at the Denver airport and then we fly together to Tampa. She is terrified to fly so this is my way of helping her to get there. She hasn't seen her grandpa since his 90th birthday. My brother is flying in from Milwaukee and I haven't seen him in several years. Should be fun! I also get to meet my new great great nephew. 

Of course nothing happens without more drama. I've been sick for over a week now and had to start on steroids/antibiotic along with using my breathing machine. Hoping to feel better soon. 

Always thankful for the blessing given to

me from from God.