ACA: I enrolled!

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Thursday October 17, 2013 · 7:19 AM PDT

2013/10/17 · 07:19

It took 16 days and three e-mail accounts (applications based on the first two got hopelessly borked in the process), but at the end I got enrolled! Based on my estimated AGI for next year, I will end up saving about $300 per month and will have better coverage than I currently have. More after the screenshot below and the orange egg beater:

shaktidurga

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Monday July 11, 2011 · 4:59 PM PDT

2011/07/11 · 16:59

So. My last entry in this series was...um...June 11. What happened?

Um... bronchitis... sinus infection... two rounds of antibiotics... the second one of which messed up my digestive tract...

Finally around the beginning of this month I felt up to riding again.

Just in time to have to take the bike to the shop for some repairs...

(hop over the orange squiggle)

shaktidurga

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Sunday June 19, 2011 · 5:00 PM PDT

2011/06/19 · 17:00

Welcome to Brothers and Sisters, the weekly meet-up for prayer* and community at Daily Kos. We put an asterisk on pray* to acknowledge that not everyone uses conventional religious language, but may want to share joys and concerns, or simply take solace in a meditative atmosphere. Anyone who comes in the spirit of mutual respect, warmth and healing, is welcome.

So today is the boy's 13th birthday. I am officially the mother of a teenager.

shaktidurga

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Saturday June 11, 2011 · 8:47 AM PDT

2011/06/11 · 08:47

So last week I got the bike out of the garage and got it ready to ride again, after a long hiatus. I wanted to get back in shape and start using the bike more and the car less.

Here's my report from my first week on the bike. Hop over the orange doodad to see how I did.

shaktidurga

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Saturday June 04, 2011 · 12:38 PM PDT

2011/06/04 · 12:38

So I got the bike out of the garage today and pumped up the tires. I hadn't ridden it for awhile - Wyoming winters (and the cold, unusually wet spring we've had) make cycling a bit difficult.

But after this week's pie fights, I needed something to change my perspective.

So come with me over the Orange Squiggle of Doom on my bike.

shaktidurga

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Wednesday April 06, 2011 · 7:05 PM PDT

2011/04/06 · 19:05

So this past weekend the boy announced he was ready to learn how to shoot.

Guns, that is.

So, good mother that I am, I dutifully traipsed off to the sporting goods store to pick up some ammo, lectured the boy on gun safety, and otherwise prepped him for his first date with Messrs. Smith and Wesson. Monday evening we piled into the car and headed out to a dirt road west of town that is a popular place for people to target shoot and sight in their guns. Nothing like some good mother-son bonding.

shaktidurga

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Friday September 04, 2009 · 5:30 PM PDT

2009/09/04 · 17:30

Under the heading of Southern stereotypes, NASCAR would probably come close to the top. The sport was born in the South, and a majority of NASCAR venues remain in the South. If you watch a telecast of a NASCAR race or listen to the Sirius NASCAR channel, you'll hear a lot of Southern accents. And yeah, it's popular among the redneck section of the population.

It's probably fair to say that the sport is popular among those sectors of the population that intend to keep their kids home on Tuesday when the President seeks to indoctrinate their precious children into the vast left-wing conspiracy. (Full disclosure: I'm a NASCAR fan. And my kiddo is going to school Tuesday.)

So... it might come as a surprise to learn that... NASCAR is trying to indoctrinate your kids into the vast left-wing conspiracy!!

shaktidurga

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Friday August 28, 2009 · 7:10 PM PDT

2009/08/28 · 19:10

Yep, that's right, Wyoming. Land of open spaces, mountains, abundant wildlife, (mostly) clean air. The kind of place where your kids can still walk to school. The kind of place where you can see deer and antelope while driving to work (and it only takes you 10 minutes to get to work). The kind of place where you can throw your skis in the car and be on the slopes or the cross-country trails within half an hour of leaving the house.

Yeah, we've got our share of wingnuts here. I'm not happy about my Congressional representation, to be sure.

But is Senator Enzi justification for all the hatin' on Westerners I see Kossacks engaging in?

Poll

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Have you ever visited Wyoming?

79 votes Vote Now!

Have you ever visited Wyoming?

Yes, and it's a beautiful place.

43 votes

Yes, and how could anyone live in someplace so... barren?

1 vote

No, but I'd like to.

8 votes

No, and why would I want to be where gun-crazy nutcakes are?

10 votes

Visit? Hell, I LIVE here!!!

14 votes

Pie.

3 votes

Red State Blues

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Wednesday August 19, 2009 · 5:50 PM PDT

2009/08/19 · 17:50

I got the Red State Blues. I got it bad.

Here's the thing. I live in Wyoming. It's a beautiful state, with mountains and wildlife, and clear deep blue skies. But it's also one of the reddest states in the country, and people here have a strong "keep the guv'mint out of my bidness" belief. And...

...my senior U.S. Senator is Mike Enzi.

Yes, that Mike Enzi.

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I ride my bike (and run), chapter 2

I ride my bike

My Progressive Redneck Life

NASCAR Is Part of the Indoctrination Conspiracy!

Don't hate me 'cuz I'm from Wyoming

Red State Blues