OMG I don't believe it

You folks know my father has these wild ideas. I got my insurance license
because he thought it would be a good idea. Well, I had it before, but I
never used it. Next he suggested I go to cooking school. Um. I love to
cook, don't get me wrong. But I've worked in the restaurant business and
you don't just walk in, wave a piece of paper and become a chef. You get to
stand on your feet for 12 hours prepping vegetables and salads and washing
big stock pots for about $10/hour for a year or so, then you move up to the
line where you might man the deep fyers or the pasta pots.

Anyway, it seems my middle brother Scott wants to move. He's been talking
about it for a couple of years now. So Dad says he's going to buy Scott's
house and deed it over to me. He asked me yesterday, "Could you maintain
it?" Uh, I've managed to pay my rent here. He said, "No, there wouldn't be
a mortgage payment. Could you pay the insurance? The utility bills?"
Yeah, I pay monthly rental insurance and utility bills here. Okay, I'm
buying you his house.

Chakolate...

Could I please have your dad's full name and address? I sincerely need
him to adopt me.

He's buying me Scott's house?! Okay, I'm not looking a gift horse in the

jXwXeXrXmXoXnXt...

Wow!! That's pretty amazing. Congratulations! Is it near where you live
now, or will you have to leave town to move there?

mouth. But this is one of those cookie-cutter houses that looks just like
every other house on the block. I'm going to have to paint it purple or
something (just kidding!!) to distinguish it from every other house on the
block.

Okay, first thing I'll do is fence in the back yard. And plant some trees.
Sheesh, why didn't he do that back in 1989? And expand the patio. I can
pour cement myself; I watched my mom put in a walkway in the 1970's. If she
can do it, I can do it.

There is barely room for a chair out there, let alone Persia's Kitty Walk.
Persia will like it if I put a nice bench by the back window, though :)

Bill Stock...

Good luck with the purple house, some lime green trim should look nice. :)

Seriously, that's great news. It sounds like you've got your weekends
planned for the next century.

jmcquown...

I used to live down the street from a purple house. Maybe lime green trim
would have made it look better!

Bill Stock...

We had Chartreuse (so I'm told) trim on our house when I was a kid. But it
was a white shingled house, not purple.

Jo Firey...

We have two purple houses in town that I know of. One looks OK. The other
one looks great. I'll post a picture when my new camera gets here.

John F. Eldredge...

On the other hand, there used to be a house here in Nashville that was
painted the bright magenta shade of milk of magnesia. It was a bit
hard on the eyes, but delivery people probably didn't have any
difficulty finding the right house. It was that shade for 10 years or
so, but is now a more conventional color.

And curtains. His dining area has a lovely bay window but he has no
curtains. I always felt like the neighbors (up a slight incline behind the
back yard) were staring in at us when I went over to have dinner.

But hey, unless Dad sobers up (laughing... he doesn't drink) I'm about to

HRFLTiger...

Many congrats!!! :o)

Maybe because you *listened to dads advice* re: the insurance idea he's
decided to give you a helping hand? Even though my dad drives me batty,
sometimes that's how he works.

Who knows? But YAY! for you, PErsia and Peaches!

Helen M

become a home owner.

jmcquown...

Oh, he's changed his mind. Whatever :)

Monique Y. Mudama...

Wow. That's definitely unexpected. Have you changed your mind about
preferring the renter's life, then, or is it just easier to go along
with your dad on this one?

jmcquown...

The annual property taxes are about $1,100 a year according to my brother.

It does sound like an incredibly nice windfall. He's always trying to
find a way to help you (in his own er, unique, way); I guess he's
finally found a really good one!

Sam...

Hope it works out for you, Jill. You might want to watch out for "the

Joy...

Congratulations, and I hope it comes without strings.

jmcquown...

With Dad, there are always strings :)

Adrian A...

Congratulations! At least I think so, I hope there aren't too many
complications.

W. Leong...

Congratulations Jill! You are going to be a busy home owner.
Yes Dad sare very helpful and nice in many ways.

Winnie

kilikini...

LOL, you might want to call him today and see if he remembers that he
offered to buy it for you! In all seriousness, though, I think it would be
a *great* move for you, Jill. More space and it would be yours. Congrats!

strings", though.

sriddles...

LOL. Indebtedness (sp?) without money involved is the worst kind.
We have tried very hard, when we are able to do things for our kids,
NOT to attach strings, of any kind. It's a lesson we learned from being
on the other end.

Dan M...

I can sure think of worse things that could happen! While it might not be
the layout/size/neighborhood/etc that you'd like, at least you'll have
some space of your own without rent or mortgage payments. And if you've
got even 100 square feet or so of yard, I'm sure it'll be possible to
manage some sort of nice enclosure for Persia.

glsummer...

Wow! That's great. Congratulations!

Ginger-lyn

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