Ahhh...your husband is a laborer...like my
husband...he's lead sawman at a residential
construction company...he used to be on roofs...I used
to have to worry about him falling off it and injuring
himself...now I just have to worry he'll be tired one
day and make a mistake and saw off his fingers or
something. Add to that...it only hits 106 in
Tucson...heat stroke...skin cancer...he has tons of
moles...so I'm always on top of him to get
checked...use sunscreen...he never listens,
though....typical male. If my husband ever hurt
himself and couldn't work...my income wouldn't be
enough to hang on to what we have...we need them
both...we were just getting money saved and put away
and then I got sick for 6 weeks. Thank God I had a
little vacation time and a period of 2 weeks I can use
short-term disability due to surgeory (if they don't
fight me on this being a pre-existing disease before I
got their insurance in April). Still, 3 weeks...no
pay...dwindled what we saved. Time to start over. I
hope your husband gets his surgeory soon.Eh, do they
still use the word Kanucks? It's been so long...I
left when Bob and Doug McKenzie were just coming
out...too funny...huh.
--- "Nancy E. Hale" <nanny@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
> > Hi Marianne: > > Yes, I've heard of that Other Coast *grin* - I have > an aunt and uncle in > Richmond, BC, just outside of Vancouver. If you > find Route 95 and follow > it north all the way up through Maine, at the far > northern tip of it you'll > find a little grease spot on the map called > Woodstock, New Brunswick, in > that Cold Country called Canada. I'm just outside > of Woodstock, and I take > full advantage of the cheaper gas and grocery prices > in the US - we go over > to Houlton every weekend to gas up, buy groceries, > check the mail, and see > how much money we can save. > > Chester, my Other Half, has a circulation problem in > his legs which > prevents him from standing for any length of time, > and he does not have the > education to get a desk job. Because of the leg > problem, he had to quit > driving truck. He is waiting to go for surgery, but > there is no guarantee > that the surgery will be successful enough to allow > him to return to work. > > As I told Helen C., the only thing saving out butts > right now is that the > house is paid for, so we don't have that to worry > about, just utilities and > groceries. I sew a lot, so I make most of our > clothes from fabric I pick > up at Walmart in Houlton - I would much rather pay > $1 or 2 a yard US than > $6 to $10 Canadian for the same material. > > And my late husband thought I could squeeze a nickle > hard enough to make > the buffalo crap when we split up 4 years ago - > Honey, if he could see me > now!!! *LOL* > > Nancy in NB > > ICQ #9683431 > > http://www.adhesions.org/forums/listcmds.htm