see we've been on the housing list for over a year in an attempts to get a 4 bedroom home. why shouldn't our children all have a room. we are not going to make MK share a room with BabyL nor C share one with him either. i mean there is a 8 and almost 11 year age difference between BabyL and his siblings. it's not fair to the older ones. well, it's become clear the Navy isn't going to afford us this opportunity via base housing so we started to look for rental property. we finally found one up north that fit all of our criteria! the main one being 4 bedrooms and excepting larger dogs since Dakota is tipping the scales at almost 60lbs. after playing phone tag and trying to decipher poorly written emails (at best) from a realtor we set up a time. CrazyDaddy took time off work and we packed everyone up to make the (little over) 2 hour drive to the property. once we got to the house we found out that the realtor would be a bit late so i took the opportunity to feed BabyL while we waited. CrazyDaddy took the time to scope the outside of the property. when i was done he came over as insisted i look around to. hell, why not! the realtor was no where to be seen and it was already 10 minutes after he said he'd arrive. the first thing i notice is yard decor that was left in over grown weeds in the flower beds. odd :/ then we head to the back yard............it was like tromp through a redneck forest! there was a rusted grill grate half buried in the yard, dog poop randomly thrown around the yard, moldy dog toys peeking out of the over grown patches of grass and other trash strewn about the yard. rusted broken wind chimes adorned the molded broken wooden porch. as we peered through the downstairs windows we saw broken curtains dangling from the windows. we also notice trash on the floor and a dvd player sitting on the counter. once the realtor arrived, about 45 min late, we were let in. instantly we saw paint peeling off of the banister leading and holes in the wall. once in the kitchen i found out that the dishwasher wasn't attached to the counter like it should be when i almost pulled it out *oops* then CrazyDaddy found chips strewn about in the pantry. not to mention (ok i'm mentioning it lol) the stick residue all over the counter and floors in the kitchen and the living room. as we continued through the rooms we found chipped windows and walls. profanity (not that we don't cuss but still) carved into walls, backs of doors and toilet seats! there were stickers and drawing all over several of the doors and walls. then the final straw was when we walked into the *cough* finished basement and there was a huge water bulge in the celling because a pipe had burst and there was several inches of water on the ground! they seriously thought this house was worth $1500 a month!!! needless to say CrazyDaddy and i were beside ourselves but the real kicker was what we saw as we left. there was a teenaged boy standing next to our car (which was in the driveway) talking on a cell phone. we were trying to figure out what he was doing and then as he walked in front of us it clicked......he was the owners kid!! the owners of the property were RIGHT NEXT DOOR!!! how could anyone do this to a property is all i have to ask. that was seriously the ONLY property in the area that is open too.
after i calmed down and started to replay the last year of our life i finally realized what needed to be done. i guess it's time to finally grow up and buy a house. i wanted to wait to buy until CrazyDaddy was ready to retire. i had this grand dream that we'd just buy land and build our dream home. after doing research and quickly realizing over the last year that it takes debt to build credit i've realized that is not going to happen. UNLESS we start buying homes now. so, much to the surprise to CrazyDaddy i said "let's start the paper work and get your VA loan to buy us a house."
hopefully very soon we will see this------------->
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