1 Year Anniversary Chat Thread (Randoms)

[onesweetworld]

I need a randoms thread.  I'm back to work after 2 days off and I do not want to be. 

Happy Birthday/Anniversary TCF.  I can't believe I met some of you crazy people a year ago.  

[butlerfan]

There is a site wide one going as well that is already up to 12 pages at 10:00 in the morning!!!!

That is hard to keep up with.

[cheshie6]

I can't keep up with the site wide random thread!

[sleepymonkey]

It's fun to read the site wide thread but I'm a little too intimidated to participate.

[kayladawn91]

Today is my Monday. It sucks.

[wannabmama]

Are you feeling better onesweetworld I hope so (being back at work probably doesn't help!)
I can't believe it's on Wednesday...and that TCF has only been around a year...I feel like I've been talking to y'all longer than that (in a good way!)
This is my first full week at work in a long time...it's for the birds this whole five day workweek thing...

[notagoddess]

Hugs to all who are back at work. I hope the day passes by quickly for everyone!

[notagoddess]

I had my annual physical exam this morning. MH's work offers these incentives to get "biometric screening" every year. So now I have to have a completely useless cholesterol and glucose test, just so I can get the $150 reward. What a freaking waste of money and resources.

[wannabmama]

Jan 13, 2016 11:45:29 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Just found out I'm being sent to a conference in Nashville mid-Feb. Should be fun! Never been to Nashville.

Jealous!! I was supposed to go one year and the trip was thwarted last minute and I've never been able to get there. I've heard great things!

[wannabmama]

notagoddess those screenings are annoying. We had then at my old job...I do like the $150 though.

[pismoduo]

Jan 13, 2016 11:45:29 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Just found out I'm being sent to a conference in Nashville mid-Feb. Should be fun! Never been to Nashville.

I love Nashville! You guys should go to Monell's for dinner one night. It's this teeny little place, but all the seating is family style - you just sit down at a table for like 12 and they start bringing out food one dish at a time. People come and go. There's no real "menu" for you to order from, they just have a specific menu each night of the week and they bring out huge dishes of each item on the menu.

Here's their website. It's so good, and only like $20 a person. We ended up sitting with 2 Canadians, a college student and her parents from Ohio and some locals. I thought it would be awkward, but it ended up being a total blast!

[pismoduo]

Jan 13, 2016 11:36:56 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

I had my annual physical exam this morning. MH's work offers these incentives to get "biometric screening" every year. So now I have to have a completely useless cholesterol and glucose test, just so I can get the $150 reward. What a freaking waste of money and resources.

We do these too, but it's not a $150 reward. It counts as points towards your fitness goals, and if you get to a certain level of points you start getting discounts on your insurance premiums. Plus you can trade the points in for Amazon gift cards. I think last year I ended up with $120 in Amazon gift cards and I'm saving $10/pay period on my insurance.

For me I love it, because I'm overweight and have a history of heart related issues in my family, so I tend to get a cholesterol and glucose test done once a year or so anyway.

[diamondsndaisies]

Today isn't starting out very good. The furnace in my office is out again, which means its around 60* in this place right now and I am on day 3 of AF and it is super heavy again.

[wannabmama]

ugaqueencity ((hugs)) I feel like they're everywhere...

[joy]

Heeeeeeeeeeeey onesweetworld - do you also post over on Married Life (GBCN)? I know some people cross over and there's someone with that screen name there.

Just curious!

[notagoddess]

Jan 13, 2016 12:02:51 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Jan 13, 2016 11:36:56 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

I had my annual physical exam this morning. MH's work offers these incentives to get "biometric screening" every year. So now I have to have a completely useless cholesterol and glucose test, just so I can get the $150 reward. What a freaking waste of money and resources.

We do these too, but it's not a $150 reward. It counts as points towards your fitness goals, and if you get to a certain level of points you start getting discounts on your insurance premiums. Plus you can trade the points in for Amazon gift cards. I think last year I ended up with $120 in Amazon gift cards and I'm saving $10/pay period on my insurance.

For me I love it, because I'm overweight and have a history of heart related issues in my family, so I tend to get a cholesterol and glucose test done once a year or so anyway.

Ooh, I would love Amazon gift cards. I buy so much stuff there.

I can also get money if I go to the gym 24 times a quarter. I can get $75 for that. ETA: I have never actually gone that often.

But with those screenings, I had them done 2 years ago and my doctor said I don't need them for 5 more years. I'm really just doing it for the $150, which doesn't seem like a good use of health care resources.

[penguin129]

Hugs ugaqueencity.

[penguin129]

I am happy this place is around. It is so great to have other adults to talk to during the day. YAY for TCF!!!!

[pismoduo]

Jan 13, 2016 12:10:37 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

Jan 13, 2016 12:02:51 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

We do these too, but it's not a $150 reward. It counts as points towards your fitness goals, and if you get to a certain level of points you start getting discounts on your insurance premiums. Plus you can trade the points in for Amazon gift cards. I think last year I ended up with $120 in Amazon gift cards and I'm saving $10/pay period on my insurance.

For me I love it, because I'm overweight and have a history of heart related issues in my family, so I tend to get a cholesterol and glucose test done once a year or so anyway.

Ooh, I would love Amazon gift cards. I buy so much stuff there.

I can also get money if I go to the gym 24 times a quarter. I can get $75 for that.

But with those screenings, I had them done 2 years ago and my doctor said I don't need them for 5 more years. I'm really just doing it for the $150, which doesn't seem like a good use of health care resources.

It might not be the best use of resources for most people. Then again, a lot of insurance companies seem to like it when you do all this preventative monitoring stuff, so maybe it lowers your risk level in their eyes?

Who knows. I work in insurance and still don't understand half this crap.

[rooskie]

Jan 13, 2016 11:36:56 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

I had my annual physical exam this morning. MH's work offers these incentives to get "biometric screening" every year. So now I have to have a completely useless cholesterol and glucose test, just so I can get the $150 reward. What a freaking waste of money and resources.

We have to do this onsite at work every year. I get like $50/mo for me and $30/mo for H off our insurance premiums if we are in good health. H hates doing it but I like the money and it's free.

[rooskie]

Jan 13, 2016 11:45:29 GMT -5 starbuck27 said:

Just found out I'm being sent to a conference in Nashville mid-Feb. Should be fun! Never been to Nashville.

I live like 2 hours from Nashville. Every year my mom and I go down to Opry Mills outlet mall for her birthday.

[rooskie]

I'm trying to plow through all of my online training courses at work today. I just took the bloodborn pathogen one and the amount of bloody pictures solidifies my decision of becoming an accountant. I might be skipping my morning snack.

[goldenlove3]

Jan 13, 2016 12:10:37 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

Jan 13, 2016 12:02:51 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

We do these too, but it's not a $150 reward. It counts as points towards your fitness goals, and if you get to a certain level of points you start getting discounts on your insurance premiums. Plus you can trade the points in for Amazon gift cards. I think last year I ended up with $120 in Amazon gift cards and I'm saving $10/pay period on my insurance.

For me I love it, because I'm overweight and have a history of heart related issues in my family, so I tend to get a cholesterol and glucose test done once a year or so anyway.

Ooh, I would love Amazon gift cards. I buy so much stuff there.

I can also get money if I go to the gym 24 times a quarter. I can get $75 for that. ETA: I have never actually gone that often.

But with those screenings, I had them done 2 years ago and my doctor said I don't need them for 5 more years. I'm really just doing it for the $150, which doesn't seem like a good use of health care resources.

We have this too. I think it's so annoying. We have to meet 4 parameters from our physical (BMI, cholesterol, some other stuff). If you don't meet some, you have to make up the 4 with certain activities like run a 5K or buy workout equipment. If we don't meet all the requirements, my premiums go up next year. I just wanna tell insurance to get out of my life!

ETA: They also give us money to put towards our benefits.

[notagoddess]

Jan 13, 2016 12:19:08 GMT -5 goldenlove3 said:

Jan 13, 2016 12:10:37 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

Ooh, I would love Amazon gift cards. I buy so much stuff there.

I can also get money if I go to the gym 24 times a quarter. I can get $75 for that. ETA: I have never actually gone that often.

But with those screenings, I had them done 2 years ago and my doctor said I don't need them for 5 more years. I'm really just doing it for the $150, which doesn't seem like a good use of health care resources.

We have this too. I think it's so annoying. We have to meet 4 parameters from our physical (BMI, cholesterol, some other stuff). If you don't meet some, you have to make up the 4 with certain activities like run a 5K or buy workout equipment. If we don't meet all the requirements, my premiums go up next year. I just wanna tell insurance to get out of my life!

Exactly. It feels extremely intrusive. My premiums don't actually change depending on the results from my physical, so why do they need to know? But I can't afford to pass up free money.

[Deleted]

I'm hanging out at home on a snow day. Luckily our neighbour came and snow blowed so I can get out tomorrow. We made some cookies and brought them over to him and his pregnant wife as a thank you. There is still another half of the driveway to shovel, but I don't need to use it, so it will stay buried in 20 cms of snow until DH gets home from his work trip.

[nuggetrn]

We got new bath and body works soap in the bathroom here at work. It is called something icicles and it smells like a man. I love it. Is it weird that I keep smelling my hands?

[kleigh]

Jan 13, 2016 12:12:17 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Jan 13, 2016 12:10:37 GMT -5 notagoddess said:

Ooh, I would love Amazon gift cards. I buy so much stuff there.

I can also get money if I go to the gym 24 times a quarter. I can get $75 for that.

But with those screenings, I had them done 2 years ago and my doctor said I don't need them for 5 more years. I'm really just doing it for the $150, which doesn't seem like a good use of health care resources.

It might not be the best use of resources for most people. Then again, a lot of insurance companies seem to like it when you do all this preventative monitoring stuff, so maybe it lowers your risk level in their eyes?

Who knows. I work in insurance and still don't understand half this crap.

Oh hey, me too! :-) So I think they do it so that the insurance companies can (a) get a bigger picture of your health/their risk and (b) any early warning signs of health issues and (c) do that the insurance companies can have their health advocates/nurses/case and conditions management team reach out to try to help you manage conditions and health risks.

Eta: and also to try to get employees to healthier and better health care consumers as it lowers THEIR premium and workplace absences

[rooskie]

Jan 13, 2016 12:34:52 GMT -5 kleigh said:

Jan 13, 2016 12:12:17 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

It might not be the best use of resources for most people. Then again, a lot of insurance companies seem to like it when you do all this preventative monitoring stuff, so maybe it lowers your risk level in their eyes?

Who knows. I work in insurance and still don't understand half this crap.

Oh hey, me too! :-) So I think they do it so that the insurance companies can (a) get a bigger picture of your health/their risk and (b) any early warning signs of health issues and (c) do that the insurance companies can have their health advocates/nurses/case and conditions management team reach out to try to help you manage conditions and health risks.

Eta: and also to try to get employees to healthier and better health care consumers as it lowers THEIR premium and workplace absences

Yeah, H had high blood pressure when we did ours this year (he had to go into work that day and do a state audit) and they called to check on him within a day or two.

[pismoduo]

Jan 13, 2016 12:40:31 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Jan 13, 2016 12:34:52 GMT -5 kleigh said:

Oh hey, me too! :-) So I think they do it so that the insurance companies can (a) get a bigger picture of your health/their risk and (b) any early warning signs of health issues and (c) do that the insurance companies can have their health advocates/nurses/case and conditions management team reach out to try to help you manage conditions and health risks.

Eta: and also to try to get employees to healthier and better health care consumers as it lowers THEIR premium and workplace absences

Yeah, H had high blood pressure when we did ours this year (he had to go into work that day and do a state audit) and they called to check on him within a day or two.

God the blood pressure one. I was TWO POINTS over the recommendation, after fasting all morning and rushing across town, getting lost and hating needles. So dumb. My doctor looked at the chart and said something like "2 points? Why didn't they just retest you 10 minutes later?"

[cheshie6]

I plowed my first driveway today! It's not perfect but I can get in and out with my truck and car!!