On Tue, 16 Aug 2005 01:55:24 -0500, Damsel wrote:

> sf > said:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 15:51:13 -0600, Christine Dabney wrote:
> >
> > > I can't get rid of any... I go into withdrawal even thinking about
> > > it. I carry about 250 around with me on my travels..and I just bought
> > > some more myself.
> >
> > I know what you mean.... I let my husband take old and unused
> > cookbooks off the shelf (he has to do it because I can't) and restrain
> > myself - until I take them out of the trashcan.
>
> It's amazing what you can get rid of if it means making the house payment.
>
I'm not in your shoes right now, Carol... but I do know what it means
to wonder if you can meet the mortgage for the month and that
experience never leaves one's psyche.