Bird Bath with Pennies Alert and Much, Much More...

Pennies and Birdbath Alert!!

Theresa from The Run*Around*Ranch checked this out and it sounds like if you use pennies prior to 1962 is okay, but later ones contain some minerals that are not good for the birds. Darn...I didn't know this, I read about doing it in some magazine and have done it for years. So thankful for Theresa!

 What a day we had yesterday...First my friend was here to do some cleaning, etc. for us. Then I had my hair fixed.  During all of this I was talking to the insurance companies, mine and hers trying to make sure we get our van fixed properly!

 So when we took the van in to be repaired we had to go across town, only to be delayed by this long.......train. I took a picture two different directions so you can see how long it was. Anyway, we finally got there and dropped it off. Her insurance company got us a rental van. It's like ours only its 8 years newer. BUT it has clothe seats, not leather ones, which make it very difficult to get in and out of. And it has a push button start. (Put your foot on the brake, push the button and viola...its running.) No keys, just a "key phob (is that how you spell it??) Anyway, that was new to us, and we didn't realize it had to be in the van to start it. We came home, I got in the house with the key phob, Tom went back out to restart it and put it in the garage. And it wouldn't start:( I called the rental place and he said do you have the phob with you in the van??? Dahh..."no".. Hey.....we're old...don't know about all these new fangled gadgets.. smile...

 

We're off to the store, with the key phob in hand....

 

Have a wonderful day!!

Fire in the Sky...

This morning when we woke up (very early again...smile..) this was the site I saw out the kitchen window.. Instead of me going out in my pajamas, to take these photos, I had Tom step out and take them! Which he was more than willing to do...as I don't think he wanted me out there for the whole world to see me in my jammies. ha...ha...

Soon the skies lit up and the sun burst through the clouds.

Finally, the skies turned to gold... you know only God could turn them this color...oh such beauty!!! (Tom felt bad about the wires in the picture..but like I told him...they are our lifeblood...they give us communication and electricity!!! smile... So I don't care if they are there...)

Tom looked out later in the day and said...I can't believe it...that squirrel got on the suet! 

By the time I looked out, he had got down and was over getting a drink of water...smile... (I wonder why...smile...)

I said I was going to tell you about the "Explanation of Benefits" (EOB) that we all get from our insurance companies! Lots of time, people either don't look at them or barely scan over them. BUT we never know if they are correct or not. I got some Saturday, one of them, I thought...this is weird, it says I was in the hospital in August.. So, just in case it was a medical procedure of some sort, I went back to my journal, calendars and of course "blog"... I found nothing! Since we have Medicare and a supplement insurance, I called Medicare to find out what the charge was for, they gave me the phone number of the doctor who submitted the charge and told me to call them, and let them know if it wasn't a correct charge..they could be charged with "FRAUD"... I called them, they gave me the number for billing, when I spoke with them, they took my name...and said there was no one in their system with that name and they couldn't do anything!! Yikes... I called my supplement carrier and they said they couldn't do anything, until Medicare told them to ask for a refund.. (This charge was in Michigan...never even been in that state...smile...) The next day the doctors office called and said it was a mix up with names and would be credited. So..in 30 days I'll call Medicare back to see if this doctor actually credited my Medicare account. Maybe this is why people don't worry about the EOB's....ha.. Seriously...everyone really should..it is best for you...and anyone who is actually doing FRAUD.. Medicare an pursue them...

Hope you had an amazing day!!!!!