Propane and house rescue

[Dingo]

Taken down, closing funder, sincere thanks to all - god bless.

[20X11]

Prayers are with you and your family.

[Jeff350]

Stay strong brother. Soon you will be looking back at this time as just a bump in the road.


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[Dave_L]

I wish I could help more but I just got hit with our own massive medical bills. Prayers for you and your family.

[newracer]

Have you looked into the LEAP program?

https://www.benefits.gov/benefits/benefit-details/1541

[Wulf202]

Leap works but usually they don't have funding till Jan 1. Just fyi

[MED]

Praying for you; definitely tough circumstances.

[Pistol Packing Preacher]

Hey Dude:
Just an inquiry... Say you get lots of funds... Are the funds subject to forfeiture if you declare chapter 7? I thought everything is on the table except a car and you house? Please correct me if I'm wrong!
Yep! Praying for you!
PPP

[Aloha_Shooter]

and may have to pay taxes on those funds, which could make you lose EIC if you get it. I dont know if you have to but its good to know one way or another. I have seen several stories lately about people losing various aid from government programs after fundraisers.

Good point. I'm going to give anyway but it's probably a good idea for him to check out the implications for his EIC, LEAP, and other benefits as well as Chapter 7.

[spqrzilla]

If the OP hires counsel for Chapter 7, as he said, that counsel will help him deal with it. The fundraiser will not impact his eligibility for Chapter 7.

[Dingo]

Guys, sorry if I'm a bit delayed between posts, it's primarily logistics of the vehicle situation and difficulty accessing the site on the rural cell service. A few things:

#1: I cannot thank you guys enough for the outpouring of generosity. I realize that my situation is still a lot better off than a lot of folks out there in the world, and this is also undoubtedly a time of year where finances are stretched even in the best of circumstances. So to each and every one of you who has donated to help our family, my heartfelt thanks, and God bless you.

#2: Good question, but re: the chap 7, I haven't linked an account to the fundraiser yet, which leaves it open to be withdrawn to anybody in our circle of trust. Also, my wife is managing to keep up on her bills, it's going to only be me filing banruptcy. So far. I'm so far in the hole that there wouldn't be much else they could get me for, my only concern is for the house as it's in both our names. A house has always just been an asset to me in every other case but this one. This house was the culmination of every fantasy we apparently have shared since before we met even. It's as remote as is almost possible in Colorado while still being safe for a fragile 10 month old (my dream home would be a camperized U-Haul refurb, lol), 100% off grid - solar/propane/well etc, and modest but comfortable. The "Flag Man" of Hartsel is almost within stone's throw of the end of our property. No light pollution, on a quiet night you can hear your heartbeat, and our nearest full time neighbour is a sherriff's deputy about a half mile away who keeps to himself in a mini ranch he's building. We sweat blood trying to qualify for the FHA loan initially, and broke our backs prepping the other house to sell, as well as fighting thru all of the expected difficulties that pop up in an offgrid, rural scenario. My daughter (wife has 3 from prev marriage, but this little one's my first and only) has never known another home, we have plans to hopefully turn it into a special needs kids therapy ranch/mini petting zoo, and hopefully foster 1-2 Downs children when her eldest are grown. (Having a daughter with Downs has opened my eyes to what an unexpected blessing the condition can be, instead of the disappointment I was bracing for) In short, our dreams have been realized in this house and it has deep memories and hoped for futures for both of us. It would kill me if we lost it due to my fucked up, pigheaded stupidity in that one asinine mistake that cost me everything. I couldn't care less about my credit score, garnishments, seizures etc, as long as we can preserve the house.

Anyway, except for the student loan payments I'm behind on, I believe the rest of my bills qualify, my 1000 beater Cherokee wouldn't do anybody any good, the house has very little equity, and the few remaining guns I have in storage are the only remaining financial value I have. So once I'm caught back up on the student loan back payments, I'm hopeful to get a deferment until I'm into full time work.

#3: Two people have offered leads on two different potential jobs, both of which I intend to apply for tomorrow. Neither involve dancing on a street corner in a furry costume, deep-fryers, or negotiating condom use premiums, so I'm absolutely happy for the opportunity. Haha. And a third has outright offered a one time gig helping with an outdoors project. So again, my heartfelt thanks to you folks for these as well - if I am able to land a job and start feeling productive again, it would do us a world of good - emotionally and financially. So again, my sincere thanks. If anyone thinks of some random friend of a friend type lead, I promise with all smartassery aside, there's nothing out there I'd turn my nose up at.

#4: Not familiar with LEAP, but I will check it out - appreciate the tip.

#5: Prayers... I've been a very ebb/flow kind of guy in terms of my faith, but as usually is the case, found myself turning to it again per my wife's suggestion. It's one of those scenarios where from my standpoint I have little to no faith/religion. I do however have a lot of baggage associated with it from an ancient history of violent abuse at the hands of someone who'd quote scripture as the justification. However, my wife is likely the only person in the entire world who I trust implicitly, and her conviction that faith in God is the last best hope for me, is enough for me to at least be openminded to it. So the prayers are felt, appreciated, and in my own ineloquent way, echoed by me as well.

I find thay I'm clinging to any vestige of an activity that makes me feel useful or productive these days, so being a natural insomniac, I take a goofy little joy from watching over my wife and daughter as they sleep. Programming and monitoring my kiddo's feeding pump, making my wife's bed up on the couch (mid level living room has best heat in the more arctic nights) tending the stove, changing midnight diapers, and keeping half an eye on the lowtech alarm/surveillance system I have rigged up outside against the occasional errant cow or worse, is the only time of the day when I feel like me again. It's like the whole world shrinks back down to a manageable little sphere where I am in control, and they're safe under my watch.

So friends, it's from this little wagon circle in my mind that I bid you all goodnight, and thank each of you sincerely for your kindness and generosity.

Dingo

[Snowman78]

Bump for Dingo!

[kidicarus13]

Does anyone know how Dingo is doing? I pray all is well with him and his family. [emoji120]

[buffalobo]

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