This sounds like a battle Jamie would love! She loves fighting with "housing" and maybe it would work on housing Mom and Dad. DHS watch out!lol I know how frustrating this whole thing is for all of us and how RETARDED it is! Good Grief! They want to make sure that they are paupers before they'll pay! Let Michael Smith just TRY to put them out! We're screaming LAW SUIT~~~ That would be asking for punishment! GRRRRRR the whole thing makes me want to scream!!! I'll be so glad when it is all settled, done and we can move forward without having to worry about where the money is, where it came from, where it's going! Good thing we paid for the burial and headstones or we'd be forking up dough! On a much happier note, I did get Mom a throw for her gift at the party, and I had already bought Dad some socks. I plan on coming up there probably on Wednesday and staying till after the party. My hope is that, like Jeanie said, we can get together. I really wanted us to exchange little gifts of our favorite things--anything from soap to toothpaste to candy to a spoon-- whatever is your favorite item you'd want to share with the sisters. I think that they should be exactly the same for all and not a big deal about how much or how little they cost. It's NOT about that. It's about sharing some of your favorite things with each other. If no one wants to do that, not a big deal cause you're getting something from me anyway!lol Let's try to all get together and maybe go see Mom and Dad as a group if possible while I'm there. I can stay from Wednesday till ??? as long as we see each other and do something fun like go out to eat or just sit and exchange our things with dessert! Let me know what you think! Love to all! Judy