I LOVE buying things! Something I'm only just realizing later in life. I buy things so slowly and usually think about them WAY too hard before I buy them, so then when I do it feels so, so good.
I've been buying things for the house. Not crazy…
If you're looking for a job - need money, need benefits - I highly recommend you keep an eye on the Kaiser Permanente job board (unless you hate KP, which seems to be the case for a lot of people, but I have not had a bad experience...).
http://kai…
I second Peninsula Dog and Cat on N. Interstate. I was very pleased with their handling of the very difficult event of our previous dog, Tess, passing away.
I also have used Laurelhurst Veterinary Hospital on Sandy - good experience all around.
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But the medicare website says it covers: Medicare Part A (Hospital Insurance) benefits, like inpatient hospital care, skilled nursing facility care, home health care, and hospice care.
Is a "skilled nursing facility" different from a "nursing home?"
Can we just assign every old person (once he/she hits a certain age) an end-of-life counselor? This should absolutely be a new "job." Get your Master's in End of Life Counseling! - study elder law, human development, a little bit of medicine, diffe…
Also, I find this kind of funny. I use mint.com for banking, and it helps me "set goals" etc. I'm playing with setting different kinds of goals, and it shows me how much I will have left over each month, then tells me what I could do with that mon…
Wow, that's so intense!
Matt and I had the opposite river experience. Found a secret spot on the Nehalem, swam across the river to a little sunny beach, coached our dog through the current, which was pretty cute. We saw crab and muscle shells! …
Bill mc and I have concluded that you are all together on some awesome Sunday excursion without us. I guess we'll go hiking/swimming sans urho friends!
I have an inflatable kayak and a friend who has an inflatable kayak that's not as good as mine! Who wants to get crazy and float something with bigger waves than the Sandy/Clackamas "float" sections? I'm guessing: NO ONE. But if I'm wrong, let me…
I'm proud of you, too. Interviews are so, so hard (in my opinion) and you made it really far. You would have done a killer job, but you will do an equally killer job at the next opportunity that comes along.
Ukiah doesn't even like a single ball. He will catch it once, then lie down and act like you are a fool for continuing to feel enthusiastic about a ball. There never was a mellower dude.