i am not sure in which state you live but assistance in IL does consider
medical bills, nand if you and DH are legally sepearated, your bills would
be covered by our state medicaide card... now i kinow lots of states are
different, and if you have a hope of repairing things, then that may not be
the way to go, but i do know also that other things like commodities and wic
aren't as dollar qualifiying as food stamps, Lee
"Sarinja" > wrote in message
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> Hi. Thank you for all the replies! Let me clarify a little bit. I have
> a 4 year old and a 2.5 year old. The husband left a year back. He does
> pay some child support; however, with the medical bills piling up (and
> yes, he does help), my budget is about $75/week. It's rough but we've
> already lost our house and don't want to lose anything else, so trying
> very hard to get medical bills paid so we can breathe, again. Even
> though we're separated, we are still working together for the medical
> bills/care of children. And, because of his income/mine, we don't
> qualify for any assistance at all. Medical bills don't count with the
> state.
>
> My biggest stress is *at* the store and *at* dinner time, trying to
> get together something healthy that I will enjoy (I don't have a lot
> of don't likes) and that the boys will eat. It has always been easy to
> make what they like and will eat instead of worrying too much about
> other things. Yes, I know teaching them young helps; however, at that
> age, it's difficult. Get them to eat, then introduce new things. That
> was my way of thinking. The 4 year old doesn't like hardly any meat at
> all. He has been this way since he started solid foods. Getting him to
> finally eat a chicken nugget (bagged or McD's brand) or even half of a
> cheeseburger from McDs was an awesome day! The 4 year old now will eat
> celery with peanut butter (and someone mentioned adding raisins to
> that) and actually told me to get him a cucumber, the last time we
> were at the store.
>
> I stress easily. When I am faced with a lot of it at once, I typically
> say, screw it and do whatever I want. Bad. Bad. I know. However, I
> went looking around last night for some people to talk to that
> understand that stress and can help. Small things. A few meals a week
> that are "perfect" and build from that - until it becomes habit.
>
> I do belong to Sam's Club (bulk store). I have found, however, when I
> buy bulk, it tends to go bad because I don't cook it like I should,
> when I should. I have a slow cooker and have tried doing things like
> chicken with mushroom soup in it. The boys won't eat it.
>
> I have copied/pasted quite a few things of what y'all said to a file
> called "notes," and am not saying y'all weren't helpful! You were! I
> am just clarifying a little bit more than my original post.
>
> Thank you!