Thank Goodness!

I just read that the hospital is not likely to release the octuplets to their crazy mother. She spent all that money on invitro and couldn't give some to her parents (who she lives with) to help with their mortgage? She is reportedly going on the Dr. Phil Show. Can't wait to see what he has to say about this! Thank goodness the hospital has the sense to see that she cannot possibly care for and provide for 14 children! I do feel terrible for those babies though. They deserve so much better than what they have been born into. Who knows, maybe CPS will step in and some wonderful families will be able to adopt these babies and provide them with great homes. I also hope that for the well being of the other 6 children, this woman gets some much needed help!

What a week!

Colby started running a fever on Monday and continued to run fever until Friday. I originally thought it was the flu but when he still had a fever on Wednesday, I took him to the doctor. The doctor did a strep test (the three day one) but said he really thought it was just an upper respiratory infection. The doctor said that if we do not hear anything by Friday the results were negative. So, Friday comes and we haven't heard anything about the strep test so we assume it is negative. Colby's fever finally came down and I thought everything had worked itself out. Imagine my surprise when at 7 am today he comes into my room and says his ear hurts. So, I call to get authorization to take him to an urgent care clinic. We wait 2 hours at the urgent care clinic to find out that he had strep throat and it has moved to his ears! I am one hot momma! My poor kid had to miss a week of school and suffer through strep throat without antibiotics. The ear infection could have been prevented if 1.) they had done a rapid strep and 2.) they would have called with the results and gave him antibiotics. He is now on a hearty dose of amoxicillin twice a day. Here is to a better week next week!

Death by Taxes

Steven and I have spent our married life proving to all those people who said we were too young when we got married, that we could still achieve our dreams. So, here we are 11 years later. I will earn a Master's Degree in Criminal Justice Administration this summer and Steven is almost 12 years into his Air Force career. Steven has been, and continues to be, very sucessful in his Air Force career. As retirement gets closer, he has set his sights on getting his education and becoming a teacher. We have a wonderful child, who has taught us soooo much! Colby is healthy, happy (most of the time), smart, and a wonderful little hockey player. So, why is it that we will not be getting a tax refund this year? We have tried to be responsible by saving money for our "golden years" but we don't qualify for the Savers Credit. We make "too much money". We no longer qualify for the Earned Income Credit. Again, we make "too much money". We know that owning a home would help tremendously but we were trying to be responsible by not purchasing a home. It is too risky for us to get saddled with a mortgage when we know we will be moving. All this time we thought we were being responsible. And yet, those who got themselves into mortgages they knew they could not afford, got bailed out by the government. Why can't hard working Americans get a break? We are a middle class family, who pays our debts on time, work hard, and try to plan for the future. And yet it seems that everyone in America is getting a bailout except Middle Class Americans!

It is not like we absolutely need a tax refund, but it is nice to get a refund and be able to do something fun with that money! I am just absolutely bummed about this situation and wonder where we went wrong?