Goods and less than
4/11/06 7:38 am
39º F, Cloudy, SSW wind 7 mph.
Good morning,
Yesterday was a day of surprises. Some good and some not so. One good one was our phone bill. It indicated we had a credit of about four times what the actual monthly bill is! Not too sure what the phone company is doing, but they have been messed up before in their billing. Several years ago I got bills between $500.00 and $800.00/month. Then they really got nasty about it, until I complained to the state, then all of the bills disappeared! I suspect this will be also changed, but will pay our normal bill anyway.
One not so good news in the mail was a notice of the cost of medicare that will be taken out of our rocking chair money. It is about 15% more than I expected and something over 13% of the normal check I have been receiving. The good side of the deal is that medicare coupled with our medicare supplement will cost less than our present health insurance. It will have some differences in coverage, some things better and others not so, but we should have few problems adjusting.
Another good thing was our membership card for the Wisconsin Historical Society. Besides receiving a cool magazine, we also get 50% off the visitor charges for the society’s sites in the state and the cost of visiting the State Historical Museum in Madison is waived. The card also allows us to visit state historical sites in 43 states at a substantially reduced rate also. Don’t know how many state’s museums we will be able to visit, but wished we had it on our trips south and west. Next time! Both of us are history nuts (well at least nuts), so plan to enjoy the additional cost savings. Most of the historical and park-like things open in mid to late May, but we might decide to check out the state museum before that.
We also got an invitation to attend a 50th wedding anniversary dinner for our church secretary and her husband. Needless to say, she is the saint in the family. Darlene asked if I would say the blessing for the meal and am very honored to do so. It is on the same day as Margriet graduates from Lay School, but will we be sure to make it back in time for the meal. It is to be held at the Karsten Hotel downtown. The restaurant has been closed for a couple of years, but I think Darlene and her husband have some interest in it, but not too sure. If the food is as good as the last time we were there, it will be excellent and probably German. We tend to like that.
While getting the mail and my medications yesterday while we were uptown, we stopped at the library. We haven’t been there for a long time so was kind of fun. I checked out a DVD and a video to watch. Margriet got three big books to read. Since the screen on this machine is larger than our TV, thought we could play the DVD on this - Not! I have never tried to run a DVD on this machine before and discovered that the driver and decoder are not installed on this machine. Haven’t figured out how to do that yet, but probably will. The DVD I got was a movie, "Life with Father" from 1947, that I have not seen for years. Sounded like a good idea. The video I picked up was about the Canadian transcontinental railroad, it’s history/construction and riding on the train. It was very good and brought back some memories of our family traveling to some of the places when I was a kid. I still have this dream of riding on the "Empire Builder" train from here to Seattle and back some day. May never happen.
Today is Bible study then home. Not making a supply trip today. The price of gas went up another 3¢/gallon we noticed yesterday. Sure hope it ends soon and starts to fall some, but am not holding my breath. Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
39º F, Cloudy, SSW wind 7 mph.
Good morning,
Yesterday was a day of surprises. Some good and some not so. One good one was our phone bill. It indicated we had a credit of about four times what the actual monthly bill is! Not too sure what the phone company is doing, but they have been messed up before in their billing. Several years ago I got bills between $500.00 and $800.00/month. Then they really got nasty about it, until I complained to the state, then all of the bills disappeared! I suspect this will be also changed, but will pay our normal bill anyway.
One not so good news in the mail was a notice of the cost of medicare that will be taken out of our rocking chair money. It is about 15% more than I expected and something over 13% of the normal check I have been receiving. The good side of the deal is that medicare coupled with our medicare supplement will cost less than our present health insurance. It will have some differences in coverage, some things better and others not so, but we should have few problems adjusting.
Another good thing was our membership card for the Wisconsin Historical Society. Besides receiving a cool magazine, we also get 50% off the visitor charges for the society’s sites in the state and the cost of visiting the State Historical Museum in Madison is waived. The card also allows us to visit state historical sites in 43 states at a substantially reduced rate also. Don’t know how many state’s museums we will be able to visit, but wished we had it on our trips south and west. Next time! Both of us are history nuts (well at least nuts), so plan to enjoy the additional cost savings. Most of the historical and park-like things open in mid to late May, but we might decide to check out the state museum before that.
We also got an invitation to attend a 50th wedding anniversary dinner for our church secretary and her husband. Needless to say, she is the saint in the family. Darlene asked if I would say the blessing for the meal and am very honored to do so. It is on the same day as Margriet graduates from Lay School, but will we be sure to make it back in time for the meal. It is to be held at the Karsten Hotel downtown. The restaurant has been closed for a couple of years, but I think Darlene and her husband have some interest in it, but not too sure. If the food is as good as the last time we were there, it will be excellent and probably German. We tend to like that.
While getting the mail and my medications yesterday while we were uptown, we stopped at the library. We haven’t been there for a long time so was kind of fun. I checked out a DVD and a video to watch. Margriet got three big books to read. Since the screen on this machine is larger than our TV, thought we could play the DVD on this - Not! I have never tried to run a DVD on this machine before and discovered that the driver and decoder are not installed on this machine. Haven’t figured out how to do that yet, but probably will. The DVD I got was a movie, "Life with Father" from 1947, that I have not seen for years. Sounded like a good idea. The video I picked up was about the Canadian transcontinental railroad, it’s history/construction and riding on the train. It was very good and brought back some memories of our family traveling to some of the places when I was a kid. I still have this dream of riding on the "Empire Builder" train from here to Seattle and back some day. May never happen.
Today is Bible study then home. Not making a supply trip today. The price of gas went up another 3¢/gallon we noticed yesterday. Sure hope it ends soon and starts to fall some, but am not holding my breath. Time to get the day a-going.
In Christ My Saviour,
Chris <><
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