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Sunday, March 27, 2011

Subject Matter Worth Rantin About!

Ok, before I go on my rant, I wanted to show you all my newest found love....APPLIQUES! and most of all, sparrow ones! I scanned an image from this book in the lower picture...I found that book at barnes and noble last summer, but hadn't used it for any crafting ideas until now! how cool is that! I might make a whole bunch of these lil birdies and sew them onto pillows!


Ok now time for a more serious subject matter at hand....my living situation is how do you say it? compromised...oh no, I'm not talking about my marriage or anything like that, my hubs and I are thinking of moving just a wee bit early in our lease to find something better...the reason is just a couple of crappy neighbors! that's right, it's because of other people that we are considering the big move to another part of town. However, I like to always over analyze everything and what really sucks about the situation is that we really do like our current house we live in, it suits our needs as of now, we have no kids, we entend to wait for children hopefully after this econmy sorts itself out better, that and we enjoy how our lives are going anyway sans the kiddos! we both work, I have my etsy shop, my crafting, he has his cooking, we both love to sleep in that sort of thing...blah blah blah! I do see moving as a fresh start, but here are some things we have to consider when moving into a new home...
1. selecting the right house for our certain needs
2. coming up with a deposit/pet fees for a new place, we have the money to cough up, but it is still a major expense and would still be taken out of our savings to do so....we try not to do that
3. finding a place that accepts our highly faithful feline companions....our cats are members of the family too, and wherever we go, they go too...most places won't even allow fish let alone cats!
4. which brings me to number 4, extra fees for our girls! (we even had to pay a handsome fee in our current house just to have them here)
5. Sorting out early lease termination with current landlord...
6. moving expenses, like renting a uhaul truck, gas, all these other tidbits...
7. the physical stress of moving, lifting boxes, sweating, cursing, negative energy.
8. compromised emotions, moving can make couples fight, I have already experienced that when moving from Kansas to Nebraska, my hubby and I fought non stop for almost 3 months straight! was not fun at all....
we would like nothing more than our neighbors to just go away and let peace be had, but they will seriously rot in their houses before leaving themselves...the earliest we can leave is july 1st, but who the hell wants to move in the middle and heat of summer???? shoot i don't know...what's your opinion on this? both of my parents advised me and my hubby to just go ahead and get the hell out of there asap, some friends are indifferent, and even some people told us to stick it out due to all of the stressful factors like I mentioned above in finding a new place...

6 comments:

Jennie said...

My big question is what are the neighbors doing that is so crappy. Is there anything at all that can be done about them? (Like if they are making inordinate amounts of noise- you can call the cops...) If they are bad enough to make you want to move and endure all of those stressful factors that you mentioned, maybe there is some other recourse to get them to stop?

Minx's Den said...

where can i start? yes one of them is very loud with the car stereo, we've called the cops several times nothing seems to have been done, and our next door neighbor also rents from the same property (2 houses on one property) he is real dirty, has chickens running around everywhere, trash everywhere, let's just say he is one of those hippies that dumpster dives, has 12 of his friends over and their dogs, (his friends let their dogs run around in my back yard and they poop everywhere possible) we have talked to our landlord about this issue, he of course has done nothing about it...that sums it all up briefly i think

Mama Pants said...

Lauren,
I feel for you. Bad neighbors are the absolute worst, and unfortunately when you buy/rent a house it is the luck of the draw. Jaded J and I have had a our share of wonderful (sarcastically) renting experiences, and you are right sometimes the only solution is to move.

Since we live in the same town, and if you decide to move. Here is quick suggestion, contact the Lincoln Action Program, they have a landlord mediator program. If you decide to leave early and break your lease, you may have recourse to not being stiffed for all of your deposit. I used the program years ago, when we had a landlord that let mold go rampant in our bathroom, because he was to cheap to fix the plumbing. I would document everything that has happened, and your contact with the landlord and the lack of response, etc.
You are right moving is stressful, and emotional, but if you guys can keep the end in sight then I think it will all be worth it. Besides finding the "right" place may take awhile. Lincoln I have found is a strange place to rent in, either the prices are overly inflated for something, or the property is not taken care of.

On another note, LOVING the appliqué! You are making me extremely jealous, and I may have to convince you to make me a shirt.
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Minx's Den said...

i like your point of view Georgia, thanks for the tip!

Mama Pants said...

http://frocksandfroufrou.com/2011/03/remix-me-monday-ringmaster/

Saw this in another blog, and I thought of you. BUNTING, on a sweater!!!!!!!

Enjoy!

Minx's Den said...

that is way cool georgia!!! i love the colors too! lol I have a couple of plain cardigans, maybe I will spruce them up too! thanks for sharing! :)