Comments on: The House That Keeps Falling Apart (!!!)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Sat, 02 Jun 2012 18:27:19 +0000

Wowwwww, that’s a lot of people sharing! You guys must have a great rhythm down :) But don’t wish for things unless you want the bigger mortgage payments too! haha… we def. bought too much house than we should have back then… lesson learned.

By: Miriam

Miriam — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 16:11:12 +0000

You have three showers in your house! Then you don’t get to complain. I have 1 shower plus two additional half bathrooms and there are TWELVE people living here! (yes I have a whole lot of kids.) I wish I had even two showers!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 31 May 2012 13:44:33 +0000

@Joe @ Retire By 40 – Woah! You’re gonna have loads of fun! haha… my wife thinks I’ll end up being best friends with my boy, and will never want to do work again ;) That would certainly be an interesting thing if it happened, but we’ll see! All I know is I’m ready for him to finally make an entrance into this world – it’s taking forever!
@DebtsnTaxes – Well that’s awesome you have so much help over there to keep costs down – good thinking for sure :) I hope we both stay away from more things breaking!
@Chris – We have not checked witn insurance yet, but I know our duductible is around $400-$500 if I recall correctly, and if the repairs will be around the same anyways, figured better to not even mess with it so it stays away from insurance raising later too – ya know? I hate thinking like that, but it’s sad when you do cuz you’re afraid of then needing to pay mor down the road… oh well, such is life I guess.
@Craig @Daddysbroke – I’m trying to! Haven’t given up yet! :)
@Mac – Thanks my friend – always gotta do our best to stay positive even though this $hit sucks sometimes ;) We’re gonna have a lot of ups and downs in these lives!
@Shannon-ReadyForZero – I hope so! The timing of it all is the only thing that makes me smile here, so thank goodness for that :)
@Christa – Thanks Christa!! I’m doing my best to keep my wife calm and collected, that’s for sure :) Really glad we got our nursury all set up too before most of this started happening – whew!
@Sense – Thanks so much :) I love your virtual hugs! hehe… and appreciate the honest feedback too w/ this blog and everything… the old me starting out would just gush out whatever it is that was in my head – the good, the bad, and the ugly – but nowadays I try to stick w/ the positive cuz there’s so much junk out there in the world right now… so when I get in these types of moods it’s always hard for me to put it out there on the site :( But as you said, I do like letting people know that we ALL go through tough spots no matter what our backgrounds or budgets are at/etc. We really are all in this thing together, ya know? So thanks again for putting me at ease :)
@Lance@MoneyLife&More – That’s def. nice :) I remember once I needed a new muffler system for my car, and then someone rearended me and ended up paying for the whole back side – including muffler – to get it all back to normal. That was perfect! Haha…
@Serena@ThriftDiving – Haha… you’re funny ;) And I agree with you actually – just not sure if you can pick one up after you’ve lived in a home for so long? I can def. check on that – we used to have one and I loved it! – but I alaways assumed it was for when you first moved into a home only? Def. a good idea though, thx for the reminder :)

By: Serena@ThriftDiving

Serena@ThriftDiving — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:30:21 +0000

Peace, not piece. Ugh!!!! Lol I am really a better speller than this………

By: Serena@ThriftDiving

Serena@ThriftDiving — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:28:52 +0000

That’s *co-pay, not “copy”…. Damn auto correct….

By: Serena@ThriftDiving

Serena@ThriftDiving — Thu, 31 May 2012 08:27:31 +0000

You may have mentioned this before but WHY OH WHY do you not have a home warranty?!?!?!? Seriously, I know some people think they are wastes of money, but how can you debate the relief you feel to know that something’s gone awry in your home and all you have to do is call the home warranty company and pay a $60 copy for someone to come fix it?? It’s a no brainier to me, honestly, because things WILL break…. They WILL leak…. And it makes sense to pay a yearly cost of about $450 to cover ANY of those repairs: plumbing, electrical, stove, dish washer, disposal, AC, heater… Need I go on? We’ve had our butts covered on more than one occasion from something that’s broken and we just call them to replace or fix it. Bottom line: piece of mind.

By: Lance@MoneyLife&More

Lance@MoneyLife&More — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:48:43 +0000

Good news is you can’t have too many more bathrooms to fix up. Hopefully the basement one is fine. Home ownership definitely comes with a lot of problems that renting didn’t. Luckily mine were mostly things I wanted to change not things I had to change so far.

By: Sense

Sense — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:21:29 +0000

Oh no! It sounds financially AND emotionally draining, what with the dear pet reminder and everything. Those are the worst, it just all piles on top of one another in a (momentarily) unbearable heap. But I guess that is what EFs and virtual hugs are for?

I wouldn’t worry about putting the negative stuff out there if it is very sporadic like this, plus it’s YOUR blog. And honestly, it is sometimes good to hear that even the seemingly most together and popular PF bloggers can relate to other peoples’ woes. I’m glad you were honest about the house troubles AND your state of mind.

Congrats on the dwindling countdown…5 weeks, holy smokes, where did the time go?! I’m very excited to see the posts afterward, although I’m sure none of us would fault you if you took some time off. ;)

By: Christa

Christa — Wed, 30 May 2012 23:05:49 +0000

How terrible! I don’t know how I’d react if in my very-pregnant-can’t wait-to-deliver state I had 2 bathroom reno projects going on. Just gettin the nursery ready was stressful enought for me. Good luck with the renos and with your baby boy!!

By: Shannon-ReadyForZero

Shannon-ReadyForZero — Wed, 30 May 2012 21:17:34 +0000

Way to focus on the positive! Hopefully everything will be taken care of by the time your new addition arrives so you can just focus on that!