Seriously I should have spelled checked that last BLOG!
WHAT WAS I THINKING?????
Hooked on Phonics...apparently didnt work for me
Shannon
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Life as of Late
Well I thought I better blog about something since I havent in a while. Im constantly reading posts from my wonderful and dear friend Maggie...her blogs can make you laugh and cry at the same time and let me just say...when your done, you feel so much better. Then there is and old high school friend of mine, who for the past month has been telling her heart disease story and educating everyone on heart awareness. I never knew just exactly how much she has gone through the past couple of years and my hurt goes out to her. I think she is a fantastic woman and mother. With all that said...ready for an update from me?
My husband started back at his old job with Citi but is now working in the Mortgage division. He is super excited and I am too. Now we have better insurance, and more money in our pockets. I am also trying to find a new job. I have applied at a couple of places and I am now just waiting to hear back. Im just not happy anymore where I am. And it is really hard to work for family.
We are still trying for that baby, we just started on some fertility meds, so hopefully something will happen soon. I just pray it will, and that I dont end up being like the OCTUPLET Lady.
My dad is doing okay. He goes April 1st to have another biopsy done to see how everything is going, and then on April 15th we will all be in Temple for his surgery. This is definetly gonna be a life changing experience for him. It's hard to prepare for something that you have no idea how it's gonna turn out. It's been extremely hard on my mom. But she is the strongest woman I know. And I have complete faith that God is gonna pull my Dad through.
Well I guess that's about it on me for now. I hope everyone is doing well!
Love,
SHANNON
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Our Wonderful Healthcare System
This is a blog not from me, but from my husband. I am so truly lucky to have such a wonderful, compassionate, loving husband. I thought it was worth sharing his opinion with everyone. So here goes:
Today has been a very disappointing day for me. Why, you ask? Because I found out that my health insurance through United Healthcare is completely biased and left wing supportive.I arrived at my job in good spirits today. I got online to check what fertility treatments my health insurance would cover (my wife and I are trying to have children), and once I got logged in, the clouds came, and my world went dark. You see, United Healthcare doesn’t cover any type of fertility treatment at all. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
And here’s the part that disturbed me the most…you find out what is covered, or not covered, under a tab labeled “Family Planning”. The things that are covered, however, have nothing to do with family planning at all, would be better suited under a tab labeled “Family Prevention”. Here is a list of items that are covered:
Voluntary Sterilization – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Abortion – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Fetal Reduction Surgery – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Health Services for Non-surgical or Drug-induced Pregnancy Termination – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
As you can see, everything that is covered is for the Prevention of pregnancy and birth. This is blatant discrimination against all of us who hold Christian and Conservative values. It is a slap in the face by a liberal left that has control over way too many of the things that we need. United Healthcare would rather pay 80% of the cost associated with killing an unborn infant, than they would pay to assist in the creation of life. It is absolutely shameful.I placed a call to United Healthcare and asked them why fertility treatments were not covered in any fashion, and I was given a two part answer:
1. Fertility treatments are not deemed medically necessary, and
2. There is not enough proof, medically, that they actually assist in pregnancy I asked them if they were kidding, and was simply told “no”.
So I asked a few questions of my own:
Q: When has a vasectomy ever been considered “medically necessary”, after all, this is covered under voluntary sterilization?
A: “I don’t have any statistics to show that.”
Q: What percentage of abortions are actually considered “medically necessary”?
A: “I don’t have those kind of statistics in front of me either.”
***(By the way, according to Central Illinois Right To Life, only 3% of abortions are performed due to the mother’s health problems. That means 97% of abortions performed are done so as a matter of choice, or birth control, yet all of them are covered by United Healthcare)
Q: How many non-surgical or drug-induced pregnancy terminations are considered “medically necessary”?
A: “Again, sir, I do not have those statistics in front of me.”
As you can see, United Healthcare couldn’t back up why they cover only preventative measures. This should be an illegal practice, due to the fact that it is obviously discriminatory. The average cost of an abortion in the United States ranges from $370 to $450.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood), there were almost 1.3 million abortions in the U.S. last year. Even on the low end of the cost spectrum, if United Healthcare is covering 80% of each case, they still covered $481,000,000. That’s half a billion dollars…spent primarily on murder. But they refuse to cover fertility treatments at all. They should have a billboard ad that reads:“United Healthcare. We kill them so you don’t have to.”To sum everything up, I can only think of one word to describe what I feel. That word is disgust. Something needs to be done about this idiocy. At the least, if they are going to cover all of the preventative measures of birth, they should also be required to cover measures that can help assist in birth.
Thank you,
Billy Franklin Poling
This is my husband's heart right there. Is is so passionate when it comes to something that he believes in. That's one of the things that made me fall in love with him. Just Please...and I beg you...Please dont get him started on POLITICS! For the love of Pete and all that is HOLY please dont get him started. Hope you enjoyed this post.
Until Later,
Shannon
Today has been a very disappointing day for me. Why, you ask? Because I found out that my health insurance through United Healthcare is completely biased and left wing supportive.I arrived at my job in good spirits today. I got online to check what fertility treatments my health insurance would cover (my wife and I are trying to have children), and once I got logged in, the clouds came, and my world went dark. You see, United Healthcare doesn’t cover any type of fertility treatment at all. None. Zip. Zilch. Nada.
And here’s the part that disturbed me the most…you find out what is covered, or not covered, under a tab labeled “Family Planning”. The things that are covered, however, have nothing to do with family planning at all, would be better suited under a tab labeled “Family Prevention”. Here is a list of items that are covered:
Voluntary Sterilization – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Abortion – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Fetal Reduction Surgery – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
Health Services for Non-surgical or Drug-induced Pregnancy Termination – Covered (Preventive Procedure)
As you can see, everything that is covered is for the Prevention of pregnancy and birth. This is blatant discrimination against all of us who hold Christian and Conservative values. It is a slap in the face by a liberal left that has control over way too many of the things that we need. United Healthcare would rather pay 80% of the cost associated with killing an unborn infant, than they would pay to assist in the creation of life. It is absolutely shameful.I placed a call to United Healthcare and asked them why fertility treatments were not covered in any fashion, and I was given a two part answer:
1. Fertility treatments are not deemed medically necessary, and
2. There is not enough proof, medically, that they actually assist in pregnancy I asked them if they were kidding, and was simply told “no”.
So I asked a few questions of my own:
Q: When has a vasectomy ever been considered “medically necessary”, after all, this is covered under voluntary sterilization?
A: “I don’t have any statistics to show that.”
Q: What percentage of abortions are actually considered “medically necessary”?
A: “I don’t have those kind of statistics in front of me either.”
***(By the way, according to Central Illinois Right To Life, only 3% of abortions are performed due to the mother’s health problems. That means 97% of abortions performed are done so as a matter of choice, or birth control, yet all of them are covered by United Healthcare)
Q: How many non-surgical or drug-induced pregnancy terminations are considered “medically necessary”?
A: “Again, sir, I do not have those statistics in front of me.”
As you can see, United Healthcare couldn’t back up why they cover only preventative measures. This should be an illegal practice, due to the fact that it is obviously discriminatory. The average cost of an abortion in the United States ranges from $370 to $450.
According to the Alan Guttmacher Institute (Planned Parenthood), there were almost 1.3 million abortions in the U.S. last year. Even on the low end of the cost spectrum, if United Healthcare is covering 80% of each case, they still covered $481,000,000. That’s half a billion dollars…spent primarily on murder. But they refuse to cover fertility treatments at all. They should have a billboard ad that reads:“United Healthcare. We kill them so you don’t have to.”To sum everything up, I can only think of one word to describe what I feel. That word is disgust. Something needs to be done about this idiocy. At the least, if they are going to cover all of the preventative measures of birth, they should also be required to cover measures that can help assist in birth.
Thank you,
Billy Franklin Poling
This is my husband's heart right there. Is is so passionate when it comes to something that he believes in. That's one of the things that made me fall in love with him. Just Please...and I beg you...Please dont get him started on POLITICS! For the love of Pete and all that is HOLY please dont get him started. Hope you enjoyed this post.
Until Later,
Shannon
Monday, January 26, 2009
HOUSE PHOTO'S
Well since forever ago I have promised these photo's to Maggie aka Bob...so here goes girl!
First we will start with the Kitchen:
Then there is the dining room
Then we will go into the Living Room
Ok fun huh...here is a lil peak at what will be in our bedroom...it's all thrown together and its not gonna look like this but here goes:
Then there is the spare bathroom
And my oh so cute and sweet lil pink room:
That's all I have ready for now. I will have the rest up this weekend. I hope you have enjoyed them.
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
PICTURES
oh yeah...I still have to put up pictures...I will work on that tonight. SORRY as you can tell I have a lot on my mind!
Love to all!
Shanny
Love to all!
Shanny
BUSINESS IS TAKING OFF
Im so excited so I wanted to share my good news today with everyone. So as some of you know I started a business called Sassy Buttons making picture frames and magnets. Well I have been looking into some different craft malls to take my stuff to and have it displayed. This past weekend I met a wonderful lady who is a dealer at an antique craft mall. We started talking about the different things she makes so I started asking her questions and started telling her about my business and before the end of conversation she decided she wants be to bring some stuff to her and show her what I do. This lady makes wonderful wall signs and so that night I had to go meet her to pick up a couple that I was having made. So I showed her a few of my things and she loved them and said she was going to get back with me. This was Saturday, on Sunday she called me and said that she needs me to this coming up weekend to bring my stuff back out to the antique mall and show a couple of the vendors out there that she was telling about me.
They have already called and want me to make sure to bring certain samples of things that they are looking into buying in bulk. I am so incredibly excited about this. I love making these things and I am so excited to get it off the ground. Wish me luck this Saturday as I meet with everyone and show them what I have.
Until Saturday...
Shannon
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Well I thought I would drop a lil note...
I will put up a real blog tomorrow with some pictures of the house. But we have made a blog site for my dad so he can communicate with his friends and our family back home. So if you know him and would like to check it out from time to time here is the site.
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/KennyThompson
Until tomorrow
xoxo
Shanny
I will put up a real blog tomorrow with some pictures of the house. But we have made a blog site for my dad so he can communicate with his friends and our family back home. So if you know him and would like to check it out from time to time here is the site.
http://www.carepages.com/carepages/KennyThompson
Until tomorrow
xoxo
Shanny
Saturday, January 3, 2009
HERE WE GO 2009
Well now that it's 2009 I thought I would update my blog. I added some slideshow's for everyone to enjoy. Hopefully that will make a few people smile.
First off I will give everyone a quick update on my Dad. He had his first round of Chemo last Tuesday and it went ok. He got extremely sick that night and was really week the day after but as the week progressed he started feeling better. He will have treatments every 21 days so please continue to keep him in your prayers. And thank you to everyone who has been doing this already. It's the most important thing that we all need right now.
Second as my WONDERFUL friend Maggie has done...this will be my accountability site for my New Year's Resolution.
1. I started back on Monday at my Weight Watchers Meetings and I am extremely excited about getting in shape and HEALTHY.
2. We are looking into selling our house and moving into the neighborhood where my parents are. It's definetly closer to them and closer to Billy's grandparents house which is what we want to be.
3. We are hoping that now that it's the January and I can have the test's done that I need done...that we can possibly be able to have a BABY. Which is the one thing Billy and I want right now.
If we can get these 3 things done...I will be doing good. I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's. I am going to try and do better at this blogging thing it's a big STRESS reliever when I let everything out.
xoxo
Shannon
First off I will give everyone a quick update on my Dad. He had his first round of Chemo last Tuesday and it went ok. He got extremely sick that night and was really week the day after but as the week progressed he started feeling better. He will have treatments every 21 days so please continue to keep him in your prayers. And thank you to everyone who has been doing this already. It's the most important thing that we all need right now.
Second as my WONDERFUL friend Maggie has done...this will be my accountability site for my New Year's Resolution.
1. I started back on Monday at my Weight Watchers Meetings and I am extremely excited about getting in shape and HEALTHY.
2. We are looking into selling our house and moving into the neighborhood where my parents are. It's definetly closer to them and closer to Billy's grandparents house which is what we want to be.
3. We are hoping that now that it's the January and I can have the test's done that I need done...that we can possibly be able to have a BABY. Which is the one thing Billy and I want right now.
If we can get these 3 things done...I will be doing good. I hope everyone had a wonderful New Year's. I am going to try and do better at this blogging thing it's a big STRESS reliever when I let everything out.
xoxo
Shannon
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