My husband is in his 40's, is a bike-rider, and in good health, but he's been having chest pains for the past year and his blood pressure has been high. A year ago he went to a cardiologist and they did a stress test and echocardiogram which showed no problems. This weekend he had a heart attack. His 3 main arteries were all blocked, and they put a stent in each one. The doctor said if this was 5 years ago he would have been having triple bypass surgery.

In a way I'm glad they found out there actually is a problem so we can deal with it and move on. But it's also a very scary time until they get everything balanced out. He will be in the hospital at least one more day.

While in the waiting room I went to call relatives from my cell phone and there was a crack in my cell phone display and the whole screen was black, so even though it was working I couldn't see to dial numbers. Have no idea how I broke it, but the past couple of days have been a bit of a blur.

The kids and I are on our way back to the hospital now. I'll keep you posted with how things go.

I'd been doing pretty well on my quest to spend less money, but the last two days have been a bit of a set back. First my daughter came to me with her gym shoes worn clear through the bottom. I hate to buy her new shoes so close to the end of the school year, but there is still two weeks of school to go, and she has two mile runs coming up so I really can't wait. I hope her feet don't grow too much over the summer and she can still wear them next year. Her feet are only a half size smaller than mine right now.

Then the washing machine broke. I tried to go online and find a fix I could do myself, but that didn't work. The repairman is here now and it's going to be $150.

Then I pulled out the vaccuum cleaner, and of course it broke down too. I'm hoping what they say about bad things coming in 3's is true and this will be the end of it.