karajeboo
DISmom by land and by sea!
- Joined
- Mar 25, 2007
Hiya Girls! Just got in around 11pm last night and soooo tired - plus my allergies fired up on the drive home so I was miserable. I have trouble driving at night so DH did most of the driving - a little under 6 hours on the road, but with the dog we couldn't eat in the car so that made the trip a bit longer.
We went into the closing Friday morning and the attorney asked us how long we were in town because they didn't have our check yet! We were a little hesitant, but we both agreed it wasn't the fault of the buyers and they had movers loading up their old house ready to move into our house that afternoon, so we went ahead with the close because the attorney "promised" to deposit our check between 2-4pm that day once the wire came in from the buyer's bank. No problem. Until they called to tell us they (the lawyers office) were all leaving at 3pm (the lawyers themselves all left at noon) so nobody would be around to receive the wire and deposit our money! Jeff was fired up!!! I called my wonderful realtor and he got it all resolved to where the attorney's office just cut us a check and deposited for us. Whew! It was a little tense for awhile though. And Jeff's dad was such a jerk when we told him about it. He kept saying, "I'd have walked away and not signed anything...." When I tried to explain that it wasn't fair to the buyers, they had movers, were looking forward to moving into their new house, etc, he just didn't care.
Both Jeff's parents are that way. If they are miserable or inconvenienced, they think it's only fair that someone else should be too. That's why I was so nervous about Disney but they were fine there. Way back when their dog died suddenly and the vet wanted to do an autopsy. When I said they should let the vet do the autopsy to save someone else the pain she was going through, her exact words were, "if I have to suffer like this then other people should have to also."
See what I deal with?
Then this weekend I was going to board our dog, cause he's big and their little foofoo dog doesn't like him. Jeff's mom told me to bring Bucky and they'd be fine. Well believe it or not they got along great! Bucky would paw at their dog though and Jeff's dad got so mad because his poor little dog couldn't defend herself. She was the one instigating the play time!!!! She loved it! I got so mad one time that I told Jeff to go pack the car cause I was taking my dog and leaving! It got so ridiculous. They are dogs, let them play! Anyway, glad to be back!
Tina - happy birthday a few days late! Sounds like you got a lot done. 100 annuals - that's a lot of planting girl!!!! Congrats on the chairs, too!
Jillian - the cake was so cute! I started cake decorating when Ally was a baby - I bought the Wilton character pans and really had fun doing it. Then a friend of mine got me into the pattern transfers - literally copying a picture onto the cake and then filling it in. Lots of fun but I haven't done one in a year or so.
Laura - so sorry to hear about the job. When I worked at Enterprise, I "got quit" as we liked to call it, because they forced me to quit. I had never been in trouble, I was one of 5 female branch managers out of 60 SC branches. I was the ONLY one married with a child. They didn't like that. My branch was not the best, but by far not the worst. I was like in the top 40% though of the state. So when my manager came in out of the blue and told me I needed to start looking for a job, it came out of left field. But I had been turned down for a promotion when I was 7 months pregnant - hmmm, wonder why? It is a male dominated company and I raised some questions, and had a lot of people backing me up. I guess I stirred the pot a bit too much and next thing you know, I'm gone and talking to an attorney. But because Jeff was also a branch manager in the area, I couldn't really go after them because there we were with a 6 month old baby and so we couldn't afford to BOTH be unemployed. But I know I could have really gone after them. It was a horrible situation. And my last job was one that even though I liked the job and the people, my boss was very hostile at times and at least once a month I would tell Jeff that I was quitting. But I admire you for not just walking out - never burn your bridges, and always rise above the crap that you're dealing with!
Debbie - any word on your neighbor??? One of my best friends has a son who was diagnosed as bipolar when he was about 12. They could not figure out his meds, because he was going through puberty, and he ended up being committed for a year and a half, to a state hospital. He had been in an out of hospitals for years, and DSS even came in and threatened to take their daughter out of the house if they didn't commit their son. Needless to say this family has been to hell and back with him, but he is now finishing his first semester in college (still living in a kind of half way house to learn how to live on his own) but it just about tore my friend to pieces.
Now I find out that my neighbor's 14 year old son is bipolar and I'm hesitant to leave Ally in their house because I know what my girlfriend's son was like with sexual urges he couldn't control, etc. That is why they had to get him out of the house. I know I shouldn't judge my neighbor, cause my friend's son was soooooo badly affected, but it's hard not to worry.
Tammie - I do feel like rich with the check we just got, but under ordinary conditions we would have put it into a new house. Now it's just going back where it belongs - back into Ally's college account, and savings. It was scary wiping out almost all bank accounts to get this house. Not having sold the other house was not fun.... But it's done now and it's a huge weight off our shoulders!
Tessa - so sorry the back is still bad! Have you seen a doctor yet? And yes, once you get ready to book your next trip, I'll be all about you staying on property - at a value resort! During off season it's $79 a night! You can't beat that - you can't find a moderate regular hotel room for $79 a night over here! We love us some Pop Century!
Oh, y'all will love this - MIL wants to do Disney again in 4 years!!!!
Jeff and I told them we can do it whenever, but everyone needs to pay their own way, no DDP, and we do 8 nights with maybe 4 dinner ADRS together, and that's it! SIL will have one or two more kids by then (they want 4) and we're not babysitting or waiting on them. They couldn't handle two, let alone four! But since SIL hasn't paid for a trip since they got married 9 years ago, we figure she won't go for it. I swear, I don't think I can take it again! And then I had to teach MIL to download her pics on her camera that SIL got her for Christmas 2 years ago. She normaly calls us and we all go in together on a gift, but for some reason she just got FIL in on this one so she could look like the hero. Jeff was so mad at that! It's games like this that upset us so much.
I tried to respond by memory after reading 4 pages this morning, so if I forgot something, I'm sorry!!!! Hope y'all have a wonderful Memorial Day!!!!
We went into the closing Friday morning and the attorney asked us how long we were in town because they didn't have our check yet! We were a little hesitant, but we both agreed it wasn't the fault of the buyers and they had movers loading up their old house ready to move into our house that afternoon, so we went ahead with the close because the attorney "promised" to deposit our check between 2-4pm that day once the wire came in from the buyer's bank. No problem. Until they called to tell us they (the lawyers office) were all leaving at 3pm (the lawyers themselves all left at noon) so nobody would be around to receive the wire and deposit our money! Jeff was fired up!!! I called my wonderful realtor and he got it all resolved to where the attorney's office just cut us a check and deposited for us. Whew! It was a little tense for awhile though. And Jeff's dad was such a jerk when we told him about it. He kept saying, "I'd have walked away and not signed anything...." When I tried to explain that it wasn't fair to the buyers, they had movers, were looking forward to moving into their new house, etc, he just didn't care.
Both Jeff's parents are that way. If they are miserable or inconvenienced, they think it's only fair that someone else should be too. That's why I was so nervous about Disney but they were fine there. Way back when their dog died suddenly and the vet wanted to do an autopsy. When I said they should let the vet do the autopsy to save someone else the pain she was going through, her exact words were, "if I have to suffer like this then other people should have to also."
See what I deal with?Then this weekend I was going to board our dog, cause he's big and their little foofoo dog doesn't like him. Jeff's mom told me to bring Bucky and they'd be fine. Well believe it or not they got along great! Bucky would paw at their dog though and Jeff's dad got so mad because his poor little dog couldn't defend herself. She was the one instigating the play time!!!! She loved it! I got so mad one time that I told Jeff to go pack the car cause I was taking my dog and leaving! It got so ridiculous. They are dogs, let them play! Anyway, glad to be back!
Tina - happy birthday a few days late! Sounds like you got a lot done. 100 annuals - that's a lot of planting girl!!!! Congrats on the chairs, too!
Jillian - the cake was so cute! I started cake decorating when Ally was a baby - I bought the Wilton character pans and really had fun doing it. Then a friend of mine got me into the pattern transfers - literally copying a picture onto the cake and then filling it in. Lots of fun but I haven't done one in a year or so.
Laura - so sorry to hear about the job. When I worked at Enterprise, I "got quit" as we liked to call it, because they forced me to quit. I had never been in trouble, I was one of 5 female branch managers out of 60 SC branches. I was the ONLY one married with a child. They didn't like that. My branch was not the best, but by far not the worst. I was like in the top 40% though of the state. So when my manager came in out of the blue and told me I needed to start looking for a job, it came out of left field. But I had been turned down for a promotion when I was 7 months pregnant - hmmm, wonder why? It is a male dominated company and I raised some questions, and had a lot of people backing me up. I guess I stirred the pot a bit too much and next thing you know, I'm gone and talking to an attorney. But because Jeff was also a branch manager in the area, I couldn't really go after them because there we were with a 6 month old baby and so we couldn't afford to BOTH be unemployed. But I know I could have really gone after them. It was a horrible situation. And my last job was one that even though I liked the job and the people, my boss was very hostile at times and at least once a month I would tell Jeff that I was quitting. But I admire you for not just walking out - never burn your bridges, and always rise above the crap that you're dealing with!
Debbie - any word on your neighbor??? One of my best friends has a son who was diagnosed as bipolar when he was about 12. They could not figure out his meds, because he was going through puberty, and he ended up being committed for a year and a half, to a state hospital. He had been in an out of hospitals for years, and DSS even came in and threatened to take their daughter out of the house if they didn't commit their son. Needless to say this family has been to hell and back with him, but he is now finishing his first semester in college (still living in a kind of half way house to learn how to live on his own) but it just about tore my friend to pieces.
Now I find out that my neighbor's 14 year old son is bipolar and I'm hesitant to leave Ally in their house because I know what my girlfriend's son was like with sexual urges he couldn't control, etc. That is why they had to get him out of the house. I know I shouldn't judge my neighbor, cause my friend's son was soooooo badly affected, but it's hard not to worry.
Tammie - I do feel like rich with the check we just got, but under ordinary conditions we would have put it into a new house. Now it's just going back where it belongs - back into Ally's college account, and savings. It was scary wiping out almost all bank accounts to get this house. Not having sold the other house was not fun.... But it's done now and it's a huge weight off our shoulders!
Tessa - so sorry the back is still bad! Have you seen a doctor yet? And yes, once you get ready to book your next trip, I'll be all about you staying on property - at a value resort! During off season it's $79 a night! You can't beat that - you can't find a moderate regular hotel room for $79 a night over here! We love us some Pop Century!
Oh, y'all will love this - MIL wants to do Disney again in 4 years!!!!
Jeff and I told them we can do it whenever, but everyone needs to pay their own way, no DDP, and we do 8 nights with maybe 4 dinner ADRS together, and that's it! SIL will have one or two more kids by then (they want 4) and we're not babysitting or waiting on them. They couldn't handle two, let alone four! But since SIL hasn't paid for a trip since they got married 9 years ago, we figure she won't go for it. I swear, I don't think I can take it again! And then I had to teach MIL to download her pics on her camera that SIL got her for Christmas 2 years ago. She normaly calls us and we all go in together on a gift, but for some reason she just got FIL in on this one so she could look like the hero. Jeff was so mad at that! It's games like this that upset us so much.I tried to respond by memory after reading 4 pages this morning, so if I forgot something, I'm sorry!!!! Hope y'all have a wonderful Memorial Day!!!!
) and not paying anything out of pocket now. FF is great but it was 2 TS credit so we would have to pay for it out of pocket.
- I don't know how you can deal with it! Glad you got your closing done. I can't believe they thought they could just blow you off for the weekend. Your in-laws are a piece of work.
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