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Bill - Congratulations!! You've waited a long time for this, and I know Judy approves. NOW, you can forget that worry and post more. We all are interested in how you are doing. Best to you. Jo Ann On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 03:30:14 -0500 "William A. Parrette" <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hi all, > > 2003 was a *long*, *dark* year for me. But, finally, I > think > I see the light at the end of the tunnel! > > After 1 year, 5 months, and 25 days of unemployment ... > Wait- > ing 1 year and 6 days for approval... Yesterday, I received > *the* > call telling me that I had been approved for Social Security > Dis- > ability benefits. The amount isn't going to make me a > million- > aire any time soon (but then that's what Publisher's > Clearing > House is for, right? (-:) but it should keep my wife and I > off > of the streets and out of our family's guest rooms. > > One big bump in the "road of life" down, one to go. > > As to whether we will be able to actually keep our house > or > not is still up to the Bankruptcy Court. We'll see what > happens > next month. Who knows? ... maybe I'll get the call from > "Ex- > treme Make-over: Home Edition" saying that they liked my > applica- > tion/story and they're on their way out to make our house > more > sell-able. (For the curious with Pacer access: 3:03-bk-40592.) > > Hopefully, for those mailing lists I own, I can start > bringing > them back to life. And, for the mailing lists I belong to, > I > hope to start participating again. That is if I don't spend > all > of my newly found "spare time" working on my Web sites. > > And, perhaps, I might even re-open my Web-store. > > A ton of thanks to those of you who gave your e-support. > I > sincerely appreciate all that you did. You'll never know > how > much it helped ... > > Bill-- > ...who wants to know who stopped the payment on his reality check? > /^--^\ > (42?) > .. William A. Parrette 7177 Heritage Drive ..........+-- \____/ > /-----+ > .. [log in to unmask] ... West Chester .................| / \ > | > .. [log in to unmask] ... OH 45069-4012 ................| | | > | > .. [log in to unmask] . 513/779-0780 .................| \__/ /_/ > | > .. [log in to unmask] ... http://www.parrette.net/~wap/ +------\ > \---------+ > / / > \/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn