I have a very common condition known as plantar fasciitis.  It is a very painful condition of the plantar surface (bottom of your foot) that is caused by a variety of things, such as being over weight, injury or bone/heel spurs.  In my case, I have a heel spur that is digging into the ligaments and tendons on the bottom of my foot and causing extreme inflammation.

The doctor put me in a walking cast for a month to see if that would help, and it did not.  It got so the only way I could even stand on the foot was when I was wearing the cast.  So now I am in physical therapy for the foot.  The PT seems to be helping.  They are putting a patch on my foot that is soaked with an acetic acid solution, this is supposed to help dissolve the heel spur.  The patches cost $109 each and insurance will not cover it!!  I did a little research online and discovered that acetic acid is nothing more than common household vinegar!!  I can do the treatments myself at a very low cost!!  I am elated!!

He had given me a $500 bonus for Christmas!!  I was not even expecting a bonus, since I have only worked for him for a year.  But man, this was a great Christmas gift.  I have been needing a new television set in my living room for about 1 1/2 years now, mine went out, and I could not afford to fix it or buy a new one.  So, this is buying me a new television set!!!  They have some great sales going on right now.  Thank you Mr. Elliott for the wonderful gift.

I am just thankful that I and my family and friends are all safe here at home.  I know several people who have relatives who are serving overseas, fighting the war, and think of them and how they will miss those away from home over the holiday.

My Christmas wish is for the wars to end and for everyone to come home.  I know that world peace is never going to be a possibility.  I don’t understand why people can’t just live and let live.  It is a question that will never be answered.

So, we celebrate the birth of Christ once more.  I hope everyone has a joyous and safe Christmas.

I wonder how much of our hard-earned social security funds they will dip into this time?  It seems strange…if an individual person can’t pay their bills, they are taken to court and a judgment is put against them.  Their wages are garnished.  They have to find a way to deal with it.  Why is our government different?  They just simply dip into reserve funds for the elderly and the disabled whenever they feel like it and we are supposed to sit here and take it?

I don’t know about the rest of the country, but I am tired of paying taxes and then have our government programs taken away from us.  I realize that we have to pay taxes and taxes have to go up in order to keep these programs alive, but this is starting to get out of hand.  What am I supposed to do when I retire (if that ever happens)?  I think that I will be working until the day I die.  What do you think?

I really don’t know if they’re just trying to sell an unborn litter, or if they want to give me one for free. And in these economic times, I don’t know if I could afford to buy one!

The Internet will certainly come in handy in finding which provider will have all the things that I need. A chore like this one could take some time and time is money, neither which I have much of these days.