Every day is a new adventure! We are trying to get the house ready for the Fire Inspection Re-inspection on December 1st and the older kids (17 yo & 16 yo) have gone AWOL and the 13 yo FC is going wild and not listening and for everything we do it seems that they do 2 things to take us backwards! It's amazing how much stuff just accumulates! We hauled away a truck full of junk to the dump last weekend ($300 worth) and there is still so much more in the house. I don't really know where all of it comes from. I think people give the kids stuff and they don't tell us and heaven forbid if anyone threw anything away when they brought something else into the house!
My washer is starting to make horrible noises, like the motor is having a hard time working! One of my dryers has quit and the other one you have to dry the stuff twice to get it dry. This does not work when trying to do laundry for 11 people!
Last Friday I REALLY needed to get a few things for this house cleaning/organizing and I didn't have any money and my dad doesn't have what he owes me so I was just praying for God to work something out so we could take care of business and in the mail that day was a $100 check from my grandma! Now grandma lives on a fixed income and I think the most she has ever given us was $10 and that was for our wedding anniversary or something. So this was TOTALLY unexpected and for no reason other than I guess she is getting rid of any extra money she has so if she has to go to a NH or something where they take her money, she has given us something first. She said that she split up what she would have given my mom amongst me and my 2 sisters and then gave my aunt her part (I guess $300). Thank you God and Grandma B! He always provides, even if it isn't winning the lottery!
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Everyone says that I should write a book...
Well, I don't know about a book, but I thought maybe a blog would work. Some days I cannot believe that this is my life and that some of this stuff really happens. Other days I just really want to tell someone, anyone about my day and maybe get some feedback. So here I am beginning my first ever blog, not knowing if anyone will ever read it, but at least I can get some of this stuff out of my head.
So I am just going to jump in.
This month has been from hell. On the 7th the Fire Inspector put a Condemed notice on our door and if this list of 20+ things isn't fixed by the 18th when they reinspect then we will have to move immediately. There aren't too many 6 bedroom houses out there that take Section 8!! Tomorrow I am going to take off of work to go and appeal this mess. The landlord is responsible for most of the fix it stuff, but I doubt he will do anything as he is more of a slumlord. Plus, one of the things on the list is to reduce the number of people living in the house to 8! Yeah right, am I supposed to throw out a few kids or what?!
Then this past weekend we had the 15 passenger van battery go dead 2 days in a row and they were cold days!! Both days we were out at the Mall trying to get all our new cell phones and service straight so we had to wait for AAA to come out and jump the battery both days. I took Monday off work and Tuesday was a holiday (Thank you Veteran's!!!!) so my first day at work this week was Wednesday. I took Kyle (16) to school early so he could get a permission slip signed and my car (91 Ford Taurus) died. So I had to have Ellery (hubby) come and jump me with the van and was 45 minutes late for work! When Ellery went out to come and pick me up, he found a ticket on the van for expired plates! I thought I had gotten the tabs, but obviously I had forgotten - goodbye $111!!!!
Today I spoke with my great-niece's child protection SW (we are her kin foster parents for now) and she was asking about the condemned notice and what we were doing, not knowing if she'll be able to stay with us any longer. I told her we were going to appeal it and she said I needed to contact our Section 8 worker too so I did. I also called the licensing sw and she said that the foster care standards are different than Section 8 and she didn't think we were going to be able to be licensed at all!!! What a MESS!!!! So I had a bit of a cry and then went to my Thurs evening class. With all this house stuff going on, I am a little behind in my studies and we have so much to do this weekend (cleaning out the house) I hope I can find a few hours - next month is finals already!
Anyway, I am tired now and I know I could go on here for days, but am going to stop for now. More tomorrow (maybe).
So I am just going to jump in.
This month has been from hell. On the 7th the Fire Inspector put a Condemed notice on our door and if this list of 20+ things isn't fixed by the 18th when they reinspect then we will have to move immediately. There aren't too many 6 bedroom houses out there that take Section 8!! Tomorrow I am going to take off of work to go and appeal this mess. The landlord is responsible for most of the fix it stuff, but I doubt he will do anything as he is more of a slumlord. Plus, one of the things on the list is to reduce the number of people living in the house to 8! Yeah right, am I supposed to throw out a few kids or what?!
Then this past weekend we had the 15 passenger van battery go dead 2 days in a row and they were cold days!! Both days we were out at the Mall trying to get all our new cell phones and service straight so we had to wait for AAA to come out and jump the battery both days. I took Monday off work and Tuesday was a holiday (Thank you Veteran's!!!!) so my first day at work this week was Wednesday. I took Kyle (16) to school early so he could get a permission slip signed and my car (91 Ford Taurus) died. So I had to have Ellery (hubby) come and jump me with the van and was 45 minutes late for work! When Ellery went out to come and pick me up, he found a ticket on the van for expired plates! I thought I had gotten the tabs, but obviously I had forgotten - goodbye $111!!!!
Today I spoke with my great-niece's child protection SW (we are her kin foster parents for now) and she was asking about the condemned notice and what we were doing, not knowing if she'll be able to stay with us any longer. I told her we were going to appeal it and she said I needed to contact our Section 8 worker too so I did. I also called the licensing sw and she said that the foster care standards are different than Section 8 and she didn't think we were going to be able to be licensed at all!!! What a MESS!!!! So I had a bit of a cry and then went to my Thurs evening class. With all this house stuff going on, I am a little behind in my studies and we have so much to do this weekend (cleaning out the house) I hope I can find a few hours - next month is finals already!
Anyway, I am tired now and I know I could go on here for days, but am going to stop for now. More tomorrow (maybe).
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