It has been a seriously long time since I posted. Don’t you just hate it when someone you have been following just goes away? I know of several bloggers that were posting daily and sometimes several times daily that just disappeared. I always wondered what changed in their lives. I have been very involved with [...]
Apparently I am not the only one who has trouble cashing checks at certain banks. I was shocked by Bank of America’s response to this man’s plight. What in the world ever happened to customer service? Steve Valdez went to Bank of America to cash his wife’s check. For security reasons, Bank of America requires [...]
First, I would like to thank everyone for their support. It makes a difference emotionally if in no other way. For those of you who did not know it, this is a part of my personal story as R and I have been living together for about a year. This has been a nightmare. Second, [...]
It is commonly said that you cannot get blood from a turnip. Apparently the legal system in this County has found otherwise. Over the past few months, I have been a witness to a case where they have certainly succeeded and continue to try. I apologize if this is lengthy but it is 5 years [...]
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I wrote last week in my Update on Life post that I expected my Mom and Dad to be home soon. It doesn’t look like it is going to work out that way. My Mom was discharged from the hospital last week, however, my Dad is a bit more serious. They did a CT scan [...]
I thought I would write a quick note to update everyone on the situation here. I am still in Georgia at my parents house. They are both home from the hospital. Mom is doing very well but the news about my Dad is not good. They have found tumors in his lung as well as [...]
Well as usual, I start out with the best of intentions and somehow life jumps up and gets in the way. Due to some serious family health issues, I have not had a lot of time to keep the blog updated. It looks like this is going to be ongoing for some months. I think [...]
We live well on under $1000 in income per month. We live fairly well although rather simply. As I write this, I know there are going to be people who don’t believe it’s possible. There will be others whose mortgage payments will be more than we make. Still there will also be those who will [...]
In 2007, 12.5% of Americans were living at or below the Poverty threshold. What causes them to fall into poverty. The answers might surprise you. With all of the focus on middle class tax breaks and stimulus payments, we forget that we have a percentage of our nation who are living in deep and abiding [...]
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In a telephone conversation with my mother this morning, she mentioned that their tenants were having difficulty paying their rent due to layoffs and reduced hours. She said that she and my father had discussed it and made the decision that they would not take their life savings out to pay the mortgages on the [...]
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