This Summer has been a medical nightmare. Our budget will definitely shift this Fall when we start receiving bills! On July 6th, the husband thought he may have gotten bit by a spider on the back of his head. This wasn’t brought to my attention until 2-3 days later, when he asked me to take…
As a family with 4 kids, it was inevitable that someone would need braces. Unfortunately for our budget, 4 out of 4 need them. And on top of braces, they all 4 need upper frenum clippings. Kid #1 had “junior braces” on the top before a full set, because she lost her canines early and…
Every year for at least the past 5 years we’ve been the country folk that head to the big city so kiddo #3 can get an annual x-ray of her legs with the Orthopedic Pediatric Surgeon. She is an anomaly, with her left tibia being bowed, causing knock-knee and a little over 2cm difference in…
Today I was supposed to go back to work. It’s been six days since the last positive test, and the CDC recommends testing 5 days after. Well today, daughter #2 says she might have caught covid, because her head hurts. One test later, and she’s positive. One test later, I’m still negative. So here I…
One thing my family has been actively working on this past year is getting out of debt. I actually started a debt payoff journey on YouTube early last year, but ended up not keeping up with it after a couple of months because life got extremely busy between work, the pandemic, and of course, medical…