Well everybody, here we go one more time. I stumbled into some part-time work at home internet stuff - freelance writing if you can believe it. But everything else has been hell.
I get to decide between power and phone - unfortunatley the loss of either one will pretty much kill any chance I have of making any money at all, let alone surviving.
Story of my life since this back surgery.
This power company has got to be the worst company I have ever had to deal with in my life, they are lucky as hell I can't afford a generator. I would be willing to buy my own diesel fuel just to have the satisfaction of knowing those bastards wouldnt get another dime from me.
So if anybody with the heart and a few extra could really help me out.
Thanks - Joe the broke carpenter.
Friday, July 14, 2006
Saturday, June 17, 2006
Another giant company (Pacific Power) Fucks the poor man
The last couple years of my life have been an absolute nightmare. I have been "asked" to move once - those landlords kept my deposit, I sued them and won but we all know how small claims go - it has been almost a year now and still no return of my deposit. I have been evicted once - hey not that it matters, my credit is already ruined, that landlord is known locally for doing shady things anyway.
It has been two years since I began my battle for Disability benefits. 15 years of carpentry took a massive toll on my body and I have had one back surgery already. But we all know that back problems are the most abused part of the disability department.
Well, at least I have a lawyer now to represent me since I have been officialy denied twice. My lawyer tells me it will be up to 2 years before my case can be reviewed.
So until the day finally comes that I have my disability in hand I spend much of my time begging from the local charities to help me and my family get by. Believe me, for someone that was used to earning their own way in life - the last couple years of my life have been quite humbling.
My most recent battle was with my local power company. On May 22nd I had contacted them about payment of a late bill at which time I paid them $90. The representative at the time relayed to me that I had a balance of $40 left and everything should be OK for a while.
Since I had just paid a bill I was not real concerned with paying to much attention to my mail. BIG MISTAKE. The next bill that they sent 10 days later (June 2) was a disconnect notice for $59. But since I wasn't paying attention to the mail I did not open this bill.
Then on June 15 (22 days from the date of me paying a $90 bill) one of their technicians knocks on my door and tells me that if i can't pay a substantial amount of the $59 owed (I was never able to get how $40 turned into $59) that he was going to disconnect my service.
Well, my wife and I were not even expecting to get disconnected a mere 22 days after paying a $90 bill. My wife proceeds to call the power company on the phone to work out a payment arangement. After several minutes of her talking on the phone while being badgered by their henchman at the door (belive me, if you would have seen his attitude you would think the term henchman to be light) the technician lost his patience and disconnected the power while my wife was on the phone.
Well, that did not make things any easier for us. Since the technician took it upon himself to "officially" disconnect our power over $59, the only way we could get our power back on was to come up with the full $59 - plus another $30 "reconnection" fee.
My wife was on the phone for quite some time with the power company representatives and we always got the same story "we do not care about you" we want our money, and since you are poor - we want even more money.
When asked why there was a $30 reconnection fee - we were told that was imposed to offset the cost of sending more people to reconnect the power. Hmmm, maybe if they didnt jump the gun and turn it off - they wouldnt have to "offsett" anything to turn it back on.
Well, after I called around to some charities I was able to find one willing to pay the $90 to get my power turned back on for me and my family of 6.
It really amazes me that a company of that size would be so threatened by the temporary loss of $59 that they would have to shut off our electricity. And even more amazing that not only do we get punished by having to suffer the indignity of having our power shut off - that we get billed another $30 on top of it all. It is like being kicked when you are already down.
The biggest issue I have with is, when our local companies lose sight of the community they are here serve, what does that say about us as Americans. The representatives hands are "tied" so to speak. The system they use leaves no room for negotiation and if any employee were to be sympathetic to a customer and bend the rules over a mere $59 they may lose their job.
It is really hard for me right now - i don't really fit anywhere. I am not "officialy" disabled yet, so I am one of the those people that fall between the cracks in the system. It seems that as time goes on - the cracks in the system get wider and wider.
I know there may not be a lot you can do personally, but I just wanted to bring your attention a few things for thought.
1) Why is the Disability system so far behind? I recently read an artile about how that system is going through restructuring to make it better - obviously that didn't work.
2) There needs to be some way for people "in-between" working and disability - like me, to be protected and not fall through the cracks.
3) It amazes me to think that huge companies like the power company can be so callous as to just shut someones power off over $59 - and then charge them another $30 on top of that - If I didn't know any better I would think they are doing their best to force those of us already in poverty to remain there - or even worse still - force us into an even deeper state of poverty. Are these companies really "threatened" at the thought of someone just trying to survive?
This Country, this State, even this small County has got to change. If we as Americans continue to remain apathetic to these giant companies and allow them to blatantly steal from those who are impoverished - things are only going to get worse.
It has been two years since I began my battle for Disability benefits. 15 years of carpentry took a massive toll on my body and I have had one back surgery already. But we all know that back problems are the most abused part of the disability department.
Well, at least I have a lawyer now to represent me since I have been officialy denied twice. My lawyer tells me it will be up to 2 years before my case can be reviewed.
So until the day finally comes that I have my disability in hand I spend much of my time begging from the local charities to help me and my family get by. Believe me, for someone that was used to earning their own way in life - the last couple years of my life have been quite humbling.
My most recent battle was with my local power company. On May 22nd I had contacted them about payment of a late bill at which time I paid them $90. The representative at the time relayed to me that I had a balance of $40 left and everything should be OK for a while.
Since I had just paid a bill I was not real concerned with paying to much attention to my mail. BIG MISTAKE. The next bill that they sent 10 days later (June 2) was a disconnect notice for $59. But since I wasn't paying attention to the mail I did not open this bill.
Then on June 15 (22 days from the date of me paying a $90 bill) one of their technicians knocks on my door and tells me that if i can't pay a substantial amount of the $59 owed (I was never able to get how $40 turned into $59) that he was going to disconnect my service.
Well, my wife and I were not even expecting to get disconnected a mere 22 days after paying a $90 bill. My wife proceeds to call the power company on the phone to work out a payment arangement. After several minutes of her talking on the phone while being badgered by their henchman at the door (belive me, if you would have seen his attitude you would think the term henchman to be light) the technician lost his patience and disconnected the power while my wife was on the phone.
Well, that did not make things any easier for us. Since the technician took it upon himself to "officially" disconnect our power over $59, the only way we could get our power back on was to come up with the full $59 - plus another $30 "reconnection" fee.
My wife was on the phone for quite some time with the power company representatives and we always got the same story "we do not care about you" we want our money, and since you are poor - we want even more money.
When asked why there was a $30 reconnection fee - we were told that was imposed to offset the cost of sending more people to reconnect the power. Hmmm, maybe if they didnt jump the gun and turn it off - they wouldnt have to "offsett" anything to turn it back on.
Well, after I called around to some charities I was able to find one willing to pay the $90 to get my power turned back on for me and my family of 6.
It really amazes me that a company of that size would be so threatened by the temporary loss of $59 that they would have to shut off our electricity. And even more amazing that not only do we get punished by having to suffer the indignity of having our power shut off - that we get billed another $30 on top of it all. It is like being kicked when you are already down.
The biggest issue I have with is, when our local companies lose sight of the community they are here serve, what does that say about us as Americans. The representatives hands are "tied" so to speak. The system they use leaves no room for negotiation and if any employee were to be sympathetic to a customer and bend the rules over a mere $59 they may lose their job.
It is really hard for me right now - i don't really fit anywhere. I am not "officialy" disabled yet, so I am one of the those people that fall between the cracks in the system. It seems that as time goes on - the cracks in the system get wider and wider.
I know there may not be a lot you can do personally, but I just wanted to bring your attention a few things for thought.
1) Why is the Disability system so far behind? I recently read an artile about how that system is going through restructuring to make it better - obviously that didn't work.
2) There needs to be some way for people "in-between" working and disability - like me, to be protected and not fall through the cracks.
3) It amazes me to think that huge companies like the power company can be so callous as to just shut someones power off over $59 - and then charge them another $30 on top of that - If I didn't know any better I would think they are doing their best to force those of us already in poverty to remain there - or even worse still - force us into an even deeper state of poverty. Are these companies really "threatened" at the thought of someone just trying to survive?
This Country, this State, even this small County has got to change. If we as Americans continue to remain apathetic to these giant companies and allow them to blatantly steal from those who are impoverished - things are only going to get worse.
Saturday, June 10, 2006
Its been forever
So, I get to wait for up to "TWO YEARS" before I can see the judge about my Social Security reconciliation. What in the hell is that for a process. I will be long homeless and dead in the next two years.
I dont know how in the hell anybody else in this country ever made it that far. I put my share in the pot for 15 years while I worked.
Now I have to fight tooth and nail to get something that is rightfully mine.
Well, hopefully I can keep my elictric and phone and internet for just a little longer.
I dont know how in the hell anybody else in this country ever made it that far. I put my share in the pot for 15 years while I worked.
Now I have to fight tooth and nail to get something that is rightfully mine.
Well, hopefully I can keep my elictric and phone and internet for just a little longer.
Sunday, April 30, 2006
More BS
There's nothing more exciting than getting another denial letter from the SSA saying that I'm not disabled according to thier standards.
Let me see, in the two years I have lost my house - been kicked out of more than apartment because I can't work. Had my car towed because I am too broke to keep up with insurance and registration and a drivers license.
I wouldn't think that anyone with a family would porposely go through this nightmare.
And now to make things worse the SSA is saying if they do approve anyone for disability benefits, they are going to make them wait for two years before paying them a dime.
It's just one more perfect example of this republican NEO-CON administration stealing from the less fortunate people so they can keep the never ending war machine turning.
Gas companies are reporting record profits - Is there a fuel shortage? Hell No !!!
Only 3% of our fuel comes from iraq and we are getting raped at the fuel pumps why? Because the fuel companies major stock holders are republicans who are stuffing thier pockets with your hard earned dollars.
This administration has got to be dealt with somehow. They lied about Iraq - sodam? I thought bin-laden was responsible for the twin towers?
Let me see, in the two years I have lost my house - been kicked out of more than apartment because I can't work. Had my car towed because I am too broke to keep up with insurance and registration and a drivers license.
I wouldn't think that anyone with a family would porposely go through this nightmare.
And now to make things worse the SSA is saying if they do approve anyone for disability benefits, they are going to make them wait for two years before paying them a dime.
It's just one more perfect example of this republican NEO-CON administration stealing from the less fortunate people so they can keep the never ending war machine turning.
Gas companies are reporting record profits - Is there a fuel shortage? Hell No !!!
Only 3% of our fuel comes from iraq and we are getting raped at the fuel pumps why? Because the fuel companies major stock holders are republicans who are stuffing thier pockets with your hard earned dollars.
This administration has got to be dealt with somehow. They lied about Iraq - sodam? I thought bin-laden was responsible for the twin towers?
Friday, April 14, 2006
When Will it End
Well, we had another successful begging session. Had to call energy assistance to get help with the electric bill.
Believe me, I hate being a bum. I would give anything to get up tommorow and not be in pain and be able to work. I feel Like crap. I am always in pain, even with the morphine (I do have a doctors appointment to go check on legal marijuana).
I never wanted to be a welfare case and a drain on society. But her I am. A carpenter with a fucked up back living (ha, barely surviving - believe me this is not living) on the handouts of others.
Maybe my appointment with my disability lawyer on the 17th will be productive, but I am still really screwed until I actually get the disability anyway. The bullshit that a person has to go through just to be a part of humanity. Ha, what a fucking joke - humanity.
With all these thieving backstabbing fucking republicans in office there will never be any humanity. Thats ok, they did such a good job fucking everything up for the last 8 years I think it will be a long time before any more republicans get elected into office. Or atleast God I hope so - if the rest of this country is so blind they can't see how bad they are getting raped and screwed I feel sorry for them.
Believe me, I hate being a bum. I would give anything to get up tommorow and not be in pain and be able to work. I feel Like crap. I am always in pain, even with the morphine (I do have a doctors appointment to go check on legal marijuana).
I never wanted to be a welfare case and a drain on society. But her I am. A carpenter with a fucked up back living (ha, barely surviving - believe me this is not living) on the handouts of others.
Maybe my appointment with my disability lawyer on the 17th will be productive, but I am still really screwed until I actually get the disability anyway. The bullshit that a person has to go through just to be a part of humanity. Ha, what a fucking joke - humanity.
With all these thieving backstabbing fucking republicans in office there will never be any humanity. Thats ok, they did such a good job fucking everything up for the last 8 years I think it will be a long time before any more republicans get elected into office. Or atleast God I hope so - if the rest of this country is so blind they can't see how bad they are getting raped and screwed I feel sorry for them.
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Screwed Again !!!
So, here we are in our subsidized housing. It's really not as bad as you might think. We live in a rural area - hell, I can't believe they even know what subsudized housing is out here.
We stayed in a hotel for about 6 weeks after we got evicted, it was hell. We had to beg from every church we could think of - I must say, for a carpenter that was used to making O.K. money it was quite the humbling experience.
While we were in the hotel we managed to get our tax return, boy was it terrible. We usually get way more, but between my bad back and my wifes fibro we didnt make a whole lot to really put any in.
We got lucky and a friend of our oldest son told us that her mother manages these apartments, we didnt even know they were subsidized until we came to fill out the applications. It took us about 3 weeks from start to finish to get in, so we had spent some of our tax return on the hotel - that and just trying to stay alive.
We don't have a car, so getting around involves bumming rides or getting a taxi - that costs more money too. When we were getting the utilities turned on the electric company wanted like $400 fucking dollars - can you believe it. That was to pay for the last bill (We had them shut of the power when we got kicked out of the other place, we thought it would be easier to get it turned back on if we didnt just let them disconnect it) plus more for a depost. I said "well SHIT, if I'm paying the last bill in full - why the fuck should you need a deposit too." But you know how it goes - theres usually only one electric company no matter where you live, so they always got you by the balls.
That was pretty much the last of our money and we have just been living of my wifes child support (the oldest two boys are from her ex). We have stumbled across an odd job here and there but things are really hard right now.
Our apartment is not exactly close to any businesses. My back is so screwed up that I can hardly get around, and my wifes fibro usually has her in pain too. Se we have a roof over our heads, thank god. But we havent had enough money to pay the electric bill since we moved in - so they are threatening to shut us off.
It juts really pisses me off. I havent worked for a year, Im constantly in pain, and those Disability bastards treat the whole process like its some kind of damn game. Get denied twice, then get a lawyer to get your money.
So, any way - if you managed to read this far and you really care - help me keep the power on - - thanks
Joe - the broke carpenter
We stayed in a hotel for about 6 weeks after we got evicted, it was hell. We had to beg from every church we could think of - I must say, for a carpenter that was used to making O.K. money it was quite the humbling experience.
While we were in the hotel we managed to get our tax return, boy was it terrible. We usually get way more, but between my bad back and my wifes fibro we didnt make a whole lot to really put any in.
We got lucky and a friend of our oldest son told us that her mother manages these apartments, we didnt even know they were subsidized until we came to fill out the applications. It took us about 3 weeks from start to finish to get in, so we had spent some of our tax return on the hotel - that and just trying to stay alive.
We don't have a car, so getting around involves bumming rides or getting a taxi - that costs more money too. When we were getting the utilities turned on the electric company wanted like $400 fucking dollars - can you believe it. That was to pay for the last bill (We had them shut of the power when we got kicked out of the other place, we thought it would be easier to get it turned back on if we didnt just let them disconnect it) plus more for a depost. I said "well SHIT, if I'm paying the last bill in full - why the fuck should you need a deposit too." But you know how it goes - theres usually only one electric company no matter where you live, so they always got you by the balls.
That was pretty much the last of our money and we have just been living of my wifes child support (the oldest two boys are from her ex). We have stumbled across an odd job here and there but things are really hard right now.
Our apartment is not exactly close to any businesses. My back is so screwed up that I can hardly get around, and my wifes fibro usually has her in pain too. Se we have a roof over our heads, thank god. But we havent had enough money to pay the electric bill since we moved in - so they are threatening to shut us off.
It juts really pisses me off. I havent worked for a year, Im constantly in pain, and those Disability bastards treat the whole process like its some kind of damn game. Get denied twice, then get a lawyer to get your money.
So, any way - if you managed to read this far and you really care - help me keep the power on - - thanks
Joe - the broke carpenter
Saturday, April 08, 2006
Disability Sucks
This friggin sucks. At least we made it through the really rough part - being temporarily homeless and living in a hotel.
Now we have the next battle to wage. I have been denied disability benefits after filing for a reconciliation. So, I mean it's not like a surprise. I have read alot about how this porcess works and this is the next step.
The whole system is really screwed up though. A person should not have to go homeless because of anything, especially those with families. So now I have to go get a disability lawyer and fight some more.
TOTAL BULL SH**!!
There has to be soem way to level the playing field for the American worker. Think about it. There is only a small percentage of this countries population that can actually afford to live a normal life. And an even smaller percentage that actually enjoys any luxury.
Why does a person need to be born with a silver spoon in thier mouth to have a decent life. My parents couldn't afford to send me to college to be a doctor or lawyer or anything really. They just didnt have any extra money. After paying all the bills and medical insurance and health insurance and this that and the other, there just was never anything left.
So, like the rest of society; I went out into the world and found a job. You know how it goes, your right out of highschool and you need to make money. Nobody in thier right mind would give anybody with no world experience a job - let alone a career. Unless it happens to be manual labor.
So, I would up as a carpenter. Its actually a really good job. You have to be intelligent, at least with math anyway.
I worked 8 hours a day just like everybody else. Hell, sometimes I worked 12 hours a day 7 days a week. Why? Because at shitty minimum wage, a carpenter has to work longer.
Funny, doctors and lawyers can work to the ripe old age of retirement making a shitload of money and living a comfortable life. Meanwhile the carpenter is always broke and they almost never make it to retirement age because thier backs get so screwed up from the daily torture on thier bodies. So we end up fu*** broke and homeless fighting for disability.
There has to be a better way. Something needs to change. This country needs a revolution.
Don't get me started on the legalized Mafia - you know what I am talking about - Car insurance - if you don't have it becuase you can't afford it you get stuck paying fines through the nose and the rate of your corporate "extorstion" ends up being even more.
Sometimes I think if it wasnt for all the poor people getting fucked out of thier hard earned dollars, this country would go to shit. It's hillarious - almost ironic, that our forefathers came to this country to get away from taxation and we end up being exactly like the country that our forefathers fought so hard to get away from.
The only thing the poor have to look foreward to is disability. What a shitty life. I mean god forbid some poor person gets injured or too old to work. No savings, giant corporations stealing thier retirement. The one system that is in place for some sense of stability is so screwed up that those of us who need it have to go homeless and loose everything we own before we see light at the end of the tunnel.
Now we have the next battle to wage. I have been denied disability benefits after filing for a reconciliation. So, I mean it's not like a surprise. I have read alot about how this porcess works and this is the next step.
The whole system is really screwed up though. A person should not have to go homeless because of anything, especially those with families. So now I have to go get a disability lawyer and fight some more.
TOTAL BULL SH**!!
There has to be soem way to level the playing field for the American worker. Think about it. There is only a small percentage of this countries population that can actually afford to live a normal life. And an even smaller percentage that actually enjoys any luxury.
Why does a person need to be born with a silver spoon in thier mouth to have a decent life. My parents couldn't afford to send me to college to be a doctor or lawyer or anything really. They just didnt have any extra money. After paying all the bills and medical insurance and health insurance and this that and the other, there just was never anything left.
So, like the rest of society; I went out into the world and found a job. You know how it goes, your right out of highschool and you need to make money. Nobody in thier right mind would give anybody with no world experience a job - let alone a career. Unless it happens to be manual labor.
So, I would up as a carpenter. Its actually a really good job. You have to be intelligent, at least with math anyway.
I worked 8 hours a day just like everybody else. Hell, sometimes I worked 12 hours a day 7 days a week. Why? Because at shitty minimum wage, a carpenter has to work longer.
Funny, doctors and lawyers can work to the ripe old age of retirement making a shitload of money and living a comfortable life. Meanwhile the carpenter is always broke and they almost never make it to retirement age because thier backs get so screwed up from the daily torture on thier bodies. So we end up fu*** broke and homeless fighting for disability.
There has to be a better way. Something needs to change. This country needs a revolution.
Don't get me started on the legalized Mafia - you know what I am talking about - Car insurance - if you don't have it becuase you can't afford it you get stuck paying fines through the nose and the rate of your corporate "extorstion" ends up being even more.
Sometimes I think if it wasnt for all the poor people getting fucked out of thier hard earned dollars, this country would go to shit. It's hillarious - almost ironic, that our forefathers came to this country to get away from taxation and we end up being exactly like the country that our forefathers fought so hard to get away from.
The only thing the poor have to look foreward to is disability. What a shitty life. I mean god forbid some poor person gets injured or too old to work. No savings, giant corporations stealing thier retirement. The one system that is in place for some sense of stability is so screwed up that those of us who need it have to go homeless and loose everything we own before we see light at the end of the tunnel.
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
No Thank You, Mr. Bush !!!
No Thank You, Mr. Bush !!!
I don't want your d*** in my a** anymore you fuc*** worthless piece of republican shit.
YOUR FIRED !!!
You heard me. As a natural born citizen of the united states, I can honestly say I want your resignation. You SUCK !!! You and your money hungry "war Machine" chronies have fucked up my country so much that I demand you resign IMMEDIATELY.
Thats all for now.
I don't want your d*** in my a** anymore you fuc*** worthless piece of republican shit.
YOUR FIRED !!!
You heard me. As a natural born citizen of the united states, I can honestly say I want your resignation. You SUCK !!! You and your money hungry "war Machine" chronies have fucked up my country so much that I demand you resign IMMEDIATELY.
Thats all for now.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
Too Much
What in the hell is going on with this world !!!
Think about this for a minute, if it wasnt for all the shitty minimum wage and blue collar workers what would all the rich people do? I don't think I have ever met a doctor or lawyer who could build thier own house, let alone build thier hospital or court house.
But here I am. I worked long and hard building custom homes and what do I have to show for it? Nothing but a fucked up back waiting for disability at 36. Oh Yes, this was my goal in life.
It's really funny how it seams that some of the most physically demanding jobs don't pay for shit. This country needs a change. If every low income worker decided to take a day off, NO. Make that if every low income worker decided to take a week off, this country would come to a screeching halt. There has to be some way to tip the scales so that everything is fair.
I broke my back just trying to make it from paycheck to paycheck. I used to think that being a carpenter and doing a good days honest work was the way to live. FUCK THAT !!! It's no wonder people stray to crime.
Not to mention that we have the worst economy with the worst president in history. What a bunch of morons we are in this country. Every body keeps bitchin and complaining about how shitty Mr "Bush" is doing - i say screw it - IMPEACH his ass and fire all his damn cronies.
I don't know how giving all the rich people a tax break helps the poor. Oh, wait a minute. I get it. If all the rich people have more money to go shopping with it's job security for us minimum wage dumb asses.
I tried to fix my path. I figured I would try to change careers at 30 something and go from blue collar to white collar work. Boy was that a fuckin joke. That dumb ass we call a president (by the way - I can bitch because i didnt vote for his republican steal from the poor ass) thinks its funny to give tax breaks to corporations who send thier labor over seas.
So now I have a degree but no way to pay for the student loan because all the jobs are in FUCKING INDIA. It's a good thing I'll never have a chance to meet Mr Bush or I'll probably end up in jail - I mean - somebody has to slap that asshole in the face and tell him what a bastard he is.
Well anyway, why I sit here and wait for my disability to get approved - If you have a couple bucks to spare so I can keep my electricity on - send it to rxhector2k5@yahoo.com via paypal.
thanks
Joe - the broke carpenter
Think about this for a minute, if it wasnt for all the shitty minimum wage and blue collar workers what would all the rich people do? I don't think I have ever met a doctor or lawyer who could build thier own house, let alone build thier hospital or court house.
But here I am. I worked long and hard building custom homes and what do I have to show for it? Nothing but a fucked up back waiting for disability at 36. Oh Yes, this was my goal in life.
It's really funny how it seams that some of the most physically demanding jobs don't pay for shit. This country needs a change. If every low income worker decided to take a day off, NO. Make that if every low income worker decided to take a week off, this country would come to a screeching halt. There has to be some way to tip the scales so that everything is fair.
I broke my back just trying to make it from paycheck to paycheck. I used to think that being a carpenter and doing a good days honest work was the way to live. FUCK THAT !!! It's no wonder people stray to crime.
Not to mention that we have the worst economy with the worst president in history. What a bunch of morons we are in this country. Every body keeps bitchin and complaining about how shitty Mr "Bush" is doing - i say screw it - IMPEACH his ass and fire all his damn cronies.
I don't know how giving all the rich people a tax break helps the poor. Oh, wait a minute. I get it. If all the rich people have more money to go shopping with it's job security for us minimum wage dumb asses.
I tried to fix my path. I figured I would try to change careers at 30 something and go from blue collar to white collar work. Boy was that a fuckin joke. That dumb ass we call a president (by the way - I can bitch because i didnt vote for his republican steal from the poor ass) thinks its funny to give tax breaks to corporations who send thier labor over seas.
So now I have a degree but no way to pay for the student loan because all the jobs are in FUCKING INDIA. It's a good thing I'll never have a chance to meet Mr Bush or I'll probably end up in jail - I mean - somebody has to slap that asshole in the face and tell him what a bastard he is.
Well anyway, why I sit here and wait for my disability to get approved - If you have a couple bucks to spare so I can keep my electricity on - send it to rxhector2k5@yahoo.com via paypal.
thanks
Joe - the broke carpenter
Sunday, February 26, 2006
A little piece of sanity
Well, we finally got back on track a little bit at least. We managed to find a subsidized apartment. It took forever to get the paper work done and we spent alot or our tax return on hotels. But we managed to keep the kids in school at least.
We are moved in at least and don't have to worry to much about the rent. The electric company were cut-throat bastards though and they managed to take our last $400 bucks just to get the power on.
We found a free 89 ford taurus, but it needs a battery and alternator and we still need to get my wifes drivers license and insurance - how we are going to accomplish that with no money will be interesting.
At least the kids are warm and dry, and we have a phone again. Hopefuly my wife can find some job that is not too hard on her fibromyalgia. In the meantime, all I can do is wait for my disability to come through. I managed to get my request for reconsideration in on time, hopefuly the process won't take to much longer.
Well, Just thought i would give everyone a quick update. Hopefully the stress level can stay at a minimum for a little while and we can gather our thoughts enough to get our lives back in some kind of order.
If you could help us get our transportation problems in order - send us a paypal donation to rxhector2k5@yahoo.com.
Thanks - the broken carpenter
We are moved in at least and don't have to worry to much about the rent. The electric company were cut-throat bastards though and they managed to take our last $400 bucks just to get the power on.
We found a free 89 ford taurus, but it needs a battery and alternator and we still need to get my wifes drivers license and insurance - how we are going to accomplish that with no money will be interesting.
At least the kids are warm and dry, and we have a phone again. Hopefuly my wife can find some job that is not too hard on her fibromyalgia. In the meantime, all I can do is wait for my disability to come through. I managed to get my request for reconsideration in on time, hopefuly the process won't take to much longer.
Well, Just thought i would give everyone a quick update. Hopefully the stress level can stay at a minimum for a little while and we can gather our thoughts enough to get our lives back in some kind of order.
If you could help us get our transportation problems in order - send us a paypal donation to rxhector2k5@yahoo.com.
Thanks - the broken carpenter
Wednesday, January 25, 2006
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.
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.
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
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.
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.
Sunday, January 08, 2006
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
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
Saturday, January 07, 2006
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.
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.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
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.
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.
Sunday, January 01, 2006
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
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
Thursday, December 29, 2005
The end of the road.
I took the only $200 I could round up to the landlord this morning and he refused to take the money. So it will be pretty soon that we are homeless with the kids. We took our old landlords to court - the ones that kept all of our last deposit - and we won "woohoo". So we will have some money coming but not soon enough. We have been constantly late and behind with everything and even though we had our day in court - we won't have the money soon enough.
Our current landlord just wants his money "NOW!!!" and doesnt want to wait for us to be able to collect from the other landlords.
With no resources left I dont know what we are going to do now. If we dont have a steady residence I dont know how I am going to be able to even keep up with my Disability claim.
If anybody has it in them to help - please - I have been humbled and I am begging again. The suck part about it is - it doesnt get any easier the more you do it. IT only gets harder. It is a huge weight to carry. If it were just me and my wife it wouldnt be so bad, but we have children we have to think about here.
thats it for today. Maybe I'll have it in me to write something else later.
Joe - the broke carpenter
Our current landlord just wants his money "NOW!!!" and doesnt want to wait for us to be able to collect from the other landlords.
With no resources left I dont know what we are going to do now. If we dont have a steady residence I dont know how I am going to be able to even keep up with my Disability claim.
If anybody has it in them to help - please - I have been humbled and I am begging again. The suck part about it is - it doesnt get any easier the more you do it. IT only gets harder. It is a huge weight to carry. If it were just me and my wife it wouldnt be so bad, but we have children we have to think about here.
thats it for today. Maybe I'll have it in me to write something else later.
Joe - the broke carpenter
Tuesday, December 27, 2005
Holding on
Kids had a good xmas anyway. We finally stood up for ourselves and took the previous landlords to court and WON - woohoo. The only problem is actaully collecting. They asked the judge if they could have 30 days - yeah, like their broke.
Unforntunately my current landlord doesnt want to wait 30 more days for his rent, so we still have to figure something out. I have one more day to get something together before I go see the landlord. Prayers have got me this far.
I haven't had alot of time to work on my eBook or getting any websites up to make money. I don't know, who am I kidding anyway. It will still take days if not weeks for web sites to get indexed by search engines. Plus I have to figure out how to get everything edited anyway. Hell, even just figuring out how do the links and stuff on this page took forever.
My wife has a valid point, the more time I spend ignoring her and the kids - is more time they all hate this infernal computer. Maybe I should just give up and wait for the Disability. But the stress of not knowing whether I can find some way to hold off the landlord let alone find some other way to pay the other bills too - all the stress is just driving me crazy.
There really needs to be some magic button a person can push that will put everything on hold for a little while so they can at least think about what the hell is going on so they can try to make a game plan.
Every time we sit down and try to figure out a plan or even go through paperwork to get an idea of just where we stand - some other unexpected event happens to stop us in our tracks before we can even get a pencil on the paper.
Oh well, such is life. I will just pray some more and go beg at the churches again. Every day that goes by is one more day that I am closer to getting my disability. Well, if you've managed to get this far and you have anything left after Xmas, try to help me keep the roof over my kids heads. They need someplace to keep their extra xmas stuff.
Thanks
Joe - the broke carpenter
Unforntunately my current landlord doesnt want to wait 30 more days for his rent, so we still have to figure something out. I have one more day to get something together before I go see the landlord. Prayers have got me this far.
I haven't had alot of time to work on my eBook or getting any websites up to make money. I don't know, who am I kidding anyway. It will still take days if not weeks for web sites to get indexed by search engines. Plus I have to figure out how to get everything edited anyway. Hell, even just figuring out how do the links and stuff on this page took forever.
My wife has a valid point, the more time I spend ignoring her and the kids - is more time they all hate this infernal computer. Maybe I should just give up and wait for the Disability. But the stress of not knowing whether I can find some way to hold off the landlord let alone find some other way to pay the other bills too - all the stress is just driving me crazy.
There really needs to be some magic button a person can push that will put everything on hold for a little while so they can at least think about what the hell is going on so they can try to make a game plan.
Every time we sit down and try to figure out a plan or even go through paperwork to get an idea of just where we stand - some other unexpected event happens to stop us in our tracks before we can even get a pencil on the paper.
Oh well, such is life. I will just pray some more and go beg at the churches again. Every day that goes by is one more day that I am closer to getting my disability. Well, if you've managed to get this far and you have anything left after Xmas, try to help me keep the roof over my kids heads. They need someplace to keep their extra xmas stuff.
Thanks
Joe - the broke carpenter
Sunday, December 25, 2005
Merry XMAS
Well, the kids had a good xmas thanks to the help of local charities. But we only have until the 29th to come up with some cash for the landlord. Here we are praying for another month, hopefully my disability will go through this time. Oh, wait - it is the holiday season. If you think government moves slow during the regular year you can only imagine the procrastination and paper shuffling that can go on during this time of year.
I have some really cool ideas for an eBook, and for some web sites. If I only had some cash and some time to put my ideas to use. I am trying to get something going using free web-hosting but I still need enough time for the search engines to pick up the pages.
If anybody has any cash left after the holidays LOL - help me keep the roof over my kids heads for another month.
Thanks
Joe -the disabled carpenter
p.s. (look for a donation button somewhere below - I don't feel like making a new one)
I have some really cool ideas for an eBook, and for some web sites. If I only had some cash and some time to put my ideas to use. I am trying to get something going using free web-hosting but I still need enough time for the search engines to pick up the pages.
If anybody has any cash left after the holidays LOL - help me keep the roof over my kids heads for another month.
Thanks
Joe -the disabled carpenter
p.s. (look for a donation button somewhere below - I don't feel like making a new one)
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
One More Time
9:00 seems to be the standard time for delivery of eviction notices. It never fails. You can't get one of these when the kids aren't home and then when they ask why the police came you just tell them don't worry about it. Here it is 4 days before x-mas and I don't need my kids worried about being homeless.
I tried to do some part time article writing and made a few bucks, but part time for me was 20 hours a day and I still wasn't going to make enough to pay the bills anyway. Then I thought I would try to throw up a bunch of "you can make money on the internet" websites but that isn't working out so good either.
I spend almost all my time on this computer trying to figure out how to save our ass and everything else gets neglected. My kids are ignored, my wife is ignored. Nothing seems to be going right.
We have managed to scrounge up a little bit of money here and there, but you can only get so much from so many before there isn't any left and I don't know how much longer we can hold our ground. This is just crappy timing.
I tried to do some part time article writing and made a few bucks, but part time for me was 20 hours a day and I still wasn't going to make enough to pay the bills anyway. Then I thought I would try to throw up a bunch of "you can make money on the internet" websites but that isn't working out so good either.
I spend almost all my time on this computer trying to figure out how to save our ass and everything else gets neglected. My kids are ignored, my wife is ignored. Nothing seems to be going right.
We have managed to scrounge up a little bit of money here and there, but you can only get so much from so many before there isn't any left and I don't know how much longer we can hold our ground. This is just crappy timing.
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