Even with all the aggravation, It really is a Happy Monday!!

(From Better Homes and Gardens)

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Happy Monday

Dear Hearts.............

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Hope you all had a delightful and restful

weekend,  and that your Monday has

been good as well.

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Our weekend was fun,  but my today has

been a lil annoying!! lol

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You see I had a bone density test in Feb.

of 2009,  and it was supposed to be paid

at 100% because it was part of my annual

physical,  well,  because of the way the

imaging place coded it,  they keep trying

to charge us for it.  If I only had a $l.00 for

all the time I have spent on the phone with

the imaging place and the Insurance company,

I wouldn't be rich,  but I think I could probably

buy a few dinners out or maybe a few outfits.

Seriously!!  

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The last 2 times I have thought it was all

resolved well it reared it's ugly head again,

this time they sent it to a collection agency,

I was just a tad aggravated about that since

I have been working with them all this time.

We had been notified by our Insurance

that they were paying it and much to our

happiness we thought it was over until

we got this letter on Saturday.

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Anyway, the plan of attack was to get ahold

of the Imaging place to check to see if it

was paid, and then to call the Collection

Agency.  So you might know I could not

locate the last paper I rec'd from the Ins.

Company saying they paid it,  and I didn't

want to call without it,  but as I was looking

for it I was praying and hubby said remember

you moved something somewhere a few

weeks back,  and I thought oh yea,  so I

went and looked and there it was right

on top.   Yeah!!

That made me feel better,  Shew!

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But Frankly,  I was not wanting to tackle it today, 

 I just did not feel like it, 

 cause I am soooooooo over it!!

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So I prayed and then  I called..........

the Imaging Place said I had a zero balance,

Praise His name!!

So they are suppose to call off the Collection

dogs,  and I called the Collection agency as

well to tell them to make a note that I called

and said we had a zero balance per the

Imaging place, and that they were suppose

to call them to clear it up!!

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Now if this sleeping dog will just lay down

and die!! It would make me an

 even happier woman!!  lol

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But Friday if I don't hear anything back

I will check to see for sure if he......

 is really dead this time!!

I'll be sure to let you know when the

funeral is!!  lol

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But we also got another new Insurance

woe to deal with as well,  so I called

the Dr. office about it,  and it seems

like it might go easy,  oh,  pray for easy!!

Please!!  lol

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I am really becoming good friends with

the automated phone system,  since I

spend so much time with it!!  lol

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Anyway,  our weekend was great,  we

had a lot of fun,  watching a movie and

playing cards, and we went to someones

house for din din on Sat. night and I

took this for dessert!!

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Now this is what it was supposed to look like........

and I have made it a number of times before and

it did look like that,  but as life would have it

since I was taking it somewhere,  it looked like

a mess,  should have taken a pic but I was too

busy trying to figure out what I could do to 

keep it from looking so awful!

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This is called berry upside down cake.

So when I turned it upside down on the

platter it looked great at first,  but a lil

while later I came back to put the frosting

on and it had sunk in the middle like a crater!!

Great!!

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I thought that maybe I had turned it onto

the platter too soon,  and then the platter

kind of slopes so that was what did it.

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I put the drizzle frosting on,  then tried to

cover the crater as much as possible,

by putting the fresh fruit over it,  and

it didn't look too bad.

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  When it came out

of the oven it was a lovely golden brown

and you could see the edges were done

good but when we cut into it,  the middle

was not done and kind of goey.  Never

had that happen before,  but I had never

used frozen berries before either.  At 

least that is what I think might have happened.

I did rinse them in hot water and dry them

off before I put them in the bottom of the

pan,  but we think that maybe because they

were still a lil cold it inhibited the heat or

something..... who knows!!

What a disaster cake!!  

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I used to apologize for that stuff but guess

I am growing up,  I thought so what......

.everybody makes something bad at times.

And this was my time!!

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I seriously do think I am cursed in this

cake making stuff cause my cakes just

never seem to rise the way other peoples

do,  but this is the one cake that usually

works for me.

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I may just give up on cakes all together,

or at least I will definitely test it the next

time,  it looked so golden brown and

all  and it has always come out perfect

before so didn't think I needed to, learned

a valuable lesson...........always test the

cake for doneness!!  lol

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Wonder if the Lord is testing me for

doneness!!  Ya Think??  

Hope I am thoroughly done,  complete

and lacking nothing,  oh wouldn't that

be great!!  lol

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Sunday was a fun day too,  Sunday 

school and church talking with friends

after,  our  weekly indulgence,  a chocolate

Elvis,  had lunch,  read the paper some,

took a long nap,  and went back to

church for an ice cream social send off

for a young lady that is in her late 20's

who is going to Iraq as a missionary

nurse.  Then after we ran to Target

to get a couple of things and to Kohl's

 to look around.  I have 2 gift cards

I can use,  but I can never find anything

I want really.  Well, I did get a pair

of sandals for $8.00. last week.

They were nice.

It was just fun to do something different!!

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Hopefully I will get to share that salad

I was telling you about on Thankful

Thursday probably on Wednesday!!

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We just had another new one for dinner

tonight,  it was really good too,

so maybe I will share it next week.

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Have a truly blessed evening Dearies,

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Make someone smile!!

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Blessings and Hugs,

Nellie