Odds and Ends

Garden prep has been going on.  Got it uncovered and the dead grass removed, also added some bone meal to try and prevent that tomato blossom rot I have been fighting.  From what I read it is caused by a lack of calcium.  I need to get some more tomato plants.  I have three tiny ones.  Two are of a new variety I have never tried before.  They are Pineapple Tomatoes.  They tell me they taste like pineapples.  I will probably stick with the Florida Hybrids, I know the squirrels like them.  The squirrels have become a bigger problem than I was expecting.  They also ate all the Bluebonnet plants I put in the ground and won't stay off the bird feeder.  I can't seem to catch them unawares enough to dispatch them.

I also spent some time trimming up dead vegetation that was left from the several hard freezes we had this year.  It appears that most of the things in the large pots are completely dead.  No sign of life even down close to the base where I trimmed.  Unless they come back in a few months they will not be replaced most likely this year.  

K had planned a girls day out today with the Granddaughter and the new daughter in law.  The Granddaughter and her Mom are butting heads over her clothing.  So K was taking her out shopping for new clothes instead of Mom.  The Granddaughter is 10, but has strong opinions about her mode of dress.  No, it's not that she wants to wear what we would consider unacceptable clothing (revealing), it is just a style and color difference of opinion.  So K has offered to do this to help out and also spend girly time with her.  It cracks me up that my Granddaughter is so outspoken about this yet very quiet most of the time.  A Mom and daughter thing I guess.  However, K has come down with some sort of fever and sore throat.  So she will have to postpone the trip.  She must have picked up a bug from Son #2 when we saw him Friday.  He has had the same thing over the weekend.  Not what we wanted for sure.

We have also been dealing with a couple of medical providers' billing that went awry.  K inadvertently mixed up a couple checks to two separate companies while she was paying multiple bills one day.  Although the checks were made out to the other company with account numbers and amounts, they still cashed them.  No one can explain how that happened.  We will get a refund of the difference but they say 8 weeks, even though we only had 3 weeks to pay the bill.  If we cashed a check that wasn't ours, we could be charged with fraud.  We pointed this out to them and said they would try to expedite the process.  Yes, we admit our mistake but the time frame is unacceptable.  They also claimed they have two more bills that have come in.  Unusual since everyday she was hospitalized has been billed.  We are not sure that this is right and they have not been submitted to our insurance.  I think it was a ploy to keep the money as long as possible, in the eventuality they may have more bills.  But it is NOT their money or choice to do that with.  We have not called the other company yet.  Maybe we should turn them over to a bill collector.

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