It was 3am when the phones shrill scream awakened us. It was something we were expecting yet, when awakened from a fitful sleep, the shock was still unexpected. “Hello” my boyfriend whispered, his voice thick from sleep. He listened for a moment to the voice on the other end before handing the phone to me. [...]
Archive for December, 2011
You Say Resolutions, I Say World Domination
December 29th, 2011 
admin I’m one of those people that say “Ba-humbug” to New Years Resolutions. Partially because I never…EVER…keep them. So, I don’t bother making them. 2012 is a blink away. The year the world is supposed to end via every imaginable way…natural, economic, unnatural(zombies,mwahahaha), outer-space-y and whatever other disaster you can think of. Whatev. I’m going to [...]
Thoughtful Thursday, The Last One For 2011
December 29th, 2011 admin Thoughtful Thursday blog hop is brought to you every week by Jessica and Sweaty and of course, little old me.
Battling the Banks: Abandoned By Flagstar
December 27th, 2011 admin My friend is about to watch her home go up for auction. Because the bank her mortgage is through has been negligent in responding. She is a fellow blogger and my friend. My heart is breaking for her because this COULD BE FIXED and NO ONE IS DOING A GOD DAMN THING TO HELP THEM. [...]
Battling the Banks: A California Tale
December 26th, 2011 admin This man sent me his story shortly after my story was published in the Farmington Hills Patch. It’s similarity to my story is eerie yet it happened across the country from me, in California. So eerily similar that I asked him if I could share his story with my readers. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ September 2008, our family [...]
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Tags: bank of america, foreclosures 
4 Comments »8 Years: A Birth Story On His Birthday
December 23rd, 2011 admin December 19th came and instead of spending it in labor and delivery, my husband and I went to see the final Lord of the Rings movie. I paid as much attention to the movie as I could, in-between wishing that these darn contractions would start doing something other than hurting. That afternoon, contractions had started [...]
Our BofA Loan Mod Update: Battling The Banks
December 22nd, 2011 admin We got our loan mod. I say this with guarded and hesitant excitement because Bank of America worries me, their past actions with us and with the rest of the general population speak VERY LOUDLY. For the next 3 months, we are in a “trial modification”. We have to make reasonable payments, ON TIME, for [...]
