On Friday we received the keys to our new house.
Our new rental house.
I only bring up that we're renting again because a precious reader by the name of Alan had some Very Important Words that he felt called to share with me regarding the fact that I do not own a home.
But you will become the drunk woman with 5 kids, or the ex boyfriend, etc….because if its 90% as great as you are claiming that is it, you are still no more than a renter.Doctors, lawyers, dentists, etc..OWN homes not rent them, and everyone in your neighborhood will be saying or thinking “there goes those damn renters”.
I could be wrong, but I think Alan wants me to feel bad because I am A Renter. I think Alan is a RENTER-IST! (Alan's all "no I'm not! Some of my BEST FRIENDS are renters! I just don't want them living in MY neighborhood, because they get drunk and have kids all damn day long!)
Actually, that's not the first angry comment I've received regarding the fact that we rent. This really seems to piss the random men off who happen upon my site while searching for things like "Stuff My Enchilada, Big Boy."
Of course, every single time that I get one of these emails/comments, the person holds ME responsible for the fact that we do not own a home.
Roland's comment is a shining example.
Losers cry and eat/waste money on bean dip/gameshowtryouts etc. , If you love your kids so much, go do something about it. Winners do the math , suck it up and think about what matters and take care of business. If you polled the people that have replied to your post, probably 60% own thier home, they didnt do anything special (like win the lottery or win on some gameshow), they just put thier home/kids above the me, me. $8a day on starbucks/beandip is $2920 a year x (times) how ever many years you have been wasting money on rent/beandip. Not to mention that it had to cost something out of pocket to travel around to meet people from the internet, and interview Elaine from Sienfield. Egocentricity should be thy middle name , if you only got paid $10.00 an hourfor every hour you have spent BLOGGING or reading BLOGS or met other renters who BLOG, I am willing to wager you would have quite the down payment.
(Winners do the math!)
I've never responded to the assumptions and accusations because I enjoy letting people make up stories as to why we don't own a home. I mean, what would random assholes on the internet have to say if I told them that my husband allowed his crook of an Uncle to use us to pay HIS taxes for years and that we racked up tens of thousands of dollars in IRS bills and had a lien against us until we payed HIS UNCLES taxes off and that my husband didn't stand up to his uncle because he didn't want to cause problems in his family and that I was the one who had to threaten to report his asshole Uncle to the IRS and deal with the anger and hatred of his family because ENOUGH IS ENOUGH and that when we finally paid the taxes off and had money for a down payment, home prices (which used to be in the 150,000's) soared to the 400,000's and we couldn't afford that on one income.
See, that? Is boring. I much prefer the Bean Dip/Starbucks theory.
Blame The Bean Dip!
I have a lot that I want to write about The Move and The Joy that I feel in my heart to finally live in a home that I am not ashamed of, that does not suck the happiness from my soul, but SHIT! I am tired. The kind of tired that hurts, the kind of tired that makes you want to cry while you're wondering aimlessly through the aisles of Target trying to remember what it is that you were there for in the first place.
So.
Instead of more words, I give you pictures.
The View from my living room window
The Living Room.
The family/dining area.
(You see that thing on the wall over there? That's an intercom system/stereo that blasts through every room of the house and also can be used at the front door. My boys think this is THE GREATEST INVENTION IN HISTORY and have already been banned from using it for 2 weeks due to the fact that they can't stop talking into it and annoying the piss out of me.)
What G-unit will see every morning when she wakes up and every night before she goes to sleep
The view from my kitchen window
(The view from my old kitchen window was a giant motor home that was covered with a blue tarp and a pool that had no water in it, but instead was filled with TRASH.)
The view from my bedroom.
The crazy HUGE backyard which we will make beautiful. Eventually. Hopefully.
The new kitchen. OH MY GOD, THE NEW KITCHEN. It is small but you will never hear me complain because...NO FAKE WOOD THAT IS FALLING OFF BY THE CHUNKS.
More to come soon...
I know I am incredibly naive, but I am always suprised when bloggers post the cruel and nasty emails they have received from people. What RIGHT do they have to judge you? They know nothing about your life and the tough decisions you have probably had to make. Just delete them (the emails, not the people. although that's not a bad idea) and know there are perfect strangers out here who think about you, worry about whether you have found a house yet, check your blog and sigh with relief that you have found such a lovely place. Hopefully, you will have much, much more time to blog now. Because I love to read your posts. Have a super day. You deserve it.