Originally Posted by Cblue

Hi Walkerslbje! You and your wife sound like wonderful people!!!
You enjoy your laptop!
I don't think I will get anything for me...maybe go to dinner with my husband and get a babysitter for the kids. That will work for me.

So you think I should keep on top of them? I can be nice I think! Ha ha..I have bipolar disorder so I'm not very nice all the time....anyway...how often should I call SSDI...like once a week? Less? More?

Originally Posted by walkerslbje

well i was up lastnight like normal cuz i don't sleep good so i thought just for the heck of it i would go online so i went to my bank acct and could not belive what i saw there was over 35k in my acct i was in shock now i can put the deposit on the house. We want to rent and order my kid a new bed and my wife and i a new couch it could not have come at a better time the guy renting the house was giving me till today to get hom the deposit and i was not sire if the money was going to show up or not so to see it in there just was such an incredibly feeling i am not under the train anymore now i'm riding coah lol god bless all of you still fighting the good fight just never give up it will happen just have to stay positive even with the depression you suffer with and do not just sit around and wait for it to happen be proactive make phone call i know some people say it just makes it take longer i did not see that happen on fact if you call ss and are nice to them they have the power to help you if you find someone there that seems to care make sire you get there ext # so when you call back you can talk to them it took me like 60 days from my letter from the alj witch i don't think is to bad i've seem poeple waiting 6 months or more for there money so i feel very lucky to be almost done i was told my back pay should be on my acct in like a week so at that point i can focus on me for a bit you know well it's 540 am time to get the kids up for school thank all of you that have been there to help me it ment so much to talk to people in the same place as me i will be checking in each day to see of i can help anyone take care. Walkerslbje

Originally Posted by walkerslbje

Well I was up lastnight like normal cuz I don't sleep good so I thought just for the heck of it I would go online so I went to my bank acct and could not belive what I saw there was over 35k in my acct I was in shock now I can put the deposit on the house. We want to rent and order my kid a new bed and my wife and I a new couch it could not have come at a better time the guy renting the house was giving me till today to get hom the deposit and I was not sire if the money was going to show up or not so to see it in there just was such an incredibly feeling I am not under the train anymore now I'm riding coah lol god bless all of you still fighting the good fight just never give up it will happen just have to stay positive even with the depression you suffer with and do not just sit around and wait for it to happen be proactive make phone call I know some people say it just makes it take longer I did not see that happen on fact if you call ss and are nice to them they have the power to help you if you find someone there that seems to care make sire you get there ext # so when you call back you can talk to them it took me like 60 days from my letter from the alj witch I don't think is to bad I've seem poeple waiting 6 months or more for there money so I feel very lucky to be almost done I was told my back pay should be on my acct in like a week So at that point i can focus on me for a bit you know well it's 540 am time to get the kids up for school thank all of you that have been there to help me it ment so much to talk to people in the same place as me I will be checking in each day to see of I can help anyone take care. Walkerslbje

Originally Posted by stella tsakalos

now you do know that if your buying a house,there gonna consider that an assest,and any asset over 2000,can be not good if your looking to keep your benefits? Thats what i was told.and how much was the backpay for the kids,i was approved for ssi and ssdi,and they told me when i get my first ssdi check to go apply on the kids behalf to draw off my work record--