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Bonding With the In-Laws: The Youngest Sibling

One of the weirdest things about marrying into a large family was that I’ve been around for almost the entire life of my littlest brother-in-law.  When Jon and I first started dating, and I met the family for the first time, his youngest brother was only a bit over a year old.  While he knows most of Jon’s other siblings very well, because they all lived at home with him for years (and some still do), Jon wasn’t around much when he was growing up.  So Jon, his own brother, isn’t really that much more of a presence in his … Continue reading →

How Not to Go Broke Celebrating Halloween

(All treat no trick) You don’t need to be a parent to know that celebrating Halloween is not cheap. These days dressing up as a naughty nun and gorging on 100 Grand bars can really set you back, and not just spiritually. The cost of costumes, candy, decorations and fillings for cavities caused by giving into your Laffy Taffy addiction is scary expensive. And, if you have multiple kids to costume and provide school treats for, the total cost of the holiday can be even more frightening. In 2011, Halloween surpassed Valentine’s Day as the second most expensive holiday celebrated … Continue reading →

Congress Passes Another Extension on the Payroll Tax

Congress has managed to work together and to pass legislation that extends the payroll tax cut. This is about more than the payroll tax, however. It also affects the Medicare reimbursement rate for doctors, and unemployment insurance benefits for people who haven’t been able to find employment. This is not the first extension that Congress has passed regarding the Medicare reimbursement cut, the payroll tax, and the length of unemployment insurance benefits. There was a last minute extension that happened right before Christmas of 2011. At that time, the Senate had passed an extension for those things, and the House … Continue reading →

Christmas in February

Well we made it through a few hours with my in laws and there was no blood or tears shed. When we got in the car and were driving home we asked the kids how they felt that the day went. The car was quiet. If you know our kids you would know that it is not very common for them all to be quiet at the same time. We knew what was going on that the kids did not want to say anything that may hurt my husband’s feelings. My husband was nice and spoke up telling the kids … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – Week of February 5-11, 2012

The Insurance Blog Week in Review gives you an easy way to “ketchup” on all the blogs that were posted this week. In a given week, there can be anywhere from twelve to fourteen different articles that appear on the Insurance Blog. Lately, news about insurance is intertwined with politics. This definitely makes things interesting! The Insurance Podcast Roundup for the week went up on February 6, 2012. Federal Government Says No to California’s Medi-Cal Co-Pays Governor Jerry Brown made a plan that required the low-income people who use Medi-Cal to pay a co-pay before they could be seen by … Continue reading →

Hosts of Holiday Parties Tend to Ignore Safety Issues

Will you be having a holiday party in your home this year? Don’t forget some common sense safety concerns. Being aware of potential safety issues is a good way to avoid having to contact your insurance company to file a claim when the party is over. A poll was done by MetLife Auto & Home Safety Pulse. The poll asked people questions about safety issues that can arise during a holiday party that takes place in one’s home. It turns out that there are plenty of hosts who ignore some important safety concerns. Failure to take some common sense precautionary … Continue reading →

Buying Christmas Gifts for Your Ex Husband

When you are divorced and the holidays roll around there is the question of who to buy gifts for. Do you buy a gift for your ex husband? Your ex in laws? What about your little nieces and nephews? I know I didn’t want to buy anything for my ex husband but I felt it was important for Hailey to give her father a gift. As for in laws, mine had passed away so that wasn’t an issue. The big question was what to get her father. I wanted Hailey to be able to share at Christmas, I wanted her … Continue reading →

No In Laws For Christmas

So we are not going to have any involvement with the in laws during the month of December and actually I am feeling great about it. Maybe I should not be but to be honest I am absolutely ok with it. I am ready for our kids and husband and to have a relaxing holiday season. We are going to do try to make the weekends super packed with holiday things and hopefully it will make it a bit easier. I am not sure if my mother in law is even going to call our kids for Christmas. I say … Continue reading →

Our First Christmas

This was going to be our first Christmas as parents and we were very excited. I had a definite plan in my mind about how we wanted to have our Christmas and unfortunately it did not match the way my in-laws expected it to be. They wanted us to come over Christmas Eve and then come back on Christmas day. Now my mother in law had the Christmas Eve celebration the same way every single year. It started at the same time every time; she wanted it to start at 6. Her evening is scheduled that we would go over, … Continue reading →

Christmas With the In-Laws

So we did Thanksgiving our way I agreed to give a little on Thanksgiving, it was just the two of us so we agreed to go over on Christmas Eve. This was huge for me after how horrible the first Christmas with his family I really was not looking forward to it. I did agree to go to try to keep peace I do think back now and wish I had not. My mother – in-law loved hosting the holidays; she had done this since her kids were little and she was going to continue until she is no longer … Continue reading →