Monthly Archives: July 2010

This month was our first full month using the Food Stamp program.  Applying for Food Stamps was very stressful for me because we were on the poverty borderline, so I really wasn’t sure if we would get them.  They only … Continue reading →

The New York Post today in an article written by Carrie Seim. The article is about banning gifts for kids’ birthday parties.  I’m quoted at the end.  It is on-line and in the newspaper. Here is the original post that … Continue reading →

Last year I went to the dentist and wound up racking up a $3,000. dental bill, of which I have only succeeded in paying about a thousand dollars off on a dental credit card.  I couldn’t afford a six month … Continue reading →

On Monday night Grant and I broke the news to Tyler that one of our cats had suddenly died. He hadn’t said much more about her.  Then this morning I was in the kitchen and I heard him talking to … Continue reading →

On Sunday she was here and on Monday she was gone.  The trouble started Sunday night. Things were hectic already.  It was after 11:00 and we still could not get Tyler to bed, the result of a too long, too … Continue reading →

When I saw my Rheumatologist yesterday I told him about what had happened to me in the Social Security Reconsideration process.  He was very frustrated for me and for all the hard work that I had put into the application. … Continue reading →

I went to the Rheumatologist today for my Orencia infusion.  I have had really achy joints for three months now and for about a month my joints have been swelling as well.  At the end of the day I can … Continue reading →

Because our apartment can’t hold enough people. Because where we live, if parties aren’t at people’s large homes with Mickey Mouse and Buzz Lightyear in attendance, they are at little gyms and bouncy places. Because my child has been looking … Continue reading →

One week later, I finally spoke to my lawyer’s paralegal about my Reconsideration Disaster. According to her, I am where I want to be.  There is no going backwards, no matter how unfair my Reconsideration process was.  She said the … Continue reading →

This book was given to me at no cost as a member of the From Left to Write book club. Katherine Rosman’s mother, Suzy, was in incredible shape for a woman of any age, let alone someone in her late fifties. … Continue reading →