We FINALLY found a house to rent here. It's taken us such a long time to find a house. It's hard to find a house to rent when you have a large family and no one wants to rent to that many people. We also ran into an interesting situation where people offered the home owners $200 more a month than what they were asking because the market is so tight for rentals here that people are desperate!
The house we found is right by the highway but it has a fenced front yard so hopefully the kids won't wander off and get run over...I'm a worrier... I'm sure they'll be just fine! It's old and outdated on the inside but some of the things I like least about the house (for example: bright orange carpet in one of the bedrooms) are the things the kids love most about it (Matthew begged for that room because he thinks that carped ROCKS!!!).
I am SO looking forward to having our own place and being our own family again. It's been some of the hardest 8 months of our lives living here, which was especially difficult after coming from our last place we lived where we were so darn happy! I am looking forward to being in our own environment where joy is encouraged and inspired. I am so grateful for my precious family and look forward to everyone being able to be the free little amazing spirits they used to be.
Money will be quite tight. We are spending about $250 more a month on rent than what we planned which is so much better than the $400-$600 extra we were afraid we would have to spend. We aren't going to have internet and cable for a while. Yes...you heard me right...just as the boys are getting out of school for summer vacation...how will we EVER survive?! I'm going to try using the internet at the library (thanks for the tip Emily). We may have to get rid of our cell phones. Yes...you heard me right...how will I ever survive?! Brian is positively THRILLED with the idea! He HATES having a cell phone! Weird, I know, but I still love him. He never has his ringer on if he even bothers to take the stupid thing with him anyway. I can't tell you how many times he hasn't known I called because the stupid ringer was off. Or how many times I have gone to call him and it has started ringing in the house where he left it. That's my favorite! So he found this super great package deal where you get a home phone/landline, internet, and cable for the same price we are paying for our cell phones now.....grEAt...NOT!!! I just want to have both...like normal people...this is a tougher decision than one might think. Oh, well. Life could be worse. At least we'll have a roof over our heads, food to eat, you know the basics that really do matter more than cell phones and cable and INTERNET. In the grand scheme of things this is really not a problem. It could definitely be worse. For example...we could have to live here longer........I'm giving up internet, cable, cell phones, haircuts and color, having any new clothes, going anywhere that costs money EVER, I would even eat ramen every day if that means we can be done with the loveliness of living here any longer!!!
So anyhoo, that's the scoop and now you know why I haven't been on here much lately (scrambling to find an apartment after getting kicked out of my mother-in-law's house through a note on Mother's Day night has taken up all my extra time along with all the end of the school year festivities and activities and Zack's baseball tournament this week and all the other fun things we've had going on) and why I probably won't be on much for a while. I am so grateful to my Heavenly Father! We have been desperately searching for all this time for a place to live and now that we HAD to find a place or live in the gutter, one magically appeared. It was the only one in town available. There weren't any listed in the paper, KSL.com, no for rent signs on houses that we drove by in 4 towns up and down every street, and it was the only one out of all the realty offices in town that was available. We got it in the nic of time since someone else looked at it that night. We are blessed and happy to finally have a house to live in. So looking forward to that!!!!!!
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Good luck on the move! It will work out great! I've gone without a cell phone for 3 years now. I just barely got a trac phone this month for emergency's...cheap if you don't use it often, and it gives me a sense of security. You'll just have to get more creative without the internet. Sometimes I think it would be good to get rid of it all together.....
t.v./internet/phones - its just too easy to waste so much time. Just think of all the things that you will accomplish now!
Um...yikes! Sounds like things haven't been peachy there for a while. Sorry about that. Glad you found a spot. Where did you end up finding a place? Hope all works out...the library ain't all that bad ;)
Sounds like rough times. I'm glad you were able to find a place though. It will only get better from here though. And it will be OH SO PLEASANT to have your family all to yourself. :)
I have lived with in-laws and although I love them, I feel it isn't wise to stay too long. Everyone needs their own space. You both will probably be happier.
Good luck with the internet/phone/cable dilemma. We don't have cable and I don't ever miss it. We do watch TV, but do a lot of outdoor stuff when nothing is on.
Hey Tara, I'm so glad to hear that you found a place, you definitely deserve it!!! And as far as cable and all the extra nonessentials, we have never in our fifteen years of marriage had cable and once you don't have it you'll realize how nice life can be...there just seems to be more time in the day and so many fun things you'll do with your kids because you won't be distracted by the TV. Good Luck with everything. :)
Im so happy that you found a place. You really needed to get out of there and have your own space. And, hey, we both know that you can live in not perfect conditions. At least its yours(well sort of) ;). Anyway, love you! Call me and let me know about phone numbers or whatever the situation, so that I can get ahold of you.
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