Right now it just feels like everything I thought I knew, I don't any more. What grip I had on the world was only in my head. It's amazing what can happen in just a few weeks. I keep wanting to call my Aunt Deb, my Aunt Sharon , my friend Freda, or just chat with some of my other best friends and sisters but even though I am at "stay at home mom" I've barely been home.
With Char going to nursing school we've been researching and applying for any scholarship, grant, or award we come across. A lot of it is submitting paper work, getting forms, filling out forms, doing essays, getting notaries', calling people to make sure they are doing their side of the forms. All of this before May 3rd. It seems like everything has a deadline of May 3rd. If you can keep us in your thoughts, prayers, good vibes, or all the above - many heart felt thanks. If you know of any grants, scholarships, awards, magic spells, ect please let us know.
Sadly, we're selling the house. under water on it. We "auditioned" 3 different agents. It translates to having to clean the house toughly 3 different times. We were also hit with the reality that we are way under water on the house. We got it 4 years ago for 140 now it's value is around 115. OUCH!! We'll be lucky to just break even. Did I mention OUCH?
Next have been the house showings. We've had 4 so far in 2 weeks. In fact, I am hiding at the library right now while the house is being shown. From years of watching HGTV I can only imagine how they are going. "Gee, this family has poor taste in style." "Why on earth would you paint a little girl's room THIS shade of pink." "Honestly, you would think she would have vacuumed a tad more before we came." I know it's a little self centered, but I never saw an episode where the potential buyers ever went "Amazing, I have got to get her to come give me tips on how to decorate a house!"
We typically have 2-4 hours notice. Which means any plans Heidi Anne and I had for the day are out the window. I spend time cleaning up the house and then I try to find a place for us to hide out until we can go back home. So far the park and the library have been our favorite places to hang out. We did have to cancel a house showing on Thursday, because Heidi Anne had a fever of 102.3 with Motrin and was delirious. The poor thing burned her leg by getting tangled in the iron cord, knocked it down, then walked right into it. Burning the whole side of her leg.
Friday she was a little better-which was good because we had another house showing. AGGG!!
We went to the library and then to the park for a picnic lunch. I so lucky that she is willing to just go along with the changes - but it's wearing her down. She's my trooper.
She created a game at the library she calls "The Shhhhh Game" Basically, it's a contest between a child and their parents. Is the child who speaks in a normal tone of voice louder then the mom who "yell / whispers" (her words not mine)? Amazingly, the Moms who go "SHHHHH-Thissss isss a library, if you aren't quite we'll leave!" always seem to win.
The parents get two points if they whisper something to the kid that makes the child start to really cry and scream. My guess is a threat of some sort. - Even though I am here (hiding from another house showing), luckily Heidi Anne is at pre-school right now, I find myself still playing this game. Parents are at 10 points and the kids are at 6 points. I'll have to ask my sister in law, who is a librarian, which they find more annoying, the kids or the "yell/whisper" parents.
With Char going to nursing school we've been researching and applying for any scholarship, grant, or award we come across. A lot of it is submitting paper work, getting forms, filling out forms, doing essays, getting notaries', calling people to make sure they are doing their side of the forms. All of this before May 3rd. It seems like everything has a deadline of May 3rd. If you can keep us in your thoughts, prayers, good vibes, or all the above - many heart felt thanks. If you know of any grants, scholarships, awards, magic spells, ect please let us know.
Sadly, we're selling the house. under water on it. We "auditioned" 3 different agents. It translates to having to clean the house toughly 3 different times. We were also hit with the reality that we are way under water on the house. We got it 4 years ago for 140 now it's value is around 115. OUCH!! We'll be lucky to just break even. Did I mention OUCH?
Next have been the house showings. We've had 4 so far in 2 weeks. In fact, I am hiding at the library right now while the house is being shown. From years of watching HGTV I can only imagine how they are going. "Gee, this family has poor taste in style." "Why on earth would you paint a little girl's room THIS shade of pink." "Honestly, you would think she would have vacuumed a tad more before we came." I know it's a little self centered, but I never saw an episode where the potential buyers ever went "Amazing, I have got to get her to come give me tips on how to decorate a house!"
We typically have 2-4 hours notice. Which means any plans Heidi Anne and I had for the day are out the window. I spend time cleaning up the house and then I try to find a place for us to hide out until we can go back home. So far the park and the library have been our favorite places to hang out. We did have to cancel a house showing on Thursday, because Heidi Anne had a fever of 102.3 with Motrin and was delirious. The poor thing burned her leg by getting tangled in the iron cord, knocked it down, then walked right into it. Burning the whole side of her leg.
Friday she was a little better-which was good because we had another house showing. AGGG!!
We went to the library and then to the park for a picnic lunch. I so lucky that she is willing to just go along with the changes - but it's wearing her down. She's my trooper.
She created a game at the library she calls "The Shhhhh Game" Basically, it's a contest between a child and their parents. Is the child who speaks in a normal tone of voice louder then the mom who "yell / whispers" (her words not mine)? Amazingly, the Moms who go "SHHHHH-Thissss isss a library, if you aren't quite we'll leave!" always seem to win.
The parents get two points if they whisper something to the kid that makes the child start to really cry and scream. My guess is a threat of some sort. - Even though I am here (hiding from another house showing), luckily Heidi Anne is at pre-school right now, I find myself still playing this game. Parents are at 10 points and the kids are at 6 points. I'll have to ask my sister in law, who is a librarian, which they find more annoying, the kids or the "yell/whisper" parents.
Follow up from my sister in law (the librarian)
ReplyDelete~~The adults are MUCH more annoying than the kids. We librarians expect kids are still learning about being quiet, adults who yell at their kids to shut up are millions of times more annoying. Plus if there are poorly behaving kids in the library--particularly small kids--we always look to the parents. No one blames the 3 yr old for screaming, we blame the adult for not taking them out.~~