A Day Late and a Dollar Short

 Day five in the Ultimate Blog Challenge

Day five got away from me as I had multiple doctor appointments and MRI's on the schedule. A quote I remember my dad saying through my teen years was 'a day late and a dollar short'. I think that fits my delay in posting my write up for day 5. 

Yes, because today is day six and that post will be coming shortly and as for the dollar short, I dropped close to $1000 dollars on my procedures and yes, I was a dollar short! In fact, I was more than half of it short as I was not expecting to come up with so many copays. So much for insurance where 'big' tests come into play. Between the MRI, the CT scan with contrast, X-rays, cortisone injection, and two different lab work procedures - the copays for each were unreal. Oh wait, then there were the seven prescriptions I picked up as well! 

Grammarist describes the quote as an American idiom that has been in use for many decades. An idiom is a word, group of words, or a phrase that has a figurative meaning that is not easily deduced from its original meaning. 

As I thought about the quote, 'a day late and a dollar short' - my mind immediately went to Wimpy in the Popeye cartoons. When he would tell the person he was speaking to, "I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today". That is kind of how I felt with the multiple copays. Just do them and I will pay you later...and I would have loved to have eaten a hamburger after all those procedures! 

Did you know there was a movie called, A Day Late and a Dollar Short starring Whoopi Goldberg? It came out in 2014. The movie is about the star being worried about her next asthma attack because it might possibly kill her, but she is trying to solve the problems of her estranged husband, (Ving Rhames) and their four adult children. 

In case you are interested, I found this movie on the Lifetime Channel. 

Have you ever had an instance where you were a day late and a dollar short? Tell me about it...

Have a great day!

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day 22 Color of the Day is Copper

I cannot get over how fast the days are going by these days. It is day 22 in the Color of the Day Challenge hosted by The Mommies Review/Glenda Cates. Today's prompt is Copper.

I knew exactly what I wanted to snap a photograph of when I saw this color. Dancing around in my mind was an image of my dad back in the day when he would pick up scrap things and break them down or destroy them looking for pieces to sell. 

If you recall, I had mentioned in a previous post of mine, that my dad was a hoarder and a Junker. That man would pick up anything anywhere if he thought he could get five cents from it! Not me. Well, that was until I became a crafter. Now when I see things sitting on the side of the curb, I want to stop and go through it looking for 'junk' that I can use in my crafting projects. The mind of a crafter! Especially if the crafter works with mixed media or altered art projects. We can never have too much junk!

Copper is on point today. Thinking about those memories of dad bringing all that junk home on that had made trailer he had, I remember dad driving down the driveway one day with the trailer loaded down with wire, tubes, and old water heaters. I thought my mom was going to go through the roof! I can hear her now..."Royce - what are you going to do with all of that junk"? Yes, there was never a dull moment around our house when dad went junking for treasures that would make him money.

When I told my husband, I needed to find a pipe or something that was copper - he opened the closet next to the back door. Waaalaaa, there is was - a Copper pipe on the water heater! I had not even thought about the water heater even after having that memory of dad's junking days dancing around in my mind. All I knew is I needed to find a copper pipe somewhere around the house! Thanks, Babe, you saved the Color of the Day! 

Copper is on point today. What do you have that's Copper? Drop me a comment below. 

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