I told you to "stay tuned". Ok, here's the scoop:
Today I have not one, but 2 contractors/plumbers in my home.
After living with this nightmare of a home for three years now we have found yet another problem ...that has been here for years I might add....and am having my kitchen sink area torn up. You see, it seems that the cast iron drain pipe rotted out years ago and all of our water from the sink and dishwasher has been spilling out onto the ground causing us problems with drain flies and stench......water in the heating ducts, etc.... This has probably been our main problem all along and it just took us time to narrow it down.
I still cannot believe that the previous owners lied to us about this. They did not disclose this problem.....but admitted it to my husband on the phone. Yes, we had it inspected, but he let us down too. We sought compensation, but even our legal counsel let us down.
We have had to take out another loan.....
I am not happy.
You see, before we sold our previous home we re-sided it, put on a new roof, painted it all on the inside, put down new carpet everywhere, put in a new kitchen sink and counter and fixed a step. Why? Because in our good conscience we did not want someone else to have to deal with our problems.
Is this the world we live in now? I hope not, but I am so discouraged. And I am angry.
The good news is that hopefully after dealing with this mess since we moved in 3 years we might actually be done with living with drain flies and the terrible smell....not to mention any health issues that went with this.
The moral of this story is to not trust anyone.....and talk to the neighbors before you buy a house......
I hope this will encourage those of you who read this to treat others the way you want to be treated. The Lord gave us the Golden Rule......some people call it karma......to some it is just common sense. If what goes around comes around....I want to warn the previous owners to BEWARE!!!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
Today is My Day to Rant!!!!
People....have we lost all common decency? Are we all running around befuddled?
I can't get over how many rude people there are anymore....or people who are just so out of it they don't know what they are doing!!!
Last week as I was in line at the BMV an older man walked in after me......The clerk said" I will help whoever is next"....which was ME......and this man walks up to the counter!! I could have screamed....but me, being me...I didn't say a word......
This has happened to me at other places as well......like the pharmacy.....yet, I stay quiet!! Why??? And then I fume over it.....
Well, no more!!
Today, as I was turning to go to our local post office.....a lady pulled up beside me to turn also ....Now, mind you we were both heading west.....I HAD MY SIGNAL ON.....yet she is in an east bound lane!! So I decided to turn anyway and if she hit me it would be her fault......she looked at me like I was in error......
PEOPLE .....PEOPLE..... let's use our common sense....let's try to be courteous.....thoughtful and kind to each other.
Life is hard enough as it is......for us to act like animals to each other.....
Geesh.....what a mess!!
I can't get over how many rude people there are anymore....or people who are just so out of it they don't know what they are doing!!!
Last week as I was in line at the BMV an older man walked in after me......The clerk said" I will help whoever is next"....which was ME......and this man walks up to the counter!! I could have screamed....but me, being me...I didn't say a word......
This has happened to me at other places as well......like the pharmacy.....yet, I stay quiet!! Why??? And then I fume over it.....
Well, no more!!
Today, as I was turning to go to our local post office.....a lady pulled up beside me to turn also ....Now, mind you we were both heading west.....I HAD MY SIGNAL ON.....yet she is in an east bound lane!! So I decided to turn anyway and if she hit me it would be her fault......she looked at me like I was in error......
PEOPLE .....PEOPLE..... let's use our common sense....let's try to be courteous.....thoughtful and kind to each other.
Life is hard enough as it is......for us to act like animals to each other.....
Geesh.....what a mess!!
Ok, Ok, Enough Already....
Three years ago we bought our dream house. One level, extra room for the kids and grand kids when they visit, newer, updated......etc.....
A month after we moved in we discovered we had major water problems.......water was in our heating ducts.
We were lied to by the previous owners. Plain and simple.
We sought legal counsel......received some compensation......but not enough. These people and our lawyers acted like this isn't a big deal.
We have put up with not being able to use our furnace in the dead of winter, to drain flies everywhere....to a stench that won't go away. The health dept. was shocked at the problem.
We spent thousands digging up and tiling the yard around our home.....hoping and praying this would fix the problem. We lost every inch of our landscaping. Uxed every bit of our savings!!
And here we are today....over a year after the major work had been completed and I have contractors in my yard again....I want to cry!!!
Why?? Why us?? Why now?? Lord, are you trying to teach us something? Move...well who would want this hell hole...and in my good conscience could not unload this problem on someone else.....
I am sick....
I was trying to get my landscaping started this spring, even though we have no money for it......and now we have to deal with this yet again??? Will we ever get this resolved!! We can't even get grass to grow where it had been dug up.
Stay tuned......
A month after we moved in we discovered we had major water problems.......water was in our heating ducts.
We were lied to by the previous owners. Plain and simple.
We sought legal counsel......received some compensation......but not enough. These people and our lawyers acted like this isn't a big deal.
We have put up with not being able to use our furnace in the dead of winter, to drain flies everywhere....to a stench that won't go away. The health dept. was shocked at the problem.
We spent thousands digging up and tiling the yard around our home.....hoping and praying this would fix the problem. We lost every inch of our landscaping. Uxed every bit of our savings!!
And here we are today....over a year after the major work had been completed and I have contractors in my yard again....I want to cry!!!
Why?? Why us?? Why now?? Lord, are you trying to teach us something? Move...well who would want this hell hole...and in my good conscience could not unload this problem on someone else.....
I am sick....
I was trying to get my landscaping started this spring, even though we have no money for it......and now we have to deal with this yet again??? Will we ever get this resolved!! We can't even get grass to grow where it had been dug up.
Stay tuned......
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Another Thought.....
Read a comment from a Facebook friend this morning concerning dealing with her illness of fibromyalgia. She had the same experience as I have where some "Christian" has the nerve to tell you that if you were just closer to God and 'really' believed then He would heal you......
I told her....and wanted to share with all of you that I am learning to embrace my "suffering". The Lord suffered....and our suffering refines us like gold.
Another thought is that those of us with a chronic illness should try to refrain from constant whining and complaining. No one wants to hear how awful we feel all of the time......and I personally think that dwelling on it all of the time makes us feel worse.
We need to aattempt to deal with our trials with dignity and strength, even on those days where all we can do is stay in bed.
I told her....and wanted to share with all of you that I am learning to embrace my "suffering". The Lord suffered....and our suffering refines us like gold.
Another thought is that those of us with a chronic illness should try to refrain from constant whining and complaining. No one wants to hear how awful we feel all of the time......and I personally think that dwelling on it all of the time makes us feel worse.
We need to aattempt to deal with our trials with dignity and strength, even on those days where all we can do is stay in bed.
Apologies
My last blog posted a few moments ago was listed as "offfensive' by Facebook. if i have offended someone I do apologize......that wasn't my intention....just writing about "my" experience......
Wondering whether it was the beer.....or the smell .....that was offensive....certainly it isn't Bob Segar......and hopefully not my age!! :)
oh well.......go figure........and the page FB sent me to wouldn't even allow me to connect with it so I could disagree.....
Wondering whether it was the beer.....or the smell .....that was offensive....certainly it isn't Bob Segar......and hopefully not my age!! :)
oh well.......go figure........and the page FB sent me to wouldn't even allow me to connect with it so I could disagree.....
TURN THE PAGE
Well, it's been a while since I have been "here". The last month was a hard one for me. A time a reflection and busyness for me. But I had an experience I wanted to share.
Tuesday night my husband and I attended a BobSegar concert in Cincinnati. My husband is a big fan and our kids went together and got him a ticket for his birthday...a floor seat ......and I got to go along.
At first I wasn't even sure I wanted to go.I'm 52.....I'm old......too old for this, I thought....even tho my hubby is 4 1/2 yrs older than me.And my body doesn't act like it should anymore with this fibro thingy. I just wasn't excited about it.In fact I have only been to one other concert in my life....and that was a Bob Segar concert 28 years ago!!
And then it hit me...."what would seeking eccentricity do??? What about my "inner swan" ....... so I went ....knowing that since we would be in Cinci I would at the least get to see some of my kids :)
Well, let me tell you ..even though I am "paying for it" today with tiredness and pain......IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!
Mostly everyone their was "our" age.....it was so neat to see the older, gray hair, pot belly set altogether in one place.....having a great time. There were even "older" fans there....our son affectionately called it the "depends and walkers generation". Afterall, bob himself is 65 and he moved like a youngster "up there on the stage". pun intended.........
The guy sitting next to us asked for everyone's years they had graduated from high school. Which started a converstaion and we actually found out we had a mutual acquaintance. What a small world.
Songs that we knew by heart decades ago came back to us.....and for me took on new meanings. Like "Against the Wind".....the verse says "I'm older now and still running against the wind" means alot more to me today than it did 28 yrs ago.......it's so true......older.......hmmmmm......
The whole crowd sang along......everyone was either clapping or singing or "swaying with the music"....pun intended :)
We all felt like kids again.....the way we felt before the stress of family and jobs aged us.....before we had to learn to be "practical" and "grown up" and "responsible"......
We had some beer.......we smelled "that" smell in the air......reminds me of another song...."oh, what's that smell".....lol...we bought t-shirts......and someone had a beach ball we were hitting around......
For 3 hours I was young again.....and now I feel like maybe being "our' age isn't such a bad thing afterall.......We are all in this together.
I heard a popular song the other day that says"everyone dies, but not everyone lives".......count me as one who wants to live.
Have a great day everyone.....and don't forget to "TURN THE PAGE"!!
Tuesday night my husband and I attended a BobSegar concert in Cincinnati. My husband is a big fan and our kids went together and got him a ticket for his birthday...a floor seat ......and I got to go along.
At first I wasn't even sure I wanted to go.I'm 52.....I'm old......too old for this, I thought....even tho my hubby is 4 1/2 yrs older than me.And my body doesn't act like it should anymore with this fibro thingy. I just wasn't excited about it.In fact I have only been to one other concert in my life....and that was a Bob Segar concert 28 years ago!!
And then it hit me...."what would seeking eccentricity do??? What about my "inner swan" ....... so I went ....knowing that since we would be in Cinci I would at the least get to see some of my kids :)
Well, let me tell you ..even though I am "paying for it" today with tiredness and pain......IT WAS SO WORTH IT!!
Mostly everyone their was "our" age.....it was so neat to see the older, gray hair, pot belly set altogether in one place.....having a great time. There were even "older" fans there....our son affectionately called it the "depends and walkers generation". Afterall, bob himself is 65 and he moved like a youngster "up there on the stage". pun intended.........
The guy sitting next to us asked for everyone's years they had graduated from high school. Which started a converstaion and we actually found out we had a mutual acquaintance. What a small world.
Songs that we knew by heart decades ago came back to us.....and for me took on new meanings. Like "Against the Wind".....the verse says "I'm older now and still running against the wind" means alot more to me today than it did 28 yrs ago.......it's so true......older.......hmmmmm......
The whole crowd sang along......everyone was either clapping or singing or "swaying with the music"....pun intended :)
We all felt like kids again.....the way we felt before the stress of family and jobs aged us.....before we had to learn to be "practical" and "grown up" and "responsible"......
We had some beer.......we smelled "that" smell in the air......reminds me of another song...."oh, what's that smell".....lol...we bought t-shirts......and someone had a beach ball we were hitting around......
For 3 hours I was young again.....and now I feel like maybe being "our' age isn't such a bad thing afterall.......We are all in this together.
I heard a popular song the other day that says"everyone dies, but not everyone lives".......count me as one who wants to live.
Have a great day everyone.....and don't forget to "TURN THE PAGE"!!
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