I've decided that I hate house hunting and everything that is involved in it. Let me explain, we found some houses that would fit us really well and that are beautiful. I am pre-approved for a loan, the only thing standing in our way is the down payment. Like alot of people, I don't have thousands of dollars just sitting in my bank account for the perverbial rainy day. I have kids and obligations that suck me dry. We have been trying to get some down payment assistance but either we don't meet all the requirements or the seller won't contribute. UGH!!

Not sure where to go from here. I guess I'll be on permanent stand by until powerball or megabucks comes through for me ;)

Take care
A

Still searching

Well, the house hunt is still on. The house we made an offer on is still in the running but since our offer was countered and we rejected it, we're still lookin. We are changing our game plan a bit so we may decide to make another offer on the place. There are a few others though that are just as nice.

I forgot how stressful and tiring this process is. Its been 8 years since I bought my last house. I guess its like moving, I hate moving but never seem to think about how much I hate it until its happening. I'm so gung ho to find a place and move that the stress of that part of it hasn't even entered my mind.

We're having a garage sale this weekend to clean house and to also add more money to our down payment fund. Hope it works, we need the cash!! :)

Have a wonderful day, I love you all.

We took the leap.....

I have called the realtor and asked him to come over this evening because we are putting an offer in on the house that we love sooo much.

We could know by the end of the weekend providing that the seller is in town and able to review it. Who knows if we'll get an acceptance or not, and if not, we'll move on and keep looking but this house is too good to be true and won't last long. Plus I got a killer rate so we'll just cross our fingers and toes and see what happens next.

Happy weekend everyone.

A

The hunt for our house is on!!

I am pre-approved for a home loan and so the hunt is officially on!! I didn't plan on using an agent but we are working with the husband of an old friend of mine.

We found the house we love but before we make an offer we are gonna look at a few more just to be sure. I'm so excited.

I'm sick of paying rent and worrying about whether or not the property manager is going to find out that we have a dog.... whoops, talk about an impulse buy but I digress, we love the house so I'll keep you informed of what comes next....EEEK I'm so excited!!

Happy Wednesday all,

A

Puppy Issues

Its Monday again. The weekend is over for another 5 days. :(

The kids had a great time at JR's wedding. I got things done around the house and actually got to lay in the pool for a bit to relax (though not as long as I would've liked)

The next thing on my list of things to do is try to finish house training our pup. She is driving me bonkers!! I let her out at 6am today and she went, so I let her back in and got in the shower. What did I come out to? Poop in front of my TV!!! I swiftly swatted her butt and put her in the crate. After I was done with my makeup I let her out again but this time I just left the back door open and since she has a bone outside she was happy to stay out. I took the kids to school and closed the door but rather than crate her for 10 minutes I let her just roam and what did I come home to? PEE ON MY FLOOR, she got her nose rubbed in it, swatted her butt and put back in her crate where she will remain until I go home for lunch!!!

I'm not sure what to do at this point. She always goes when I take her out but having to poop twice in 20 minutes is NOT COOL!!

IDEAS????

Its Friday and I wish I were more excited about the weekend.

My former brother in law, JR is getting married tomorrow and Ryan is in the wedding. Because of the way Scott has been so absent in their lives (and I'm not just talking about when they were in Texas) I was reluctant to let him take them. I decided that since it was important to them I would let them go tonight. How I wish I could punch his face in when I see him though.

He hasn't seen the kids since July 6th and missed his Labor Day weekend visitation because he was hunting, even though he knew he was supposed to have them. And now, other than tonight and tomorrow, he is missing next weeks visitation as well. Priorities? He has one, HIMSELF.

If anyone has any ideas on what I can do to make this situation work for everyone involved I wouold love to hear them. Other than taking visitation away altogether I don't know what else to do and I'm not sure even that is a god idea because of my kids.

Sometimes being a parent sucks. Especially if you're a divorved parent that is just trying to keep things in balance.

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Another Wednesday (Hump Day) is upon us.

I can't say that I can complain too much lately. My kids started school today, my Dad is doing much better than we ever expected. Life is good.