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You have a pair of those too? I thought I had the only pair. :D
I have a pair of prescription glasses but am too scared to use them all the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by robinh
I lose them on the top of my head and sit on them so I have an extra pair of stupid glasses......
Sometimes they are better than the 3D kind you get at the theater!:eek:;)
So here's the latest gossip on the 'home front'?:)
Last night called the city to pickup some matress and a couch. They have a great service where you can put large house items on the curb and they send a truck to pick them up, along with the trash on trash day.
My brother came by to help me carry my items to the curb about dusk.
When he came in he told me that he saw my other brother and his wife pull up to the house in his truck his wife then got out to look inside the trash cans!:confused::rolleyes:
I was pretty surprised and wondered what would possibly compel them to do so.....
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Then this morning, the same brother was sent a text message that my older sister called my younger sis because she wanted to talk to her.
Mind you, This is the same sister (older) that wanted nothing to do with executing the estate, but now that the hearing is next week she wants to come to the table and talk?
I wonder if it's money or her conscience that prompted her to call?
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Everyone is starting to come out of the woodworks here during the 11th hour.
I get the feeing that everyone is going to start to cry about what they want from the house and I wish they had a little more sense and not acted like jackholes from the start.
No matter what happens I am going to be branded the 'bad guy' for doing all that I have done.
The next week should be interesting.:rolleyes:;)
:) Well you know Richard I know you can handle it all very well.. You have done a great job so far.. You have kept your cool more than I would have.. Just buy you one of those Clown Glasses with the Hairdo & Bigg Nose & Show Up at the Hearing that way.. Just to see the looks on their faces should be priceless.. :p Well Best of Luck & it will all work out ok in the long run.. :cool:
Richard, Is any of the contents in the house your dad or moms? If so maybe that is why they are looking? If so maybe they will want to sell it & get more money out of it? It could be part of the estate & probate? Just a thought.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
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When he came in he told me that he saw my other brother and his wife pull up to the house in his truck his wife then got out to look inside the trash cans!:confused::rolleyes:
I was pretty surprised and wondered what would possibly compel them to do so.....
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Maybe they were just checking to see that you didn't throw out something they could sell for a buck or two. At least that's what my 'steps' would have done. GL at the hearing!!! :love:
Gosh, I've got a pair of those... every time I put them on I start making stupid mistakes :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
It isn't like they have offered to help clean it out - if they did, they'd have the first pick of "treasures" ... everyone knows that!Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
RICHARD, you have done EVERYTHING RIGHT here.. (in fact, you're the one who has done everything, period!).
Let these idiots come and scout out the leavings.. and show up at the hearing..
Just smile and don't say a thing.
I really like Helene's idea of you wearing a set of Clown glasses with the big nose and hairdo to the hearing!
Don't say a word. Just keep smiling. :D;):p
http://ZenniOptical.com my friend! Prescription glasses for cheap! As little as $8 if you have a simple* prescription!Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
*not like mine! I pay a bit extra because I am so blind and astigmatic as well! But I still got a good set of glasses for $24 total, instead of $400+ which is what I paid before, and that was with coupons and on sale!
I agree. Couldn't have said it better!! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by phesina
Let me know if they are coming back Richard....I can send you some real good boobytrap ideas :p
I am just going to tape a note to the inside of the trashcans telling them "Is this what you are reduced to?"Quote:
Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
The Street and Maintenance division frowns on diggin up the rarmac for punji pit placement?;)
:p There ya go Richard & you have the right idea.. Laughing my butt off here..:D
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Originally Posted by RICHARD
You need to rig the lid it so it laughs histerically when they lift the lid off!!! :D BWAAAAA HAAAAAA HAAAAA!!! :D
Of course, that may scare the crap out of your trash collector.
Hee hee....what about a dollar note thats been rubbed with poison ivy, placed carefully on the bin lid ???Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Take advantage of their greed mate. ;)
I put out the trash late this time!Quote:
Originally Posted by wombat2u2004
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Update!
Yesterday was a 'continue the case' day in court.
I still do not know when I will have to move, but I am not going anywhere until Nov. 30 at the least.
I am not going to kill myself cleaning up the house/yard for a deadline I know nothing about...so, I am making up my own.
Wow, I am tired and want to sleep for a week, I can't afford it now....LOL, I wake up every few hours to add another chore to the list.;)
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Thanks to everyone who is following this thread. I only thought this happened in the movies.:rolleyes::confused:;)
Ok sorry, but this little tid bit cracked me up! What are you doing sitting on your head;):p:DQuote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
Sleep a little and let the chores go for a bit. They'll still be there when you wake up.
Love you Richard:love:
I agree with Anna, Richard. Take time for yourself for a change. Rest well!! :)
For sure!!! If you are sitting on your own head, a little R&R is in order!!! :eek::D:love:
LOl,
I meant that I put them on my head, they fall off when I go to sit down and THEN I sit on them.;)
IF if I do sit on my head, I see life the way Wom see it.:eek:;)
It's got it's advantages mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
All of our women wear skirts.
So being upside down is a mans paradise here. :D:D
Keeping you in my thoughts, Richard. I was very close to foreclosing about a year back, so I know how it feels to lose/almost lose your house. I thankfully got help from my parents, so I am still in my house, but I know that disaster can be around the corner for me and my lack of budgeting.
I know your issue is not like mine, but I know the feeling of losing my house.
Thanks everyone.
I have been kinda busy, Most of the hard work is done.
I just need time to do it.
Otherwise? Everything is pretty much quiet on the Western Front?:cool:
A little update?
The house still has not been sold.
Another buyer put a bid in...Good, but now?
There are people that come to the gate and look at the house.
At first? I went out to tell them that the house was to have been sold at the auction.....But, I do that at the risk of not getting more people to make a post auction bid.:eek:
So, I decided to ignore them after this incident.
I heard someone at the gate and looked out the window to see a man trying to get into the yard.
This was on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. I was getting ready to jump into the shower because a friend was going to take me out for my B-day.
I tell the guy that the house may be sold and he stops me to tell me that he is a real estate agent and wants to show the house for a potential buyer.
I told him I could not do it at this moment, but I could let him in on the following Satuday......Name the time.
THe said he was meeting the clients at 4 p.m. and wanted to do it today. I sair, 'no' and he persisted.
He handed me his card and mentioned that he knew my dad. He thought that maybe that would sway me. He also told me that selling the house this way would make me more money thru the court.
I told him, "nope" again and he went away a little ticked.
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I was ticked off.
First of all, I do not remember this guy and IF he knew my dad, He hadn't spoke to him in YEARS.
So, all of a sudden he shows up with the hope of a little money to be made?
I was very irritated about the pushy-ness that this guy and the attitude-he wanted to show the house NOW.
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Two days ago a woman and a small child were at the fence and I heard the little girl yell, "I don't like this house..." \
I was tempted to yell, THE HOUSE DON'T LIKE YOU!!!!;)
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I would have said, "I didn't buy it for YOU!"
You should have told that agent that only the courts have the authority to sell the house and who to, because of the litigation over the property rights.
Isn't there a protocol for agents to follow when they wish to show a seller's house? (i.e., making an appointment with the seller by telephone before stopping by :mad:)Quote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
An update?
I got paperwork in the mail saying that the house was sold.
Sadly, the price at the auction is the price that was taken, but, on the day of court they will see if there is another bid on the house.
As it was explained to me, there will be a second 'auction' on the 17th (the next court date) to allow bidders to make an 'overbid' on the property, so if there is a 'bid war' that will mean the price will go up.
In the days since the auction, I have seen about 7 different people coming to the front gate to see the property, so that may bode well for us.
As of now? I would like to see someone make the over bid. that will give me a few more weeks in the house and more time to clean things out.
I start out with a heavy heart and become distracted at the task at hand.
I marvel at the 'treasures' and things that I have discovered about my parents, family, history and items inside and around the property.
There are times that I look at different places and see things that make me laugh and cringe.
There is the baseball diamond we painted on the asphalt in the back yard.
There is the concrete step with the chip knocked out of it on the back porch and the baseball dent on the siding of the house. There are spots in the yard where some really fun and dumb things have happened...
I think about who will come to live in 'my' house and wonder if they will ever know about all the smiles and heartbreaks this home has seen.
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I would like to see someone make a higher bid on the house.
Not for the money, it's not about making money, somehow I feel a small pang of guilt-I don't think my parents worked so hard to let their investments go for way under the value of the blood, sweat and tears they put into them. I just want a few more days in the house I grew up in.
Half of the sibs wanted to keep the house as an investment. They other half have looked at it as just an opportunity to benefit from the sale.
They say blood is thicker than water?
Not when there is money involved?;)
I totally understand, Richard. That's why I live in the house I do. It's in the neighborhood I mostly grew up in. My grandmothers former house is right across the alley. I can sit on my back porch and almost see her waving at me from her back door. The house my aunt and uncle and 4 of my cousins lived in is just a block over. I may not be able to go home again, but I got as close as I could. :love:
My youngest brother has the house we grew up in. The other brother and I didn't care for it but didn't want it to go to strangers. We each got something through survivorships. Joe and I decided which of her stuff could go to whom. Only bad part was that John just took her jewelry and photos without permission. ARGH! I was the executrix, but let Joe handle it. I was satisfied with stuff as it was, so the rest didn't matter. Out of state is just too far to deal with that stuff.
I do sympathize, Richard.
When I retire, I am considering moving back home and I will try to find a place near my brother Joe.
Richard, Your parents are long past caring about the house now. TheyQuote:
Originally Posted by RICHARD
must have wanted you & your siblings to be happy & cared for while you
were all living there and it sounds like you did have happy times there.:)
Do you have a new place lined up yet? Moving is hard, I know, but don't
wait until you are forced to do it on somebody else's timetable.You won't
lose the good memories, just pack them up with your stuff before you go.
Thanks for the advice.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by lizbud
I am going to ask for 30 days after the court date, if not at least until the end of the year. I have also thought about 'squatting' until at least the last half of January.;)
I do have a place to go and am excited about it. It's a huge, long move and I am waiting to 'make it official'. I do not want to jinx myself! If I am allowed to stay until then (Jan 17) I just have to find a temp place for a week, then I can make the move.
Thanks again.:D
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Originally Posted by RICHARD
Since I'm a old fart & now retired, advice is about all I have to give.:)
Sounds like you do have a plan & I hope this all works out for you & Ed. :)
Richard your a sentimental soul like myself. Hang on to a few things that remind you of your parents. It will be enough after the wounds heal. I have a few things around the house that make me smile, my sister would cringe to have them in her perfect home:(
It is situations like this that make me want to pack my house with a large amount of explosives and take it all with me when I get old, then they can put a marker at the bottom of the hole.
It isn't much but at least I'll leave a lasting impression. :D
Seriously though, I hope I can teach my son someday that money isn't everything and that memories really are what life is all about. When my grandmother died, I was actually impressed with how my dad and his sister handled it. No bickering, no BS and fences were mended for the sake of making it easier on everyone...and also to respect my grandmothers memory. I hope that when the day comes that myself and my brothers have to deal with difficult things, we can be just as civil to each other.
(((HUGS))) I'm glad everything is settling down a little at least!
OH ME DEAR LORD!!!!
Wowza!
I am so freaking giddy at the moment that I am totally out of control.
Today was a weird day.
IT was the anny of my mom's passing and I spent part of the day with my brother and sister. We went to the cemetary and spent some time there talking and 'arguing'. Not the real irritating stuff, just enough to disagree and get stuff off our chest.
We got together yesterday for my brother's birthday and talked about the rental property and the money that my brother, "M" has been collecting.
I am of the mind to let the matter rest until we go to court, but they wanted to find out exactly what was going on w/the cash.
They went to talk to the tenants to see where the cash was going-the county asked that the money be sent to them to go towards the estate.
It seems that my brother cut a deal with the renter's to send HALF the payment to the county and give him the other half 'under the table' so that they could stay on.:eek:
Not exactly a smart thing to do. Can you say "moron"?
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I got home and was sitting down drained from the news and spending time with the family.
I settled in and decided to watch a movie.
About 45 minutes into it I heard someone at the gate and thought, "EFF, more people looking to buy the house".
I wanted to say screw it and lay back down but something told me to get up and go out.
I saw two guys standing there and I explained the deal with the sale and there would be an post auction - auction on the 17th.
He explained he looked at the property on line and was VERY interested in making a bid.
He wanted to look at the back yard and I hesitated to show it to him.
I explained that I would give him a tour next Saturday if he wanted, but he was insistent, but in a good way.
He asked how long I had lived here and I told him off-and-on for 50 years. I explained how it went on the market and mentioned that today was the anny of my mom's death. He told me that he wanted to make a bid on the property, after he listened for a moment he stated that he wanted to "make it right" and make an offer over what the initial bid was. He then asked me if I wanted I COULD RENT IT after he purchased it.:eek
I was going to plan on moving out in January, but if he purchases it that will give me a place to stay until March, so I can delya my move and not have to worry about the ancillary stuff!!!!!
I did allow him onto the property and he looked at it and was very satisfied,
I told I was in the process of cleaning it out for the next tenant if I had to move out.
I know, You cannot believe anything that you hear these days but I told him I would talk to the rest of my sibs about it and see what his proposal was on the day of the auction and speak to him then.
Wow, If things work out this may cause a bidding war. The bad part?
He may lose the house to someone who wants to offer more, but that means a higher bid for the property, but, if he is true to his word?
IT means a higher bid and I get to stay on for a little longer!
what a roller coaster ride!!!!!
So, think good thoughts and pray for me!!!
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On a sad note?
My niece's dog passed away almost at the same time my mom passed away two years ago?:eek::(
Awww, our prayers will be with you.
Prayers for you, Richard, that this works out. This sounds like a great prospect!
Oh RICHARD that is wonderful that you'll be able to stay in the house, even if it is just renting it.
I went by my old childhood home and saw a "For Sale" sign. I was so upset that someone would have the nerve to sell MY house. Asking price??? $244,000!! :(:(