Category Archives: Phone Calls Home

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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My Mom’s “Friend”

FS and my mom have not spoken much since the situation with BR. The other day my mom finally got to go over to see FS’s one-year-old. She loves seeing the baby, so I guess it was good for everyone. … 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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My Mom’s Tickets

When I talked to my mom Saturday she told me she got pulled over for not wearing her seatbelt. She told the officer that she knew her license plate sticker was also expired and she already had a ticket for … Continue reading

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Not My Brother’s Keeper

When I talked to my mom Tuesday night she told me my brother has been going to school. Last week he started taking antidepressants for his “panic attacks” (self diagnosed) so either they are helping, or I scared him over … 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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Looking at a Place

My mom and my brother will be looking at a house this evening. The people living there will be moving out tomorrow and my mom and brother want to move in as soon as possible. Their dog has learned that … Continue reading

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Walking Around “The Pig”

Last week, we had what I would call Emergency Move Out #3 for my mom. I am going to have to write a thank you note to her friend FS for helping her move and letting her store her belongings … Continue reading

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