Re: Re: from bad to worse??

May 30, 2005

...... said you were "wee"

Oh my gosh, it was supposed to be "were"....sorry Janet. I guess I shouldn't get on the computer till I am fully awake.....LOL

May 30, 2005

...... said you were "wee"

Oh my gosh, it was supposed to be "were"....sorry Janet. I guess I shouldn't get on the computer till I am fully awake.....LOL

June 3, 2005

>>>VERNIE wrote: the next morning he says I think it is a

squirrel, so after the sun came up, and he thought the squirrel was out

he fixed the hole.....and the bowling game was over. Come to find out

it was pecans they were storing in the attic.

LOL! At least you got some pecans out of

the deal!

We had a squirrel in the basement in Kansas. Hubby was over in Korea,

so I called the post engineers (their reaction time is faster than

hubby's anyway!) They captured the squirrel with a net, then let it go

right outside in the yard. We watched it scurry up a tree, run out on

a branch that reached out to the house, and promptly duck into a hole

under the eaves. It then went down in the wall to the basement again.

After they caught it the second time, they took it with them!

hugs,

janet...who is, at the moment, living in a rodent/insect free home... I

hope!!

June 3, 2005

>>>VERNIE wrote: the next morning he says I think it is a

squirrel, so after the sun came up, and he thought the squirrel was out

he fixed the hole.....and the bowling game was over. Come to find out

it was pecans they were storing in the attic.

LOL! At least you got some pecans out of

the deal!

We had a squirrel in the basement in Kansas. Hubby was over in Korea,

so I called the post engineers (their reaction time is faster than

hubby's anyway!) They captured the squirrel with a net, then let it go

right outside in the yard. We watched it scurry up a tree, run out on

a branch that reached out to the house, and promptly duck into a hole

under the eaves. It then went down in the wall to the basement again.

After they caught it the second time, they took it with them!

hugs,

janet...who is, at the moment, living in a rodent/insect free home... I

hope!!

June 5, 2005

Pepper,

Good for you, you have worked hard and paid into Social Security and there is no

reason on God's green earth that you should not be able to get it when you need

it. It just takes preservance & determination and girlfriend I know you that

have both.

Hope that you get to feeling much better really quick.

Luv ya,

Helon

>

> Date: 2005/06/05 Sun AM 12:33:14 EDT

> To: TexasTOPS

> Subject: Re: Re: from bad to worse??

>

> Thanks Helon, I tried once when I was first diagnosed with lupus and diabetes

due to my husband's and daughter's pushing me to do so. I was denied so i just

forgot about it. I felt foolish to go and apply for it anyways at that time.

Now this has happened and I am feeling the way I am I plan on going to try and

purseu it again and this time when I am denied I too am going to get a lawyer to

take it over. Love ya pepper

>

> txlbug@... wrote:I needed to pursue trying to get disability

>

> Pepper,

> The trick to getting you disability, is to not give up. It will probably take

you at least 2 years to get it started. It is almost a given that everyone gets

turned down the first time....as soon as you the get the letter telling you that

you have been denied, go and appeal it imediately. I got turned down twice and

ended up getting an attorney to go to court for me and get mine started.

>

> Glad that you are feeling better, I've been worried about you.

>

> Luv ya,

> Helon

> >

> > Date: 2005/06/03 Fri PM 10:06:38 EDT

> > To: TexasTOPS

> > Subject: Re: from bad to worse??

> >

> > I don't know if you know this or not....BUT....when there is a swarm of bees

like you had, IF, the queen dies the swarm either goes away or dies also.

Chances are if you all could have put some type of insect killer in the whole

and got the queen the swarm would have died off also.

> > Thats a crock to charge by the type of automobile a person has. Thats way

too funny!! I have some film I have sent off and I have a couple snapshots of

my best friend's husband dressed up in his bee suit. He was taking the old

queen bee out and putting in a new one. I think it is sad how bees are raised.

When he took the queen out he killed it. A queen can only make so much honey

and keep her bee workers busy. when they get old they either get killed by the

workers because they don't feed her anymore or the bee keeper kills her. Sad.

Whats really bad is that they have these bees in thier back yard and Wilma, (my

friend) is deathly allergic to the bee sting!!! If I was that allergic there is

no way I would ahve bees in my back yard!!

> > I am glad you got the problem taken care of. Hopefully you will not see any

more snakes.

> > I am glad to be feeling better and be back on emailing. I went to my

rheumatologist today and she said I needed to pursue trying to get disability.

She said the fibromyalgia and lupus was going to make it near impossible to do

any type of work that has a lot of physcial labor to it. It seems the more

energy I use up the worse the fibromyalgia gets. She tells me I need to try and

exercise but if my joints start to burn then I need to quit and let up. I don't

think she has a clue how difficult it is to get disability. My older brother

was Terminally ill and they even tunred him down the first time. Then with my

other brother, Eddie, who has cancer, emphezema, one lung, RA, and acid reflux

had to fight tooth and nail to get it even!! So I don't know how this doctor

thinks I will be able to get it.

> > I hope you have a great weekend. Love pepper

> >

> > Hamilton & Feeser wrote:

> > >>>PEPPER wrote: If the bees are still there and you wnat to get rid of them

then advertise for a bee keeper. Any bee keeper who raises bees will come and

get the bees and take them to his bee spot.

> >

> > Didn't have time to advertise for a bee keeper... we were having to use

a back door (passed the snake den) to get in the house because of where the

swarm was-- right by the main entry. The guy who answered the non-emergency

number at the fire station didn't know of any bee keepers in Lampasas County.

He was the one who gave me the info on the Bee Buster guy who drove all the way

from Cameron. Apparently, he's in high-demand and makes lots of trips down to

the Houston area, too. He had the nerve to tell my hubby (after we paid him),

that he often sets his rates based on what kind of car is in the driveway. Own

a jag or BMW and his rates go up. I made sure to ask *before* he came out. It

set us back $175. Not sure how that compared to the jag/Beamer rate. (Which we

don't own!)

> > Anyway, he climbed a ladder in his white bee suit/mask and sprayed down

in the wall about 6 times. He wasn't able to remove the hive because it was too

far down between the exterior board and drywall. We thought it was between the

brick and ext. board. Soooo, probably in the future y'all will hear me witching

about mice or ants in the wall where the honeycomb/hive is! When he left, we

still had lots of bees that were apparently out gathering when the hive was

sprayed, so we spent about 2 days spraying those. They're all dead/gone now.

Hubby sprayed foam filler stuff in the openings so that we don't repeat that

again. I've since found out that there is a bee keeper in Coryell County, but

that probably won't help us because Lampasas Co. has a bee quarantine due to a

couple of incidents of confirmed killer bees in the county. Not even a bee

keeper can transport 'em out of the county.

> > Pepper, it's soooo good to see you posting again! I hope that you're

feeling much better. You had us worried!

> > hugs,

> > Janet

> >

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June 10, 2005

Once we get moved into the trailor we will have a little money each month. No does not consider me a burden. He is so wonderful. I guess I am just so use to help others and doing things for myself that I think of myself as a burden.

is the most wonderful and loving man I ever met (other than my daddy) and he has my main reason to try and find that bright side to every situation that has hapened lately.

Love peppertxlbug@... wrote:

Okay, I'm sure that your check would be enough to cover your meds then. But I'm also very sure that does not consider you a burden on him. Guess I'm going to have to get out my "wet noodle" and make a trip to Baytown and get after you. LOL Seriously, I know what you mean about the medications....mine if I were paying for all of them would run me anywhere from $300.00 up a month. I have three meds that cost almost a $100.00 per month on their own. But I quailfy income wise to get them from the drug manufacture through my doctor for free, or I would not be able to afford to take them.Helon> > > Date: 2005/06/06 Mon AM 09:46:54 EDT> To: TexasTOPS > Subject: Re: Re: from bad to worse??> > I was

talking about the check I would get. I spend about $120.00 a month on meds alone and sometimes more, even with my co-pay. has excellent insurance where he works so I have a $10-$15 co-pay on each RX. I figured if the disablitlity is at least $200.00 then I would at least not be such a burden with the meds I ahve to have. Love Pepper> > txlbug@... wrote:If I could get disablitlity then at elast I could get ALL my meds every month. > > Pepper,> I hate to disappoint you but Medicare Disability will not pay for your medications. > > Helon> > > > > > Date: 2005/06/05 Sun PM 11:12:24 EDT> > To: TexasTOPS > > Subject: Re: Re: from bad to worse??> > > > You are sure right about the working hard AND I have just about worked all my

life. I started working out in the fields when I was just 5 years old picking cotton. I only picked about 50 pounds a day then, BUT, none the less I worked. I started hoeing cotton when I was 9 and I worked 10 HOURS a day and only got .65 an hour. I would work all day in the hot sun and dirt for a whole $6.50. Back then you could buy a whole lot more than now. I held down my first job with the public when I was 15 as a waitress and since then I ahve worked until just recently. One reason I decided to go ahead and try and get it is that we are down to one income now and my meds even with the co-pay comes to about $120.00 a month. If I could get disablitlity then at elast I could get ALL my meds every month. I am going this week and try once more. Keep yopu fingers crossed for me. Love pepper > > > > txlbug@... wrote:Pepper,> > Good for you, you have worked hard and paid into

Social Security and there is no reason on God's green earth that you should not be able to get it when you need it. It just takes preservance & determination and girlfriend I know you that have both.> > > > Hope that you get to feeling much better really quick.> > > > Luv ya,> > Helon> > > > > > > > > Date: 2005/06/05 Sun AM 12:33:14 EDT> > > To: TexasTOPS > > > Subject: Re: Re: from bad to worse??> > > > > > Thanks Helon, I tried once when I was first diagnosed with lupus and diabetes due to my husband's and daughter's pushing me to do so. I was denied so i just forgot about it. I felt foolish to go and apply for it anyways at that time. Now this has happened and I am feeling the way I am I plan on going to try and purseu

it again and this time when I am denied I too am going to get a lawyer to take it over. Love ya pepper> > > > > > txlbug@... wrote:I needed to pursue trying to get disability> > > > > > Pepper,> > > The trick to getting you disability, is to not give up. It will probably take you at least 2 years to get it started. It is almost a given that everyone gets turned down the first time....as soon as you the get the letter telling you that you have been denied, go and appeal it imediately. I got turned down twice and ended up getting an attorney to go to court for me and get mine started.> > > > > > Glad that you are feeling better, I've been worried about you.> > > > > > Luv ya,> > > Helon> > > > > > > > > > > > Date:

2005/06/03 Fri PM 10:06:38 EDT> > > > To: TexasTOPS > > > > Subject: Re: from bad to worse??> > > > > > > > I don't know if you know this or not....BUT....when there is a swarm of bees like you had, IF, the queen dies the swarm either goes away or dies also. Chances are if you all could have put some type of insect killer in the whole and got the queen the swarm would have died off also. > > > > Thats a crock to charge by the type of automobile a person has. Thats way too funny!! I have some film I have sent off and I have a couple snapshots of my best friend's husband dressed up in his bee suit. He was taking the old queen bee out and putting in a new one. I think it is sad how bees are raised. When he took the queen out he killed it. A queen can only make so much honey and keep her bee workers busy. when they get old they

either get killed by the workers because they don't feed her anymore or the bee keeper kills her. Sad. Whats really bad is that they have these bees in thier back yard and Wilma, (my friend) is deathly allergic to the bee sting!!! If I was that allergic there is no way I would ahve bees in my back yard!!> > > > I am glad you got the problem taken care of. Hopefully you will not see any more snakes.> > > > I am glad to be feeling better and be back on emailing. I went to my rheumatologist today and she said I needed to pursue trying to get disability. She said the fibromyalgia and lupus was going to make it near impossible to do any type of work that has a lot of physcial labor to it. It seems the more energy I use up the worse the fibromyalgia gets. She tells me I need to try and exercise but if my joints start to burn then I need to quit and let up. I don't think she has a clue how difficult it is

to get disability. My older brother was Terminally ill and they even tunred him down the first time. Then with my other brother, Eddie, who has cancer, emphezema, one lung, RA, and acid reflux had to fight tooth and nail to get it even!! So I don't know how this doctor thinks I will be able to get it.> > > > I hope you have a great weekend. Love pepper> > > > > > > > Hamilton & Feeser wrote:> > > > >>>PEPPER wrote: If the bees are still there and you wnat to get rid of them then advertise for a bee keeper. Any bee keeper who raises bees will come and get the bees and take them to his bee spot.> > > > > > > > Didn't have time to advertise for a bee keeper... we were having to use a back door (passed the snake den) to get in the house because of where the swarm was-- right by the main

entry. The guy who answered the non-emergency number at the fire station didn't know of any bee keepers in Lampasas County. He was the one who gave me the info on the Bee Buster guy who drove all the way from Cameron. Apparently, he's in high-demand and makes lots of trips down to the Houston area, too. He had the nerve to tell my hubby (after we paid him), that he often sets his rates based on what kind of car is in the driveway. Own a jag or BMW and his rates go up. I made sure to ask *before* he came out. It set us back $175. Not sure how that compared to the jag/Beamer rate. (Which we don't own!)> > > > Anyway, he climbed a ladder in his white bee suit/mask and sprayed down in the wall about 6 times. He wasn't able to remove the hive because it was too far down between the exterior board and drywall. We thought it was between the brick and ext. board. Soooo, probably

in the future y'all will hear me witching about mice or ants in the wall where the honeycomb/hive is! When he left, we still had lots of bees that were apparently out gathering when the hive was sprayed, so we spent about 2 days spraying those. They're all dead/gone now. Hubby sprayed foam filler stuff in the openings so that we don't repeat that again. I've since found out that there is a bee keeper in Coryell County, but that probably won't help us because Lampasas Co. has a bee quarantine due to a couple of incidents of confirmed killer bees in the county. Not even a bee keeper can transport 'em out of the county.> > > > Pepper, it's soooo good to see you posting again! I hope that you're feeling much better. You had us worried!> > > > hugs,> > > > Janet> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > EMAIL SUPPORT

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June 10, 2005