Suddenly; it's Sunday! what's new?

I've been semi retired from teaching middle school for several years. I keep getting a bit bored and sub part time and then quit and then tutor awhile. . . Right now I sub as an aide in  the school's. No set schedule. If I don't want to work or have a trip planned they are just out of luck. Brings in a little money for the travel and plastic surgery fund, keeps me out of the kitchen, and I'm enjoying it.

Good mornin' ya'll.

It's been a busy week.  I went to San Diego and then into TJ to have my band checked under fluoro.  I knew things weren't "right".  My pouch is slightly dilated, my mucosa is inflammed.  Total unfill, liquids for 5 days. I had gotten too much fill too fast after my chemo, etc.  That is why I'd rather have the fills done under fluoro, but no one here does that!!  But things are feeling lots better now.  I can get a fill in 4 weeks.  I think I'll go back to TJ for that.

Got home Friday and Walmart had called to say my new glasses were in.  I love them.  No line tri-focals.  It's been about 15 years since I needed glasses (other than cheaters in the last year). 15 years ago I wore tri-focals but when I quit work my eyes went back to normal and I needed NO correction at all.

Yesterday, my DIL and I went to Lowe's and got stuff for my yard.  We put more decorative bricks in another spot in my front yard.  Planted a few things and added mulch. I DO NOT like to do yard work.  My DIL has a bad back (has been doing PT for it). I tried very hard to keep her from lifting and bending, but she is a stubborn woman.  It looks very good.  But thank God for pain pills!! My Mother's Day gift last year was she and our son put a wonderful flower area in part of the front yard.  She even weeds it, and waters it when I forget.  I so love that girl!

I think that today she and the grandsons will be working in her yard.  After they come down for BLT's of course.

I hope everyone who needs encouragement is doing well.  For everyone whose health is not good, I pray that things inmprove.

Have a fantabulous day!

Good morning Margo and everyone,

Hope everyone's had a great week, wonderful weekend so far and a nice start to the new week!  I wish I could say I wasn't online because I was off enjoying the weather so much but that wouldn't be totally true.  I've also been very depressed mostly because of all the shenanigans Bank of America has been pulling on us and the hoops they're making us jump through.  I've been so stressed since Thursday all I really could do is cry and rage so I didn't really feel like posting anywhere.  I've been working on letters to their president (HA HA) but also to a couple of our local consumer action reporters and senators and congressman.  I read and heard that our experience is NOT atypical and is that a shame or what?  Here they're dangling these "we'll-help-you" and "making homes affordable" and "restructure" carrots in front of our faces and then jerking us left right and upside down.  So many people are suffering and so few are actually being helped.   Anyway, don't mean to be a drag and so I'll hush up and hope for lovely weather today.  I have been getting out and enjoying the weather which has been the bright points in my days recently.

Cassie

I'm sorry for what you are going through Cassie. I can't imagine what it must feel like for all of you. I have several close friends that are in the same position and getting the same run-around. One of my friends DID succeed in the restructuring, but she was frustrated many times and had to keep on plugging until something worked. I'll ask her what finally worked.
Julia

Cassie - Do you ever listen to Dave Ramsey on the radio?  He never has anything nice to say about Bank of America!

Funny you should mention Dave Ramsey--friends of mine in Pittsburgh sent me a link to his program to talk to him about what's going on and I was going to start trying to get through tomorrow!

I like to listen to him.  We really don't need his advise because with the exception of the mortgage, we are debt free.  Oh, and the new car, but it's zero % interest.  We could pay cash for it, but we figure we may as well keep that money in the bank and earn some interest on it rather than paying outright for it and letting the Chrysler Corp. earn interest on our money.  Never in my wildest dreams we would ever be in a position of financial security, but the sale of our business brought us way more money than we ever dreamt it would.   We had so many years of struggling financially that it's a dream come true.  I'm still a tight wad and don't want to spend money.  All those years of not having money to spend and I'm still the same way.

I do hope things work out for you.  This must keep you awake a night.  I sure can remember times when I would lay awake at  night with a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach wondering how we were ever going to make it from one pay check to the next.

I still like to listen to Dave Ramsey.  He has a lot of good advise and I can pass on good information to our kids.  Maybe I'll hear you on there!

Thanks so much and do listen for us, lol.  Seriously, though, this does keep me awake at nights sometime.  We don't have unsecured debt either, just the mortgage, our regular bills and the vites/supps/protein.  What really hurt us was my husband becoming disabled and the fact that the vits and stuff are a lot more expensive than we thought they'd be.  Hafta shop around some more for better prices on these things too.

Cassie- another thing to mention when trying to get Dave's advice.  I'm pretty sure he has spoken about Medical bills being one of the things that can cause people to become bankrupt!  If it wasn't Dave that talked about it, it was on Good Morning America.  But it's a good topic for him to address.  It's bad enough that you have to worry about your husband's health, then the medical bills too.  I know what you're saying about the vitamins, etc.  Even though I don't eat much anymore, my "grocery" expenses now include the vitamins and protein, so I don't see a savings.  And as I'm able to eat more over time, it will hit my pocketbook too.  But we have to stay healthy, so we'll keep taking them.  We'll live longer, but we'll be broke!

Best of luck to you.  You don't deserve to have this stress in your life. 

Hugs,

Wanda

Thanks, Wanda, now I'm searching for the phone number to call Dave Ramsey.  I went to the radio talk show website and put down my email address with zip code but couldn't find a phone number to call in.  I'll probably have to wait for them to send me the list of radio stations.