Words of Wisdom Wednesday

Tuesday Thoughts About...

...filling out medical forms. Seems like I've been doing a lot of that lately. As you read this, I am having my first cataract surgery. 

I decided to post this under thoughts rather than mystery or frustrations as I have one of each.

This first one is puzzling to me. See if you notice anything unusual:

So, I had to check my weight. I have never seen any choices like this before. This looks more like a baby form. Whatever. I am definitely over 66 lbs.

Now, this next one just makes me MAD! I have no patience for redundancy! In preparation for my surgery, I had 4 forms to fill out.

As I filled them out, I was getting madder and madder. I had to fill out my name 5 times--date-of-birth--3 times--my address 3 times--etc. I was complaining to Butch and could feel my blood pressure rising. Are you kidding me? On the first page, I was filling out the exact same information just inches from the previous information. I was so tempted to just write: "see above" and on the other pages: "see previous page!" In case you think it's a precaution in case they get separated--they were stapled! Ridiculous!

Not only did I have to fill out these forms, but I had to give all of this information over the phone too! Add to that, the forms I filled out when I went in for my preliminary appointment. All the SAME information. 

In this day and age where everyone is worked up because all of our personal information is "out there"--I don't get it. I'm already in the system. Why in the heck do I have to keep filling out forms with the same information? That's just more of my personal information floating around!! And yes, I realized I've posted some of it here--but I've blurred out the important stuff. If someone wants to come burgle us, come on! Just don't mess up my house! A good way to get rid of stuff!

All these forms, I don't understand it and it makes me so mad to be wasting my time! I've been known to slap an address label on things like this. I considered taking it up with the doctor, but decided that maybe that's not such a good idea since he's going to operating on my eyes!!! I'll just suck it up until the next time I go through this and get myself all worked up again!!

Okay, in the words of Taylor Swith--"I need to calm down."

Monday Mystery

On a recent EOB from Medicare, I noticed this:

I don't know who tim is, but he must not be very good if he is only allowed a low level of decision making.

Whoever had the moderate level of decision making isn't even named.

Then there's this guy who has a high level of decision making known as a number. I'm guessing this "guy" is a computer.

Seriously though. I'm a relatively intelligent person. What in the heck does all of this jargon mean? It's like a foreign language. I would like to meet the person who writes this stuff. I wonder if they talk like this. If they do, then I would think that they have a high level of decision making. 

It's all a mystery to me!

Something for Sunday

Today we have some great tips for the refrigerator. Considering the last one is about cleaning out the fridge on Sunday, I thought it was the perfect thing. 

Scrapbook Saturday

Last weekend I was on my scrapbook retreat. I got quite a few pages completed. 

Friday Frustrations!

1. So on Tuesday, I played bridge. It has become my job to collect money for Christmas gifts for the people who make our monthly game possible and enjoyable. 

I got an envelope and let everyone know what was expected. There were 20 people there and this is all I collected.

Considering I need to collect about $1200, this is pitiful! I collected $235. Two of us gave more. Everyone else gave exactly $25. and someone only gave $20. I'm hoping most people just didn't have any cash on them. But only 7 people contributed? Come on. We only have one more month to come up with the money. We'll see. So frustrating!

2. We have always had a problem with the squirrels and chipmunks getting to the bird feeders.

Butch came up with a brilliant solution. He sprayed a coke bottle and put it on the pole so the critters couldn't crawl up the pole. That worked for a couple years. All of a sudden, it stopped working. Turns out that they realized they could just jump over to the plant and up and over. So frustrating!

3. A couple weeks ago, when I was on my road trip through Missouri and Butch was in Montana, he came home to this.

Another double storm window "fell" off the house. That makes 3 times. We've determined that when the housepainters took them down, they did not properly affix them when they finished painting. So frustrating!

4. This was the disaster I discovered when I got home from my trip. I cannot imagine what made these marks on the carpet. I was going to use it as a Monday Mystery until Butch solved it.

Apparently while we were gone there was a big storm. The door in my office blew open. Butch discovered it when he got home--probably the same time he found the broken windows. Still, I do not know why caused this string of dirt spots. Butch said he's going to clean it, but I think he's forgotten. So frustrating!

5. I was not planning to decorate for Halloween this year. But, Butch has mentioned it. Now I feel pressured--especially since the whole family will be in town next weekend. So, I drug everything out only to discover this:

That is a lot of mouse droppings! This box was in the back hall closet--so in the house! Not in the attic or garage--the house. Inside! Yuk! It's so frustrating!

I just want to live my life--and do nothing but fun stuff. I don't want to work or clean stuff. I want to read, play games, watch tv, play on my computer, surf the net, scrapbook, a little gardening, visit with friends and go to lunch or just hang out, play bridge, have happy hours with Butch, spend time with family and just BE. No work, no grossness, nothing. It's so frustrating! (I know--wah, was! First world problems!)

Still, it's frustrating.

Ten Things Thursday

Okay, it's fall and time for some beautiful pictures!