Keeper of Odd Hours

January 25, 2009 - Sunday Today we added more empty boxes and junk/trash to the pile that is growing on the back patio! (mental note to call Fosters Hauling regarding the junk). Yeah! more empty boxes! Cleared a spot in the dining area for the new table. Neighbors saw us struggling with the heavy table and asked if we needed some help! Sure do!! Their son helped. He and Sal are the same age and seemed to have similar interests (games). I also got to meet one of their dogs! A Katrina surviver! Such a cute dog! She just made her self at home in the house! (our dogs were in the back yard!). I got some info on a nice walking trail and where to take the dogs at the lake. Well the kids love the table. They don't want to eat on it! said it's too nice! But we did! Lyn and I are both thinking the same thing! Using lap tops while in town during our lunch breaks and or when we are in town! LOL so we can get our high speed fix. What an addiction we have! We do see a sign on a church on

January 25, 2009 (Sunday 2:30 am) It's been a week since we moved in! Today (Sat) Rachel and her beau went to the high school freshman dance. Semi-formal. I took photos and will "try" to post them after I edit their size etc. Rachel and Sal have it made....the school bus stop is on the corner and that is one house away or they can use the other corner (but have to cross the street) and it's a couple houses away. The drive to and fro is a nice drive, for me it's relaxing. I just make sure I make a potty stop before I leave work! Had a cord of wood delivered today! 2/3 of it has been stacked before it started to rain then hail! I love the wood stove! Dries clothes fast! LOL I bought a dinning table today. It is still in my car, raining too much to take it out. Need to clear a spot on the kitchen for it! Will do that when the sun comes up. I will take photos of it! It's different! Random techno thoughts... I really don't like going backwards with technology.

January 15, 2009 Happy 21st Birthday Lynette! Happy 18th Birthday Sal! *********************************** I still have internet...dial up will be next week along with new phone number. I have not been to the house since the carpets were cleaned, but the kids and friends have while moving "stuff". I got to work this morning just fine, but I just could not handle not being here helping. Glad I asked to leave early and was ok'ed by my boss. Right after I left work I went to the title co. and signed some papers to have the money from the house I sold wired into my checking. THEN...I stopped by JL's office and from there got things rolling. Many phone calls, faxes, emails etc. and the underwriters got all they needed! It was a go! YEAH!! Stopped off and got some in n' out burgers! hungry! Went to old house and helped clean and made phone calls to utility co. etc. Went to Wally World and bought shelf liner and made some keys for the new house! Stopped by my bank to ha

House Hospital, All my house, The bold and the houseless? January 14, 2009 Well I have to be out of the house (the one I sold) tomorrow (I work from 5 am to 2:30 pm). I have some people lined up to help move while I'm at work. My daughter will be here to supervise. I will be renting the house I am trying to buy. The seller of the house is not happy. I don't blame him. I paid my mortgage for January so I don't have the money the seller wants for months rent! A month's rent but I get some of it back when escrow closes (counts by days). I need to come up with some money! Going to look for one of those checks the credit cards send all the time! I think I can do that. My ex came through, he asked his bank to fax a letter to the underwriters stating the monies came from his account. Last I checked they haven't faxed it yet. keeping fingers crossed. TTFN

Tuesday January 13, 2009 evening... My kids packed up the kitchen (all the sundries, pots, bowls etc). Now they are working on my dog books etc. Back to work in the morning after 4 days of packing and wasting my time! I could have been working and getting paid! But, I did get to spend some time with my daughter Vanessa, she drove up to help us "move" and to leave her car so Lynette can use it for a bit. She leaves on Friday. I'm numb. I'm going to veg out playing some Pogo.com then climb into bed with my little doggy and read a bit and listen to the radio. Hoping to get some sleep. I hope to have more info when I get off work. TTFN

Tuesday evening January 13, 2009 I picked up more boxes. File boxes from one of my son's friends who recently moved. The smaller size will help with moving. Since so far it looks like we will be moving two times this year. I do not want to ever move again! I was also thinking of sending a note to our President Elect Obama, to let him know what is happening. It's not just me having to jump through so many hoops trying to take the high road and do things right with down sizing and living within my means. TTFN

Tuesday January 13, 2009 Can I scream yet? nah..not yet. But my head sure hurts now! Government loans = pain in the .... Not only does my ex have to provide 12 months (not the old customary 3 months worth, that changed Jan. 1, 2009) of canceled child support checks, he now has to provide 3 months of his private banking statements to "prove" the money was from him and sent to me for child support. You see the checks were written on Corp Checks by the Corp bank. So his name is not on the checks just mine. Oh oh oh...before that, they (the underwriters) wanted me to provide the canceled checks..I told them I do not have access to that since I didn't write the checks! duh! JL is still trying to get the buyers to let me stay a few more days in this house. Also, trying to talk the seller of the other house into letting me rent till we get this all straightened out! Other wise I will be renting a rental house for $1350 a month plus $250 per dog deposit fees besides the normal

Tuesday January 13, 2009 Now...where do I start for an update of todays news on The House? First I get a call from my real estate agent (who I will call JL ). (I was hoping he was going to say the loan docs were in and lets sign them) but...He said in short... I need to talk to the loan dude (who I will call KS) . KS said that my loan docs are in the works but USDA is back logged. USDA is usually very quick in getting the paper work back, but they are now saying maybe by Friday...well it's a holiday so even if they come in Friday the house won't close till the following week! KS also said that his lending firm said my loan is very good and they have no problem with it at all. Now the problem is: my house is sold and the family who bought it want to close escrow early Wed. morning and start moving in! humm..the last time JL tried to get an extension of time they gave 2 hours not two days! JL is also working on a rental for me in the mean time. If I have to rent another house du

Monday January 12, 2009 The link below is a short and shaky video clip my daughter took of the new house while we waited for the carpet cleaners to get there. They came an hour late! Cost me $394.00! due to the cig smoke damage. The walls are dingy (have a caramel color to them that wipes off) that need to be cleaned. I am down sizing and don't know if all mine and my kids things and furniture will fit! We already sold off a lot of things! Even the dining room table was sold! I will be hitting the consignment shops soon for a table! Also no microwave (mine was built in). Also no cell phone reception, and dial up internet unless I go satellite (which I might do till Clear Wire comes up that way). I want to post photos and maybe more video as the house turns into a home to document it's progress. On my days off (good weather) I will be outside fixing the garden, trying to bring it back to life and removing the climbing plants!! On the not so nice weather days, inside decorating a

My house sold. I signed the papers yesterday (Jan. 12, 2009) and escrow closes Wed! But my loan docs are still not here! argh!!! I will post on the new house in a bit! TTFN

This is a reprint from another blog...this is going to be my main one for now. The pictures in this post are of my house I sold. September 2008 First the reason why I am selling in a "buyers" market. In less than a year the child support I receive will drop almost in 1/2, right now that money pays for the mortgage and one or two utility bills. My meager paycheck goes for credit cards, food and my car payment. How did this happen? in a small nut shell. I was a stay at home mom for 20+ years. Raised 6 children. I have been divorced for about 6 years now. Sell this house for a fair market price and take what I get from it and use as a down payment on a smaller home with a little left over (after paying the relator's fees etc). I will have 3 years of child support left. I can save most of that for the up and coming needs of my children or pay off more debt. And maybe save up for a trip to Canada to see my Grandson!! I so want to meet him! I will continue more later...I have s