The continuing saga of moving from a small cramped trailer is a white trash trailer park to a bigger, newer trailer in a different white trash trailer park… and trying to be MORE than another white trash family.
So, the woman at the office of the people who own the trailer I want said she’d get back to me either that evening or the next morning. That was Thursday afternoon. She did mention Fri was her day off, but she’d work on getting the paperwork done etc and asked if we had our W2s and if we were doing a Rapid Refund. Well, Friday came and went and no phone call. I called the office and got the answering machine. So, they have 3 day weekends? I guess it’s possible as it’s a family run business. I drove by the trailer Friday afternoon to see if the For Sale sign had been taken down and it hadn’t. So, maybe the lady did just take the day off and figured there was no rush… since we didn’t have all our W2s yet and were not planning on doing a Rapid Refund if we didn’t have to since they cost so much money. Besides if you efile and have it direct deposited, then the economic stimulus packages get deposited right into your bank account instead of waiting 3 months to send a check. So yeah that’s what I’m telling myself,… she just decided it wasn’t the most imperative thing to get the approval done on Friday since I wouldn’t have the down payment for a week or so at least. .. I just wish she hadn’t said I’d hear from her by Friday morning. Sigh.
In other news, the new trailer makes DH puke.. literally. He and I went out to get his Plavix Rx filled and get lunch together alone on our one day off together we get every two weeks or so. Then we went to the trailer to let him see it. They keep it unlocked for some reason. Anyway, we walked in and he said “Oh God they smoked” I could smell cleaner and some other weird “other people’s house” smell, but nothing work puking over. We got to the kitchen and noticed a yellowing puddle on the floor that looks like it was coming from the fridge. I think it never really thawed out after they repossessed it since it’s been so cold for so long. It was a bit warmer yesterday and this morning, so maybe that did it. I really don’t know. They sure hadn’t cleaned the fridge out yet. It’s truly nasty inside. So, he checked out the fridge and laundry room and the kids’ rooms and marvelled at how large they were for 2nd and 3rd bedrooms. When we got to the master bedroom, he had to step outside. He swears they smoked and the smell is in the carpet. He wants to rip out the carpet. Now this is frustrating because the carpet is in excellent shape compared to the carpet we have here now, and we just don’t have money in any budget for replacing carpet in that trailer. I told him we’d get a bunch of Febreeze and open the windows and let it air out before we actually move in to live. I tried to talk to him about placement of furniture in the living room and dining area since I want to actually USE my Mom’s farm table instead of just pushing it up against a wall. It’s really huge, so in this place we can’t have it pulled out where people can just go sit in any of the chairs, much less walk around the table. It’s my dream to be able to use the table daily for sit down dinners and for when the guys come over for game night. I’d love to even host a big family meal if DH’s grandparents come visit us. Well, anyway, I’m gonna go use the Arrange a room tool at BHG website and see if I can fit the furniture I want in there.
Oh that reminds me. The friends of ours who’s house we went to on Fri night to hang out and play games has a couch they’re selling. It’s actually really nice, and they just want $100 for it. I definitely want it. When the tax refund comes in, and we get the house (thinking positively!), then we’ll buy that couch. The love seat we have now is garbage really. In fact it’s got hole gouged out of it and places that look like a rat nibbled on it. However, I have like a really expensive slipcover on it so none of that stuff shows. (I paid way too much for that slipcover.) But the seat itself needs to be trashed in the dump. The other big couch that also has an expensive cover on it has seen better days and I’ve decided to wash the two slip covers I have for it and clean it up as well as I can and get all the old bedding off the pull out bed, and put it on Freecycle. I hope someone can use it somewhere. We went around to some discount stores and looked for chairs we’d like to get to replace the ones we have now. I just can’t see paying $300 for a club chair, or even a recliner. I don’t have that kind of money to throw around. So, I’m going to wait til I have the tax money in hand and then go to the used furniture store where I got my library desk and get one or two good comfy chairs there. We’d prefer the faux leather (plastic) stuff so they’re easier to clean with the kids and the dog. I keep thinking I sure wish I had those old chairs from my Granny’s house. Talk about vintage retro. Those things are in style now hehe.
Well, as you can tell I don’t know anything else, and it’s driving me bonkers and I’m trying to keep my mind off of it. Tomorrow is Sunday and I still have to make it through that whole day. Here’s hoping I get the phone call I want to hear on Monday and our W2s come.
