Today, I truly felt like a European.
September 1st marked the beginning of our medical benefits through Matt's job at ENLC. Today, I went to the doctor to exercise my right to use my Anthem card at my yearly physical. Now when I say yearly, I really mean this is my first exam in 4-5 years. Which also means I truly became a woman today if you know what I'm sayin.
Anyway...the European part is the fact that I walked in and out of a medical office without paying a dime! I love $0 copays. Now I'm not even going to start on a rant about universal health care, but I'll just say that I am all for going to the doctor when it's free. With our plan, I wouldn't even hesitate to make an appointment if I had a medical concern. I think a lot of people just skip going to the doctor all together because they just don't wanna pay for it, which can lead to more serious medical problems if you let it go undiagnosed. So America....I am just putting it out there. Wouldn't you like to go to the doctor for free? Even if it means more paying a little bit more taxes?
All in all, I liked my new doctor. Her name is Dr. Patricia Grice and she works at Family Medicine of Huber Heights. She was a very pleasant lady. The office was very clean and new looking. The front desk was a small staff, but they were friendly enough. Wait time was only 5 minutes which was excellent. The only part I didn't like was what the scale read when I stepped up. But that won't stop me from going back next year for my yearly checkup. :-) I'll give this experience an A.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Hello, Chicago!
CHICAGO TRIP WITH THE GIRLS!!!
This past weekend, I went to Chicago with five of my college girlfriends. (Amanda, Ashely, Jenni, Laake, and Lauren) We had such a good time together!! Jenni rented a car and I met up with her in Columbus where she flew in from LA. We then traveled up to Cleveland, picked up Ashely and Lauren and spent the night at Lauren's house. The next morning, we traveled west to pick up Amanda who drove down down to Indiana from Michigan. Then we made the rest of the trip to Laake's apartment in Sycamore, about an hour west of Chicago. We had fun playing lots of cards and enjoying delicious desserts on Friday night. On Saturday morning, we made our trip into the city and explored all day. We went to Navy Pier, Millennium Park, and Michigan Ave. I think we took so many pictures that we didn't have time to do much else. :-) We had lunch at a cafe on the pier and dinner at Giordanos (best. pizza. ever!) Saturday night, we stayed at the Hyatt Regency downtown next to Navy Pier. (Priceline all the way. Getting a $250 room for $85? That's right!) Sunday we had to get up early to drop everyone back off along the way. All in all, it was an amazing weekend with some fabulous friends. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the weekend.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Labor Day
Happy Labor Day! And Happy Birthday Holly!!
To celebrate the holiday, we made a trip to German Village in Columbus. It's a quaint little "German" town situated right downtown amidst the skyscrapers. It has lots of little shops, boutiques, eateries and pastry shops along with a park complete with ponds and an outdoor amphitheater. Its a fun day trip, especially on a beautiful day like today. After getting a caramel McFrappe, we made the hour drive back home to good ole Dayton, Ohio so we could spend the rest of the day relaxing, as one should on Labor Day.
(Below is a pic of the Book Loft, a 32 room book store with every book you could think of)
To rewind a bit, we got to have dinner with Matt's college roommate, John and his wife Julie on Sunday night. We don't get to see them often because they live in North Carolina so it was good to catch up again.
Speaking of catching up...a big Chitown girls get-together is in the works for this coming weekend. Ahh, it will be SO good to see all my girls from Cedarville again as we tour the streets of Chicago. It's bound to be a fun time with an amazing group of ladies.
And that's it for today, folks. Have a wonderful week!
To celebrate the holiday, we made a trip to German Village in Columbus. It's a quaint little "German" town situated right downtown amidst the skyscrapers. It has lots of little shops, boutiques, eateries and pastry shops along with a park complete with ponds and an outdoor amphitheater. Its a fun day trip, especially on a beautiful day like today. After getting a caramel McFrappe, we made the hour drive back home to good ole Dayton, Ohio so we could spend the rest of the day relaxing, as one should on Labor Day.
(Below is a pic of the Book Loft, a 32 room book store with every book you could think of)
To rewind a bit, we got to have dinner with Matt's college roommate, John and his wife Julie on Sunday night. We don't get to see them often because they live in North Carolina so it was good to catch up again.
Speaking of catching up...a big Chitown girls get-together is in the works for this coming weekend. Ahh, it will be SO good to see all my girls from Cedarville again as we tour the streets of Chicago. It's bound to be a fun time with an amazing group of ladies.
And that's it for today, folks. Have a wonderful week!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
New Furniture for a New House
Have you ever heard the story of the time my parents cleaned and moved everything into our apartment while Matt and I were on our honeymoon? Well they did. Anna was there too (my exchange sister from Spain who was also a bridesmaid in our wedding) I almost had a heart attack when we walked into the apartment after returning from our cruise. Who in the world had brought all this furniture in and cleaned up the place??
My parents are pretty amazing. That is probably the biggest, nicest surprise anyone has ever given me. And out of the generosity of their hearts, they gave us their 25 year old couch and rocking chair. Our other home furnishings include an old kitchen table and chairs from a couple at church, a coffee table set from a garage sale, a nice tv stand from Target (wedding gift from Anna) a dresser and vanity from my old room at home, and a (new) box springs and mattress. Throw in a small end table and lamp bought with our wedding gift cards from Target and that pretty much summarizes our current furniture selection. Hardly glamorous, but highly functional for a couple of newlyweds with little savings in the bank.
That picture is just a little taste of all our beautiful furniture. How do you like that floral print couch from the 80's?? Or how bout that round brown chair from my college dorm room?
Getting a new house means getting a new set of furniture to go in it. How do you like this kitchen table we picked out from Value City Furniture?
And our bedroom furniture is coming from IKEA from the beautiful Hemnes line.
And I would love to get a scroll style wrought iron bed frame.
And of course we are going to need a few pieces for the sunroom, as it is one of the main reasons we loved our new house to begin with! Thinking about this Karlstad love seat from IKEA....
Along with a nice modern glass table with black wrought iron chairs.
Just giving you a little taste of what I like. Still have 2 months to pick everything out. (And hopefully find some amazing sales!) So....what is your furniture style?
My parents are pretty amazing. That is probably the biggest, nicest surprise anyone has ever given me. And out of the generosity of their hearts, they gave us their 25 year old couch and rocking chair. Our other home furnishings include an old kitchen table and chairs from a couple at church, a coffee table set from a garage sale, a nice tv stand from Target (wedding gift from Anna) a dresser and vanity from my old room at home, and a (new) box springs and mattress. Throw in a small end table and lamp bought with our wedding gift cards from Target and that pretty much summarizes our current furniture selection. Hardly glamorous, but highly functional for a couple of newlyweds with little savings in the bank.
That picture is just a little taste of all our beautiful furniture. How do you like that floral print couch from the 80's?? Or how bout that round brown chair from my college dorm room?
Getting a new house means getting a new set of furniture to go in it. How do you like this kitchen table we picked out from Value City Furniture?
And our bedroom furniture is coming from IKEA from the beautiful Hemnes line.
And I would love to get a scroll style wrought iron bed frame.
And of course we are going to need a few pieces for the sunroom, as it is one of the main reasons we loved our new house to begin with! Thinking about this Karlstad love seat from IKEA....
Along with a nice modern glass table with black wrought iron chairs.
Just giving you a little taste of what I like. Still have 2 months to pick everything out. (And hopefully find some amazing sales!) So....what is your furniture style?
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