November Challenge Day Four

Day four of the challenge I’m supposed to tell you songs that I currently love.  It would be easier to tell you groups that I currently love. Let’s see. In the cars we typically listen to 50s, 60s and Christian music on Sirius radio. Inside the RV, I have Pandora and I have lots of my favorite groups in my playlist. We listen to the Carpenters, Fleetwood Mac, Bread, Alabama, the Oak Ridge Boys, the Statler Brothers and lots of different Christian groups. I’m sure many of you have heard of Pentatonix, an acappella group. We enjoy their music.  I have recently discovered another acappella group of five young man called Home Free. Their fans are called Home Fries! Ha! Typically they take country songs and they remake them. They have a beat boxer who is just plain amazing.

If any of you ever watch YouTube, Pentatonix has a version of Mary did you know, which is one of my favorite songs ever and I think they have the best video of it I’ve ever seen.  Home Free also does a lot of YouTube videos. They have been releasing a new video every Friday for their fans since they can’t tour due to Covid. They also have some hilariously funny videos set to music.

I was able to finish two pair of mittens yesterday. Nita has graciously offered to keep the mittens for me as I make them for next year’s delivery. I don’t have much room in the RV to store a big bag of mittens!

I received this book yesterday from Amazon. One of you had it on your blog recently. Sam, was it you? I’ve been watching Amazon and I didn’t want to pay $28 for the book and then this one popped up for $7. It said it was in fair condition, but it arrived and it looks new to me!  I can’t wait to sit down and read it.

I frogged the shawl! The balls are safely tucked away in a plastic bag for me to knit again someday soon. I have a few Christmas gifts to get done first. Thank you all for your most excellent advice.

Also, I thank you all for your prayers after my post yesterday. I didn’t mean to be so vague, but I didn’t have permission to share the details yet. The news is that the company Dennis works for is being sold or closed. One way or another, within 3 to 6 months the company will be no more. The business was mainly international and since there is no traveling due to Covid, that pretty much put the company under. The owner has said that Dennis can stay with one of his other companies until he retires if that’s what Dennis decides. That will mean learning an entirely new job at 65 years old which is a bit scary. However, we are very, very grateful for that opportunity. Others are not so fortunate and will be losing their jobs.  Dennis has been there for 27 years. A head-hunter came to Omaha and hired him from his former job and brought him out here.  He has been very happy at his job and has a lot of respect for the owner of the company. It is just one of the unavoidable results of this pandemic. A year later and it might not have affected us so much as he would have been that much closer to retirement.

The biggest problem is me. Dennis is eligible for Medicare in January, as he will be 65. However, I will just be 61 in February. That means I have four more years before I can get Medicare. With having a pacemaker and a possible battery replacement in the next couple of years, there is no way I can be without insurance. I also take several prescriptions for my heart, so we need prescription coverage. I told Dennis tonight that I could just stop taking those pills or wean myself off of them, but he said absolutely not and that we would figure something out. I will probably have to go on Obamacare, so we have contacted a broker to see how much the cost would be for me. I have been told by other people it could be over $1000 a month premium and that doesn’t include out-of-pocket and co-pay expenses or prescriptions. They can’t turn me down for a pre-existing condition, but they can charge anything they want. 

This year just keeps getting better and better. First I lost my brother to Covid. Then Dennis lost his sister to pancreatic cancer. He also lost an aunt and uncle earlier this year.  We sold our house that we had been in for almost 20 years, which was very stressful, although it is a relief to have that behind us. Now this. Add the stress of the elections and the pandemic and sometimes it gets to be almost too much.

I have my semi annual cardiologist visit tomorrow and maybe I’ll ask them if they have any ideas of where we can turn for insurance. 

So now you see why I asked for some prayers yesterday.  Every time we think we have plans made, something comes along to change them and they are not always good things.  However, if there is one thing I’m sure of, it is that God is still on His throne and none of this surprises Him. He wants only what is best for His children and if we put our faith in Him, He will see us through. I appreciate each and everyone of you and all of the support and love that you show me all of the time. I’m sorry to bring negative content to my blog, but I do share my life with you and these are all parts of it.

I should be back tomorrow with day five of the November challenge.  Take care my dear friends.

Blessings and hugs, 

Betsy