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If you want to help
Never easy to ask, but here are ways people could help if they wanted.
Items for Sara's care:
Gain HE laundry detergent
Paper towels
Trash bags
Distilled Water
Groceries for family:
Peanut butter
milk
eggs
cereal
spaghetti sauce
dried navy beans
dried black beans
smoked ham hock(s)
chicken(s)
butter
onions
cream of mushroom soup
fruit
Help with the bathroom:
Big bag of thinset mortar
Rental of or use of a laser level (shoots a laser line around the room - to level out and measure the whole room for the final grade and measurements.)
Contact information for a welder to fabricate the sink bracket.
Help with rent:
Landlords will credit me $100 per post for the back fence. There are 5 posts that need to be replaced. The fence sections that are out there would need to be put back up between the new posts.
Help with transportation:
My truck got repossessed and I could not redeem it, so I am going green and going to bicycle commute. I'm actually pretty excited about it. A friend is going to let me shower at their place in Santa Rosa, near my office. I can use my boss' vehicle for client appointments until I am able to buy a car later.
Michael is giving me his bicycle and I need a few parts to convert it from a mountain bike to a commuter bike. Michael will do all the work. My boy the mechanic.
Rear rack
Panniers (saddlebags) - preferably waterproof
front and back light set
bell or horn
mirror set
softer seat for a big butt (gonna be on it 20 miles round trip per day.)
trekking (butterfly) handlebars [recommended for commuters]
As always, cash donations are very helpful. Anything received will be used for the above, in that order.
With continued appreciation...Kristina
Items for Sara's care:
Gain HE laundry detergent
Paper towels
Trash bags
Distilled Water
Groceries for family:
Peanut butter
milk
eggs
cereal
spaghetti sauce
dried navy beans
dried black beans
smoked ham hock(s)
chicken(s)
butter
onions
cream of mushroom soup
fruit
Help with the bathroom:
Big bag of thinset mortar
Rental of or use of a laser level (shoots a laser line around the room - to level out and measure the whole room for the final grade and measurements.)
Contact information for a welder to fabricate the sink bracket.
Help with rent:
Landlords will credit me $100 per post for the back fence. There are 5 posts that need to be replaced. The fence sections that are out there would need to be put back up between the new posts.
Help with transportation:
My truck got repossessed and I could not redeem it, so I am going green and going to bicycle commute. I'm actually pretty excited about it. A friend is going to let me shower at their place in Santa Rosa, near my office. I can use my boss' vehicle for client appointments until I am able to buy a car later.
Michael is giving me his bicycle and I need a few parts to convert it from a mountain bike to a commuter bike. Michael will do all the work. My boy the mechanic.
Rear rack
Panniers (saddlebags) - preferably waterproof
front and back light set
bell or horn
mirror set
softer seat for a big butt (gonna be on it 20 miles round trip per day.)
trekking (butterfly) handlebars [recommended for commuters]
As always, cash donations are very helpful. Anything received will be used for the above, in that order.
With continued appreciation...Kristina
Update
Wow...Sara is pretty prolific on the posts. The stuff she comes up with cracks me up...and makes me think. I keep telling her she is smarter than I gave her credit for.
Sara is doing well. Pretty healthy, despite her condition. I had swine flu a couple of weeks ago, but she didn't get it. I isolated myself and got put on Tamiflu. Then the next week both Michael and Mike got regular flu, but didn't give it to her because they isolated also. We are pretty careful around here when it comes to her health...have to be.
Its been getting colder at night. Actually have to start running the heater to keep it pretty even in here. She can't take temperature extremes. She does like to be a little colder, rather than hotter.
As a family we are struggling pretty hard. As always I don't put the day to day up here. Gets hard to face. I'm not making money yet and my unemployment has been held up for the period I was eligible. Ugh. Freaking california.
Well, the landlords have finally blown a fuse. First they push and harrass me to get the bathroom finished on their timetable (using up all the money I had set aside to pay the first month bills above the IHSS money I get to help take care of Sara) and since then my rent is late every month. I told them why. They know what the deal is with my changing careers. They know the timing of everything I have coming in. But they decided to get mental and have sent me a certified letter saying they are not going to be flexible anymore and then sent me two separate 3 day notices to Pay Rent or Quit (on two different days - one from them, one from their lawyer.) I paid them everything I had but still owe $1K. I sent them back a detailed letter re-explaining the situation and telling them what I could do and when. I also told them that I cannot move Sara. It took months to get this house ready and safe for her - not to mention thousands of dollars. I told them I don't think they want to assume liability for her health if they terminate my tenancy. So...long story short...me and the landlords are now on opposite sides of the fence.
On the work front, I have gotten appointed with Farmers Insurance and am working with a managing agent. Despite my credit he has taken me on and put me under his business insurance and bond. He knows me and knows that I am very trustworthy and conscientious. He also sees how well I am able to understand and sell insurance. I have my fire and casualty license and am working on my life and health license. I should have done them both at the same time, but didn't have the $$ to do both classes and tests. He is paying for my life license and test now. So I am trying to finish those this week. Then I'll be licensed for everything except securities. I'll wait on that.
The lawsuit for Sara's injuries is going pretty well. The legal team has been working for over a year on the case and we now have a court date. We are going to trial in May. We are very hopeful for a favorable outcome. Lord knows Sara deserves a win with everything she has been through and will endure the rest of her life.
Until then, we are just trying to keep everything going. I have sent in my last piece of jewelry for appraisal. Then it goes down to an auction house in SF. We've gone through everything in the house and taken pictures for an estate sale. We will probably call an estate liquidator and let them just come buy it in a single lot. Then the house will be pretty much empty, except for Sara's stuff, my mattress, all of michael's room, and kitchen stuff. I struggled over whether to get rid of my kitchen collection. I finally decided that I really wanted to keep it. I have stuff from my Grandmother, her mother, my mother, both sides of the family, silly stuff, specialty items, and they all mean something to me and nothing to anyone else. There would be so little value to another person. I can look at pictures of feasts my grandmother had prepared and know exactly what she used and where. And, although my own daughter could be less interested in cooking, she does love it when I tell her the history of something. And nothing is better to share history over than food and food preparation. Anyway, there it is.
My ex husband is still here, helping take care of Sara. He's unemployed, too, but his business is starting to pick up. He should be out of here around the first of the year. By then hopefully my business is picking up too in the insurance field. Until then he has been helping where he can and donating some of his unemployment payments to the cause. its all good. Turns out we are still pretty good roommates. If we had been smart the first time we wouldn't have messed up and gotten married. Some people can be good friends and roommates, but horrid married people. That was us. Ugh. Anyway, we are good roommates. But this is definately not a permanent thing. Do like some privacy around here.
Sara is doing well. Pretty healthy, despite her condition. I had swine flu a couple of weeks ago, but she didn't get it. I isolated myself and got put on Tamiflu. Then the next week both Michael and Mike got regular flu, but didn't give it to her because they isolated also. We are pretty careful around here when it comes to her health...have to be.
Its been getting colder at night. Actually have to start running the heater to keep it pretty even in here. She can't take temperature extremes. She does like to be a little colder, rather than hotter.
As a family we are struggling pretty hard. As always I don't put the day to day up here. Gets hard to face. I'm not making money yet and my unemployment has been held up for the period I was eligible. Ugh. Freaking california.
Well, the landlords have finally blown a fuse. First they push and harrass me to get the bathroom finished on their timetable (using up all the money I had set aside to pay the first month bills above the IHSS money I get to help take care of Sara) and since then my rent is late every month. I told them why. They know what the deal is with my changing careers. They know the timing of everything I have coming in. But they decided to get mental and have sent me a certified letter saying they are not going to be flexible anymore and then sent me two separate 3 day notices to Pay Rent or Quit (on two different days - one from them, one from their lawyer.) I paid them everything I had but still owe $1K. I sent them back a detailed letter re-explaining the situation and telling them what I could do and when. I also told them that I cannot move Sara. It took months to get this house ready and safe for her - not to mention thousands of dollars. I told them I don't think they want to assume liability for her health if they terminate my tenancy. So...long story short...me and the landlords are now on opposite sides of the fence.
On the work front, I have gotten appointed with Farmers Insurance and am working with a managing agent. Despite my credit he has taken me on and put me under his business insurance and bond. He knows me and knows that I am very trustworthy and conscientious. He also sees how well I am able to understand and sell insurance. I have my fire and casualty license and am working on my life and health license. I should have done them both at the same time, but didn't have the $$ to do both classes and tests. He is paying for my life license and test now. So I am trying to finish those this week. Then I'll be licensed for everything except securities. I'll wait on that.
The lawsuit for Sara's injuries is going pretty well. The legal team has been working for over a year on the case and we now have a court date. We are going to trial in May. We are very hopeful for a favorable outcome. Lord knows Sara deserves a win with everything she has been through and will endure the rest of her life.
Until then, we are just trying to keep everything going. I have sent in my last piece of jewelry for appraisal. Then it goes down to an auction house in SF. We've gone through everything in the house and taken pictures for an estate sale. We will probably call an estate liquidator and let them just come buy it in a single lot. Then the house will be pretty much empty, except for Sara's stuff, my mattress, all of michael's room, and kitchen stuff. I struggled over whether to get rid of my kitchen collection. I finally decided that I really wanted to keep it. I have stuff from my Grandmother, her mother, my mother, both sides of the family, silly stuff, specialty items, and they all mean something to me and nothing to anyone else. There would be so little value to another person. I can look at pictures of feasts my grandmother had prepared and know exactly what she used and where. And, although my own daughter could be less interested in cooking, she does love it when I tell her the history of something. And nothing is better to share history over than food and food preparation. Anyway, there it is.
My ex husband is still here, helping take care of Sara. He's unemployed, too, but his business is starting to pick up. He should be out of here around the first of the year. By then hopefully my business is picking up too in the insurance field. Until then he has been helping where he can and donating some of his unemployment payments to the cause. its all good. Turns out we are still pretty good roommates. If we had been smart the first time we wouldn't have messed up and gotten married. Some people can be good friends and roommates, but horrid married people. That was us. Ugh. Anyway, we are good roommates. But this is definately not a permanent thing. Do like some privacy around here.
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