one time, us kids climbed up in their plumb tree and ate every last plumb off of it. we got in trouble for it too. she was a jelly/jam maker.. but not that time. no fruit for the makin. oops. one time my cousin threw a barbie doll at my brother too.. but he missed, and hit my mom right in the boob! she didn't appreciate that much. then there was the time we thought it would be cool to dig tunnels in her back yard--- her entire back yard--- how were we to know she had just planted a garden?
ahhhhhh the good ole days. i guess they were kinda like grandparents, more than aunt and uncle. we called their son , who was old as our mom, uncle too, and his son, of course cousin. i don't know how the whole dynamic worked there. i don't even know if it was a blood kin kinda thing. i just remember being happy there.
then one day it all just stopped. not sure if it was cuz he died... or if "dear gran gran gran " pissed em off, and we all got black balled. that happened a lot. back in those days. my mom would just cross that line and push someone too far, and we weren't welcome there anymore. even my own gramma... went years without seein any of her side of the family. i still see very very little of them.
so. i bet y'all are wonderin where i'm goin with all of this, right? well... today, we head to the closing table. it's been so long since we bought a house i really don't even know what to expect. well, aside from handing over just about every dime we have struggled to save over the last few months. which wasn't very easy, as at the same time we were paying off debts too. i never thought i could be so diciplined to do what i've done with our budget this last few months... but i've done it-- and i've been hitler around here with the others as much as i could be about them squandering money too. haha, maybe that's why i gained all this damned weight i did--- for whatever reason-- however it happened-- cuz if all this scrimpin and savin, woulda been goin on with me at 120 pounds-- i prolly woulda shrivelled up and croaked. :))
maybe now i can lose my weight. stress, sometimes will make ya gain weight wether ya eat a lot or not. either way, it's about to drive me crazy. so i hope i can lose some of it. ok a lot of it.
we did a final walk through of the house yesterday. we still love it. we still imagine soulkids kids runnin around the place. (hopefully years from now ). we were trying to decorate in our minds where this or that would go in there. what would we have to buy. where would the dog crates go. all that kinda stuff. i had to ask the lady how i could keep the flowers and grass alive. cuz i know i'll kill every bit of the lawn and flower beds. i got some good tips-- but i know i'll have to get some books on that subject. i can barely keep a plastic plant alive!!!
anyhow -- i'm hoping this sleep and non sleep mess i've gotten into lately is all stress related , and after the closing i will relax some, and get back on a normal-- well, for me -- sleep pattern.
i have so much crap to do. as far as packing, cleaning.. like deep cleaning for a deposit refund. separating from what to keep out and , what to store, and what to donate, or sell. i really think i'm gonna pack my jewelry , and sentimental stuff and hire someone to pack the rest. my back just can't take it. if soulkid won't motivate-- i'll donate ALL of her shit.. and she can start over-- except for her jewelry. and soulman , well it's up to him. he knows his options . but i am not gonna be stressed out and responsible for their stuff on top of everything else. it's makin me wanna run away until they have everything done and over at the other house! believe it or not-- they do function pretty well without me.. it's when i'm here that they they just wait for me to do it. BAH. i used to do it all just fine til a few years ago. like take care of the house, and moving etc. i just can't anymore, not mentally , or especially physically.
well hell, i sure didn't mean for this to become a rant. i'm happy that everything went through. i can't believe it did, to be honest. and i can't believe the deal we got. in a good -- or better/normal.. whatever.. economy... this house will prolly appraise near 180-200,000 -- that's a ton of equity , compared to what we're startin with. i wonder how long it will be before all this economy crap turns around?? if ever. cuz ya know we got a VA loan with no money down. all we are payin is like 40 percent of closing costs. i don't even know how much that is YET. the day OF closing and we don't know how much to bring to closing. the good faith estimate "changed", but we don't know by how much. just that "we need more monies". isn't that special? i hope we have enough. we don't even know what made it change. i know nothing about buying a house. i just go with the flow. all i did was agree or disagree til i liked a house. and paid down bills, and saved as much money as i could. which took a lot of stashing and deception on my part-- we can't afford it-- we don't have it-- we're broke-- that kinda thing. but it worked. well, for the most part. we'd have more, if some small hands weren't always stuck out for "stuff" . but daddy i need it.-- even after i already said NO. he didn't know. so he'd get sucked right in and buy the little princess , mostly, whatever she "needed". he's learning tho.
well anyhow-- i expect yet another drag my ass day. hopefully after we close, and i know how we sit financially, and homeworthy, and all that... we can get on with things. cuz for now , i am suffering from severe overwhelmation, and i cannot focus.
maybe now i can say it and finally mean it---
i am NEVER MOVING AGAIN AFTER THIS!!!!!!
happy whatever the hell day it is.
i haven't kept my days straight all week.
yesterday i thought it was saturday the 13th, then the other day i thought it was friday but it was saturday.
i just may lose what's left of my mind before this is all over with.
PLUS i think i need to have a yardsale. the more i look around the more i see that i don't wanna pack, move, or screw around with.
i also think we are gonna take a real live vacation after we get moved in. before school starts. we've been talkin about it. we're all a bunch of witches around here. moving is really hard on all of us in one way or another. always has been. if we end up without time or money to go somewhere before school starts we'll plan on spring break. but i certainly see a vacation in sight. in 17 years we have had 2 real family vacations. that's not nearly enough. i wonder where we will go.
california? new york? galviston? san antonio? (again)... i wanna go tubin again...i think that was austin but hell i don't know. but i heard the water was low right now.
soulkid hates fishin, so any of the good lakes she wouldn't want to go to. soooo, we're talkin.
ok.. i'm gettin crosseyed and makin no sense prolly. my mind is a plate of scrambled eggs right now. i'm tired, and have a million things on my mind.
i will let y'all know how things go today later on.
chow peeps
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i almost-- ok, i did forget--- my shadow pix ---- they were sposed to be up on saturday-- oops!
14 comments:
Ola,
Aunt Etta was Roro's first cousin. I think their mom's were sisters.And no she didn't die in the fire. She died years later .John made some chicken and dumpling once and it was just like hers!
You should be taking a cashiers check to the closing table. How are you supposed to do that with out knowing the amount?It's all just sitting there and signing a ton of papers. Nothing to sweat about.
You should get a yard guy. It is cheaper in the long run :)
Maybe he'll be eye candy as a bonus. LOL
Have fun at closing :))
Love me
Poor Uncle P!!!! Goodlord! Closing will be fine...hughugs
These are Wonderful Brenda!! You didn't have to do it this time!!! Love the yard shot! Pretty!!
Now Go Take a Nap!!hahaa...hughugs
Congrats on your new house.
I was eating a bowl of noodle soup while reading this post. And when I got to the bit where you bought the house, suddenly my noodles tasted very good. Then I got to the bit of packing, ok now the noodles are quite blend :)
Hey girl!
I'm so sorry that I haven't been here in a few weeks. Things were crazy on the homefront... trying to get ready for this darn vacation & some craziness going on with my extendended fam...
I didn't take the time to thank you for the pokemon cards. Griff was sooo excited to get them. You are absolutely awesome! You'll have to thank Soul Kid for us, too:)
I just got done saving the last 2 weeks of your archives so that I can read them on the 16 hour car ride home tomorrow. I can't wait to get caught up!!
Love your new house!!!!!!
I love that house already - It looks like your moving to Mayberry. Maybe you'll have Aunt Bea as a neighbor and you won't have to cook no mo!
so do you have writers cramp after siging your name a bazillion times?
Great shadow pics!
Just think, after you get everything moved, then put away, you can relax! right?
Congratulations Soul. I wish you many years of happiness in your beautiful new home. You deserve it.
Congo Rats on the house!
Which room is mine? HA!
Loved this post. Loved your memories of your family and extended family. :)
Can't wait for pics of the new place after you guys get moved in and make it your own.
Tres exciting stuff. Hugs butter bean! ac
I miss you and the Soul Family.
:(
May need to schedule another visit. Can we set up a SoulFund to cover airfare????
This was a great post. There was so much in it I don't know what to comment on, so I'll just say, woohoo! You're almost in what looks like a dream home. You'll do it, you'll clean out, you'll move in. Have everyone do their part or you just do yours and walk away. Can't wait till you're living there.
get up!!
hi y'all--
i don't have time right now to answer all these-- i want to-- but i gotta get goin and busy.
i'll "try" to get to em later.
ANGIE i'm gonna call you about that soul fund thang! :))
happy humpday peeps-
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