My wife has family that lives in Chicago and more family that lives in North Carolina….they almost always stop at our house as it is about half way between the two branches of the family…..I am good with that even though we have a small house. (and have been good with it for 36 years………)
very soon we will be starting an addition on our house…it is a very complicated construction project.
It is time of the year to go back to NC for the Decoration Day….their family always has a reunion and decorate the graves at the family cemetery….. The problem is my wife told them they could stay here….even though we had discussed this and I told her there was no where for them to sleep…all of our furniture is on the second floor as the first floor will be gutted and all of the finished flooring and plaster will be gone…the bathroom on the first floor will not be operational, the kitchen will be gone….her nephew called last night and as she was talking to him I was telling her there was no where to put them she told him that we would find a place to put an air mattress……there is no place….we got into a heated discussion about the situation…..we ended up at if she doesn’t call them and tell them we can’t bed them down here I am calling the contractor and canceling the job….I retired from construction and I know what kind of mess it is going to be…she works in a hospital as a respiratory therapist she doesn’t understand construction….
I told her I will be doing good just to get the work done that I am going to do on this project much less having to sort this place out so the in laws have a place to sleep….when we go to NC we go to a motel or camp out in our van…….. I like for her family to visit but this is the wrong time and she is making it out like I am being mean……..
We will be making the trip down to NC for Decoration but we are taking a dome tent and going to sleep in it….when you have 20-30 people converge on three small houses down there sleeping space is at a premium….I got lucky one year and snagged a recliner……..
These folks are not poor…cheap maybe but not poor…the brother in law is 3rd or 4th from the top of a big steel mill and the nephew is in charge of mixing fuel for BP….both make well over $150K a yr.
it is a 12 hour drive and it is like they can’t drive straight through…we drove to NM (2200 miles)four times one year to visit daughter and grandchildren. The only time we didn’t drive straight through was when we were taking three of the boys home…the rest of the time we took turns and drove…
Kaia, no we discussed it several weeks ago as we were dismantling our bedroom set and moving it up stairs…she was trying to make room for a mattress to be put on the floor when her sister came through…we have 1/2 house of furniture in storage for my daughter who is overseas…we have our things up there now as that is where we are living until the construction is done…..after much discussion it was decided by the both of us that there was, “no room in the inn”. But we didn’t discuss the nephew…..there are no options for me…I don’t have to put these people up in a cheap hotel, tent or anywhere else….they are much more financially secure than I am….the pay cash for new vehicles and visit the gambling boat 3-5 times a week….I can tell by the types of comps she gets what kind of money they are dropping at the boat…….they are cheap and inconsiderate…they will never tell you when they are arriving just the date……
On first glance at the one page of Lonely Planet dedicated to Lahad Datu, you might think there was nothing to do here. We joked about finding KFC so far from home and buying phone cards, but what we found was a city that had great diving spots, amazing national parks, and super-friendly locals. Thumbs up to Lahad Datu. ** For those of you who say WE said it was boring, watch to the end. We liked Lahad Datu! It was Lonely Planet who rubbished the place.
I grew up dirt poor. I am 40 now. As kids, we had no indoor OR outdoor toilet; went in the woods. We had no electricity. We had no food or health care. I remember picking blackberries for the younger kids to eat and trying to cook flat bread (flour and water) over an open fire so we wouldn’t starve. We planted a garden and did without meat, juice, eggs, butter, etc. There were 5 of us kids, and we lived in a 2-bedroom single-wide trailer for years, a pull-behind camper for 8 weeks, a camping tent for 6 weeks and even in our van in front of our school for 3 days due to homelessness because my step father had epilepsy which prevented him from keeping steady employment. My real father was in prison. There was no welfare for us because my real father had too much money; however, he was in prison and could not help us. We had a wood stove for heat, but it leaked, so we had to leave the door open to let out the smoke. Our bathroom floor when we had one had an inch of ice on the floor in the winter. When we didn’t have a bathroom, we heated water in a huge pot outside and stood in it and just sort of sponged off. We actually did walk several miles to school in snow, etc., because we didn’t have a car (not uphill both ways, though, haha). I’m proud of the fact that we actually survived and all have risen above and become pretty successful in life and that not a single one of us 5 kids have ever been in any kind of trouble with the law or commited any crimes. So I think that criminals who just happen to also be poor just use poverty as an excuse to get a lighter sentence and to get people to feel sorry for them. What do you think?
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Traveling to Costa Rica? Need Costa Rica travel Information, or possibly some Travel Tips to unsure the BEST vacation possible. We got a few tips that may be able to help you. In part 2 we’ll explain the toilet paper situation in many Costa Rican hotels, restaurants and the like. Not for the faint of heart! BUT, it is good info to know so you can prepare, especially you backpackers and Costa Rican travelers on a budget. Also, want’s the camping situation here in Costa Rica… can you camp on the beaches, what about he beaches in the National Parks? So, is Costa Rica in the 21st century in regards to supporting the handicap traveler to Costa Rica… this and more in Park 2 of Costa Rica Travel Tips with michael alan and DAngelo. If you’re not sure of the answers, don’t be caught unaware, it could be the difference between a good Costa Rican Travel Experience or a ‘not’ so good one. www.TravelCostaRicaNow.com http www.flickr.com TravelCostaRicaNow.com
dark skinny jeans, band tee, checkered-black and white vans. but then another day a hollister tee, hollister shorts, hollister tank layered under the tee, and the same vans. another day, dark skinny jeans, same vans, white basketball shirt from a camp or a tournament.
oh sorry, flip flops with the shorts- not vans
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