Not much happening here, which is why I seriously considered *not* writing anything. But, you know, I figured, "Eh, what the hell, I'll write something!" *grin*
We went into town today to talk to our case worker at DFS about food stamps. Well, to just reconfirm what they have for our financial stuff. We also asked why it was that the amount of food stamps we were getting in '02 suddenly dropped from $200/month to about $100/month when our son turned 7, and for the last 2 years it's been $72/month. She said that they, meaning the people who pay for the food stamps, do reconfiguring of their program every September, and that it had *nothing* to do with his or anyone else's age. Although she did say that because my wife wasn't working at the time (she still isn't) and didn't have a doctor's note saying that she *needed* to be home 24/7 to take care of me, that she probably got "sanctioned" because she was "uncooperative about going out and getting a job". Nice of them to tell us FOUR YEARS LATER! *grr* We supplied that note about 5 months ago, so Rain is now Unsanctioned. We're hoping that that will mean we'll get more than $72/month for food stamps for a family of 4 living *only* on disability payments (SSD). Though we're not too sure about that because I now have Medicare Part D (prescription coverage), so we're not spending as much for medications. The way our luck is with those people, we'll probably get less, not more :-( Hoping for the best though. *smile*
Other than that, all we've done is buy a couple of lottery tickets, a newspaper, a pack of cigs. for Rain (she didn't smoke from bedtime last nite till about 4 this afternoon. Very proud of her!), butter, bananas, and potatoes. *grin*
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