Has it really been 2 months?

I can't believe I've let 2 months slip by without blogging. Oh my, bad blogger! In my defense, they've been a crazy 2 months. I ended February and started March with the flu. In the middle of March my brother and sis-in-law came to town for a few days with my nephew (he was born in November and this was the first time I met him). Within 2 weeks of that visit I took a trip with my sis-in-law to Ohio to help her bring her brother back home with her. Then April has been busy with looking for a new house (our lease ends in May) and then deciding to NOT move... Of course, I'm ALWAYS dreaming and planning our next vacation. Oh, almost forgot, I'm way ahead of schedule on my travel agent training. I may actually be done by the end of June verus the end of August. That makes me most happy! We also took our dogs to the vet over the last couple of months (our vet is 60 miles away, so it's quite the adventure). Not to mention that I babysat my parents dogs 2 or 3 times during that time frame. Yep, it's been busy! My hubby has been working late most nights, he's been putting in close to 12 hour days most every day. So, we're lucky to eat before 8pm. Most importantly, I've been doing lots of scrapbooking, digi mind you, but still LOTS of fun! I need to figure a way to pull out my paper supplies and make some pages that way too. I found a new digi community that I adore. You should check out Log Your Memory. They sell an awesome log book that helps you keep track of your daily memories as well as great chats and challenges. Yep, I like it there!

Upcoming plans? Well, my new travel agent goal is now to be finished with the training and license by the end of June and finish up the Disney portion of it (not sure what all this includes yet) by the end of August. We're planning to finish catching up on most of our bills from the unemployment period by the end of July. Hopefully, this coming fall, we'll be going on a vacation. That is still very much up in the air, but I'm trying my bestest to make it happen. I'm going to do some serious budget culling in order to increase vacation savings!

Insurance woes... Humana insurance is evil! Enough said. If we use in-network doctors, which means switching ALL of our doctors when we live in the same town where they are, and go to the other hospital network which has maybe half the choices and not as good of a reputation (plus, with my lung disorder, switching to a new doctor is just stupid) our deductible is still $2500 individual, $5000 family. If we use our doctors, doctors that we trust, have a relationship with and are comfortable with, our deductible goes up to $5000 individual, $15000 family. And our premiums aren't cheap either. We could get more affordable coverage going through private insurance. And yes, I do mean that our premiums AND deductibles would be less, not to mention that the coverage would be equivalent to what we currently have. Anyway, that's one of my HUGE frustrations right now... Affording a doctor's visit!

So, this weekend I get new glasses! :o) I scratched my current pair (which are 3 years old) really badly about 2 weeks ago now. I saw the eye doctor last week and my new contacts are in, now I just need the glasses. And I am so excited about it too! Lens Crafters here I come! :o)

This weekend is iNSD, enough said! :o)