Changing your e-mail account!

We have had Comcast everysince we moved to Grand Rapids. We have been having issues with internet, went through buying a new router that we did not need, and endless nights where the internet kept going down. So we finally had enough and made the decision to switch to ATT U-Verse. We actually have the package that has every channel available, and its still cheaper than what we were paying for our Comcast. The speed of the internet is faster, and the picture on the TV is awesome. We are very happy with making the switch to ATT... but having to change our e-mail addresses has been a pain. We pay tons of stuff on line and our e-mail addresses are attached to tons of stuff. All of our addresses had to be added to our new account, but I think I finally have everything in our new ATT account. If I don't have it... I can always get just about everyone's e-mail on Facebook. So... tomorrow... we are going to call Comcast and tell them they can keep their stupid service. I think we will be very happy with our new service!

I hate shopping for clothes!

I have been working really hard to lose weight and tone my body over the past few months. Its coming, slower than I would like... but little by little, clothes that used to be skin tight are now loose on me. The problem is... I am in between sizes... women's sizes are too big, regular sizes are too small. I have gone shopping three times in the past week, and I cannot find anything I like...or if I do ... my size is sold out. I went shopping on Saturday, credit card in hand, with money not even being an object for me... and I came home 4 hours later empty handed and very grumpy. I have to dress in business casual in my profession, and I am so sick and tired of wearing black! Yet every time I look at clothes, the only thing that even remotely catches my eye ... is black! I feel like a frumpy old woman most of the time, and cannot wait until the day that I can walk in a regular clothing store and buy anything off the rack. I wish they would make more clothes in my size that actually look nice on you... instead of making you look like an elephant! It just gives me even more incentive to get another 10 pounds off this body... then maybe I can find something that fits and I like!

Health care in coming years

I am very fortunate in this economy to have a job and health insurance. Many people in this world are not as fortunate. Health care and prescription coverage costs have gone through the roof. Our President wants the congress to have a resolution on his desk ready to sign by August. I have heard it said many times that doctors make way too much money... and charge way too much for their services. Working in the healthcare industry however, I have a much different view. Yes, doctors make a decent living, and I will never make what they make... but I also did not invest up to 15 years of life learning and training to be a physician. I am not on call all through the night, and I don't work the 70-80 hours that I have seen my physicians work. I do not have the student loans to repay that could be astronomical. I do not have to face the high malpractice premiums that physicians have to pay. Being a manager, I see the overhead costs, the decrease in reimbursement, and the many hoops insurance companies make us jump through to get authorization for services we provide. The company that I work for is meeting tonight to decide whether or not to merge with a local hospital. One thing is for certain... things are going to change. I wish I had the answer to our healthcare issues. I would love to see everyone in this world have the same opportunities at healthcare, but with that comes a price tag. I don't think the answer is socialized medicine. I believe the quality of our healthcare would definitely suffer. Its going to take a lot of give and take... our physicians are already seeing decreased reimbursement and increases in the cost of doing business, and like I've heard many times before... there are no new dollars in healthcare. I believe that each of us are going to have to take a more proactive approach to our healthcare. We are going to have to pay more for our medical care, and we need to take better care of ourselves to prevent future disease and costly prescriptions. Just like technology is constantly changing... we are going to be seeing many changes in healthcare. Lets just hope we go in the right direction. Some of the alternatives could be very scary!!