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I am getting rid of stuff , stuff and more stuff.
Kids are taking most of the furniture....we are having a bon fire at
a friends place for no longer needed paper work I have kept...
We will no longer be storing stuff for the kids.
Found out they really didn't want to keep it anyways....go figure.
Sending stuff to a cat rescue for their garage sale.
Friends are going through pickings...LOL
Our youngest boy wanted our good china ...took it away yesterday.
And I am sure when we move into the new place we will get rid of a bit more.
It feels so good getting rid of stuff.
We found a home already....walked in and it felt like home...we are so
excited.
Gone from 3 floored home to one floor Rancher. Custom built....
Packing and unpacking seems so second nature.
--
Dora
Dangerous with Attitude
I do it cause I can
"Susan" wrote in message
news:1177258565.574366.20170@l77g2000hsb.googlegroups.com...
> Congratulations, Dora! That's good news.
>
> Military style? Does that mean that you're only keeping the
> essentials? Every time we moved, my mom tossed out anything that she
> didn't think we'd need later.
>
> Susan
>
> On Apr 22, 12:36 am, "Dangerous" wrote:
>> Thanks Clarie....house is sold now...we are starting tomorrow looking at
>> homes...
>> and I started packing already...Military style...LOL
>>
>> --
>> Dora
>> Dangerous with Attitude
>>
>> I do it cause I can
>> "Claire (Mason) Blais" wrote in
>> messagenews:sNVVh.99485$6m4.89105@pd7urf1no...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Oh - well Cloverdale looks pretty nice also! All the best!
>>
>> > "Dangerous" wrote in message
>> >news:QOLVh.8229$VF5.4369@edtnps82...
>> >> We may....we are actually looking in Cloverdale which borders
>> >> langley...
>> >> We have had 3 subjects removed and are just waiting on one more
>> >> subject.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Dora
>> >> Dangerous with Attitude
>>
>> >> I do it cause I can
>> >> "Claire (Mason) Blais" wrote in message
>> >>news:y7zVh.93912$DE1.42380@pd7urf2no...
>> >> > Thanks Dora - I see you're in the middle of moving - I sure don't
>> >> > envy
>> > you
>> >> > that - drop me a line when you get a chance with your new addy and
>> > phone -
>> >> > are you planning on staying in the Langley area? It's pretty there!
>>
>> >> > Claire
>>
>> >> > "Dangerous" wrote in message
>> >> >news:W%qVh.6341$j%5.5304@edtnps90...
>> >> >> Claire so sorry to hear of your loss.....
>>
>> >> >> My dad had a partial pension (served 22 years).
>> >> >> Still miss him....and so many times I have questions for
>> >> >> him about life during his Military career...
>>
>> >> >> I don't know anything about DVA benefits. My dad
>> >> >> had none....I still have all the papers from his place...
>> >> >> I should look through them again.
>>
>> >> >> And once again Claire.....my condolences...
>>
>> >> >> (((hugs)))
>>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> Dora
>> >> >> Dangerous with Attitude
>>
>> >> >> I do it cause I can
>> >> >> "Claire (Mason) Blais" wrote in message
>> >> >>news:907Uh.72671$DE1.50640@pd7urf2no...
>> >> >> > Haven't posted for quite a while - we lost our Dad on March
>> >> >> > 29/07 -
>> >> > after
>> >> >> > a
>> >> >> > long 5 months in hospital. As much as we were relieved that he
>> >> >> > was
>> >> > finally
>> >> >> > "home" where he kept asking to be especially in the last month -
>> >> >> > we
>> >> >> > miss
>> >> >> > him
>> >> >> > very much and haven't quite come to grips yet with the fact that
>> >> >> > we
>> >> > won't
>> >> >> > be
>> >> >> > seeing him again in this life.
>>
>> >> >> > Sometime when I'm feeling a bit stronger - remind me to post
>> >> >> > about
>> > the
>> >> >> > pitfalls of not pre-planning/pre-paying for your funeral - Whew
>> >> >> > what
>> > an
>> >> >> > experience! And the expense was astronomical for what we got -
>> >> >> > did
>> > most
>> >> > of
>> >> >> > it ourselves (catharsis factors).
>>
>> >> >> > Dad never did qualify for any DVA benefits although he served in
>> >> >> > both
>> >> > WWII
>> >> >> > with the army and for 10 years during peacetime in the airforce -
>> > which
>> >> >> > would have helped his wife with the costs of caring for him in
>> >> >> > the
>> > last
>> >> >> > couple of year and ultimately with the funeral. In the end the
>> >> > contractor
>> >> >> > who does the hearing tests for DVA wouldn't come and complete the
>> > tests
>> >> > as
>> >> >> > Dad had an infection (was not highly contagious- he wasn't in
>> >> >> > isolation)and
>> >> >> > this would have been the easiest way for him to qualify. Dad put
>> >> >> > off
>> >> >> > for
>> >> >> > years applying for any DVA benefits - he managed nicely he said,
>> >> >> > on
>> > his
>> >> >> > Fed
>> >> >> > Govt Pension and didn't need the small amount of money he would
>> >> >> > have
>> >> > been
>> >> >> > able to get. However that said - the medical benefits and end of
>> > life
>> >> >> > benefits would have been very helpful.
>>
>> >> >> > If any of you have parents who would qualify but are reluctant to
>> >> >> > go
>> >> >> > through
>> >> >> > the process please encourage them on - the medical stuff - is far
>> >> >> > and
>> >> >> > above
>> >> >> > whatever a person can get from a normal health care provider
>> >> >> > (they
>> > help
>> >> >> > with
>> >> >> > transport costs to and from medical appointments and help with
>> > special
>> >> >> > equipment needed to maintain independance etc.) and they cover
>> >> >> > the
>> > full
>> >> >> > cost
>> >> >> > of the funeral if you are in receipt of a pension from them. This
>> >> > leaves
>> >> >> > the one(s) behind with a little more to manage on.
>>
>> >> >> > Dad didn't qualify for last post fund either (too much cash in
>> >> >> > the
>> >> >> > bank)
>> >> >> > but
>> >> >> > only by a bit and it's a qualify or don't scenario - so if you
>> >> >> > don't
>> >> >> > there's
>> >> >> > no help - not a sliding scale - Last Post is not that much money
>> >> >> > ($3,600-max) but every little bit would help someone.
>>
>> >> >> > Neither DVA or Last Post are very user friendly systems so be
>> > prepared
>> >> > to
>> >> >> > deal with "big business" - but that said it's worth the effort.
>>
>> >> >> > Someone on the group posted years ago about where a person could
>> > apply
>> >> > to
>> >> >> > get a copy of a person's military records once they were
>> >> >> > deceased -
>> > any
>> >> >> > one
>> >> >> > remember where - my sibs are I are thinking that we would like to
>> >> >> > get
>> > a
>> >> >> > copy
>> >> >> > of our Dad's to put with the family history stuff.
>>
>> >> >> > Thanks
>> >> >> > Claire- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>
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