A Sample Letter to Request Senate or Congressional Help is Available

By now it is know that our family has gotten the attention of the Colorado State Senate office and I also know that this is not always an easy task to accomplish. With this in mind I also know there are others out there fighting with the banks, over houses. If anyone needs or wants the same attention and help fighting a bank issue please send me a private message with your email and I will GLADLY email you a sample letter with everything you need to get their attention.

Just know you will have a copy our letter so you will need to change it match your situation. However, within 2 weeks of sending out our letters we had a senators office call us letting us know they are willing and WANT to help us fight Well Fargo.

You just have to state the situation clearly, what you have done to recitify the situation, how you have worked with your bank, how well they have or have not communicated back with you, and how long your selling process has been in process.

If you are in the process of fighting with the bank you have other options as well while you wait for additional help to come. Take the same letter you wrote to the senate/congressional offices and sent that into the HUD complaints office under the fraud section.

If military contact your VA loan represenitive. Let them know what the bank is doing. There are options for help to assist you fight the bank.

If a sample letter is needed my email is listed. Please email me and I will send out a copy of this letter.

Also post a copy of your letter on Facebook, your blog, anywhere to make it public. This does not settle well with the banks and action happens faster.

Some boxes unpack MANY to go

Well we have some boxes unpacked and STILL have TON to go. But the best part is the fact that we ALL have our own beds and real beds at that!!!

The first rooms we made sure to set up were the bed rooms. Most of the clothing is in drawers, beds put together and made. I am SO oh so happy for a real bed and my own bedding. I am finally in a confrotable bed with plenty of blankets and NOT freezing YAY!!!.

Tomorrow we get unpack more boxes, set up the gorilla shelves in the storage shed and in the laundry room, set up our dining room and kitchen. FINALLY! I get to try eating something something that is gluten free and see if my body tolerates that without horrid cramps and spasms. If this is the case then one of the griddles will be set aside ONLY for me and my foods. I will make some oter foods in small portions, then on payday get some baking pans that I will lable for GF cooking only.

If I have to return to a GF diet I will. I may have to return to CF diet as well too. However if this allows me to eat, control my BGL's (blood glucose levels) due to my hypoglycemia and other GI issues. I can't wait to play with my kitchen aid again as I miss making bread.

The big question right now is can I make gluten based breads for the kids and frank, or will that adversly affect me, or will I be ok as long as I do not injest it. Can I make the breads and goodies if I wear gloves.

I have to findout just how bad my body is reacting right now. What I do know is that everytime I eat ANYTHING not GF then within 15-20 minutes I am having such bad cramps I can barely stand and have to take my strongest pain killer meds just to tolerate even laying down.

Met my new doctor today...

Had a good dr's apt today. I really like this dr. Not only did she listen, but she ACTUALLY read through my files today to see what was going on before the apt. She came in with a game plan in place. Even though the apt was short I left with the 2 meds I needed refilled, 6 referals to the University of Maryland instead of John Hopkins.

She prefers I be seen there because everyone wants to be see...n at John Hopkins so they have a much higher patient count. Apt wait times are higher there. With the level of medical care in this area being what it is all major facilities are competing against each other are all top rated.

I will be seeing GI specialists for a complete GI work up, GYN specialists to have the ovaries removed and biopsied ASAP. (forget who will biopsy the liver)... ONC for a full cancer screen and work up, Diabetes specialits due to my hypoglycemia so I can learn how to better control my BGL (blood glucose levels) through diet and what to do when my BGL's drop or fluctuate to much for my body. Pain Management Clinic for the degenerative joint and bone disease and arthritis issues.

In addition, to all that I have to have another mammo then an ultra sound of the lump that was found. This is due to not being given a disc with the mammo results so this has to be redone. Not only is this benificial according to the dr, but they will be able to monitor the recorded size and make sure rapid changes are not happening due to past and family history.

I will also be following up with her every month to ensure the specialty dr's are doing what needs to be done, and if not that will allow her to keep in contact with the teams and on top of all treatments.

Between the dr's apointment, the senator office call, and the household goods delivery, I am happy with today.

Interesting call while the movers were unloading the truck...

During the unloading process I got a phone call from Senator Mark Udall's office this morning concerning the serious isses we are facing with Wells Fargo. Things got really interesting with the movers as they realized the call was not just an ordinary phone call but yes I was truly talking with someone from a state senators office.

 

Everytime they brough boxes over instead of going right towards the kitchen they altered their path towards me to listen in. One would hang back, then report back to the others. I heard things like "wow she really is on the phone with the senators office!" "What did they do to get a call from them?" "What state is Mark Udall from?" (by the way Denver Colorado) "WOW! Are they really getting help from them, and how did that happen?"

 

During this process I was "pretending" to ignore the fact that I knew they were listening in and making those (and other) comments. I actually thought their reaction kinda funny. Then suddenly when I had to head upstairs to get information off my laptop suddenly boxes that had been left downstairs were being taken upstairs and into my room, one packer at a time.

It seems the letter that we wrote not only hit a nerve, but explained the issues well enough to move them into action. I have another friend who... has also sent out a TON of letters in our behalf trying to get help as well. I was asked to pass on his email so they could find out just what has been done on his end and ask those senators to stop what they are doing, but help in research if they are willing.

According to his main secratary once the process begins it can take up to a week before the senate office contacts the bank. Once the bank is contacted there is a 10 day window for the file to be processed open to close. If the process is not completed then the bank then has to deal with a congressional proceeding. Apparently this is something the banks NEVER want to deal with.

We have a case and situation that warents the senators office stepping in to help us out. FINALLY, a break for us with the house... YAY!!!

Please keep in your prayers that this process will go through quickly and Mark Udall will be able to force Wells Fargo to cooperate and finally allow the sell of this house before we lose the sellers who want this house.

YAY!! The movers Came

Today was the day to get all our stuff back from storage. The movers were very quick unloading the trucks, getting everything in the house. The organ has a plastic plate that is broken, so we need to find out how much that will cost to replace. Our most expensive item broken is our portable fire place which also serves as our mantle for our stocking and Nativity set at Christmas time.

The other thing we found broken was a tea cup from the china set from Nana. This is replacable however expensive.

We just had the movers pile the boxes in general areas and the furnature in the basic rooms as well as we needed them to be done and out ASAP this time. Normally they unload, break for lunch then help unpack. However I had a dr's apointment at 1pm today. So instead of waiting for the extra help we just let them go.

The interesting part was 2 of the three trucks left when the movers left as apparently the fuel pump went out on one truck. While this did not bother us it was a major annoyance to the neighbors as it was blocking the driveways. The moving company had called the truck tow truck and had to leave the truck sitting until it could get towed away. Finally sometime this afternoon the truck was gone.

TMO (household goods delivery)!!!

Frank called TMO this morning and they let him know they would call him back with a delivery appointment. Well, TMO just contacted us back and our household goods delivery is scheduled!!! I CAN"T wiat to get my stuff WHOOO-HOO!!!

With our last households goods delivery in Colorado, there was an order mess up so once we made the call it took a few few weeks to find our goods, fix the orders, then finally almost 16 weeks later we got our stuff.

This time we get to wait for 3 days. Right now we have to wait during time frame of 8-5 for delivery, however, they will be calling back with the "officall" arrival time within about 24 hours, which I was just told is nornally betwen 8-10am. We have a couple days to find places for the stuff we brought in the trailer (not much) and with luck the kids will even be in school when everything arrives.

The cat will be in his crate during the move in process, (his least favorite place) but this will guarantee that he is out of the way of the movers and that he does not get hurt, run outside, NOR cause a tripping hazzard...

I cannot say how excited I am for this!!! Now I can really make this house MY home!!!

Saw and signed for the house, MOVING IN ALREADY!!!!

Oh we saw our house and the kids have already claimed their rooms. The cat is SO happy to be in the house as well. His litter box is and will remain in the laundry room. In fact the laundry room is big enough that we will be able to have the kids remove all their boots, and shoes in there YAY!!!!
The best part is the dining room has tiles so NO MORE carpet under the kitchen table. This I am so excited about. The boys and girls ran upstairs and went right to the rooms they wanted. NO ARGUING OVER ROOMS!!!! Silly Ellie placed her favorite beanie baby toy in the room to "guard it from the boys" LOL.

They already decided what room will be our craft/sewing room (unless we need Nana and Poppy to come and help us at some point, depending on what the dr's here discover). If that is the case Nana and Poppy, warning the room is small but we will make it work for you...

The room right across from the kitchen will be our family/entertainment room, the other side will be our library/music room room. The house is small but we will find a way to make it work.
Thanks to a Navy Dr friend of mine and book shelf pictures he posted if we have to remake our book shelves I now what we need to do for our library/muisc room.

The movers are going to LOVE NOT having to move our washer dryer beast of machines upstairs. The laundry room is down stairs on the main floor YAY!!!. Mom and Dad will wash on Sunday, Celidah on Monday, Jade on Tuesday, Corbyn on Wed, Jairon on Thur, Zach on Friday, and Ellie on Sat. Of course the younger kids will need help but each child will have a set day for washing his or her clothing AND bedding.

Their bedding washing day will also be their mattressing steaming day as we are now in a bedbug area. I have been told that the best way to get rid or more for sure keep them gone is to steam the mattresses with steamer using hot water with a small amount of vinegar in the water at least 2x monthly. If we do that weekly, flip the mattress, steam again then we should never have bedbug issues. Something about steaming vinegar water and bedbugs is a bad combo LOL.

Also the Piano and Organ will be on the ground floor!!! YAY no stairs to battle with, with either one of those. I think I will need to find a creative way to make a set of gorilla shelves look a bit more classy for storing the instruments on in between the organ and piano. Not sure how to do that yet...
As for the kids rooms we will for sure build the kids tripple bunk beds. The kind that have 2 beds on top and on on the bottom creating a fort style bed that will fit nicely in the corner something like this http://www.bunkloft.com/bunk%20beds%2026%20-%20custom%20triple%20bunk.JPG
The first idea may be the very best bunkbed set because as the kids grow up they will be able take their individual section with them off to college.

Another tripple bed idea http://0.tqn.com/d/furniture/1/0/O/5/-/-/TripleLindyLoft.jpg as we can fit dressers in the room too.

http://media.photobucket.com/image/recent/the-seamstress/bunkbeds/loftbeds16-frl-shapetripleloftbed.jpg the original bed I wanted with the built in dressers. However, this is before we were given antique dressers from from Nana.

Finally Made it to Maryland!!!

Oh my goodness 2400 miles is a very VERY very, oh did I say VERY long drive? At some points it seemed like the drive was NEVER coming to an end....

The final leg of the trip started with us leaving Arizona on the 20th as soon as we could after Frank graduated from his class and we headed out. With the kids in total excitement to get the trip underway they were so hyper.

Our trip was mostly uneventful with the exception of Frank witnessing a roll-over accident which allowed him to stop and with Celidah's assistance administer 1st aid, I started the 911 call, which Frank finished as I truly had NOT a clue where we were. We stayed there until the paramedics left with the accident victim.

Once back on the road again (nearly 2 am by this point) everyone was so wide awake that getting the kids back to sleep was a challenege. However, Celidah discovered that accident scenes facinate her and are not scary. She also loved the adriniline rush of helping. Again she was amazed with the calmness of her father and how he handled the situation.

Jairon argued with his father over whether or not he was a hero. According to Jairon his father is a hero because he fights for and defends his country to keep us safe, and helps others in needs when he sees a need. Well, according to Frank he is not a hero because as an enlisted officer in the military this is what he is trained to do. When he stopped to assist the accident victim he was only doing his job. He told Jairon he is an NCO for the military ALL the time whether working or not. Poor Jairon was so cunfused. To him, his daddy is a hero, yet to Frank he is not a hero, but jsut doing his job, how can that be?

The next situation we saw and once again everyone on the freeway was GREATLY blessed, happened when a deer jumped out across the freeway during the day time. At this point we were drivng alongside 3 semi-trucks, and 8 other vehicles. SOMEHOW, the car that hit the deer in the middle lane was able to slow down enough to pull off the freeway (visibly shaken and nerves raw), the deer got up and ran off the freeway without a limp...

The rest of cars slowed, moved around, off to the sides, almost like a dance, and there was NO wreck at all. How a major accident was avoided I feel was with the aid of guardian angels gently guiding the cars  and trucks in various directions.

We stopped at rest areas, and the kids had adventures on playgrounds, made leaf piles to run and jumps in, several allowed us to use an extension cord to use our griddle to cook food and have a hot meal. The kids gathered and hunted acorns, played hide and seek and sardines with their father.

I made it until around the last 700-ish miles without having to take my pain meds. However, had I just stuck with the boost drinks and and gatorade I may have been able to go longer. Borded from only liquids I decided to try some solid foods and paid the price BIG time for that decidion. The pain became to much and I had to break down leaving Frank with the final bit of driving.

This decision while neccessary left us with more stops during the final leg of the trip. However these stops while neccessary for Frank to sleep, were also needed for the kids to get the end of the trip wiggles out. The last bit is always the hardest because are we there yet, is so close yet at the same time SO far away...

We finally pulled into base this morning just before midnight, found and got into the army lodging just after midnight. Frank and I were asleep before the kids as they were "starving" as kids always are. We simply instructed them to stay as quiet as possible and then head off to bed...

Today is day one of in-processing and starting towards getting our house, the travel money for the move. We are also working on getting the kids registered for school, lining up our household goods delivery. The nice thing is Frank is off work until Nov 1st...