"E" is now offically no longer wearing diapers! FINALLY! My Mother-in-law sent some panties with the Disney Little Princesses on them. I then told "E" that she couldn't pee on the Princesses because they didn't like that. She has been wearing panties WITHOUT plastic pants for 3 days & yes we have accidents, but she is staying dry & telling us when she needs to go most of the time. FINALLY!
"C" is holding her head up for longer periods of time now. Granted, she looks like a little Bobblehead most of the time, but she gets stronger everyday. Yesterday I witnessed what I think is the first time "C" actually smiled at her big sister. It warmed my heart to see that.
As of yesterday we have begun the pre-approval process for buying a new place to live. As you know we bought our current home 2 1/2 years ago. We love our house but it is too small with "C's" arrival. The market value of our home has nearly doubled since we moved in.
We are planning , if all goes well, to purchase land in a rural area...that already has water & power run on the land, & purchase a manufactured (mobile) home. They aren't the tin cans we usually think of a MH's.
The two we have in mind are approx. 2280 Sq. Ft verses the 1251 Sq Ft we currently live in. A realtor would sell our home & we would purchase the land & MH on a contingency. That would be the only way we could come up with the down payment, etc.
If we wait even a year to do this, we will be priced out of the market, as the home builders are gobbeling up the land at an insane pace. According to the relators, more & more people are doing this for the same reasons as we are. They want homes that they can do with as they please & NOT have to get approval from an HOA (Home Owners Associan) before they do.
Why would we move out of a house & into a MH you ask ? The median price of a home in our metro area's market today is $250,000. These are usually 3 or 4 bedroom houses. Since we want to build our dream home & that takes land. We need to grab that land now while we can still find it & its in our price range. Since we are neither American Pioneers nor nomads...we must have a roof over our heads. That is where the MH comes in.
We would live in that while we build our dream home...it will be a couple of years before the building begins. We would use the equity in the land to have the $$$ to build our home ourselves. We would keep the MH after we move into our dream home & that would give us a place to care for my parents if & when that time comes. It is our answer to an assisted care home....of which my parents will never be able to afford...nor would we.
It would allow them to keep some independance & prevent them from driving us insane! LOL! It would also allow them to get most if not all of their "stuff" in one place. That is the thought process.
If we don't do this, then mom & dad would have to become wards of the state & the state would just "stick" them somewhere with substandard care. I know that "C" & "J" have talked about the possibility of my parents living with them. "C" has told me they have. My DH & I were talking about the same thing at the same time! I don't think Mom & Dad would not be happy living on the east coast.
I can't see "C" OR "J" being happy having our parents live with them all under the same roof. Since my parents wouldn't be under the same roof as us, DH & I think we could handle that situation easiest. It can't happen if we don't get that land now though.
Our county, Pinal, is growing so fast that the county is only allowing the home builders to submit 11 building permits per week. Thus, preventing a backlog that slows approval of the permits that regular folks submit. The builders were dropping off 1000+ permits at a time, which is why the county now limits what the builders can submit.
This is actually kind of exciting for us. I will miss my neighbors, but having the freedom to what we want with our home will be worth it. Hopefully it will all work out & the tradition of having at least ONE "Tompkins" living a rural lifestyle will continue.
I am looking forward to seeing "C" & the kids. "E" has been telling me that "C" is comming with her kids "tomorrow" for the past three weeks. She tells me she will share her toys with the boys & "R". She is going to show "C" her new room & my "C's" room. She is going to take the boys swimming too.
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