Please help me save my house...
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This is without a doubt, the hardest thing I have ever had to ask. I don't do "help me" well, but I need help, and a lot of it, now.
My bank accounts are empty. My retirement account is gone. I dumped more money than I should have into the stuff I needed for a job that I thought would be a good thing, but wasn't. I've sold everything I have that's sellable.
And now I will lose my house to a tax sale on the 22nd of December, if I can't pay nearly $8,000 dollars (plus fees) to the County of Rock Island before then. I've set the goal higher than the minimum, because I don't have a firm total -- "plus fees" always adds more than expected.
I can't promise when I will pay those who contribute back; I can't even promise that I'll be able to pay you back
I'm not going to say it's unfair, or rail about the situation, or claim I couldn't help it. When John died, I was so concentrated on scratching for what I needed day-to-day that I let the long-term things go. I made decisions about what to pay, and some of those were ... less than smart. I got myself into this; I own that.
I have one job now, finally, and the possibility of another, part-time, but it's not enough to save the house.
Please help me. I can't do this alone. If you know me, you know that if I could, I would.
My bank accounts are empty. My retirement account is gone. I dumped more money than I should have into the stuff I needed for a job that I thought would be a good thing, but wasn't. I've sold everything I have that's sellable.
And now I will lose my house to a tax sale on the 22nd of December, if I can't pay nearly $8,000 dollars (plus fees) to the County of Rock Island before then. I've set the goal higher than the minimum, because I don't have a firm total -- "plus fees" always adds more than expected.
I can't promise when I will pay those who contribute back; I can't even promise that I'll be able to pay you back
I'm not going to say it's unfair, or rail about the situation, or claim I couldn't help it. When John died, I was so concentrated on scratching for what I needed day-to-day that I let the long-term things go. I made decisions about what to pay, and some of those were ... less than smart. I got myself into this; I own that.
I have one job now, finally, and the possibility of another, part-time, but it's not enough to save the house.
Please help me. I can't do this alone. If you know me, you know that if I could, I would.
Organizer
Barbara J Bailey
Organizer
Rock Island, IL
