A House? And I'm Grumpy

We might own a house on Wednesday! We signed the rest of the paperwork yesterday and did the final walk through! Wednesday if all goes well, we'll get the keys!

But what a disappointment! Right after we put an offer in, and it got accepted, the owners rented it out to 3 people- a couple and their older grown son. They have inside dogs and an inside only cat. The first time we walked through, the house was fine and they were keeping it clean and were even cleaning the weeds up and raking. So we were impressed. Yesterday during the final walk through, the house has a nasty smell to it. Like unwashed body and dog pee. The cat has marked his territory all over the inside of the back slider glass door and I'm sure everywhere else. They didn't replace burned out bulbs as they burnt out so it was dark in there and I didn't feel like touching the handle to roll up the security windows to get some light in. It smells really bad. They also lost the screen door key. While walking through the backyard, I noticed they attempted to trim the fruit trees but ended up hacking them. They now look like little bushes. If there was any fruit growing on them, for sure there isn't any now. The jacuzzi outside which has always been full of fresh clean water but we don't know if it works, they decided to take the lid off and let the water evaporate so it is now a mosquito hatchery. What a disappointment!

I was planning if our condo sells that I wouldn't have a problem living in there until we finish fixing it up, but I will definitely not be considering it anymore.

I do still like the house. We have all kinds of dreams and plans on how to make it great, but it kind of has a bad start of sad feelings partly because it is not the same house we put the offer in for. The bones and structure are there but someone else has put their mark on it to make an impact on what they think a house or yard should look like even though it wasn't their own.

We will have to correct it and I hope I can fix the trees if they weren't too badly mauled! Why oh why do people do things like this? I guess we could have put up a big stink about the owners putting renters in after they accepted the offer especially because we know the house had been empty for at least a year before, so I guess it's partly our fault, but it really isn't our house until we get the keys.

We were planning on replacing the drywall already for the walls, but my husband was going to maybe keep the ceiling drywall but I told him yesterday it won't be possible because of the smell now. It's all coming out no exceptions. I am so happy they will be out Tuesday. I hope they don't trash it more before then!

So that is the excitement in the household here. The other thing is we have accepted a full price offer on our condo and are hoping to close July 31st. If that happens, we will be homeless unless we camp in our new backyard in 110+ weather while we fix up the inside. I will not live in the awful condition those renters have created.

I am happy to finally have a backyard soon because I promised Cruizer he'd have a yard with grass again before he died. I will be able to keep that promise!

New Paddle?

The flower turned out to be a paddle!

Well, I guess it's happy? Did it grow roots? It has me so confused!

Out Of Food

Here's all the dog had of his food this morning:

We are completely out of dog food. We tried to buy more last night and Target was out and we didn't want to buy another brand because he's used to his favorite Purina Dog Chow.

 

So I made him breakfast this morning:

Bread, eggs, banana and the rest of his food. He loved it so much he didn't even chew it! He swallowed it whole! I'm waiting and hoping he doesn't puke it all up! He's so full he's burping.

 

Guess we'll have to go to the store today!

 

Today is my brother's birthday! Happy Birthday!

My Juicer Part Arrived!

I got a juicer at the end of May. I used it once and while I was washing it, I noticed the auger had a spot that was peeling off.

And it had an air bubble that looked like it was going to keep peeling off in my food. So I called the company and had to email them some pictures...

And yesterday morning, this came!

Ta Da!

Now I can go back to learning how to juice!

Baby Bird!

You might notice what looks like 2 "land mines" in the dog park?

Well, one of them is a tiny baby bird!

It's so itty bitty and very good at hiding!

I remember my husband saying something about Cruizer finding a baby bird in the dog park the other day but he just smelled it. And sure enough, today he smelled it up so good, it flapped it's wings and I finally saw the baby bird! It is so clumsy and baby-ish! I hope it finishes growing it's flight feathers soon so it can get away! What a sad place to grow up! I am so surprised it hasn't been eaten or stepped on yet with all the dogs and people who go in there!

Surprise Flower

Imagine my surprise the other day when I was looking out the window and saw this growing on my prickly pear cuttings! Who would have thought it would happily grow a flower while it's still trying to grow roots? I just might have 1 prickly pear fruit! I'm excited!

And on the other hand, my Calla Lilly's have started to go dormant for the year! I always get excited when this happens because while I love the look of this plant while it's so lush and green, I really don't have room for any pot on my patio so as soon as it dies off, I can stack another pot on top of it and condense everything! I'm not sure if that's ok for the dormant roots, but they always come back with no problem every year!

I am getting excited waiting for a yard and a garden! Everything will have space to be then!

Father's Day

Today is Father's Day!

So

Happy Father's Day

to all the dads out there!