The Colborns Unembellished: Crafts on the side~

Peek A Boo!

The past week has been pretty unexciting. I guess that isn't saying much considering my life but, for me it's fairly monumental.

Remember when I was saying how I wished 2009 would never end. Well, last Thursday I was really wishing that very wish. We had a regular day FULL of Dr's appointments. Normally not a big deal, other than the overwhelming feeling, once you get home and get all the kids in bed, that you have been on an all night binge and need a trip to the loony bin. This week it was much different. I was notified on Tuesday that our benefits department at Swift where Greg works, had a "Glitch" in their system and instead of reinstating our benefits at the beginning of the year, they had actually dropped us. They said, it should be fixed by Thursday when we had our slew of appointments...This is "me" we are talking about so of coarse, that certainly was not the case. We had 7 different appointments and the first 6 went somewhat well considering the circumstances. Most of them were quite understanding of my predicament and allowed me to go ahead and see the doctor. The 7th appointment was not understanding in the least. It being the last of the appointments, I was already close to my wits end. The receptionist said, "I'd be happy to let you keep your appointment if you pay for your visit up front" WHAT??? Even if I had the extra $300 to see the Pediatric Opthamologist I would never pay upfront and then have the insurance reimburse me once things were back in place. That would be like punching out someones tooth and telling them not to worry, another one will grow in. Not only painful but, highly unlikely and if for some reason one did actually grow in, it would take an excruciatingly long time to do so. I had already spent 6 hours on the phone with benefits and the insurance on Tuesday and I now spent another 2 hours on the phone in the eye doctors waiting room. I am not really an overly emotional person but by this point in my day I was seriously near tears. Finally, the billing lady in the doctors office allowed me to see the doctor and said they would process the appointment in the hopes that the insurance would be back in place.

What a mess!! I can honestly say that I hate my insurance however, I don't hate it enough to get rid of it!

Madelynne was supposed to have another slew of testing this week to determine if she is to have a bladder augmentation but, after several attempts on my part to find out when the appointment was, they finally called me back on Wednesday afternoon to notify me that I had missed it. The funny thing is that I wouldn't have missed it if they had called me back on Monday, Tuesday or even the previous Friday when I had called several times on each of those days. UGH!!! Now we have to wait until the 27th to do the testing and the 4th of February for the follow up with the doctor to discuss the results and plan of action.

Madelynne was fitted for a custom wheel chair on Thursday. She got to race around the doctors office in the mobility clinic testing out the different models and even got to pick out what color which surprisingly she picked "Pink". I'm sure you are all in shock. After the appointment she asked if we could go to that doctor every time she had an appointment. She finished the conversation with added enthusiasm saying, "they didn't even make me cry or hurt me one time"

I have been working hard on my business ventures lately and trying to take the blog to a new level. (The Dainty Couture blog: http://www.thedaintycoutureco.blogspot.com/) I am doing a free tutorial every week on how to make something adorable. I'm also giving one pattern away every week this year. Hopefully it will help to promote my business and jump start this new venture.

This coming week's free tutorial are these sassy little aprons made from dinner napkins. How cute is that?