Five days ago I posted a note titled 'HELP". In the note I explained a little about what was going on in my life.... bills, pneumonia and continued attack by the squatter who has taken over the upper floors of my home.

The reasons my utility bills are so high is she has been doing two things to me:

1. She has been running up my electric bill and my water bill. These are the only two bills that she can run up.

2. The other way she interfers with my bills is she intercepts them at the front porch mailbox and takes the bills. I had most of the bills transferred to my post office box, but I seem to have forgotten to transfer my cell phone bill and the internet/cable bill. I just found them on the ground outside the side entrance that I use to enter my home. Hmmm... how did they get from the front porch to there... just as the shutoff notices arrive.

I want to thank everyone who sent help from the “Help” post. I was able to pay the first installment of the 900+ electric bill and a few other overdue bills. I was also able to pay my packers for all the work they have been doing packing my house and getting ready for the move. They have bills also.

Both my internet and my cell phone are scheduled to be cut off today.

I owe the cable/internet $340.00. If I pay at least $200.00 it will be left on.

I don’t know exactly how much I owe the cell phone company because I have misplaced the bill. It’s over $800.00. I don’t know how many months this is. Usually the utility companies have been sending me shutoff notices after the second month of not paying. If I pay just $400.00 of this I think they will keep it on.

I had asked for $4,000 this month. I asked for the extra $1,000 because I needed it to pay what I owe the IRS. I try to keep enough in my savings throughout the year to pay the IRS. I stuff a little each month, from the donations to RMN, in my savings to pay the IRS and my accountant. The last few months I have not been able to do this because of the outrageous utility bills that my squatter is running up.

When we reach the $4,000 limit, it’s going to have to go to pay the phones and the internet or I will be completely cutoff from RMN and the world.

This is a most desperate plea for help. If you feel you can help please put a little in the widget. We need to bring the widget up to the full $4,000 today or I will be off the internet and have no phone.

Thank you for all the times you have bailed me out.

Raye

PS... why didn't I know about this sooner? I had a relapse with the pneumonia and have been in bed for the last two and a half days. I finally was well enough to get up and check on things and this is what I found... I am about to be cutoff from the world today.