KateP's musings

I woke up around 4 this morning and I finished writing out this week’s ThankfulThursday post.     Then I had an idea to work on the budget.   As I tried to reclaim my information for Mint.com I had to recreate a new password.   I had forgotten what I used for the Turbo tax.   I thought I had an understanding but I will try again later.   I got up and checked on sky and he was just sitting in the closet.   He came running out and let me pick him up and hold him.   Then we went back to my room and he stayed with me for a while.   He curled up a few times then he sat down and watched me get on the computer.   Then he ran off and then came back.   I got up at 5:30 and we did our routine.   I managed to fall back to sleep on the couch even with coffee.   The kitties were attentive and that fills my heart.   For as long as I have been their mama there are days I feel I am not always a good mama.   When they s...

I couldn’t sleep last night worrying about the finances.   I decided sometime after midnight I would have to get back on a budget (I hate budgets) .   Over the years I tried being on budget but never could figure out a good one to have.   Many times I would just ignore them.   Well last night I went to wikihow.com to look for simple budgets and I think I may have found them.   The whole setting up is a pain.   I use the credit cards for almost everything.   So I am not sure if should list only once or separate them.    I found out that even though I may only pay the insurances for the house or car once a year or twice a year figure divide it monthly.   I never could see that on the paper.   I am going to have to talk to Debra tonight about it. Poor Sky….he had been sleeping in close proximity to me and he did curl up with me the few times I tried to sleep by the time I was ready to actually sleep it was his turn to get up and ambl...

After hearing about a cyber-attack today on some sites I frequent (Okay so one) I am not so sure I want to go to those sites tonight.   After I heard Anchorman (do the still call them Anchorpersons?) David Muir open the newscast with the Cyber-attack report I got online to read more about it.   Apparently someone hacked into the company DYN and disrupted many sites.   They are not sure who is behind it.   There are some theories but I didn’t hear them.   I had checked my Bank account on the office Computer even though I brought the laptop.    It wasn’t charging today so I had to wait until I got home to use it.   However I went to a few sites on break.   I have to wonder if it will effect work computer.   Work was very busy.   I split my time between the refund checks and the mail.   The mail I didn’t finish yesterday and the mail that came today and all the refund checks that came to me both in personal and insurance re...

The last few days got very busy for me.  As you may remember i had bingo Sunday morning.  We were full capacity and we entertained the thought of getting a bigger room.  It may come to the point that I may change my times of bingo.  I have to think about and call in the next few days.  After Bingo I went to Sis’s. They were just getting into the house when I arrived.  I got in and we were going to have coffee but soon after it became grand central station.  First it was Rich, the Cousin Donna, some phone calls and then Liz’s Friend Rick.  There was a lot of joking and laughing.  AFter a while Rich and Donna left and then so did I. I headed to the mall. My first stop was Buy Buy BAby.  I have to tell you it is a great place.  I had no trouble getting there because I moved slowly.  They helped me find the gift and they wrapped it for me.  After that I headed to Carrabba's..   It was kind of quiet but the servi...

Today didn’t go as planned.   I got up early and hung around for a bit thinking I would go at 10 to get the INR done.   Mom suggested I get it earlier so I left here around 9:30 after calling the doctor’s office to see how long the wait would be.   Their voice mail message was “they were closed due to weather”.   I figured they left it that way from the storm.   They didn’t.   I got there after 9:30 and found they were not opened at all so I had to come all the way home made some calls to the Oral Surgeon and Liz. The first call was semi good.   I explained the situation and they suggested I go to the Milford Lab next to Quest Diagnostics.   I called Liz and explained the situation.   I got to the Lab by 10:15 and registered and then had to wait.   I finally got my blood test.   It was not just the finger prick like usual.   By then I think my BP was up to million. The results would take 20 minutes.   I got to Liz...

It is nearly 11 at night and I am tired. The day was good even though there were some stressful moments. The first stressful moment was the large amount of mail. Then again if I think about it since the lockbox office was moved the volume for each day has moved. So technically this would have been mail for yesterday! The other stressful moment was when the guys at the courier service neglected to pick up mail-the interoffice mail that had been there since yesterday morning. I even told Jack twice that it had to be done. He still didn’t take it. (He really has a knack for pissing me off.) I told my friend Dottie in Credentialing and she told her boss. The reason for telling credentialing is they had important applications that needed to go to the departments. Claudia M came down and asked questions about it and then came down again with Joni. In the end the courier service was called and someone came and picked it up. When I told Gayle this she suggested that from now on I make sur...

Hey everyone hope all is well. It’s been a long day here and so I won’t be on long. Last night had a great time but left my cell phone in Roberta’s car last night so I was lost with out it until this evening. I can honestly say I am now into a new card game. It’s the Military Whist Card game . It was a lot of fun and I did pretty well my first time playing. Some took it way too seriously and others were just so fun with it. There were snacks and cake and coffee during the three hour game. Needless to say I part took in that as well. Ended up not feeling well and spending time in the bathroom after the event. It was quite embarrassing. We were back home by 11 and I watched TV and shortly after midnight went to bed. This morning I stayed in bed until maybe 8. I wanted to be up early so I could get to the folk mass at St Mary’s. That was not “in the cards”. I got ready for Bingo and made a quick stop for breakfast and Dunkin Doughnuts. I had their smoked house egg and cheese sandwich...

I had decided that today I would make an effort to clean my room and do the chores that needed to be done that I have neglected. As you know when I work most Saturdays by the time I get home I am really not in the mood to do anything. Last weekend I wasn’t home long enough to do them. By the time I did get home I was sleeping. Today is no different. Mom went to the Opera with Stella today. She left around noon and should be back by 4. She really slept in this morning. I had called around 9:30 to just touch bases with her and instead I got this really groggy sounding voice. We didn’t talk long just gave her traffic update (it wasn’t bad this morning). Work went well got a lot of the EOB pulls done. There was one that was a Medicaid pull that I left for another day. The file itself is massive and if any of you work in the medical field dealing with insurance EOB’s and files then you will understand why. On some Medicaid EOB’s they are not in alpha order and sometimes huge-o...

I lost my cell phone today. Actually I think it may have been stolen but I don’t know how. I had it when I came home from work. Mom went to a meeting and I had dinner and then got ready for the General Meeting. I also went to the store and left it in the car while I went to get the snack for the meeting. I thought nothing of it and then went home to take the meds. I then went and picked up Roberta. We left her house closer to 7 (as we usually seem to do) and drove to Telka’s. The girls were making the Valentines and we talked about the inauguration ball and then we had the meeting. I won one of the trivia questions and got a beautiful frame. It is sitting in a basket at the foot of the stairs downstairs. Anyway when I went to look for my phone I couldn’t find it. I tried in the blue room where I knew I had it before going out (I had gotten one of those automated phone calls) and it wasn’t there. I even did the search by calling the number. It was no where in the house. I w...

Well today is Halloween and I didn’t dress up this year. I just didn’t feel like it. I was contemplating on taking the ears and tail with me to work but decided against it. There was a festive/holiday feel to the office. Several people dressed up and some didn’t and wished we would just do our work. There were witches, Foxy Brown, Pocahontas, Ugly Betty, Minnie Mouse, a Devil, Angel. It was quite entertaining to watch. I was done with the mail by 2:30 and did the readdress and the bad addresses until about 3:30. Then I cleaned up my office put things away. I pulled some EOB’s. When it was time for me to leave I stopped by Elinor’s cubical and said goodbye to her. She told me to behave while she is gone (not sure if she is coming back on a part time basis). Gayle who had been sitting there told her that I do behave and Elinor commented that well since we sit near each other how can I miss behave? The traffic when I left was sketchy. A huge tractor trailer blocked my normal ...

I had a pretty good day today. I got to work with no problem and got my work done with no problems (and I got them done early) and Susan R apologized to me today after blaming me for things that weren’t my fault. She had received documents last night that had old dates. This time it wasn’t me. I even got to pull some EOB’s and copying (I think you call that filing) that I have done in 12 years. That will probably be something I will do now that I am back to being organized. On the way home from work tonight I rear ended a truck on the highway. I am fine but the Hunter is in the shop. Well actually it was towed to the garage up the street. The accident happened in the West Haven area. It seemed like a long time for the cop to come to the scene but he was dealing with a disabled car. I called Mom and she came to the scene about 5. She walked to the other car and asked if he was okay. I really wish she would not do things like that. Even the cop said when I asked him that he ...

It is just after 8:30. I have been up since 6 and did some laundry and watched TV. I have showered and went to feed Junior. I checked some emails and now am getting dressed for the services for Mr. Oliver. Okay it is several hours later and I am exhausted for many reasons. I didn’t leave for the services until quarter of ten. I walked in with Mary from Torrington. I saw many people I had known over the years and some I did the obligatory hellos and hugs. David was about to make a federal case out of his niece not remembering me. I sat with my friends and then went to the car. It started raining as we waited for the procession to start The rain started coming down harder and hard as we got to the church. Patrick and I walked in together and sat together. Mom was a couple of rows a head of us. Rose and her mom sat across the aisle. The family walked with the casket while the rest of us were in the pews. I didn’t quite understand that. It was raining and thundering during...

It is after 8:30 and Mom is on her way to a meeting. I had to wake her before 7:30 this morning and that’s very rare. When she comes back from her meeting she said she would help me with the closet. A part of me is really having a hard time with this. She will want to throw things out that I need for probably pen paling. It is now quarter of 11 and I am still pulling stuff out and going through stuff. Mom isn’t in the closet with me but I do check with her see if she sees things I don’t. I am tossing all the EOB’s from Anthem for Debra and Dr. Adams and the stuff for Milford Bank. I found some more statements for Debra. I recorded them in to the log sheet for her. By the end of the afternoon I made more progress. Mom helped me go through some old jewelry and colognes and stuff and clothes. Now I have 1 bag started for going to charity the others to be tossed. My bed still looks like massive pile of clothes and papers. I took a break from it at night though. I still have a lo...

I have decided to get a cell phone but don' t know which one. I have put out a call to all my "groups" and asked them to post here. So don't be afraid people... Mom says she will get it for me as a gift. My Requirements: No extras (camera, internet, games etc) i want a good package (minutes wise) if that's what they call it.