That sucks sarahandeddie! We had that happen to us when we were house hunting too. Something even better will come along. Hugs!
We've found another house already but it's more expensive. DH is nervous about buying it because it would max out our budget. I told him I'd go back to work if necessary, so we always have that as an option. We're going to take a second look at it on Friday. Hopefully things go well. They already have a contingent offer but the seller said the other people would have 3 days to come up with the money or the house would be ours.
My dad went with me to look at the house because DH was working and coincidentally the seller knows my dad. I'm hoping that gives us an in.
Post by somethingcleverer on Apr 7, 2015 17:50:27 GMT -5
Dear H,
Why the hell do you think it's a good idea to get our kids to nap right before dinner/bedtime. Yesterday you did it with Shane. Fine, he was sick but he really needed a shower. Luckily he slept for the whole night. Today I go up to exercise a little after 4:30, you know we eat around five. I came back downstairs at 5:30 and no one was fed and Aubrey is frickin' napping in your lap. If you got out of your chair and made dinner she wouldn't have had the opportunity to fall asleep. You love to stick to a routine when it's convenient for you but when it's not you just thow it out the window. It's not fair to me or the kids.
TW goes to the weather they are already talking about how bad storms could get Thursday. I haaaaaaate tornados!! I hate even more not having a basement!!
You need to call your parents on a regular basis. I understand your dad gave you a hard time about your grades and you don't really want to talk to him (sidenote: maybe you should stop watching anime on the internet until 2am and do your homework?) but that's just not how it works. Especially since your dad--having not heard from you--decided to give out our home address to random "work friends" of his, who rang our doorbell at 6pm tonight with no warning or communication, while I was alone in the house and in the midst of trying to get dinner in the oven.
Signed, My future teenager will never pull this shit
Dear exchange student's father, If you cross the line of giving out our personal information without our consent again, you will also need to find your child a new place to live for the remainder of the school year.
My TW is my unborn child, per my update in the Nugget Saga thread today.
Seriously kiddo, I know it sucks, trust me, I really do. Its not fun doing this, for you or for me. But please cooperate, we're just trying to keep you healthy a little longer in there so we can all meet you and take this stupid mass away forever. Then we can all hold you, kiss you, and cuddle you!
Love, Your mama who also endures the pain discomfort for you.
cbear and somethingcleverer Yeah, I was pretty furious with the whole thing, especially since his father has our contact information and there was no reason he couldn't email/call us instead of sending these people to our front door. They took our student out to dinner and as soon as he left we called the hosting company to tell them about the situation and how upset we were and inappropriate the whole thing was. We made it very clear that if this kind of thing happened again that we would no longer be hosting him for the remainder of the school year.
We told the company that we understood it wasn't their fault or our student's fault, but then we he came back from dinner and we began talking to him about what had happened, he mentioned that he knew they were coming but "not that quickly" which only pissed me off more, since he just decided not to communicate the plans he was making with us. So not only did it freak me out to be alone in the house when it happened, but I also had prepared food for three people and then he ended up going to dinner, which meant we had leftovers which are basically going to get wasted because we won't eat at home on Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday this week.
This. Things just seem to be getting worse for you guys rather than better. At this point I'm sure you're just looking forward to school being done. I'm sorry sarasansh!
Dear people selling the house - We competed with 2 other offers and negotiated for hours with you. We had a deal when we went to bed and had agreed to sign all the papers the next day. It was really crappy of you to change your mind and accept a different offer. I did not enjoy telling my kids we lost our dream home after we had already celebrated getting it. You are jerks and I hope your deal falls through.
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