Hi! I see a lot of new people here. Really had to push myself to come to the site, I've been exhausted most of the time, mostly trying to just get through each month. It's not been easy, as mostly, after bills are paid (or partly) I've been trying to figure out how to get through two or three weeks without money. Going through trash and stuff for cans in the middle of a mid-western winter is not fun, let me assure you. LOL neither is weighing cans ... 100 pounds will get you a whopping $58.00. But going two or three weeks without phone minutes or gas money ... made it hard to look for a "real" job.

Thankful; it is spring. All the snow (finally) melted and we had one 70 degree day ... then we got another snowfall of about 5 inches that stuck around ... I'm SO glad it is gone. As I said, I've been exhausted ... I've been busting butt to try to get more cans and etc before they get picked up by others ... you know life ain't easy when finding you are feeling competitive with other "trash collectors". Really makes for a new perspective and can't help wondering what their stories are ... but anyway, hope to not disappear and be more involved again, because I know your support helps and encourages me ... and because the narcissists might have done one hell of a lot of damage to my life and our children's but we ain't dead yet and the rest of the story ... hasn't been written, either! :-)