#HandsOffSNAP actions needed
I apologize for infrequent updating here over the summer. My ongoing health problems, busy children, a death in the family, and then the demise of my laptop have been factors that have kept me from...
View ArticleSeptember happened?
Happy October,ya’ll. I don’t even know what happened to September but I’ll try here to figure it out. September started out poor as usual. We had to borrow $500 from our teenage daughter to pay rent,...
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Life |No Money November
I was thinking the other day about how November is the worst but I realized I say that about most months. Not usually summer months. The bad months tend to end in “brrr” or have the weather that is...
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Links|Nov 12-18
Things that are probably relavant to your interests if you’re hanging out at this blog × What to do if you suddenly become homeless – some good basic tips × Laziness Does Not Exist (but unseen barriers...
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[Life+Food] Turkey Week
I started writing this last Tuesday. Thursday has come and gone and I promise I’ve fed the kids. I have a weird nostalgia about community dinners on Election Day. I recall not really liking the food...
View ArticleLife | Electricity
Last week an electrician finally showed up to fix the things we’ve been asking the landlady to deal with since Spring. Withholding rent got her attention. His comment about one of the issues: “Thank...
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rent rant
I’m two days late paying rent but the landlord hasn’t even cashed my May rent check yet. At the end of April, they cashed both March & April. You know who can hang on to multiple rent checks for...
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Help me smile. Literally.
I wrote almost exactly five years ago about a trip to the dentist and outlining all my dental woes.You can read that HERE. To sum it up, it was a lot of work and expensive. It’s actually more now. 5...
View ArticleAction Needed: Rule Revision of Categorical Eligibility in SNAP
Over the summer, the Trump administration proposed a rule change that would end “broad based categorical eligibility”. Categorical eligibility allows each state to opt out of federal rules when...
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