Category Archives: My mom’s rental saga

The New Red Ford Explorer

FD is now living with my mom. He missed his foreclosure with his house sale by about two hours. I just found out from my mom that FD bought a new (to them) Ford Explorer. It is a 2003 and … Continue reading

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Moving?

My mom is helping her “friend” get his house ready to sell. My brother says it is full of trash and smells like it too. The convolution of our relationships to people continue. FD thinks my cousin’s husband’s cousin’s father … Continue reading

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While We Were Out

On our last night in Georgia, we got two phone calls. First, my cousin CJ’s puppy Maizy had gotten off her leash and was hit by a car and didn’t make it. CJ was really upset. Second, my mom told … Continue reading

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The Strangers

I was getting calls from my mom complaining about my brother fighting with MMK and MJ. He was screaming at them to move out. I asked why, but she just said, “He hates them.” She told me one reason was … Continue reading

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The Barn Smell

We went to my mom’s to help her our. The dog looked funny and fat. I asked why, and apparently MMK had given him a haircut. The cat cried when I picked her up from a sore above her tail. … Continue reading

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Dead End Street

My mom got a house on a dead end street. It has three bedrooms, a big kitchen, a backyard with a deck, a front porch, three full bathrooms and the basement is in the process of being finished. Here is … Continue reading

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My Mom’s Plan

My mom got her cousin to co-sign on the house she is trying to rent. She wants me to move in and not pay rent, but my brother told her that is not possible because I already signed my lease … Continue reading

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Four Down, None to Go?

My mom and brother looked at four houses the other week. Some were too small, too dirty, too laundry-through-someone-else’s-bathroom, too close to the lake, too… you get the picture. One of them was perfect. It has three bedrooms and two … Continue reading

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And Then There Were None

My mom has decided not to rent the “perfect” house she found. She says that her and my brother don’t need as many bedrooms or bathrooms. The owner wants to leave the furniture and my mom says she does not … Continue reading

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The Place

Friday night. I call my mom. No answer. Which is usual. My mom called back about 20 minutes later. The realtor for the house they are looking at is my cousin’s husband’s cousin. Kind of a convoluted relationship. I’m used … Continue reading

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