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A Nephew

Nov03
2011 Kristi Written by Kristi

We’re back online here at R&K after a hiatus for the better part of this year.  Apologies for that but it was necessary because of some security issues and we honestly had no time to update. 

Ryan Lee made his appearance this morning at 9:18am.  He was 8lbs, 20 3/4 inches long with a head full of dark hair.  His fingers are long and his toes are markedly not webbed.  He is a repeat performance of Natalie and we are happy to have him.

Earlier this fall, we moved the office into commercial space downtown.  The home office was becoming way too small and there wasn’t enough space to think, let alone keep up with the volume of work Rob’s had come in.  The change was dramatic and sudden.  Work stayed at work.  Home stayed mostly at home and we’ve been able to relax after 4:30pm instead of talking constantly of what’s upcoming the next day and how overwhelming it’s all been.

I’m looking forward to writing again with some regularity.  It’s been too long and life is far too interesting to keep it quiet.

Posted in Family and Friends

Overheard #2975

Feb25
2011 Kristi Written by Kristi

“Look, the birds are eating.”

“That’s what makes them birds.”

“Eating makes them birds?”

“Yes.”

“If they weren’t eating, would they be something else?”

“Yes.  They’d be mulch.”

Posted in Everyday Life

Whoops

Feb03
2011 Kristi Written by Kristi

Well, January just slipped by without a word from us here at R&K.  The Reader’s Digest version..

We got sick.  Rob got it worse than I did, for once.  He hacked for several days which turned into weeks.  We’re better now.

Our health insurance was finally sorted.  Whew.  When I lost my job, we started drawing COBRA benefits which was subsidised by the feds so we only paid 30% of the premiums.  In November, we were told the subsidy was up for us and our COBRA would cost us a staggering $1200 a month.  We quickly applied as a family to our HMO and waited the standard 10-14 days for a medical review.  And we waited, and waited, and waited.

By December, we still hadn’t heard anything so we called.  We were told a decision had been reached but because of HIPPA laws, they couldn’t tell us anything.  We requested a letter to be sent because the elusive email with our password reset never arrived.  (Still waiting for that actually.)  So we waited, and waited, and waited.  Our COBRA provider meanwhile, dumped us like a hot rock for lack of payment.

So finally, a week ago, we trundled down to our HMO’s hospital and talked to member services.  Shock of shocks.  Rob was approved.  I was denied.  Migraines. Medications. Blah blah blah.  A few more phone calls and forms, a couple of faxes and we got both of us sorted.  It’s not huge savings but we’re covered for less than COBRA would cost us.

In the process of sorting out medical stuff, I found the paperwork I was given from my surgery.  I opened my discharge paperwork folder only to discover that none of it was mine.  It belonged to another patient.  Where’s my paperwork?  No one seems to know.  When we visited the hospital about our coverage, we brought the folder.  To the horror of the rep, she profusely apologized and said it was a major compliance error they would have to report.  Someone would be calling me.  Still waiting for a phone call but I got a nice letter in the mail that basically said please don’t sue us for this gross violation of your medical privacy.  Yay.

So January had it’s craziness and when you throw in that we’ve been busier than we have sine 2006, it’s been hard to find time to do much else.  Corporate clients have climbed out of the woodwork for us and we’ve had to juggle work, friends, church, family, oh yeah and being married.

Life is good.  So very, very good.

Posted in Everyday Life, Work

So Long, 2010

Dec31
2010 Kristi Written by Kristi

What a year. 2009 just plain sucked ass. We were so glad to close the door on it and welcome 2010 with open arms. It was a bumpy ride at the start. We lost a good client at the start of the year and started really questioning if we could make it. The days were dark and quiet. The nights were worse. Tears. Intense conversations. Fear. Lots of fear.

And then my pragmatic-oh-God-I’m-becoming-my-mother side kicked in and the ride took off. We made lists of old clients. We called people we hadn’t spoken to in several months and the heavens opened. March was like a light switched on and we haven’t stopped since. Websites. Copy. Ad design. Flyers. Logo. Brochures. More copy. August is usually our slowest month of the year and we barely had time to breathe.

We somehow survived the recession. Scraping together money, sometimes robbing Peter to pay Paul, praying we’d figure it out. But here we are, with money in savings, the bills paid, and the end of a business year that saw our profits double from 2009.

We have been blessed with wonderful friends, people who surrounded us when Tucker died (how do you top an offer of bringing us dinner and shedding tears with me at band rehearsal?), who graced our table and camped on our couch to watch crazy movies, who looked after our pets when we cavorted elsewhere, who loved us when we were sick and encouraged us when we were down.

We grieved Tuck.

We adopted Monkey formally and shortly after, Zion came padding across the back door with her crazy Siamese markings, crossed eyes and Hemingway paws and we have yet to let her go. Life with 3 healthy cats is so much more entertaining than I thought possible.

We’ve watched Natalie grow into this entertaining, funny, not-quite-2 year old who talks, walks, runs and is seriously the smartest kid I’ve ever seen. (Not biased at all here, she is my niece after all!)

We’ve had weddings this year.. Robyn and Andrew, Jason and Paloma. We danced. We drank. We ate and celebrated the growth of our family with 2 incredibly wonderful people. How did we get so lucky?

My family has supported us through the new adventure that is Load Bearing, encouraged us to keep on.

And as always, there’s my husband. How do I even begin?

2010 was a wild ride.  I’m blessed to have a partner who encourages me, cares for me when I’m sick or laid up with a foreign body in my foot, makes me laugh or sometimes roll my eyes.   If you’d told me when we married that this is where we’d be 2 1/2 years later, I’m not sure I would’ve believed it.  And I’d probably change a few things along the way but the depth of love I feel for this man who chose me?  I wouldn’t change that for the world.

Posted in Everyday Life, Romance, Work
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