Its been a while eh?

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Registered: 03-17-2007
Its been a while eh?
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Sun, 10-18-2009 - 6:25pm

Hi girls, I'm so sorry I haven't been here but things have not been good for me and I don't really feel like being 'friendly' - I'm sure you can understand my feelings when you read the following. 


I lost my job several weeks ago with no severence pay because of the way the idiot boss worded the 'goodbye' letter - so I was left with nothing after 5 years of service.  I cancelled my cruise and am living off that money right now.  I will get unemployment benefits for one year so that will help but the first cheque doesn't come in until the end of October, plus I'm applying for my Canada Pension Plan - which we can only do when we have been unemployed for 30 days if we aren't 65.  I can apply for that on November 1.  I am also being forced to move from my building (or stay just to get evicted in the middle of January....) and have decided almost from the beginning of this nightmare - that I would move to the same village that my grandchildren live in - the rent up there is less than half of what I pay here.


Because of my age and disability - getting a job is almost virtually impossible - with the unemployment being so high these days - there are over 600 people going for every single job out there.  I've decided to take early retirement and with all my figuring, I can handle this financially but of course there will be no spending.  I think what bothers me most is that I had just finished buying an entire fall wardrobe for work since all my fall wardrobe had been stolen as you gals know.  That's a lot of wasted money - but I'll look good sitting on my couch, watching the soaps and eating bon bons...;-)


But everything is what it is and the tears have now passed - now I'm busy with getting everything organized for this huge move 1 1/2 hours north of here - back into snow country - like I didn't get enough snow and freezing blizzards living near Lake Ontario - I have to move north near Georgian Bay and get even more lake effect snow up there.... and I'm scared to death to be doing all of this by myself. 


I have some great friends for support - Diane and Fran in particular - but now they've made me leave my beloved Twitter and forced me to cook and raise crops on Facebook - this fate is almost worse than being laid off from that job...lol.....  My 2 sons will each help with moving some stuff and I've hired a moving company to do the actual move for me.


Things will work out regardless of how I'm feeling right now but you guys have also been wonderful and I wanted to let you know why I'm not here.  I will try to pop in but it won't be until after the move in late November.


I hope all of you are doing great and in good health.  I miss my friends here but I won't return until I can be my usual happy goofy self again. On the bright side - my grandkids school is 1 1/2 blocks from my new apartment - I never have to work again and I'm happy to say I can take the furball with me - wait - happy - and - take the furball with me in the same sentence - isn't that called an oximoron??? rofl

Granny to Caleb and Scotia


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Rusty xxoo




 

Granny to Caleb and Scotia

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Registered: 04-04-2007
Tue, 10-20-2009 - 5:59am
ok, so add me as a friend on there so we can help each other out. lol
just look for me as ellen hogan, i'm listed as being in savannah, ga and the picture is of me and my mom.
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Registered: 01-18-2003
Tue, 10-20-2009 - 1:05pm

Thanks Ellen...I need all the "friends" I can get.....LOL


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Registered: 04-04-2007
Tue, 10-20-2009 - 2:35pm
i sent you a request for farmville and cafe world. do you play any of the other games? i play quite a few, lol.
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Registered: 03-08-2005
Wed, 10-21-2009 - 11:52am

LOL me too!


i am now into paradice island and a new farm onme where you feed the animals, harvest and make cheese, ketchup and flower too. a lot more fun!

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