~Meet Heidi~

Another pretty good day today, I want to introduce my new

caseworker from Keystone..Heidi..Isnt she just a Cutie? AND

she is single..mom of 3, lives in the next little town down the

road.. she doesn't drink, smoke, or do drugs.. she is a very

down to earth girl.. and a real sweetie.. She got here at 10

and left at 1:30.. we had a great time.. talked about everything..
I taught her a bit about computers she didn't know.. she said

her laptop is not good..from what she describes I am worried

it may be a hard drive or something..says the screen is blue

and says some kind of error.. I didn't know what to Suggest as

I know some about them but not that much.. I hope it isnt.. she

is just making it too.. She is going to help find out about some

info on my grant, if it will be renewed etc..
I told her I would like to have a bigger place so that I can start

sewing again.. and she said she knows of 2 houses right now

that are for rent.. one is on a lake and its 2 bedrooms.. So I

asked her to get the info on them for me..and asked her to find

out if the grant will increase if my rent increases.. She is also

going to find out if at the end of the 2 years will my grant be

renewed.. this grant is to help people until they can find a job,

so she seems to think too..that they may agree to continue

my grant.. I hope so..If that's true..a lot of my stress will go

away.. I worry about that every day, Im trying to save every

extra dime I have just for the cost of moving in case I can...

and If I cant find a HUD house if this grant stops I will have to

get an apartment and I would rather eat dirt than do that.. but

I just may not have any choice...

Heidi is a sewer as is her mom.. they have gotten a place, like

a little shop at a place called Peddler's Village in Indiana.. I know

the place and have been there many times.. She and her mom

are going to make quilts and blankets etc to sell there.. What is

MOST interesting..is that Heidi's grandmother her Nanny as she

calls her is here visiting her mother.. her nanny is from Cambourne,

Cornwall..in the UK..that is where MY family is.. small world.. she

said her Nanny has dual citizenship here and in the UK and she

is getting benefits from both places..here and there.. Shes. going

to ask her Nan just what to do to find out about it..and see what

she can find out if I will be able to do that since my mother was

born there too.. I am really curious. be nice if I could do that.. I

would just have to get up enough nerve to fly there..

I am just not good with flying and heights..the hardest part is the

claustrophobia ..That is the biggie.. I saw some photos of some

new huge planes that are almost like having a whole house its

so big..the seats even made into beds if it was a long flight..like

from here to Australia..is a 15 hour flight.. I don't dare look out

the windows on a plane..I would have to spend the rest of the trip

in the bathroom if I did.. When I have flown, which I have, many

many times.. I used to fly to Hawaii at least once a year..that's a

8 hr flight from Chicago..What got me on those flights is when the

pilot came on and said " ladies and gentlemen, we have reached

the half way point, there is no turning back now" I just would gulp,

think of all that water down below and the sharks and just close my

eyes and wait till I heard them say " we have landed" THEN I

would open them again.. I would fly to the UK tho.. I have many

friends there..and today I wrote to my cousin, up north to get the

addresses of our family over there and see if perhaps I did come

over there would they like to meet me..take some of these old

photos I have of my great grand parents with me.. I would enjoy

that and seeing ones I am sure they would have..

Well one thing I know im good at and that's EATING..and as busy

as today was AGAIN..I missed lunch..so I need to eat before I can

take these nasty tasting pills for today..I don't think they could make

them taste any worse.. I got the Kool Aid all ready :-) and Im ready

to start my count down to bed.. up again to day at 5.. im an early

bird but I never seem to catch any worms!!! "nitey nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya..and THANKS!!!!! :-)

ALways, Lois ****

God Bless you, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend";

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

Until I write again.....