Moving Wrinkles

Hook news:
Mary Maxim Contest
My entry was received and I'm now counting down until the week of July 1st when the winners are notified.

Nameless new design
The pattern is completed, all typo's have—hopefully—been found and corrected. All that is left is a picture and a name. I'm stumped on the name. The picture is up to my artistic cameraman.

I have no idea what I'll tackle next.

Crook news:
Moving wrinkles:
Yesterday we got the lovely news that if move out of state, we have to pay more out of pocket for our health insurance. Charming. The additional monthly cost is more than the monthly pay raise we just received. That spurred us to reconsider exactly where we will move. Washington is looking better than Oregon right now. ;-)

While chatting with the rep, Mr. Retired asked about my health coverage and what happens when I get to MediCare age. Seems I lose everything Mr. Retired worked for, and I wind up with the hideous coverage from the feds. What was the point of Mr. Retired covering me all those years? The idea they sold us on was that I would then have decent lifetime health coverage. Apparently that only applies if I had not managed to get all those quarters in and qualified for SS/Medicare.

Okay, so I accumulated those quarters because I was willfully disobedient and headstrong. Guess this is one of those "every action has a reaction and consequence" things. Not that I like it, but I can't do a darn thing about it.

For some reason this verse keeps coming to my mind:

Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content. – Philippians 4:11

So I'll be trying to be content with what has come my way. Somehow I think this is a lifelong lesson for me—rather like trying to learn to be patient.