What I think is amazing is how you can do such lovely projects with no money!!!!!! WOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO Carol.
The photos didn't get bigger, but was able to see the way they were. The closet top is just too cute, along with the flower pots and the drawers! You ROCK woman!

Awesome as always Carol! Thanks for sharing the pictures.

Thanks everyone! I do love my crafting that's for sure.

And, now, because my life isn't stressful enough already and I just am not allowed to have one whole month without any major upheaval, we just learned that DD's father was laid off from his job. Granted it was just a part-time job and he only paid $100/month child support from his pay, he was supplying DD's health/dental/vision insurance through it (Finally! After I had been paying for it for 10 years.) He had to pay for it through his job for a whopping 1 1/2 years. Oh boy!

I've just checked to see how much it is through my employer to add her, and it will cost.....are you ready for this?????

$383.26 per mont to add just her! OUTRAGEOUS! I cannot afford that.

I also checked into the California State Healthy Families program to see if she qualifies. I make $200 a month too much for her to qualify because they go by gross income.

I have no idea what I'm going to do now. I am frightened for her to not have any insurance because I saw the astronomical bills that came from R's short 6 days in the hospital.

I REALLY think I need to just go live in a tent on the beach some place and forget all of this garbage.

Carol:
((((((HUGS)))))))).

Here is my update.

CRAFTS:
Embroidery / Completed placemats and napkins set
Beading Ornaments/ completed two kits (3-4 each kit)
Crocheting : baby caps and isolette covers/ DONE turning them in
Personal crocheting/ scarfs
Card making/Done for Easter/Did Mother's day cards also
Sewing group/DONE

PERSONAL
Beading group, met and working on the 18th at the volunteer luncheon DONE
Haircut /17th/ DONE
Crocheting group/Weekly Can only attend one this month/turned in isolettes I made DONE
Unfinished Project group/ twice a month here /Meeting today
Prepare for trip /Gathering clothes together In process
Classes (1)
Gather up items for Garage Sale (Package and price)In process/DONE


HOUSE:
Branches each week/ Been doing good in this area thru out the house so far.
Basement/Baby steps continue : crafting areas
Package up gifts for next year (Label for whom/what)
Look for donations
Pick up annual flowers/ Too cold out again

Carol, I'm just praying that your ex. will soon get a good job that will enable your DD to be put back on his insurance and get her support as before.

Thank you ladies! I asked DD this morning if her dad mentioned anything about looking for another job. She said that he told her that he wasn't going to be looking because he was taking a break from working for awhile. Lazy bum! He was only working 3 hours a day anyway and honestly the ONLY thing that I ever saw him do there was walk from the building up to the mailbox to pick up the mail. DD told me that he also changed the toilet paper rolls in the bathroom. WoW!

Providing insurance is court ordered, but they only enforced it for 1 1/2 years out of the past 12 1/2 so I'm kind of doubting that the order will be followed. I'm going to call the Child Support Services tomorrow to check on it. (No phone calls allowed to them on Mondays.)

It looks like I may be adding finding DD reasonable insurance to my goals list. (And, then try to find a way to pay for it.)

Hugs Carol. Hope you can get it sorted out!

i never realized how lucky mom and i were that my dad was in the navy. and that no one filed for divorce until just before he died. i guess i was lucky that he died before they got very far along in the process.

anyway carol, good luck!

mary

sat, sun and mon i read 75 email (ea) it was pretty easy b/c aol was so quiet.

i tried to buy cigs sat, but the base was out
sun it rained, so no errand
mon i bought gas. i forgot that i intended to go to the dry cleaners instead, then cigs tue and gas wed

i did sleep all three days, but i'm not concentrating very well. don't worry if i'm mia b/c i usually get like this before i go the hosp. sometimes it is just stress

i don't know if i mentioned scrubbing down the k counters and putting the utencil holder thru the dw. i also swept and washed my mbath floor

mary