This and that
Feb. 1st, 2005 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisMom has two long term care insurance policies with American Express. For a variety of reasons (mainly an asshole financial adviser) I have spent long hours fighting with American Express over her accounts. Finally, last year, I got that all settled. When she went into assisted living, I decided to file a claim. I figured the worst that could happen is that they would say no.
It was like pulling a fucking barge with my teeth to get the folks at 'the home' to finally do their part of the claim application and then they told me that Mom's doctor wouldn't give them his report. I called Mom's doctor and his office manager said she had faxed it over 3 times. I got her to fax it to me and I faxed it to American Express myself.
I finally got everything submitted and figured if I didn't hear by Valentine's Day, I'd give 'em a jingle and let them tell me in person that Mom's current situation isn't covered.
Yesterday, the woman who pays Mom's bills sent me an email that she had a check for $6,500 from American Express!!!! This is payment for November, December and part of January and from here on out, she'll get $85.50 a day!!!! Yahooo yahooo yahoooo!
Today is Mom's 82nd birthday. We agreed that this was a nice little birthday present.
I met with him at Thanksgiving and asked him to please take the lead and get aggressive and lead her into investing. She is willing, she just needs a nudge. The money is basically losing money at this point. I've sent emails, I've called, I've begged. They guy just moves like she's got 50 years to think about this. Today I get a note from him that he's going to call her next week to set up an appointment. I wrote him back and asked him to please not wait. The woman is not getting younger. And she might as well have her money in the freakin mattress for godsake! He wrote back and said he would get out there this week. Thank fucking you.
My cold really is going going going but after reading over the list of stuff I could have, I'm just grateful to have had just a simple 10 day cold!
I am really having a hard time trying to figure out LJ's picture thing (foto building/ScrapBook/whatever). What I'm really trying to figure out is how to use Semagic to upload the picture so that I can write an entry, use a picture and upload the whole thing in one swoop. But, apparently, there is a trick I am missing. I need to dig through the communities I think for the missing pieces to this puzzle.
It was like pulling a fucking barge with my teeth to get the folks at 'the home' to finally do their part of the claim application and then they told me that Mom's doctor wouldn't give them his report. I called Mom's doctor and his office manager said she had faxed it over 3 times. I got her to fax it to me and I faxed it to American Express myself.
I finally got everything submitted and figured if I didn't hear by Valentine's Day, I'd give 'em a jingle and let them tell me in person that Mom's current situation isn't covered.
Yesterday, the woman who pays Mom's bills sent me an email that she had a check for $6,500 from American Express!!!! This is payment for November, December and part of January and from here on out, she'll get $85.50 a day!!!! Yahooo yahooo yahoooo!
Today is Mom's 82nd birthday. We agreed that this was a nice little birthday present.
I met with him at Thanksgiving and asked him to please take the lead and get aggressive and lead her into investing. She is willing, she just needs a nudge. The money is basically losing money at this point. I've sent emails, I've called, I've begged. They guy just moves like she's got 50 years to think about this. Today I get a note from him that he's going to call her next week to set up an appointment. I wrote him back and asked him to please not wait. The woman is not getting younger. And she might as well have her money in the freakin mattress for godsake! He wrote back and said he would get out there this week. Thank fucking you.
My cold really is going going going but after reading over the list of stuff I could have, I'm just grateful to have had just a simple 10 day cold!
I am really having a hard time trying to figure out LJ's picture thing (foto building/ScrapBook/whatever). What I'm really trying to figure out is how to use Semagic to upload the picture so that I can write an entry, use a picture and upload the whole thing in one swoop. But, apparently, there is a trick I am missing. I need to dig through the communities I think for the missing pieces to this puzzle.
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Date: 2005-02-01 04:41 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-01 05:48 pm (UTC)Me too!! If it is hard for you, I don't feel nearly as stupid since you are light years ahead of me, computerwise.
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Date: 2005-02-03 04:38 pm (UTC)After I finished writing up my entry, I clicked on Add image/link and then clicked on the image button. This gave me a little button of ... next to where you could fill in the link. Click on that and that lets you browse your computer for the image. Find it. Shows up in entry.
NOW, go to LiveJournal (top left hand corner) and drop down to Fotobuilder and then select Pictures from Current Entry and click on it. Then click Upload All. (The URL side will fill in when it's done.) Then click close.
You can make sure it worked by going back to the entry and at the bottom of Semagic click on html - look at your entry where the image is and if the image tag has in it ...http://pics.livejournal.com... (along with other stuff) it worked. Hit Post Entry and you are done.
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Date: 2005-02-02 01:15 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2005-02-02 01:27 am (UTC)