Praises of a Wife and Mommy

Flickr Image At: Chad Nicholson Recently, an American study revealed  that over thirteen percent of adults were likely to skip visiting the dentist altogether due to the cost of treatment. Although participants said that they needed health care, some had quite severe dental issues, the cost of dental procedures such as fillings, crowns, and root canals were far too expensive. Even private dental patients are struggling, with many procedures falling under the term ‘coininsurance’, which means the patient shares the cost of the service they're supposed to be covered by. However, skipping your yearly check up now can lead to problems later, not to mention bad dental health has many links to other health issues such as headaches, nausea, bad breath, and jaw pain. Without emptying your bank account, foregoing other health insurance and chewing only on the left side of your mouth is there anything practical you can do to make sure that you get the best deal? Surprisin...

Last week when we were on a family walk my daughter rode her bike instead.  She is getting pretty fast and we had to teach her some of the Street Signs .  It was fun and made me remember teaching signs to some past students when I was a teacher. The main sign we taught her that day was the good big Red Stop Sign!  We wanted to make sure she stopped and waited for us there.  Then I started thinking about all the different  Road Signs out there.  There are so many!!!  I remember in driver's education class thinking wow why do we need all these signs. Beyond just road signs they have any sign imaginable, No Tresspassing Sign , Danger, No swimming, caution and warning signs, to playing signs. deer crossing, no swimming are just a few to rattle off for you. Now a days you can make your own sign too which is pretty awesome.  I think it would be so fun if a park had some neat fun signs made that incorporated some learning stations!  :) ...