lara,
How beautiful!!!!! This year there was 3 new mommies and at least 7 new gramma's in my department at work.

How I wish I would have known that poem then. But it is not too late, I can still make signs on the computer and frame them.

I will just find out the color scheme for the rooms.
See, I knew this was gonna be fun................

I am loving every single one and I will save them all.

hugs to you,
Judy

Come to the edge, he said.
They said: We are afraid.
Come to the edge, he said.
They came.
He pushed them....and they flew.

Guillaume Apollinaire

Noong,

When I read your post the first thing I picture is God and that I need to put more faith in Him and trust that He has a plan for me.

Thanks for the reminder,

Take good care,

Judy

YOU WILL MAKE IT TO A PLACE CALLED SUCCESS.

Lara,

Great advice. I need to get my drive back, pull myself up by the boot straps and plan my future.

Thanks for the reminder. I sure need a kick in the butt these days.

Judy

"It's so hard when I have to, and
so easy when I want to."
Annie Gottlier

My plan is to want to do some legal things tomorrow to get my condo back.

I hope you were able to get those jobs done, Karen.

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Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it

~ Mark Twain

I LOVE your avatar!!!! Is that lavender in it? Did you do the artwork?

I'm struggling with this legal stuff. I did wait till I "wanted" to do it, but it wasn't very easy. And right now I'm at a loss...

I'm appealing the foreclosure and sale of my condo without anyone noticing me that it was foreclosed or a sale scheduled.

I paid nearly $20,000 to fix everything to do with a privy pit... it had been built over part of an old privy pit... and then I didn't rent it while I wasn't sure if there was another privy pit (the structural engineer said that there might be) so that was a loss of $15,000.

Meanwhile I was living on $11 a week ... the condo association had said they'd pay their share, but then didn't... so by then, having believed them, I couldn't get a loan because I had these late pays on my mortgage.

Sorry.....................

Sorry...............

Then, toward the end, I hired a lawyer who wrote that I am "incompetent" -- that can mean that someone can be appointed to take care of your things for you.

She was charging me $150 an hour, which is pretty cheap for lawyers around here... and I paid her $5,000 for two weeks, but it was up front so I didn't know she'd want more money in two weeks....

oops... can't stop myself.

this part, the complaining part, is easy.

It's writing the things for the Appeals Court... and they've already said they are inclined to decide for the other parties because I didn't file my appeal in time. I got confused because the lawyer was doing things, but then she quit.

Well, this is probably incomprehensible...

I just wish I knew whether I should copy all of my letters to her...
or quote from them, or paraphrasae...

I wish I didn't keep thinking that I'm going to lose so this is just a monumental expenditure of my energy for little chance of good coming of it.

Karen,

You have every right to feel anxious about your future and all you are going through.
I do not know much about the legal aspects of your plight, but it sure doesn't sound right to me. Don't you qualify for legal aide. Also some lawyers do pro bono work.
It sounds like you are spending all of your money on fighting your uncertain future. I wish you could talk to someone who could steer you in the right direction but it certainly isn't me. (I'm DUH when it comes to law)
I can only say that I care and I hope that you know someone who could help you through this. It is hard enough to deal with all of the negative issues life hurls us when we are healthy and feel good. But it is so hard to concentrate on all there is to do when our health isn't working with us.
I don't know what a privy pit is.
I am just a country girl from Michigan.

Lots of hugs and support sent to you,
Judy