Living in a hotel. Thank God for churches or we would be totaly homeless. Managed to beg for one more weeks worth of money from another church. We found an opening in a subsidy apartment but we need to get all the paperwork done to get in.

My wife found a job and got hired, but her actually being able to keep the job with her fibromyalgia will be interesting. But we had to have proof of income to get the apartment for now.

The ex-husb never sent the 2K he was behind for the year so he probably went to jail for 6mos. That means that our monthly $400 income just disappeared as well. I got my second denial for disability benefits so now I have to find a lawyer. I hear that once a person gets a disability lawyer they have it made - it is just a matter of making it until the hearing.

If anybody can send us an extra buck or two - send it to rxhector2k5@yahoo.com via paypal.

Thats all for now - thanks
joe the broke carpenter.

Finally There

Yesterday was the last day in our house. A bunch of people from church came to help us get everything into storage.

We are living in a hotel now - until next monday the 15th anyway.

If something doesnt happen between now and then we will be 100% homeless.

If only the damn disability process went a little faster.

Last Night Here

This is our last night at this house. We have everything packed and ready to go, so first thing in the morning we have to find a storage shed to put everything in. We at least know that we have secured a hotel for 1 week so that took a little burden off our shoulders.

Our new found inventor friend took us to dinner and we talked about some business and manufacturing ideas. What a crazy day. I'm one nights sleep away from being homeless and I end up talking about business ventures over dinner, thats truly funny. At least we got to take a break from the hustle bustle of packing.

Well, it will probably be a while before I get to post again so everybody pray that we make it through the next week and find some real income to find a permanent place to live.

Thanks
joe - the broke carpenter

The End

We faught like hell, but it wasnt good enough. Everything is in boxes ready to go. We have until Monday at 12:00(noon) to have everything out of the house.

Every plan we could come up with fell through. We won our lawsuit against old landlords for $800 and the wifes ex owes her $2100 by Jan20th or he gets sent to jail.

So, thats $2900 we have coming but it just wont be here soon enough - just figures. My wife just got a call about a job she put her resume in for but now we have to be out of this house and wont have access to our phone# so even if she did get the "Your Hired" phone call we dont have anyway to know.

This really sucks - I've been waiting forever for my disability claim but that antiquated system may as well be running on square wheels.

All I ever wanted out of life was to be a good carpenter, but my back went to hell and I just cant work anymore, what the hell does a person do while they wait for disability benefits?

Went to have coffee with a friend of ours today and ran into this really cool old guy that has some really neat business ideas - hell I have some really cool business ideas but I have no time and no money. This old guy was really interested to know that I have some limited computer skills but once again, even a chance encounter with an opportunity to do something I have no time and no money to do anything.

Down to the Wire

Well, we got the official papers to be out by Mon Jan 9th or ELSE. That means anything left in the house is lost. My wifes ex still hasnt sent the $2100 he is behind and the other landlords havent sent us the $800 we won in court.

This is such a pain in the ass. All this money that other people owe us and we are still going get screwed in the end.

We do have some interesting news on the good side for once though. We found a job managing a hotel - two bedroom apartment included. We just have wait a couple days for the "Bonding" papers to go through. Yeah, we have all the time in the world. At least its one option.

My wife got a call about a job she applied for right before xmas, but with this situation we are in its hard to know whether or not she will be able to take it.

Just say a prayer that we get the hotel managment job, maybe if the landlord knows we have found a place to move we can get him to give us a couple more days to get everything moved.

Hopefully we will know more tommorow.

Happy New Year 2006

Here we are at 2006 - the only year I've ever had to start by fighting an eviction right out of the gate.

I have been praying that one morning I wake up and put on my tool belt and start building houses again but to no avail - that prayer has not been answered yet. The good lord must have something else in mind for me.

I can only hope that being homeless isnt part of the plan.

Take care - if you can spare a buck or two make a donation - I even have a new advertising section on the right - send me your logo/image and a link and you boost your web-site PR with another link.

Thanks - Joe the broke carpenter