George is constantly saying how broke we are. Of course I manage our finances and he doesn’t really have a clue as to how our finances are. Since he left his secure job last spring our finances have been tighter than they used to be. At one time when we were both working we used to spend money on pretty much whatever we wanted. Then when I became a stay-at-home mom we had to adjust our spending to live off of one income.

And now? We’re living off of George’s income which has been greatly reduced. I have also been fortunate enough to find some work at home jobs I can do. So while we are doing okay getting all our bills paid, it is going to be tight with this new support bill we have. Plus with Christmas right around the corner we have to be extra careful with our spending.

You know what really scares me?  George and I do not have any health insurance.  When George left his job back in March to start his own business he left behind our health insurance. 

Fortunately the state we live in will provide health insurance for all children, regardless of income.  If you only make a little bit of money it can range from being free to paying the full premium if you have a higher income.  And the full premium is still affordable.  So we are very thankful for that- Peanut is covered.

The problem for George and I is that we make too much money to qualify for any of the state health plans for ourselves.  And we don’t make enough money to be able to afford to pay a full premium for ourselves because it is very expensive.

I have looked into several different insurance companies, but haven’t found any well priced.  I am going to look into it though as it would save me a lot of worrying if I knew that George and I would be protected if one of gets sick.

There are so many things in life to worry about.  And if it can be worried about, I worry about it.  I envy people who just kind of go with things and never worry.  I wish I could be like that.  But most of the time my stomach is in knot and I am feeling worried or anxious about something.  And if there isn’t anything real to worry about I will make something up to worry about.

Anyhoo- one thing that can put your mind at ease when it comes to some of the worrying is a company like Cryo-Cell.  You can bank your baby’s cord blood with them and it can be used to treat many diseases.  There are 75 diseases that can be treated my the stem cells from a baby’s cord blood.  And scientists are working hard to find more diseases that can be helped with the stem cells.

Now if you want to keep up with Cryo-Cell and have all of the latest information you can check them out on Cryo-Cell on Facebook and Cryo-Cell on Twitter.  Be sure to check out their site and their Facebook and Twitter pages.  There is a vast amount of information!

…has the time gone?  Oh where oh where could it be?

I can’t believe I haven’t posted in a couple of weeks.  I’ve been so busy preparing for our move.  And now I’m still busy preparing for our move.  Plus I’m busy being obsessed with Facebook. 

And I’m also busy being obsessively worried about the swine flu.  And since worrying tends to help matters I’ll just keep worrying some more.  If we weren’t so close to some of the suspected cases I wouldn’t be too worried.  But we are close.  Very, very close.  And if I weren’t a mommy I probably wouldn’t be worried at all. 

What have you been up to?