Issues

I've had some...

I had to evict my boarder. Too long to go into it all...it'll just wind me up again...lol

Suffice it to say the police were here - 3 times.

He almost had me backed into a corner in that I thought I was stuck with him until the end of February, then my lawyer told me that if he shares either the kitchen or bathroom facilities with me or a family member, he's exempt from the Landlord Tenant Act.

PHEW!

My lawyer rocks. We love her to pieces and she's always got hugs. She has interesting pets and very quirky habits. She's brilliant but a little bipolar I think. She's helped me out time & time again and doesn't charge me an arm & a leg when she does charge me a fee for her services, most often just court filing costs if any. Because she works out of her home and has other more lucrative income...half the time she doesn't bill me for things.

Like my panicky call to her about getting rid of the boarder from hell. She owns properties of various types so she knows the Landlord Tenant Act inside out. She referred me to this statute from the Tenant Protection Act, 1997, Chapter 24, Part 1, #3, Section (i)

You can search all current Ontario Consolidated Law, Source Law and Annual Consolidations here: http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/

3. This Act does not apply with respect to,
(i) living accommodation whose occupant or occupants are required to share a bathroom or kitchen facility with the owner, the owner’s spouse, same-sex partner, child or parent or the spouse’s or same-sex partner’s child or parent, and where the owner, spouse, same-sex partner, child or parent lives in the building in which the living accommodation is located;

End quote. *hmph*

The rooms are filthy and there's probably 4 or 5 bags worth of garbage to be taken out but I can deal with that, I didn't expect he was going to hire Molly Mail.

On the upside, he left a refrigerator and a couple 2-drawer storage units.

It's over...

Georgia's struggle is over. She went peacefully in her sleep last night.

Rest easy now our angel...we love you!

How?

Christmas was hard for me to get into this year and I'm not out of this slump yet.

How can I celebrate when innocents are dying?

Not only Bill & Janny's sweet girl Georgia...

But around the world...

How do I, in good conscience, embrace life and laugh in the face of another's adversity?

I feel guilty...

I'd rather feel like I were doing something - making change.

Not just letting life happen to me, but making life happen.

Holding on...

Georgia was taken to Stratford Hospital yesterday afternoon. She is mostly non-responsive but did talk a bit and then slipped back again. She is awake and we think hearing, but just not able to communicate. She had the hiccups every few seconds for over 24 hours and that was exhausting.

Earlier in the day she told Jan that God had given her peace in her heart and that she would be seeing Jesus soon. That was about all she said all day. Not sure what will happen next but she made it through the night so we will pray and wait.

Praying God will give us all that same peace.