On Friday, Hubby and I went to the Social Security court for a ruling on his disability case. Our lawyer showed up with a--no kidding--five-inch-thick file on his case. He said he'd never seen a case so complicated.

Anyway, after four years of working at this damned thing, we finally have a positive judgement. All that work for $600 a month, but the lump sum settlement will be for 40 months, so that will be a useful sum.

I'm very, very relieved to have this damned thing done with, but Hubby's suddenly got the self-descriptor "disabled" in his head and he's having trouble accepting that. He used to do elemental battle with forest fires, and it's now official that he's not that man anymore. It's hard for him.

All for $600 a month.

I'm sorry your hubby's having trouble with the label, connie, but I'm so glad you got the positive judgement! And money! I hope the hoops-jumping part is over.

And, go Daisy with the quick call-back!

I am unrepentant of my profligate exclamation abuse. Unrepentant!

today my mental health calendar says I should lose a pound. They must be speaking figuratively because a pound in one day isn't healthy right? Nevertheless I have gone to Starbucks and gotten a green tea instead of my usual grande latte with a zuccini walnut muffin. For a snack I have cherry tomatoes and for lunch I have tuna salad. I think if I take the dog for a walk after work I can call today a win.

Yay grammar, Boo sicky ick, Yay resume response, Boo bureaucracy, Yay getting through it, Boo sleeplessness, Yay cheese!

Some Buffista recommended Master Cook software, and it rocks. Trying to track nutritional data on diet sites when you cook and don't buy packaged food stuffs is tough. I love that I just pop in the ingredients and it spits out the data. Whee!

Some Buffista recommended Master Cook software, and it rocks. Trying to track nutritional data on diet sites when you cook and don't buy packaged food stuffs is tough. I love that I just pop in the ingredients and it spits out the data. Whee!

Oooh that sounds interesting. I like cooking for myself because I know exactly what I'm eating, but sometimes it's frustrating not knowing the stats on what I'm eating. If that makes sense.

That's exactly why I tried it, but it does lots more stuff too. It was very easy to enter all the odd things I tossed into a huge batch of vegetable soup. Then it calculated the calories and nutrients in each cup. Very cool! It might have been Jessica that was discussing it.

GC, your shower really looks lovely despite the heartache and headache in the process.

It was Liese who recommended MasterCook. I am, coincidentally, firing up my newly purchased copy myself right now. AIWBFG, I'm sure.

Ah, thanks Liese! I'm looking forward to exploring it more.

I want one! Does it take up much memory?

Connie, that's one of those things that's "always sudden". He may not ever Accept it, but I hope he makes some peace with it. It's not his fault he has a heart condition.