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I'd like to say, up front, thanks for all the kind comments about my front entry. I actually find it to be very boring, but I guess in this case, boring is good. The paint keeps it from being completely "yawn."

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I keep getting one-ringers on the phone at home. You know, when the phone rings once and then stops. I always wonder, is God calling? I get up, or come from whatever I am doing, and by the time I am halfway there it has stopped. And then I wonder was God trying to get my attention. I check whatever is cooking on the stove to make sure it's not burning, check to see where Faith is, is she safe. Hmmm. I wonder what He was trying to get me to notice. I know in reality that it's just some dumb auto-dialer calling, but yet, I wonder.

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Faith's tonsillectomy is scheduled after much going round with the insurance company, the surgical center, the human resources department at Doug's office. I felt like the phone was stuck to my ear after a few days. Without going into too much detail, I'll tell you we learned that Doug's insurance does not provide the same benefit to children as adults, which is just wrong, and possibly illegal. But, unless we want to file a grievance way up the food chain (with the state insurance commission), we're stuck. Even though my husband likes his job, he regularly pisses people off trying to do his own job better, and there are only so many people you can piss off at work before you lose your job. I hate being stuck between a rock and a hard place. I am grateful that we can afford the surgery, but I feel rotten for people who are making long-term health care decisions for their kids based on finances. And we're not even talking no insurance, just mediocre insurance. I guess the worst part for me is that I do see both sides of the issue, I just don't like either side.

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Speaking of surgery, I learned yesterday that I will need to have vein surgery. Since my surgery three years ago when I had clots in my left leg, my veins have apparently gone downhill. The two superficial veins are not really functioning in the way they should (to return the blood from my leg to my body) and the blood pools up in my leg during the day, leaving me with an achy swollen ankle at night. In the morning they are normal, after being horizontal all night, but then each day I go through the same thing each day. Sitting with my leg up for the rest of my life, is just not in the picture. After this procedure, the doctor says I'll be back to normal in one day. Yea! Unfortunately, I have to go through anesthesia to have it done. Boo! I'll let you know when it's scheduled, but I've already been warned that I have an insurance battle ahead. Oh, joy!

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I watched this version of Mansfield Park yesterday -- a Jane Austen-book-based film I had not seen before. So tragic-turned-wonderful, in typical Jane Austen style. I enjoyed it thoroughly, but there were some scenes inappropriate for young girls (and boys) so this one is not a mother/daughter movie. I'm sure there are other versions, like Jane Eyre, and Pride & Prejudice, so I'll have to view some more and decide which I liked best.

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I have meant to write a review for the film The Rite, which I viewed several weeks ago, but just haven't come up with the right (no pun intended) words. Frankly the film pissed me off (sorry for the language today -- it's the way I've been feeling lately). I don't know at all why the author would have permitted the screenplay to go so differently from the book. I guess the book wasn't edgy enough for Hollywood. I would rather have truth than edgy, and thus my annoyance. It's not like a novel that screenplay writers tweaked here and there for a better film. It was the truth turned untruth.

Spoiler alert:
What ticked me off the most is that they wrote the screenplay for the priest to become possessed, which not only does not happen in the book, but to my knowledge, would be highly unusual, even unheard of (except in films). The exorcist is the most on guard person in dealing with a possessed person, knows the most there is to know about satan's methods and how to protect oneself. It's truly ridiculous that they wrote it that way and it irks me that the author of the book -- who knows the truth -- would allow it. Maybe he didn't, I don't know how it works when you sell your story for a film, but it seems he should have some ability to approve or disprove based on the fact that it was his story to tell.

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O.k., I'm done for the day here. I have dog food to freeze (I promise that's a post coming later today on my food blog), laundry to hang, and I think there is some Orange Sweet Bread in our future today. Can you say breakfast for dinner?

...have a sweet day.

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