Helping Grandma With Insurance

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I’ve got to do some research today. My Grandma called me last week wanting to know if I’ve heard of Georgia Life. I had no clue what she was talking about. She said she received a phone call last week soliciting life insurance quotes, and she just happened to remember that years ago she had taken out life insurance policies on her 3 girls through Georgia Life.

She had paid the policies in full, so she hasn’t received any paperwork from them in years. She doesn’t even know if the policies or still live or if she can cash them in. She promised she has all the original paperwork in her filing cabinet, so I told her to get all the paperwork to me, and I’d see what I could find out.

What I did find out is that she took the policies out on my mom and my aunts when they were really young. My mom was about 10, and my aunts were 5 and 1. The home address listed on the policy is the rural route address that was associated with the house I now live in, but that address changed over 30 years ago.

I promised to gather as much information as I can today, but I don’t know what I’ll be able to find. I’m not good at finding stuff like this, and I don’t have any clue about insurance type stuff. I have a hard enough time just trying to decide what company to request my own free quote from.

From what I have determined, the Georgia Life company was bought out by ING a few years ago, but that’s all I’ve been able to find out. I gave my Grandma a number to call to speak to someone with the company, but she gets confused on the phone. Like a lot of older folks she doesn’t know how to ask the right questions, she gets frustrated, and she just can’t deal with them.

I told her I’ll keep doing as much research as I can on this end, but she’s going to have to at least call to talk to someone. I’m going over there in a couple hours, and I’m going to see if she can call and give them permission to speak to me. I’m sure I can find out a lot more for her over the phone.

Tags: cashing in life insurance, georgia life, life insurance policies, life insurance quotes

Where’d The Snow Cones Go?

While we were riding around town yesterday Hubby asked me if I would like to stop somewhere to pick up a snow cone. He said with all this hot weather he’s been craving one for a couple weeks. I thought that’s a great idea!

We rode around town hitting the spots where we normally see a Hawaiian Shaved Ice Stand setup throughout the summer. We couldn’t find one anywhere, so we headed to a little ice cream shop downtown that has always served snow cones as well. That ice cream shop has been there forever, and every summer it’s one of my favorites places to go, but we discovered now it’s gone.

Not only can we not find a snow cone stand anywhere, but my favorite ice cream parlor is a thing of my past. It’s now some kind of sports store that sells all kinds of sports stuff. We checked it out for a few minutes, and I was surprised to see the kinds of stuff they sell. They’ve got everything from hunting and fishing supplies to karate stuff and even self defense products. It’s a shame the ice cream parlor is gone though. I asked the manager about it, and he said the ice cream shop shut down last month because they just couldn’t keep up with the newer shop across town. The new shop has a mini golf course and go karts.

At least I do still have other places to get my ice cream, but I’m still wondering where all the snow cone carts are this year. Hubby really has me wanting one now. I used to have my own snow cone maker, but it ended up broken and in the trash a few years ago. I might just have to buy me another one.

Tags: hawaiian shaved ice, sno cones, snow cones

A Medical Watch For Sis In Law

I’ve been wanting to buy my sister in law one of those medical id tags for awhile, but so far I haven’t found one I thought she’d wear. She already has a medical card she carries in her purse, but I’ve seen EMS show up too many times without even thinking to ask for the card. She’s a critical diabetic, and many many times I’ve gotten there only to find them treating her like she’s an underage patient because they didn’t even think to check her id for her age. Half the time they don’t even know she had a medical card telling what she’s allergic to and all that.

Now I think I might have found her some medical id jewelry that she might wear.  I really like a medical id watch that I found, and I know my sister in law can’t go anywhere without a watch.  I found a ton of them on jewelryelegance.com, but I think this is the one she would like the most.

Tags: medical id bracelets, medical id jewelry, medical id watch

Arkansas Mayor Released Shelter Dogs Into The Wild

I’m thinking Mayor James Valley of Helena-West Helena, AR may have a California wine club membership that he’s partaking in way too much. In my opinion this guy is insane! I’m completely shocked and appalled at how he sees fit to treat stray and rescued animals.

Apparently the local animal shelter in this town is in such a horrible state that it’s not fit to use to care for rescued animals. The Mayor doesn’t seem very fit to make decisions either. He’s so unwilling to put forth the effort or $50-60k to turn the shelter around, he had the shelter shut down. The locks were cut, and all dogs were released from the shelter.

In the beginning the shelter was moved to 4 temporary pens at the local sanitation department, but these pens were uncovered, and there were complaints that the animals weren’t being cared for. So, on Wednesday, June 11, after feeding and watering 10 dogs, the city street director released them into the National Forest.

Yes folks, he took these dogs out to the middle of no where and turned them out on their own to become strays again! If that isn’t bad enough, he turned them out in a National Forest! According to a spokeswoman for the National Forest,

“In the code, it is illegal to release animals, livestock or abandoned personal property on national forest land”

What kind of Mayor is this? Not only is he sending these animals off to most likely die, but he’s breaking federal laws to do so.

Now that the shelter isn’t open any longer, what happens to any new animals picked up? According to USA Today’s story,

If animal-control officers get a call now, “they’re going to pick the dog up and probably just take them to the other side of town,” Valley said. “And it’s going to be someone else’s problem. … or maybe they will take them to the forest.”

Tags: animal shelters, cruelty to animals, national news, News, rescued dogs