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Not1worry

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Marm, that's an awesome idea! If she registers at say, Target or wherever, we can all go online and have things sent right to her. A PayPal account for donations might work too.

Costacat

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How about calling it a Survivor Shower? (Like how you have a celebration of life, rather than a memorial?)

As soon as they ascertain the structure's safety, they will probably allow people back in to get their things. We might want to wait until she has an idea of what she's going to need.

In the meantime, I'd like to send her a giftcard to Target or someplace where she can go to get personal hygiene and cat care items. Is there a Target near there? Or some other store where I could get a giftcard for her? She's going to have some immediate requirements until she can find out what can be removed from her home.

I'd take her kids in, too, but I don't think they'd enjoy the plane trip over thousands of miles! <wink>

Grannyg

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Marm, I think that is a fantastic idea!! Maybe she'll want to do this. I surely hope so. Paypal is also a wonderful idea because sometimes she just may need the cash.

Hermione69

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like the idea, too, Marm. I'd be very happy to contribute anything. I like the idea of the Target gift card as well. Let us know what she needs.

Kristylovesbb

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Ginger I am so sorry this has happened to you and all the other people. Please let me know if there is anything I can do for you. I will help any way that I can.

Ladytex

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, you will be in my thoughts and prayers

Eliz87

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Schoolmarm, that is a WONDERFUL idea.

Melfie1222

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, so sorry to hear about this... I hope you will let us know what you need, I like Marm's idea too.

Mocha

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great idea Marm.

Whoami

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Excellent idea Marm on the shower. I like Costa's idea of calling it a Survivor Shower too. Or heck, a TVCH shower!

Abby7

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm willing to help in any way I can. I'll keep checking this thread.

Meme9

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OMG, Ginger! Just read this thread and my heart goes out to you, your family, and all your neighbors. I'm thankful that you have family close, and you can lean on each other right now. Take care.

Tabbyking

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oh, ginger, how sad. i was just thinking of when i was a kid and our house burned down...i was posting about it here the other day after reading a post of Ddr's.
it is terribly scary, especially during the evacuation. i cannot imagine having to leave from a burning apartment building, as opposed to a single family home.
at first you just think you are so glad to be alive. then it is scary because where are you going to live? it's like a dream world for a time...panicking over what happens when the hotel stay is over? how can the rest of the world just continue on about you! gosh, do you even have something to wear to work? you can't wear your nightie that you fled the apartment in. but people are amazing and everyone will help you out...
then, a ways down the road, you start thinking of things that might seem small but are also important to you--like if you can replace your george strait tickets. things that show life does go on after something awful. our home burned down a week before easter and, after the first several days, i wondered if the easter bunny would find us. he did :) i was a kid, but imagine my folks, dad age 33, mom age 31, and 7 kids under the age of 13! my baby brother was 21 days old!

i am so sorry that lives were lost. i am so glad ginger and her loved ones are okay.

i did not mean to make this post about me, but i was remembering the 'steps' one goes through when something like this happens.

count me in on the survivor shower!!

Lancecrossfire

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 10:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, so very sorry to hear about this.:(:( I am so glad everyone is ok though--that is the most important thing, although I understand with so much lost it may not feel that way right now.

Marm, your idea is great! I sure would be happy to participate!

Moondance

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GREAT Idea MsMarm!!!

Tess

Sunday, January 18, 2004 - 11:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Count me in, Marm.

Wargod

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 12:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, I am so sorry to hear about this. You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. Please keep us updated and let us know anything we can do to help in the coming weeks and months ahead.

Schoolmarm

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 2:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Keep sending Ginger your well wishes, and she will check in, probably Tuesday. She has lots of paperwork/legwork to do tomorrow and doesn't have access to a computer. Tuesday she will go to her sister's work and log on.

She said that she is good for clothes right now. They got a clothing voucher for Penneys from the Red Cross, and I THINK that she was able to get some clothes out of the apartment. (I might be wrong about that, but she insisted that she was ok for clothes right now.)

If she posts on Monday, it will be a delight. She very much appreciates our well wishes.

Here's hoping for a good Monday, Ginger!

Herckleperckle

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 3:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, cybercuz, I want to help, too! I posted in the CC section, too. I just read about your situation after awakening in the wee hours this morning, turning on my PC and reading Tess' Tales!

Keep in mind that I am 1 1/2 hours from Manhattan and my dd lives in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn. So, whatever you need, we're here! (I have a car, but she does not. My dd rooms with 2 other gals and 3 dogs, so I doubt if you will want to board your cats there, but she has offered it as a short-term option if you need to place them somewhere.)

Thanks, Tess, for making that Item 1 in your Tales. Thanks, Half for the pictures, and thanks Marm for keeping us on top of the news from Ginger herself.

Marm, when Ginger is ready, I think a 'shower' is a wonderful way to turn this awful situation into a wonderful 2004 love-in for Ginger! I do think the paypal idea should be set up, too. I am thinking that having cash in her hand immediately might be the biggest help to her right now. Then, later, when she has landed somewhere and has had a chance to recover from the shock of this, she will have time to 'register' somewhere. The shower would be the absolute best way to turn this all around in her head.

{{{{Ginger, her dsister, her dbil, and her dkitties}}}}
We are all here for you and keeping you close in our hearts!

Whoami

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 5:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{{Ginger}}}}

Take your time dear. I am so impressed and grateful that with everything going through your mind, you still thought of us and reported in. What a true friend you are. When you're ready, we're here to be friends right back at ya.

Frogichik

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
{{{{{Ginger}}}}}

I am extremely sorry for your loss. Almost a year ago this week me cousin lost her dream home to a fire. They had only been there 6 weeks when it burned and they lost everything, so I know how devastating it can be. They were lucky to have been able to salvage some family heirlooms and I hope that you too are able to salvage some of your belongings.

One thing she was able to salvage was her wedding rings. She always took her rings off to do dishes and would put them on the wick of a candle that sat above the sink and that morning she forgot to put them back on. Well when the fire occured the wax of the candle melted and the rings slipped in the wax. Well a few days after the fire they went in to see what they could salvage and the first thing she went to look for was the candle holder in the kitchen and sure enough the wax had hardened and the rings were safely inside.

I would love to help out, so I will keep checking back in this thread to see if any Paypal account or the like has been set up.

My thoughts and prayers are with you and the kitties Ginger!

Slothkitten

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 9:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger, I just got home from work.
So very sorry for all you're going through.
So glad you, your family and cats made it out of there. I lost everything in a fire a few years ago. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
It will get better.

Schoolmarm, wonderful idea!
I'll be watching for the info on what to do to help, cash or gift card or whatever is needed.

My heart and thoughts are with you, Ginger.

Faerygdds

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 9:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Count me in for a donation and a gift! Can't do it until Friday, but I do want to help her out. Fabulous idea Marm!

I was reading through this thinking, "I wonder if we could do a board donation thing?" Glad to know tat someone already beat me to the punch! :)

Tagurit

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 10:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Schoolmarm, thank you so much for keeping us informed about Ginger. I think your idea sounds wonderful! I will definitely participate.

{{Ginger}} thinking of you!

Sisalou

Monday, January 19, 2004 - 10:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ginger I am so sorry about the fire. I just Thank God that you and your family (kitties too) got out safely. I will keep you in my prayers.

Marm, that is a good idea. I know we all want to help Ginger. I'll keep checking in for information about how to help.