Post by erinshelley21 on Jul 9, 2018 13:02:31 GMT -5
Son of a bitch. A great house with acreage and a barn that's in good shape and in our price range just came up for sale. It's been shared and viewed at least 50 times in the 4 hours it's been on FB.
My gut is telling me we need it even though I am sort of changing jobs or completely changing jobs.
Post by covergirl82 on Jul 9, 2018 14:04:30 GMT -5
erinshelley21, that sounds perfect! We bought our forever house in a down market knowing that we could still potentially have our other house (so, 2 mortgages) for months before it would sell. I was on mat leave with DD at the time, so I was on reduced pay for 8 weeks and then no pay for 4 weeks. Thankfully we accepted an offer on our old house about a month after putting on the market and only had 2 months of 2 mortgages. All that to say, it felt super crazy at the time, but 7 years later I still love our house and I know it was the right decision to make at the time.
Post by erinshelley21 on Jul 9, 2018 14:41:31 GMT -5
covergirl82 thanks! We bought our current house in a down market so we are in a really good position with it equity wise and would profit if it sells for what the realtor told me in the spring. I put potential new boss to the test and am having him quote it for me so I can get a better picture. I'm trying to not get my hopes up but if I can get DH a barn and some cows I'll put myself on a tight budget for a few months to do so.
Post by greenmonkey1 on Jul 9, 2018 20:05:11 GMT -5
DS1 started safety town this week and is so excited. He was up, dressed, and in the kitchen getting himself breakfast by 6:45 am. Today they met the police officer and tomorrow is the fire brigade. DS1 wants to be a fireman when he gets older so this is his wheelhouse.
My younger two boys (3 and 1) wear glasses. We get LOTS of comments about their glasses when we are out and about. Usually how cute they are and occasionally how did I know they needed glasses. Lately I've received a lot of questions from absolute strangers about their actual diagnosis. I haven't figured out how to respond. So far I've just answered specifically (they both have lazy eye), but it weirds me out because it really isn't their business. I don't imagine these same people ask adults who wear glasses about the specific vision diagnosis. Answering "thanks for your concern, but I don't share my childrens' medical information with strangers" seems very odd.
@ greenmonkey1, I had that once from an acquaintance. And I really didn’t know how to respond either. But she kept pressing with more and more questions some of them dumb questions that I would assume to be common knowledge like what hearing aids are. Like enough elderly people wear hearing aids I would think everyone knows what they are if they are an adult, but I was wrong.
Usually people are fine with hearing loss for hearing aids or figure they shouldnt ask which is nice.
Maybe “need some help with their vision” and if they keep asking “I don’t really get into specifics.”? It really struck me off too when the person asked for a diagnosis like none of your business.
I stopped by the in-laws' yesterday to talk with the hospice nurse. She said MIL has a few days to a week left. DH's two sisters were called and they are coming in. Thank you all for your kind words. Please send thoughts of comfort and peace to my in-laws.
I do have a celebration to add...DS's birthday party stresses me out every year, because I always worry that not many kids will be able to come due to it being summer. We strategically planned his party to be on a weeknight this year (it's next week Thursday), and all but 2 kids (of 12 invited) can come. DS is super happy that most of his friends can come, and I'm just relieved that we won't have a sad birthday boy. (Last year only 5 of the 10 or 12 kids we invited could come, so he was kind of bummed.)
Post by erinshelley21 on Jul 10, 2018 9:42:36 GMT -5
Back to the waiting game on the house situation. DH is more cautious than I am, which is a good thing to a certain extent. I'm just tired of the complaining about our current house and property and am convinced he will never be satisfied with an existing house and will be disappointed with what we are able to afford to build.
My poor third child - I just realized that this week he started the first summer camp of his life - ever - and that explains the tearful worry, the over the top excitement, the “mom, I am so surprised but I really love camp!”
Tomorrow I will snap “first camp” pics and give him a bit of fan fare - with the first everything is new and exciting and with the second you are trying to do what you did with the first and with the third it’s survival and routine —- poor boy!
I stopped by the in-laws' yesterday to talk with the hospice nurse. She said MIL has a few days to a week left. DH's two sisters were called and they are coming in. Thank you all for your kind words. Please send thoughts of comfort and peace to my in-laws.
2chatter, this summer was my first child's first camp experience and I didn't do any of that. I'm already in survival mode for all of them! The good news is DD1 is very independent because of it.