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Janet Wilder[_4_]

On 6/10/2014 6:12 AM, wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Jun 2014 21:37:25 -0500, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I'm trying. poured a bowl of cereal this AM but the milk had gone bad.
>> Made a sandwich for lunch and a couple of hot dogs for dinner.
>
> Normal
>>
>> I will try to do better tomorrow. I spend most of the day on the phone
>> except for too runs to get the death certificates and go to the bank.
>> Then I learned my health benefits terminate at the end of the month, so
>> I had to go get some. Trip to the post office to mail death
>> certificates. I'll get his pension for the rest of my life, but it's
>> going to take them up to 3 months to process it.
>
> They always seem to do that. One of Davids pensions they actually
> (when they settled up) deducted for the balance of the month he died
> that I had the remainder of his full monthly payment. Seemed very
> cheap minded for about ten days.

He died on June 1, so the payment I got 5/31 was for May. When I get
the retro check it will include one day for June.

>> Called about one of those Life Alert gizmos. $41 a month! Told the
>> kids they could scrape me off the floor, I'm not paying.
>
> I agree, that's a bit much. I keep a land line and have one with four
> handsets. That way I keep one in the bathroom which is the room for
> the most and worst accidents. It's at a low level in case I couldn't
> reach it up on the counter.
>>
>> Cancelled DirectTV which we only had for baseball. They told me the
>> cancellation fee was $250 but if I didn't want to pay it, I could keep
>> it for 15 months. @ $35 a month, it was cheaper to cancel it.
>
> I think I would tell them why I was cancelling then suggest maybe
> local media might be interested in their cold hearted treatment of a
> customer - push back.
>>
>> Need to go to Social Security tomorrow and fax some documents to California.
>>
>> Will do the probate later in the week.
>
> It's busy work you need to do to get organised and in a way, keeping
> busy is a good thing. The old advice about not doing anything radical
> for at least a year is good advice. I looked at selling the house but
> was glad I didn't, in the end sold it eight years later. It doesn't
> particularly feel as if your sense of judgement is impaired, but it is
> The pain does go away but memories remain.
>

I already made a file folder. Need more manilla folders. I went to
social security today and they will give me his amount on the day I get
mine. Of course I lose mine, but his was significantly higher.

Heard from the union and I will have dental, optical and hearing aid
benefits for 90 days. I can buy into them via COBRA at about $30 a month
for 3 years. I might do that.

Texas has probate set up so that a lawyer had to do it. Went to my
friend the lawyer and left the will and death certificate with her
paralegal/brother. I'm hoping she can get together with me to fill out
the probate form this week as she goes into a two week trial next week.

I am on the deed and the titles to the cars, so I can probably change
them without probate.

I've done everything I can. Watching the DVR's stuff on TV as they give
me a new one with a Sling on Friday for free. I love Dish.

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Janet Wilder
Way-the-heck-south Texas
Spelling doesn't count. Cooking does.

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