October Low-Income Thread - Page 7

[maciascl]

Wow! I missed alot in the last day or so. I am watching my niece so i really can't read through everything. I hope everyone is doing well! Big hugs to all!!

DH has had several interviews but most turn out to be companies that want you to buy into the company or pay for licensing or some other nonsense. Today he has his 1st interview that seems like it really should be legit. It is for selling ads for the area newspaper & was the 1st job he applied for after he lost his job 2 months ago. I am hopeing it works out!

DS1 fell on his face & busted his lip open this weekend. It is terrifing to be w/o insurance. He should have gotten a couple stitches, but oh well. We really didn't realize he needed them til the next day anyway & by then it was too late. I am just so thankful it was his lip & not a broken nose or something really bad.

[Krystal323]

YAY ediesmom abt the gas bill!

{{{{{satori}}}}} good luck--college is hard enough without kiddos stabbing you in the brain every 5 minutes. i tend to do my schoolwork at midnite-ish because of that

Cheryl--sending goodvibes to your DH, and EEK about your LO! I hope he heals fast! Try lanolin on the cut, maybe....?



......SO--today is a good day! Went to the WIC appt, got no flak at all about my 23lb, 5th percentile 2yo OR my being veg--and I have a number to call about BF peer counseling!

And even better--DH got a call for an interview tomorrow!! Pleeeze keep your fingers crossed for us--it's the gas station job that (out of the not-so-great options) he was most hoping for! : Even if he does it for just two months, that's way better than where we're at now!

[Ianthe]

Krystal - Yay for your good day! Glad WIC wasn't too bad for you!

[Pumpkin_Pie]

Krystal, Hooray for your DH's interview! I will keep my fingers crossed for you! I know how insanely hard it is to keep putting applications and resumes out there and hearing nothing back and finally get one bite.

Cheryl, I am so sorry your little one fell and got hurt. The good thing is that mouth and lip injuries tend to heal very quickly. Just keep it clean, and he should be good. I was once told by a doctor that most mouth injuries heal much faster than other areas on your body, so he should be fine. I will be crossing my fingers for your DH as well. It is just so nutty in the job market right now.

Satori, I so hear you on not being able to put enough attention into your classes. I have a paper that is due on Saturday by 9:30, and have been trying to work on it for weeks now. I finally have DS in bed at a decent hour, so after a little playing on MDC tonight, I am finally going to get a minute without him jumping on me or begging for the 101'st book of the night. It is so flipping hard to be a mama to little ones and in school. I hope you do well on your test!

ediesmom, That is so great about your gas bill! I have had to juggle bills and talk to companies and promise to pay things that I knew I couldn't afford to pay in order to keep utilities on before. It is not fun, but it does happen. That is so great that yours worked out and your gas will stay on. Heat is a good thing.

So, a little update on me: DS's preschool is still driving me up a freaking wall. I really, truly dislike that place. It literally makes me ill every single time I drop him off. I know that he is safe, and happy, but the lack of communication and lack of repect for parents there just makes me want to yank him out and stay home with him. I can't do that though, so I keep dropping him off and praying that another school has an opening.

I think I have a solution to his pick-ups in the afternoon. It is still not very affordable for me, but it is a very good friend who desperately needs the $30 a week that I was going to be paying my neighbor. She is going to do it for me, and also is going to be able to talk to the teachers every day, collect all of his things, and come and get me at work so I don't have to walk through the snow all winter to my car. She is also letting me park for free in her parking lot, so that is a little cheaper than parking in a parking garage or at a meter all winter too. I am going to figure out a way to make it work. I am just happy to know that he will have consistency, will still be rear facing (he is not now in my neighbor's car), and that I can call her on my cell and have a conversation with her if I need to. Still not ideal, but it is getting closer.

So, I was able to pick up an extra shift this coming Friday! A co-worker was calling around for a sub while we were working today, and I asked him if I could just come in early and work for him, and he said, "Oh! I didn't think of that!" So, I get an extra 3.5 hours! Yippee! DS won't be happy to be in childcare for that long, but I need so desperately to make the extra money. I also am picking up an extra shift at my church in their nursery (I am paid staff there). That job pays quite a bit more, so I am always happy to work extra hours for them. Plus it is easy, and DS can come with me, so he isn't having more time in care without me.

All in all, we are doing pretty well. I am finally on a very strict budget, and was so happy when I opened my electric bill today, and it was $5 cheaper than I had budgeted. I not only had it in the budget, but I already have the cash in hand, and it is cheaper. I can just go down and pay it with no stress! Wah Hoo!

To all of the mamas who are applying to be in the Holiday Helper Program, I hope you are all as blessed as I was last year. I was in shock ever time a new box came for me and for DS. I am going to find a way to help at least one family this year, no matter what it takes. I can't wait to pay it forward!

[Marlet]

Woo hoo! I logged on to pay my power bill today and it wouldn't let me. I KNOW I had to pay and by the 12th. I remembered the amount even. I tried viewing my bill and it was telling me everything I already knew. I click my account balance and it says I'm in the negative. I quickly called the power company and I guess they had found an inactive account that had an over pay on it. They then credited it to my account for this month/bill! I even have some leftover so assuming my bill is the same next bill I will have very little to pay! It was such a surprise and a relief. I now have enoughb to pay for DD1's first month of dance class. I think I have enough for the registration fee too.

I cancelled my cable tv too. I don't NEED it and have an easytime getting addicted to it. Perfect timing on my end too. I had to call and ask about some charges. The new billing cycle starts tomorrow! Whew! That should be enough of a savings from here on out that her dance class won't make me want to cry on whether or not I can afford it.

[Peacemamalove]

how awesome! Good new is great to hear!

[maciascl]

Pumpkin pie: I am sorry you are having such a hard time getting this all worked out, but it this current arraingement sounds even better than the previous ones. I hope you can get him switched schools soon. : hug

Marlet: What a great feeling to have a bill already paid out of no where.


Well...DH's interview yesterday turned out to be junk again it wasn't selling the ads for the paper like he had applied for it was setting up infront of stores & trying to sell subscriptions to the paper making like $100 a week in commission Granted it was an opportunity but assumeing he gets his unemployment reinstated (which he should) it would cause him to lose his unemployment. It is all so frustrating. He has another interview today & this is a legit job but we have no idea what the pay will be like. It is a small company so the pay might not be enough to make it worth it. Sigh!

[Krystal323]

DH has a job! It's just a smidge above minimum wage, and it's overnites, but hey! Full-time means he can finally get health insurance after 30 days or so. That alone makes it worth it--with insurance, we can get the ball rolling for sme relief, as well as proof of his medical probs, which will allow him to have accomodations in college and for the NREMT exam when he can take it again. I'm in the middle of kids' schoolwork, but wanted to say THANKS for the goodvibes! =D

[Nursingnaturalmom]

Hmm, I see the post count went up again for Holiday Helper.
I don't post that often as I don't have time....Bummer!!

hope all of you have applied.

Nothing new here. Just a bad school day with the kids...Fight, fight and fight.

UGH

[cwat]

Hi everyone!
I'm beginning to think that I really am screwed on Friday, at my UnEmployment Hearing. I have the sinking feeling that I'm going to get shafted, but I'll go through the motions anyway. Maybe I'll get lucky.
I've been putting in applications everywhere, but no one has called back (yet)
Deep breaths, Cassie, Deep breaths.

[Peacemamalove]

s everyone!

Things have been real tough here. My clothes piles are now mountains and I have no idea how I am going to get the money to go to the laundry mat which is 30 miles away so I would need money for gas. I can not hand wash my cloth diapers I can not wring them out good enough The money DH got this week has to go to rent which is late and the numerous other bills that are pilling up !!!!

[cwat]

I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW TOMORROW! Granted it's for holiday help at Macy's but...
I am SOOOOOOOO excited!!!!!!!

[Pumpkin_Pie]

Originally Posted by maciascl

Well...DH's interview yesterday turned out to be junk again it wasn't selling the ads for the paper like he had applied for it was setting up infront of stores & trying to sell subscriptions to the paper making like $100 a week in commission

I am so sorry that his interview turned out to be a crap job. It is sooooooooooooo frustrating to work and work and work at finding something...anything... and then go waste your time for a nothing job. I have definitely been there. Done that.

Originally Posted by Krystal323

DH has a job! It's just a smidge above minimum wage, and it's overnites, but hey! Full-time means he can finally get health insurance after 30 days or so. That alone makes it worth it--with insurance, we can get the ball rolling for sme relief, as well as proof of his medical probs, which will allow him to have accomodations in college and for the NREMT exam when he can take it again. I'm in the middle of kids' schoolwork, but wanted to say THANKS for the goodvibes! =D

Hooray!!!! Congrats to your DH and to your family!!

Originally Posted by Nursingnaturalmom

Hmm, I see the post count went up again for Holiday Helper.
I don't post that often as I don't have time....Bummer!!

hope all of you have applied.

Nothing new here. Just a bad school day with the kids...Fight, fight and fight.

UGH

I didn't apply this year, and am actually going to try to find a way to be a helper! I don't have much extra, but I am going to find what I can here that I can pass on and ship it out. I need to get out to the PO tomorrow to ship my first box. I can't wait!!

We don't need any help this year, as I have been buying little things all year for DS for Christmas, and with my new job, the bills are finally starting to get caught up. Not entirely caught up yet, but getting there little by little. Woo Hoo!

Originally Posted by cwat

Hi everyone!
I'm beginning to think that I really am screwed on Friday, at my UnEmployment Hearing. I have the sinking feeling that I'm going to get shafted, but I'll go through the motions anyway. Maybe I'll get lucky.
I've been putting in applications everywhere, but no one has called back (yet)
Deep breaths, Cassie, Deep breaths.

mama. I am so sorry you are feeling down. It is so hard to be in the "wait for interview calls" place. I was there for three freaking months. It was absolutely insanely frustrating and depressing. Put the energy out into the universe that a job will come. I will cross my fingers for you.

Originally Posted by Peacemamalove

s everyone!

Things have been real tough here. My clothes piles are now mountains and I have no idea how I am going to get the money to go to the laundry mat which is 30 miles away so I would need money for gas. I can not hand wash my cloth diapers I can not wring them out good enough The money DH got this week has to go to rent which is late and the numerous other bills that are pilling up !!!!

Yikes! Is there any way you can wash the dipes, wring them out as best you can and let them drip dry on a rack in the tub? That way you wouldn't have to wring them out quite as much. I once was so desperate I filled my tub with water, dumped my clothes in there and swished them around with my feet. They weren't totally clean, but they got me by in a pinch.

Originally Posted by cwat

I HAVE A JOB INTERVIEW TOMORROW! Granted it's for holiday help at Macy's but...
I am SOOOOOOOO excited!!!!!!!

I hope you get it! Something is better than nothing!! And, hey, Macy's is festive all holiday season, right? It could be fun for a while!!


On my new job front, I finally felt like a part of the "team" at work today. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my new job. It really is such a perfect fit for me. The director is a youngish single mama like me, and she is so down to earth and approachable. She is unlike any boss I have ever worked for. I really hope I can get full time there. The benefits are great once I am full time, and the people are just so wonderful. I LOVE the kids there too. I haven't been this happy in a job in so long!! Even the childcare center I worked at prior to this one can't hold a candle to the one I am at now.

I am so, so grateful that I quit the bagel job in the hopes that something more appropriate would come through. I really was doubting myself there for a while, but am so thrilled at having a job that I love now! Now if only I can pick up a few more hours so I can pay the bills.....

[Jyotsna]

Peacemamalove, just wash 10 items a day, and you will eventually catch up. Hange them out to dry. It may take longer while it is cold, but they will dry. Never give up. I also don't have a washer and dryer. I am PRAYING that I have a washer and dryer at my new place. A friend of mine was out of town for the weekend and allowed me to use her washer. I washed all the clothes, all the sheets and we have nothing dirty right now, but a 2 or 3 days of clothes. LOVE IT.

Anyway, if you have kids over 8, you can have them wash 1 thing per day. That will help you alot. Hang in there.

[Satori]

Well mama's, its been a rough 2 weeks, Murphy's law struck on a regular basis and I swear fate just kept tempting me to think "what else can go wrong?" which of course leads to more bad crap but when its piling on you can't help but think that which just temps fate to show you. In the past 2 weeks I have..

Kids have been fighting nonstop
Gotten a shut off notice for phone/internet
The car broke down and spent 5 days in the shop, thankfully my parents paid the bill but I missed a week of school which was really bad.
I had friends stay with me over night and well, they brought cockroaches along for the visit.. nough said.
I failed a major exam because I haven't gotten study time due to the kids, got another one Friday, praying I pass this one.
Spent the week seriously freaking out over a tumor (was fine until they scheduled the oncologist appt then I freaked) and worrying that if it is cancer I was in a really crappy position, cure mom, kill the baby, don't kill the baby, mama dies from cancer and then baby dies anyway cause there was no one available 24-7 that can take care of her medical needs and she goes into crisis and dies anyway. Yeah, fun week!
The rent check bounced, why you might ask? Because I had to pay for gas and parking ($15 for 3 hours of parking! I was told it was only $12 to park, thank god I had that extra $2 in change) to see the oncologist today to find out if it is cancer so I had to pull $50 from the bank after I wrote the rent check, the bank paid it and I got a $27 NSF fee. Not to mention the $6 daily over draft fee... no idea how thats getting paid.
oh, did I mention I got a speeding ticket on the way to said appt? yeah, I got busted doing 80 trying to get on the freeway from hades and I had to speed up to get ahead of some guy and cross over before the next on ramp or risk an accident (this is why they set speed traps there, they know you have to speed to get on the freeway at that spot). That 5 seconds of speeding got me an I don't know how much ticket, a google search says about $300 +cost of traffic school, great! After rent is paid I have exactly $100 to pay everything else, yeah, $300 is gonna go over real well. But wait, it gets better! Remember how the car was in the shop for 5 days? Well I emptied the car out, COMPLETELY. Every time I've ever had a car in the shop for anything the registration always disappears for some reason so I took out the Registration and the Insurance. Yep, got busted for that too. Was lucky I didn't get my car impounded to boot.


Lots more bad stuff has happened the past 2 weeks, its literally been one thing after another but I'm tired and drawing a blank but I seriously need a break. At least I got some good news today See my sig

[Krystal323]

ohh Satori! {{{{{{{}}}}}}}

The thing in your sig is enough to be glad about for now I am sending you love and light and goodvibes ~*~*~*~*~

[Jyotsna]

That is great news...really wonderful! I hope it is something that you can deal with. Hugs for all the bad things happening, but I agree that no cancer will definately wipe away all the bad things for one day!

[cwat]

Oh Satori sending hugs and peaceful vibes your way
I have a job interview tonight!!!!!!!
It's only temporary during the holidays but...
Plus, the 2 younger kids dad (I don't quite know what to call him?!?!) has also been out of work for the past couple of months (-Murphy's Law-right Satori ) and he has a job interview today too (which means I will start getting my child support again woohoo!!!!)
So, maybe BOTH of us will be working again.

[Nature]

Miss me?

I finally found this thread again! I belong here.

[cwat]

WELCOME again