She hasn't had a seizure since 1/6/16. Prior to surgery, she was having 3-6 seizures a day despite being beyond max doses for her weight on 3 medications. We were originally told we'd wean her in June 2016, but by then we'd gotten an abnormal MRI back, so that plan got put on hold. But we've basically been medicating her for a seizure condition we're pretty sure she no longer has for over two years.
This weekend I'm going to an open house for the school we're considering sending DS to next year. Kids are welcome so DS is coming too. I'm a bit nervous about it b/c I'm neurotic.
DH finally talked to MIL about not coming on the Disney trip we're taking in December. Apparently he provided a second option, though, while he was on the phone with her, which was if her friend who works at Disney World could get her an affordable (for her) deal so that MIL could also stay at the Polynesian resort, then she could come on this trip in December, but only could stay 3 nights. (Going on this trip and staying at a different resort is not an option as DH does not want to have to deal with trying to figure out where/when to meet each day and worry about late busses, etc.) MIL's friend got back with her and said whatever price she could get would still be expensive, so MIL will not be coming with us this trip (FFC: trying to contain my relief here) and we'll look at going for a long weekend with her next year. DH did tell MIL that she gets to come on one Disney World trip with us, so she should not expect this to be a recurring trip with her.
k3am , I wish I could love that more than once. Awesome news!
I don't have a lot of life updates right now. My co worker (who is having issues with her H) said there her H now officially wants a divorce and will be filing as soon as their tax returns come back. She is looking at getting an inheritance from her dad who passed away right before Christmas. She doesn't know how that money will play into a divorce. She has not received it yet. First medical bills have to be paid and some outstanding bills. I told her to ask a lawyer what to do.
I am glad that they are getting a divorce though. Somethings have happened recently that make me want to throttle him and lock him up.
Post by supertrooper1 on Jan 18, 2018 12:48:46 GMT -5
xctsclrx, what a horrible guy. I'm glad she is getting divorced too. I hope she gets a protection order against him if he escalates and threatens her, which with those 2 examples, could be likely.
xctsclrx - that is so scary. Did she report the first one? Do they have kids? If she knows he is driving drunk she can also call the police with his plates and they will take care of it. BTDT.
sandandsea, not on the market yet, but very, very close. Our "coming soon" sign went up yesterday. And taking pics of it made me realize we need to do some landscaping, which we hadn't been planning on.
We have inspections on Monday (house, roof, termites), need to get the painter out to touch up everything, photos on 2/5, and list 2/7. We have a lot of cleaning and moving of excess furniture and junk we need to do. If were were planning to sell and move quickly, we'd probably start packing more stuff up right now, but since we'll be requesting a minimum 60-day leaseback (preferably longer), most of that stuff will make its way back into the house before too long.
sandandsea, not on the market yet, but very, very close. Our "coming soon" sign went up yesterday. And taking pics of it made me realize we need to do some landscaping, which we hadn't been planning on.
We have inspections on Monday (house, roof, termites), need to get the painter out to touch up everything, photos on 2/5, and list 2/7. We have a lot of cleaning and moving of excess furniture and junk we need to do. If were were planning to sell and move quickly, we'd probably start packing more stuff up right now, but since we'll be requesting a minimum 60-day leaseback (preferably longer), most of that stuff will make its way back into the house before too long.
Exciting! Just throw some fresh mulch down and it will spruce it up cheaply and quickly.
2chatter, They do have kids, but she did not report him. He did it when no one was home and honestly I don't think the cops would care in her county. She is not in city limits and the dog was running cattle. As for the drunk driving. He was out of town on a boys weekend and she didn't know until he had already fled the scene. Plus she was still trying to save their marriage at that point.
k3am, Absolute deal breaker for me, I would have been gone. Huge red flag.
supertrooper1, I don't think he will escalate, only because he wants the divorce and knows she doesn't. I am worried about what will happen when she files for child support.
k3am - the flippers next door buried pots of flowers halfway in the ground to sell and removed them before closing. It looked awesome! Small investment you get to take with you...your realtor could advise on if there are contract specifics. Also agree with mulch as a quick and effective fix.
Post by covergirl82 on Jan 18, 2018 13:42:34 GMT -5
xctsclrx , what an awful guy. It sounds like divorce is the way to go for your friend. I wonder if she could get a PPO on him because he obviously has a problem with violence (killing their dog). Not sure if those are state/county specific on what grounds a person can get a PPO. supertrooper1 , do you know?
k3am - the flippers next door buried pots of flowers halfway in the ground to sell and removed them before closing. It looked awesome! Small investment you get to take with you...your realtor could advise on if there are contract specifics. Also agree with mulch as a quick and effective fix.
k3am, I agree with just some bark and call it good. It is winter yards don't look amazing anyways. You could add a couple cheap hanging baskets too for bright color since you are in CA and you don't have a freeze in your near future.
I'm just sad because our plants look their worst and we'll probably pull them, but they would come back and be great during the spring. (I mean... of the like 25 plants we planted previously, a handful survived, and two of them are awesome whatever kind of orangy red flowers they are.)
We have always contended that if we ever sold, highly unlikely, we'd have to not do it in the winter because our yard is so so sad. Unless it snows, like now, which is pretty. They then would see that you have to gun it out of the garage to make it up the driveway.
Kids are still out of school. I'm at work, but everyone is stir crazy with no fun. The novelty of the snow is gone. I told ds he should sled before it melts, he says it's too cold, duh kid, hence the snow.
I haven’t mentioned our crazy next door neighbors in a while. For the past month or so, no matter what time of day or night, they have a television or right wing talk radio playing where we can hear every word from our driveway. I’m seriously starting to wonder if they have someone living in their backyard or if their house is now in such bad condition that they don’t have windows on the side by our house.
I so wish they would die. They won’t move. I’m sure they would never sell because anyone who buys the house is probably going to have to tear it down. We watch opposums and raccoons crawl into the attic through a huge hole in the siding. It’s disgusting.
I’m thinking of calling the county to do a welfare check. The owner’s elderly mother lives with her, and it’s just not sanitary.
Post by covergirl82 on Jan 18, 2018 15:41:28 GMT -5
mommyatty, the welfare check sounds like a good idea. Although calling in a noise complaint comes to mind as well... Not to mention that there has to be some other code violations going on too if critters are living in the attic.
That sounds awful mommyatty. We reported our former neighbors to code compliance. I recommend it. That resulted in the owner selling the house (they were renters). We now have better neighbors (except DS isn’t allowed to play with them without supervision - the eight? Year old talks about torturing and killing animals and guns; the younger has some sort of special need (totally undiagnosed and the parents are oblivious) and goes from playing to howling or hitting right before your eyes and swears a LOT).
I’m heading out shortly to sign DD2 up for K. I’m so sad, but also very worried that we won’t get full day k. It’s a lottery in my town, and I have no back up plan if she doesn’t get in. The PT work I’d planned to seek out in the fall would have to wait. She will be bored TO TEARS if she doesn’t get in. Fingers crossed...
mommyatty, we have similar neighbors across the street. It's a Section 8 rental, so we figure if the landlord kicks them out, we'd probably end up with someone worse. I'm not sure why they haven't sold the house. The owners are in China, but even though the house would need to go down to studs to get it into living condition, they could still probably sell it for $800k or so.
mommyatty we have similar neighbors. We live outside the city, so not a lot of regulation. They have random dogs milling around, get very excited about a project and leave it half done in the yard. Inside they painted the cabinets red and got it all over the walls, several years ago. Part of the floor and baseboards gone, several years ago. At least we have several acres, so no right next to us.
They adopted a 22yr old. That resulted in the cops coming once a week and me stomping into their yard that he better never set foot on the my property. He's in some type of group home now.
We sometimes wish they would move, but then decide anyone who buys the place will probably be on meth, which would be worse.