It's Raining, It's Pouring....

I spent last night at Missy’s. Benjamin, Austin, and I had a sleepover. This morning we had to get up early to take Austin to a football game. It rained buckets on us but Austin’s team won. After that, we drove Austin to Globe and met Kimmie there to pick up Austin. Globe is about half way to Show Low. On our trip back home Benjamin had Melissa pull the car over so he could use the outdoor bathroom. Once Benjamin got out of the car he wanted to climb one of the mountains along the road we were on. Missy told him no, we are not climbing any mountains. Benjamin was upset and told his Mama there was a lot of the world he had not seen. He is only four but by the tone in his voice he may just take off any day to see the world.


After I got home I had to go to the pharmacy and pick up some prescriptions….How I love insurance companies. Mike has new insurance since August 1 and this company will not pay for 30 days of my sleeping pills….They only want to pay for 14 days a month. I guess I am only supposed to sleep every other day. I will call the Doctor and insurance company Tuesday and see if anything can be done. Out of pocket the other 16 pills will cost me $97. I am not sure how much sleeping is worth.

On a better note, I was watching a cooking show this week that used Quinoa as an alternative to rice. Quinoa is very high in protein. I went to the Fresh-N-Easy store by my house and picked up 2 pounds of Quinoa. I cooked some in my rice cooker just like I cook rice and it tastes very good. I was glad to find it because it is very hard for me to eat meat. I do not know why but it is hard to choke it down anymore and I end up eating a lot of rice and pasta which is not very good for me.

Every once in awhile I just think of someone that was famous and I wonder what happened to that person. I usually can not remember if they are alive or dead. Well, the other day I thought of the country singer Tom T Hall. He is still alive. I then got on You Tube and listened to several of his old songs, many of them I had forgotten about. He sure could tell a story better than any singer I have heard….Something like 130 of his songs (including ones he wrote for other people) hit the top 10 at one time or another. He wrote Itty Bitty, that song Alan Jackson made into a hit a few years ago.