Insurance and Back Again

After realizing that our tenants in Homer are out of luck because our home-owner/landlord policy doesn't cover renters belongings, we decided to get renters insurance of our own here in TorC. Went to the local Allstate office and spent half an hour getting all the details straightened out and then she sent off the info online to the Big Computer in the Sky and we were declined, most likely because of our pending claim for the Homer fire. So Annie came home and went online herself, found a policy (for about $100/year more) and so now our belongings are insured for $25,000. IF YOU RENT, GET INSURED! It is normally around $10-$15/month. Think about replacing your clothes, dishes, furniture, music, motel while looking for another rental, etc. It's worth it.

End of Rant

On a more positive note, Annie had her first appointment with her new Primary Care Physician this morning, a very nice woman, Haruhauni Spruce, who is about our age and recently went to medical school and opened her first practice here in T or C. We're looking forward to getting to know her better (she lives a few blocks away). Annie is going to start reducing the dosage of Prednisone to see how that works now that we're in the heat. She sees a rheumatologist in Albuquerque next month. She's been feeling well enough to paint some shelves we bought at a yard sale and the other day painted the kitchen cabinet knobs. (It kind of takes the curse off the insipid, lime green cabinet doors.) I found some fittings at the hardware store this afternoon to attach a grinding wheel to a yard-sale electric motor and have been polishing the rough edges of rock slabs all evening. Amazing how easily entertained we are in our dotage.