Spirit Animals

Your Score: The Bat

Here's your results! Your spirit animal has a Nobility ranking of 9 out of 18.

Your spirit animal is the bat. They are remakable creatures that guide themselves through the night using sonar. They are a fairly common spirit animal, but are neither exceptional nor despisable in regards to nobility. Being nocturnal, they have not really "seen the light", and there is much they are still unaware of, but they have their own special way of navigating the world, which though unconventional, works just fine.

***Wondering how this animal was chosen for you? These questions were carefully thought out to see how important you hold certain virtues such as: humanism, self-knowledge, rationalism, the love of freedom and other somewhat Hellenic ideals. Some of the questions were very subtle. Your score was then matched with an animal of corresponding nobility. However, you shouldn't think this was a right/wrong sort of test, but more of an idealistic values test. It's ok to not hold these values, you'll just get an animal spirit of lower stature if you do!***

Link: The What is Your Spirit Animal Test written by FindingEros on OkCupid, home of the The Dating Persona Test

H/T to Mrs. Who and VW Bug.

Smooth And Creamy

Maranda Rites -- [adjective]: Similar to butter in texture and appearance 'How will you be defined in the dictionary?' at QuizGalaxy.com

H/T to Wes

On A Brighter Note

Elderspawn, my mom, and I went to see Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix today.

I'm not going to review it. I don't want to spoil it for those that want to see it that haven't yet.

Great movie, like all of the Harry Potter movies have been. This one has alot more plot to it than the previous movies and if you're like me and have a hard time understanding different accents, you really have to pay attention to what they're saying.

Way too much popcorn, pop, and milk duds. A good time was had by all!

Our next movie of choice to take both spawn to: Underdog!

Medicare And The Elderly

I don't understand it at all. The man that I take care of in his home hasn't been able to eat very well because his bottom teeth have been hurting him. He can't go to a dentist to have them extracted and get a denture made because Medicare doesn't cover dental care and he can't afford it. WTF? Why not? Oral health is very important to a person's overall health. The infection from a severely abscessed tooth can travel straight to a person's heart potentially killing them. Because of the of dental care he only weighs 114 pounds right now because he can't eat and he's weak and frail.

I even looked up the dental coverage in his Medicare book and it's listed under the huge DOES NOT COVER list.

Guess what? He fell last night and broke his hip. You can break your hip in 3 different spots and his broke in the worst possible spot it can break, at the bottom of the ball joint. Now he has to have complete hip replacement surgery, if he survives the surgery.

Now, had he been able to have proper dental care, he would have been able to eat better, he wouldn't have been so weak, he wouldn't have lost so much weight and maybe, just maybe, he wouldn't be in the position he is in now. Stuck in a hospital bed, with an IV running in his arm, an oxygen tube stuck in his nose, awaiting major surgery.

My theory is that it would have cost the government a whole lot less for this man to have the proper dental care he needed in the first place as opposed to having a $50,000.00 hip put in him. Not to mention the cost of the doctors, hospital, rehabilitation and/or possible LTC placement which he may end up requiring. Not to mention all the pain and suffering he has to endure. It's an extremely high price to pay because Medicare won't cover dental expenses.

The cost and pain endured from a few teeth extractions and a bottom denture pale in comparison to a broken hip.

Just Say No!

Today, my mom bought a bag of the new limited edition Elvis Presley Banana Creme Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Being a big fan of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, and liking bananas, I decided to give them a whirl. Well, as soon as I bit into it and the chocolate, banana and peanut butter mixed it almost became a hurl all over the inside of her car.

Blech! Bad news. A combination that should have never come to be. Just say no to them. Save yourselves.

A Couple More Pics From Today

Youngerspawn "playing" volleyball. He caught it, threw it over the net and kicked it under the net instead, but that was our version of volleyball. We used a badminton net instead of a regular volleyball net and the poles for it were made out of PVC pipe so it could be lowered.













Elderspawn out on the volleyball field. He looks so thrilled to be doing this. He really doesn't like any sports to speak of.

Pics From Today

Youngerspawn listening to the instructions on how to steer and stop his Cubmobile, but his helmet kept falling off the back of his head. Proper protection at it's finest! At least the cars came equipped with working seat belts!









I got in on the action for one race. They needed another person so I decided to race my own boy.









Elderspawn getting ready to head down the ramp in his Cubmobile.













This is where Elderspawn used his legs to stop, popped a wheelie and got all banged and bruised up.









Back of Elderspawn's calf. You really can't see the bruising below the scrape in this pic because of the flash but it's pretty. I'm more worried about the ankle on his other leg. It's a bit swollen right now, but he says it doesn't hurt and he's walking fine on it.










**Edit** I haven't figured out how that boy didn't break a bone. This morning both legs have huge, dark black bruises on the backs of them. The only thing I can figure out is that he must have gotten his dad's strong bones.