Author Topic: Monday, Monday... (Read 7110 times)

Flame · « **Reply #25 on:** July 13, 2009, 08:56:25 PM »

BEG, sorry you feel so stuck, but i'm sure you will make the best of it! can't wait to see the new house after you get it all "BEGified"!

BEG · « **Reply #26 on:** July 13, 2009, 08:59:48 PM »

Quote from: Chris on July 13, 2009, 08:44:58 PM

That really sucks, BEG. At least you got a good rate on your loan.

I don't know how anyone can afford to live in those places. Its not worth it.

When we get out there we are going to take the kids to see the house so I will take pictures and show it to you all. It was taken off the market otherwise I would just PM anyone who is interested the link to the listing. I will say that the house is nicer than ours (craftsmanship wise) but it is also a little quirky because it was built in 1949 and has been added on to (it was originally 1400 and something sq ft, it is now 2800 sq ft). The kitchen is small and probably the oddest part of the house but it has been totally remodeled with top of the line appliances (like a Viking 6 burner gas stove with the exhaust that comes out of the island, two drawer type dishwashers that look like the cabinet drawers and a built in refrigerator that the doors are covered with the same custom cabinet panels). It looks like it use to be a galley type kitchen with a small eat in breakfast area. They made the breakfast area an island and put the stove in the island with a breakfast bar around the stove. Behind the stove are two ovens. It's all very tight but it's workable. I will have to cut down on the amount of groceries I buy which will be a welcome change since we forget about food in our pantry and it ends up being expired and I throw a lot of it away.

The couple that we are buying the house from have three turtles in the back yard that they are leaving. There is a cute little potting shed in the corner of the backyard and on either side of it there is a small decorative fence and the turtles are back there. One of them is 55 years old and is HUGE. The girls are so excited.

BEG · « **Reply #27 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:04:01 PM »

Quote from: Flame on July 13, 2009, 08:56:25 PM

BEG, sorry you feel so stuck, but i'm sure you will make the best of it! can't wait to see the new house after you get it all "BEGified"!

This house is a totally different style than my house Flame. I seriously have NO IDEA how I'm going to decorate it. My style now is kind of crate and barrel-ish and this house is very traditional.

debk · « **Reply #28 on:** July 13, 2009, 09:51:48 PM »

BEG...I'm happy for you that you found a house that you can at least be content in....but so sorry that you are having to go through such a traumatic move.

From your description, your new home sounds darling...but I love Craftsman-style homes and I'm pretty traditional. I moved from a "cookie cutter" subdivision house to an English Tudor cottage and it was different to decorate but has been ever so much fun and much more homey. Not a single piece of chintz in the house...I don't do flowery furniture and I don't have a single window treatment either..flowery or otherwise. I think you will probably be able to keep alot of your "taste" just incorported into a different setting. As you know, Ross's and Marshall's can really been your friend with decorating at a reasonable price.

Many <<<<hugs>>>> to you and your family going through this time...it will be ok. In 2 months, it will be over, you will be moved in, unpacked and exploring your new territory....you just have to get through the next 2 months...and you will!!!

The Village Idiot · « **Reply #29 on:** July 13, 2009, 11:45:09 PM »

Quote from: BEG on July 13, 2009, 08:39:36 PM

They came today and started packing. As of tomorrow I wont have a computer until we move into the temp housing at the beginning of August. We are staying with my Mom until the end of the month so I will have access to a computer but between my Mom and the kids I probably wont be able to get on much (not that I have been online much anyway). I guess I can check in on my phone too.
ready for all this crap to be over.

I sure hope your husband doesn't get paid in IOU's

Eupher · « **Reply #30 on:** July 14, 2009, 08:08:43 AM »

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Schools were really important to us and since CA is going in the shitter they have been cutting programs at school. One area they are really cutting back on is Orchestra. Our oldest daughter plays the cello and it was really important to us that she was allowed to continue to do so. The high school where she will be going in Fullerton has a performing arts program and they have an Orchestra. The elementary school is just around the corner so our youngest daughter can walk to school.

Arts are always the first thing that gets cut. It's a sad fact of life. I hope your daughter can continue playing, if only privately. Even a couple lessons a month can be rewarding because through her teacher, other playing opportunities can usually be found. Public schools aren't the only avenue for music.

On the subject of turtles, I can't post the pic from work, but we finally got a closeup of the snapping turtle that frequents our pond. He's a big ugly monster at least 16 inches in diameter.

Belle, our golden retriever, happened up on this guy -- no idea how old he is -- alongside the fence and she happily wanted to play with him. I don't think he was of the same mindset.

We got Belle out of there before she was bitten. Snapping turtles can be nasty and aggressive, we've learned.

Wineslob · « **Reply #31 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:14:57 AM »

Quote from: BEG on July 13, 2009, 09:04:01 PM

This house is a totally different style than my house Flame. I seriously have NO IDEA how I'm going to decorate it. My style now is kind of crate and barrel-ish and this house is very traditional.

You'll have plenty of fags that LOVE to decorate where your'e going..............................

Your kids are going to love the beach. Don't dispair.

NHSparky · « **Reply #32 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:15:50 AM »

Quote from: Wineslob on July 14, 2009, 10:14:57 AM

You'll have plenty of fags that LOVE to decorate where your'e going..............................

Your kids are going to love the beach. Don't dispair.

In her area, meh--not so much. Now down in Laguna Beach, however--Gaysville.

Wineslob · « **Reply #33 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:29:45 AM »

Hell, she can hire Bobby Trendy.

BEG · « **Reply #34 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:32:46 AM »

Quote from: FGL on July 13, 2009, 11:45:09 PM

I sure hope your husband doesn't get paid in IOU's

LOL He doesn't work for the government so we may be safe in that department....for now.

BEG · « **Reply #35 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:40:42 AM »

Quote from: debk on July 13, 2009, 09:51:48 PM

BEG...I'm happy for you that you found a house that you can at least be content in....but so sorry that you are having to go through such a traumatic move.

From your description, your new home sounds darling...but I love Craftsman-style homes and I'm pretty traditional. I moved from a "cookie cutter" subdivision house to an English Tudor cottage and it was different to decorate but has been ever so much fun and much more homey. Not a single piece of chintz in the house...I don't do flowery furniture and I don't have a single window treatment either..flowery or otherwise. I think you will probably be able to keep alot of your "taste" just incorported into a different setting. As you know, Ross's and Marshall's can really been your friend with decorating at a reasonable price.

Many <<<<hugs>>>> to you and your family going through this time...it will be ok. In 2 months, it will be over, you will be moved in, unpacked and exploring your new territory....you just have to get through the next 2 months...and you will!!!

I too LOVE the craftsman style homes, ours is more of a "Leave it to Beaver" type home. We tried to find a craftsman home but all we found in the areas we were looking were newer built "craftsman" style that were in an area that was nice but every house we looked at was trashed. I don't want to say what nationality the majority of people that lived in the neighborhood were for fear of being called a racist but this group of people live like pigs and all of their houses smelled the same.

I would rent for the whole time we lived in CA before I would buy a home that they have lived in.

BEG · « **Reply #36 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:43:17 AM »

Quote from: Eupher on July 14, 2009, 08:08:43 AM

Arts are always the first thing that gets cut. It's a sad fact of life. I hope your daughter can continue playing, if only privately. Even a couple lessons a month can be rewarding because through her teacher, other playing opportunities can usually be found. Public schools aren't the only avenue for music.

On the subject of turtles, I can't post the pic from work, but we finally got a closeup of the snapping turtle that frequents our pond. He's a big ugly monster at least 16 inches in diameter.

Belle, our golden retriever, happened up on this guy -- no idea how old he is -- alongside the fence and she happily wanted to play with him. I don't think he was of the same mindset.

We got Belle out of there before she was bitten. Snapping turtles can be nasty and aggressive, we've learned.

Yeah the arts are always the first to go. If we couldn't find a school that had an Orchestra we planned on her having private lessons (and still may do that too) but I'm glad we found a school that had a performing arts center. It actually has it's own building for the performing arts.

I know I said they were turtles but I think they are actually tortoises.

BEG · « **Reply #37 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:44:43 AM »

Quote from: Wineslob on July 14, 2009, 10:14:57 AM

You'll have plenty of fags that LOVE to decorate where your'e going..............................

Your kids are going to love the beach. Don't dispair.

We wont have any money left over for a gay decorator so it looks like I'm on my own.

NHSparky · « **Reply #38 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:47:39 AM »

Quote from: BEG on July 14, 2009, 10:40:42 AM

I don't want to say what nationality the majority of people that lived in the neighborhood were for fear of being called a racist but this group of people live like pigs and all of their houses smelled the same.

OooooHHHH!!! Oooooohhhhh!!!! I know, I know!!!! Lemme guess!!!!

BEG · « **Reply #39 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:49:09 AM »

Quote from: NHSparky on July 14, 2009, 10:47:39 AM

OooooHHHH!!! Oooooohhhhh!!!! I know, I know!!!! Lemme guess!!!!

I am POSITIVE you know. Do it.....I dare you.

NHSparky · « **Reply #40 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:56:37 AM »

I'm guessing that there are at least 20 illegals packed into each house, 12 more in the garage, four cars (minimum) in the driveway, and the sounds from the living room blaring out onto Commonwealth Avenue are from the party-like sounds of "El Show de Keystone Ford" on Telemundo!

BEG · « **Reply #41 on:** July 14, 2009, 10:59:15 AM »

Quote from: NHSparky on July 14, 2009, 10:56:37 AM

I'm guessing that there are at least 20 illegals packed into each house, 12 more in the garage, four cars (minimum) in the driveway, and the sounds from the living room blaring out onto Commonwealth Avenue are from the party-like sounds of "El Show de Keystone Ford" on Telemundo!

I am shocked....you got it WRONG. Think of an area where a bunch of the same nationality live in Fullerton. Think Amerige Heights.

NHSparky · « **Reply #42 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:03:27 AM »

Well, a lot of Asian folks live in that area--mostly Vietnamese, a few Korean, but I've never had any problem with my neighbors who were Korean or Vietnamese when I lived in OC.

The only real "quirk" I never understood about Asian households is that as a general rule, they had tile floors EVERYWHERE, and no yards--everything was concreted over.

BEG · « **Reply #43 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:04:32 AM »

Quote from: NHSparky on July 14, 2009, 11:03:27 AM

Well, a lot of Asian folks live in that area--mostly Vietnamese, a few Korean, but I've never had any problem with my neighbors who were Korean or Vietnamese when I lived in OC.

They keep the outside nice it's the inside that are trashed. Seriously, every house we went in was gross.

NHSparky · « **Reply #44 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:05:58 AM »

Quote from: BEG on July 14, 2009, 11:04:32 AM

They keep the outside nice it's the inside that are trashed. Seriously, every house we went in was gross.

Huh--strange. My neighbors were, for the most part, neat freaks. I actually felt embarassed when they came over to my place.

BEG · « **Reply #45 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:09:23 AM »

Quote from: NHSparky on July 14, 2009, 11:03:27 AM

Well, a lot of Asian folks live in that area--mostly Vietnamese, a few Korean, but I've never had any problem with my neighbors who were Korean or Vietnamese when I lived in OC.

The only real "quirk" I never understood about Asian households is that as a general rule, they had tile floors EVERYWHERE, and no yards--everything was concreted over.

I didn't really think about it but I think you are right, a majority of the houses we looked at in that area had a LOT of concrete in the backyard. Hardly any yard at all. Our realtor said that Asians love new houses and I think it just may be true because every newer house that we look at in Fullerton was an Asian home. Also they don't leave the home when you are looking at it. We even had a few follow us around while we looked.

BEG · « **Reply #46 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:18:09 AM »

Quote from: NHSparky on July 14, 2009, 11:05:58 AM

Huh--strange. My neighbors were, for the most part, neat freaks. I actually felt embarassed when they came over to my place.

Japanese are extremely clean but the houses we looked at weren't Japanese homes. Maybe it was just the houses we looked at. Maybe they had to sell because they are getting ready to foreclose on the house so they don't care anymore and let their homes go to hell. All I know is that the homes were gross. We saw a lot of gross homes in the areas we looked at, actually the majority of them were gross and it involved all types of people.

NHSparky · « **Reply #47 on:** July 14, 2009, 11:23:35 AM »

Yeah, if that was the case, I'm shocked.

But I'm tellin ya, one night you need to drag the family over to Anita's on Harbor just south of the train station. You won't regret it.

BTW--Send me carne adovada. Lots of it.

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Author Topic: Monday, Monday... (Read 7110 times)