The highlight of my weekend was going to an amazing Mother's Day brunch at a local restaurant. I ate WAY too much. I can't even name all the dishes they offered, but for me, the best ones were the crab cakes and Bananas Foster. And we got free mango mimosas, which really didn't matter to me, since my son paid, but I guess that was good for HIS budget!
I wasn't expecting a gift as well, but my son also gave me garnet earrings, which he ordered himself! And my DIL gave me some little vases in the Old Britain Castles pattern I am collecting for my hutch. My Florida son honored my wishes and sent a nice card. The good news I learned from him is that they might be enough ahead that they can fly up for my niece's wedding! That would be so wonderful.
I watched "The Pianist" on Xfinity. I had seen it long ago it the theater, and remembered it as a stunning Holocaust movie. Seeing it for the second time, I think I got even more out of it. It is really an amazing movie -- not a bit of whitewash or softening the horror, yet it was still uplifting in the end. A true story of a survivor, it really shows what it took to endure those times, and at what cost.
This morning I applied for Medicare. This makes my coming retirement seem a lot more real. It is only a year and three months now. That time will pass quickly.
Mother's day weekend
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The most important thing where we needed AARP for was our supplemental Medicare coverage. We signed up for 'United Healthcare' (please this is not an endorsement of either UH or AARP) it adds nothing to your Medicare costs unless you sign up for the drug coverage. We decided that our co-pays on what few drugs we took were not worth the extra costs. But you will need the supplemental coverage to satisfy your primary care and hospital stays if any.
I find that AARP while a great source of information also makes the bulk of their income from endorsed advertisers, not unlike the PAC's that haunt the government.
May 12th, 2014 at 05:16 pm 1399914997
Like you, I feel the Part C will be not worth the extra cost. I only take one prescription! And I need to talk to my doctor about whether I really even need to take that one.
May 12th, 2014 at 05:39 pm 1399916354
I also want to do some beachwalking, and frugal traveling if I find it is possible -- I have a friend who wants to help me in the latter.
And I have a bunch of stuff from my defunct booth to sell on eBay!
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