Thursday, December 28, 2006

estate headache

Trying to close my dad's estate has just been pure hell and it's going to be about 3 months before it's completed. Sigh. I don't get any life insurance money until February and I have a HUGE lawyer's bill (charges $150 just base pay per hour)I have to pay before then and then the account's fees, and to get the estate taxes filed, etc etc. It's a headache. This of course hits right during Christmas so we don't have a lot of extra financial resources. But I'm sure I'll find a way to make it work.

That being said I also learned that any government assistance that the deceased or the heir have ever used gets filed against the estate. It's not worth it. Medicaid does not cover medial expenses. It is merely a loan that you will pay or your children will pay when you die. It's not a free ride. It's not even state help. You pay every single cent back you have ever had to use. I don't think I will ever use Medicaid ever again unless I absolutely have to because I want to leave my children something. This also accounts for Medicare.

Christmas was nice but I will make a post of that later. Today I've been a bit stressed but I worked out and it blew off some steam.

I've been working on a children's book and I'm going to make a craft store. Trying to stay busy.

2 comments:

Reese Family Values said...

Sounds like you have been Too busy. We wil have to have a girls night really soon. I'm sure you could use a bit of relaxation. And that doesn't mean working out for an hour either. Although that hour at the gym has become my only escape from my house. HAHA Hell maybe we should just go work out together. Better than you having to work out alone.

Reese Family Values said...

Hey, Where are you at? I have been trying to get a hold of you all day. Call me