Category Archives: Journal Entries

Forced to Pay Schreder’s Fees

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Monday, June 22, 2020

To Whom It May Concern:

It is to my great chagrin that I am forced to comply with the court order demanding that I pay for Ellen Schreder’s wasted time and effort for the unnecessary work that was spent prying into my and my acquaintances’ privacy and digging into my previous employment history when the motion I submitted never inquired about it.  The magistrate’s decision was based on inaccurate assumptions that I was less than straightforward in reporting my employment.  I answered truthfully and to the best of my knowledge, completed the questions on the pro se motion that I submitted.

The reason for my delay in paying this is due to my original intent to appeal this decision, but I was only recently informed by my counsel that it will be too late by the time my next motion is filed.  Nonetheless, I feel the need to set the record straight.

First, I was misled by the Hennepin County Attorney who initially notified me in early 2019 that this matter was being brought before the court.  At that time, I was unemployed and had mounting medical bills.  The consequential hearing occurred before I was made aware of the hearing date. As such, I motioned the court myself.  I informed the County Attorney of my desperate situation and indicated that I could not afford to pay any child support because I had no income at the time with no assurances of any upcoming employment changes.  She assured me that I would not need an attorney and that I had nothing to worry about since, “you can’t squeeze blood out of a turnip.”  I was STILL unemployed when I submitted the motion.  Needless to say, I was surprised to find out that Sara obviously did have the financial resources to hire an attorney, unlike myself.

Secondly, I have no income that can be imputed upon me since I have been largely unemployable.  Any employment I have been lucky enough to find has been occasional, temporary and tenuous for over a decade now since I usually fail pre-employment background checks.  This is a direct outcome of Sara’s unfortunate decision to press criminal charges against me over a disputed $200 utility bill during our divorce which resulted in my obtaining a misdemeanor theft on my record.  As such, I have only been able to find short-term contracts with no guarantee of extension or permanent hire.  I have actually been offered at least a dozen positions over the past 10 years with companies such as UnitedHealth Group and Wells Fargo only to have these job offers withdrawn because of my background.  In one instance, a hiring manager at UHG was so eager to have me come on-board that she had set me up with an entire cubicle, computer, login accounts, etc. before having to pull the plug on me at the last minute.

I believe Ellen Schreder, in her infinite wisdom, counseled her client to press charges against me over this trivial matter which has since been preventing me from being able to pay my child support since I have not been employable on a long term basis.  Had I been able to easily pass these background checks like I used to, I would have had a full-time, permanent job with a six-figure salary 10 years ago and would have been much further along in my career, and would have been able to pay Schreder’s client much more in regular child support and would not be so deeply in arrears now, if even at all.  Not only does Schreder lack any concern for the best interest of our son, she apparently does not even have her own client’s best interest in mind either.  Perhaps, instead, she was too blinded in her zeal to destroy me to even realize that she had shot her own client in the foot. If it weren’t for Ellen Schreder, neither Sara or I would have suffered so much financially. 

In any event, this was the situation early last year.  Right after the submission of my motion last summer and before the August 29 hearing, I was luckily and finally able to find a good, permanent job despite my criminal background, working for a smaller company that was willing to take a chance on me.  However, since it was a new position, and since, historically, it can take several weeks for background checks to clear, I was not sure when it would be appropriate to inform the court of my status change.  Since I did not have a lawyer and was even advised not to secure one, in good faith, I informed the court at the hearing itself, not intending to cause any inconvenience.  The purpose of my motion was to supply the court with accurate employment information in order for my obligation to be correctly determined.  Schreder’s presence and the extensive background investigation she had conducted was unnecessary and frivolous.  What I was told would be a simple, straightforward matter, Ellen Schreder has managed to muck up (again) and then charge Sara and I for it.  While it is unfortunate that I was not able to bring this information before the court, I’m glad, at least that Sara now realizes this herself.

Since I cannot afford to pay this entire bill at once, I am supplying your firm with these 4 checks of $250 to be deposited no sooner than they are dated.  And, in case I need to repeat myself, the reason for the long delay in sending this money is because I was under the impression that I would be able to appeal this decision, but have since discovered that the time to appeal it has expired.

The Good Thing About Schreder

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The only one good, redeeming thing about Ellen Schreder is that she has solidified my belief in hell. Her existence convinces me that it must exist and the only reason I can imagine that she’s not there yet is because the devil is still heaping up and stoking the red hot coals for the special corner reserved just for her.

Hijacked by Adderall

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I was on prescription Adderall for roughly 14 years. After losing my marriage, my life savings, my son, my real estate properties, my cars, and the heart I was born with, (due to a heart transplant) you would have thought that I would have learned my lesson. No, it would take two more DUI’s (for a total of 5) and facing 5 years in prison, I finally put it together that ADDERALL has been the real culprit that has hijacked my life and quite literally almost killed me.

I don’t know who reads my blogs or who even has access to it, but, if you’d like to know more let me know and I’ll gladly tell more of this story!

Ellen Schreder Donaghue – The Wicked Witch of the Upper Midwest

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Ellen Schreder Donaghue is a Minnesota attorney who is partially responsible for almost destroying my life – and quite literally, as I almost found myself on my deathbed that same year.

  • 2008 is decidedly one of the worst and yet best year of my life. I nearly lost everything, including my own life.
  • I was going through a wicked divorce that I did not know how to handle.
  • Sara and her attorney, Ellen Schreder are partially responsible for causing the stress and anxiety that led to the deterioration of my heart health ultimately resulting in my heart failure.
  • She has unscrupulous tactics that left me utterly dumbfounded. I could not believe that someone was capable of doing the evil, things she did to me.
  • Now, Sara is again sicking her attack dog, old crony lawyer on me to try and suck money out of me.

On Thursday, August 29, 2019, I had a hearing with Ellen Schreder and Sara and the judge/magistrate.

My original motion was that I was not employed and could not pay. Well, when I submitted the motion, I WAS unemployed. But, I have since found full-time employment. at LTCG.

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

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6:02pm – Rockford, IL

Today is my mom is 67 years old.  She had practically all her friends and family from Germany call this morning.

I went to see a psychiatrist this afternoon at 1:30, Colette Carter. She went through a bunch of questions with me.  (I wasn’t totally truthful about a couple of them.)  We focused mostly on my depression and anxiety. She prescribed Prozac (and then, in a couple weeks, ZYPREXA, of all things!  — That’s the drug that Sara used to sell!), for insomnia!

On Saturday, my dad found wine in the house and dumped almost an entire box down the drain.  I tried my best to avoid him, but, my mom insisted that he put the car in the garage. Once he saw me, he came right over to me and accused me of buying it for her.  He proceed to scream at me, and then tried to stare me down, and pressed his forehead hard against mine, while GLARING into my eyes. I didn’t touch him at all, but threatened to call 911. My mom was sternly warning me, “NO! DON’T DON’T!”  Even after he grabbed my shirt, took my cell phone away from me, and then threw it at me.  He ordered me to be out of the house within 1 week or else he would have me arrested for trespassing.

The next day, I contacted Ralph Tolen, who rents out rooms to guys in his house on the south side of Rockford, and has a regular, weekly bible study at his house. I asked him if he had one available, and he said he did. I was very happy to hear that and yesterday, I drove over there to see it. It’s really not anything special, but, there’s a bed, privacy, and no a-hole fathers.

October 30, 2014

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Has anyone heard this joke before?

“God was once approached by a scientist who said, “Listen God, we’ve decided we don’t need you anymore. These days we can clone people, transplant organs and do all sorts of things that used to be considered miraculous.”

God replied, “Don’t need me huh? How about we put your theory to the test. Why don’t we have a competition to see who can make a human being, say, a male human being.”

The scientist agrees, so God declares they should do it like he did in the good old days when he created Adam.

“Fine” says the scientist as he bends down to scoop up a handful of dirt.”

“Whoa!” says God, shaking his head in disapproval. “Not so fast. Make your own dirt.”

Sunday, July 6, 2014

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4:28pm — Rockford, IL

Dear Jesus,

This month has started out kind of rough for me.  As you know, I went up to Minnesota last week.  Overall, I would rate it as a definite moral failing, even though some good came out o it.

Monday 6/23 — I was very tired, but caught the bus at 12:10 to Madison, and then the Megabus after that to Minneapolis.  It was nothing less than semi-torturous.  I couldn’t get comfortable, or fall asleep.  I kept getting distracted by things, even though I KNEW I should have done my best to go to sleep!  — I finally arrived in Minnesota around 8:00ish.  I WAS planning intitially to stay with my friend Dan Puumala at his rental property, but, I decided to just get a hotel room for the night instead.  It was $100 at the Ramada.

Tuesday 6/24 — This was Sara’s birthday.  I was going to try and make it down to Apple Valley to watch Austin play soccer.  Before I left the hotel, I decided to send Sara a text message to find out for sure if he was playing or not.  She texted back and said that they were not going to soccer that day because they were doing something special for her birthday.  So, instead of wasting a trip down to Apple Valley, I decided to try and find another hotel for the night.  I went to the Mall of America.  I WAS going to try and meet up with my friend Jon Bliss, but, he suddenly had a work commitment for the night.  He originally said I would be able to stay at his house that night, but wasn’t sure when he would be getting back.  I decided to get another hotel.  For some reason they were really hard to find on Priceline.  I was sitting at one of my favorite places, Tony Roma’s looking online for almost anything.  Finally, and for some weird, last minute reason, I finally WAS able to find something.  I ended up taking a cab to a Marriott.

Monday, June 23, 2014

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7:27pm — I-94 Passing Eau Claire, WI

I am on a Megabus just passing Eau Claire, heading up to Minnesota.  I’m HOPING that I will be able to get to see Austin play soccer again tomorrow evening.  I haven’t really told all too many people about this trip.  I’m also planning on turning in all of the paper work I need in order to get my license back.  Hopefully, I’ll be able to get that taken care of by Friday.  I’m still missing a few things, I know.  The main thing is going to be getting the discharge summary from Mercy Hospital.  I DID do a disclosure request, but only to the house.

I’m totally dead tired.  It was really hard trying to get to sleep last night and to stay that way.  I’m sure it will be good to get a good night’s rest tonight.

The other times this week, I do plan on participating with Outpost and the outreach they’re going to be doing this week during the TC Pride week.  I’m really, really not sure what to expect.