• About
  • Project Gallery
  • From The Kitchen
  • House Tour
  • Playing Dress Up
  • On the Road Again
  • Featured On

Another Big Bite

Another Big Bite

Tag Archives: newtown

When we last left the gang…

19 Wednesday Dec 2012

Posted by anotherbigbite in Bitchfest, I'm a Crafty Mo' Fo', On the Horizon, Party Hearty, The "Joy" of Parenting

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

birthday party, newtown, selling a house

We were living in Ohio.

We had a baby that was less than a year old.

We were optimistic about the outcome of the sale of our house.

I never had reason to worry about sending Finn to school in a year and a half.

Now?  Yeah, not so much.  Lots has changed.  

photo 4 (2)

I’m afraid that the current contract on our house might not work out.  It might go back on the market.  I spent ten solid minutes dry-heaving over my mother’s kitchen sink as we received another piece of bad news about our house.  Its second appraisal was even lower than the first.  We are basically bent over a barrel, and we drastically cut the price of the house for the buyers.  One would think that would be a good thing – who wouldn’t want to have a house they are trying to buy drop in price by TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS?  But, the buyers want money back at closing, and the prospect of losing another three grand on this whole ordeal is sickening.  Instead of having a nice, fat wad of cash to plunk into savings and get to pay off my school loan entirely, we have to miraculously produce five grand that we don’t have.  All the money is tied up in escrow with our prospective house out in Colorado.  Which, we will have to walk away from if this deal falls apart.

Shitty.

I’m feeling pretty hopeless about things at the moment.  And majorly guilty.  Because even though this is a pretty big doosey for our family, I still have two healthy kids.  At a time when twenty families in Connecticut are burying their six and seven-year-olds, I’m bitching about money.  My heart aches for the families of the lost in Newtown.  Since it is just me and the kids staying at my mom’s, I’ve taken to snuggling with Finny  at night.  Like just about every mommy-blogger, apparently.  Doing this makes me feel – feel better because I have him to snuggle with, – feel sad because I cannot fathom what it would ever be like to lose him.

On the sunnier side of the street, Alice is now a whole year old.  We celebrated last Friday; even though it was really low-key, it was nice.  A birthday party that was nearly free and exceptionally stress-free.  In four words, exactly what I needed.

photo 3 (5)

My mom and I printed out a little pennant banner.  I made a cake.  Decorated it with sprinkles.  Finn and I hung curly ribbons from the ceiling.  We got balloons and ordered pizza.  Sha-zam.

photo 1 (5)

 

photo 5 (2)

We pick Nathan up from the airport tonight, as long as the weather cooperates.

There you have it; it is a bit of a mixed bag over here.  I hope things go up from here. Fingers crossed.

 

 

Nifty Bite? Share it:

  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
  • Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)

Like this:

Like Loading...

Howdy. It’s Lisa!

Welcome to my corner of the universe, where we fly by the seat of our pants.

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 176 other followers

Top Posts & Pages

  • Bloomin' Fondant
  • Oooh, Baby, I Like it Raw.
  • DIY Minion Hats
  • LEGO Man Pencil Holders
  • Probably the Most Disgusting Thing You'll See All Weekend
  • Chatting About Poop with a Pastor

Tweeting up a storm. Or not.

  • @HEXBUG Will do. Thanks for the help. :) 6 years ago
Follow @anotherbigbite

perfectly delightful ways to waste time...

  • 4 Men 1 Lady
  • Apartment Therapy
  • Buttered Toast on the Beach
  • DesignWorkLife
  • House*Tweaking
  • Pile of Babies
  • Prudent Baby
  • Reddit
  • Young House Love

Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com.

Cancel
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
%d bloggers like this: