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Topic: Life can change in a phone call....
Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:06 PM
My Friday was a wild one !!!

Had been caring for a sick child all week...(on the mend now)..

went to work...did my thing, came home, did the mum/domestic goddess thing...phone rings.


The last remaining elder of the clan, quietly slipped away in his sleep sometime thursday night... bummer!...but also good for him, he's missed his love for 8 years, his special girl, my aunt, of over 50 years..so now they are back together.

So a day figuring out kids, work schedules, transport, accomodation, to attend the upcoming funeral, at the other end of the country...


and that evening the phone rings...


Eldest son...sad to lose his great uncle, but also pretty pragmatic about it...co ordinating for us both to stay in the same place, him flying from where he lives, me wanting to hitch hike, but deciding best to fly..

chatting away....he says....

"oh by the way Mum...my partner and I have done our financials, chatted to the bank...GO BUY A HOUSE.."


I say...'Huh. pardon???"

He says..."GO BUY A HOUSE MUM...my partner and I are paying for it"


I say..."WHAT THE....???" ""SAY WHAT???""

noway

He says..."You've got $340 000 to play with...go buy a house"

I start crying and hand the phone to his lordship...

they talk, I cry....


and I am buying a house apparently...scared shocked






Ladylid2012's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:08 PM
WOW....very, very fcuking cool!! flowers

anthsm22's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:11 PM
My condolences on you and your families loss!
Congrats on that oportunity that has revealed a gift to you...A HOUSE!!!

Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:13 PM

WOW....very, very fcuking cool!! flowers


Thankyou! It is!!! But also really, really scary!!!!

His lordship (my partner) has worked out something with the eldest son, that my son and I co sign on the house, and my partner signs some agreement to no claim on the property...if something happens to me...scared it reverts back to my son...

Apparently my partner came up with that, and wanted to talk to my son about it, once he figured out what was wrong with me...slaphead


I don't want a house...I wanted a teepee in the swamp...now I have to be a grown up...and figure out how to be a home owner..scared

Ladylid2012's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:14 PM


WOW....very, very fcuking cool!! flowers


Thankyou! It is!!! But also really, really scary!!!!

His lordship (my partner) has worked out something with the eldest son, that my son and I co sign on the house, and my partner signs some agreement to no claim on the property...if something happens to me...scared it reverts back to my son...

Apparently my partner came up with that, and wanted to talk to my son about it, once he figured out what was wrong with me...slaphead


I don't want a house...I wanted a teepee in the swamp...now I have to be a grown up...and figure out how to be a home owner..scared


yea, I hear ya, I want a tepee in the mountains..really!

Queene123's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:17 PM
geeze tell him he can buy me my log cabin..

MirrorMirror's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:17 PM

My Friday was a wild one !!!

Had been caring for a sick child all week...(on the mend now)..

went to work...did my thing, came home, did the mum/domestic goddess thing...phone rings.


The last remaining elder of the clan, quietly slipped away in his sleep sometime thursday night... bummer!...but also good for him, he's missed his love for 8 years, his special girl, my aunt, of over 50 years..so now they are back together.

So a day figuring out kids, work schedules, transport, accomodation, to attend the upcoming funeral, at the other end of the country...


and that evening the phone rings...


Eldest son...sad to lose his great uncle, but also pretty pragmatic about it...co ordinating for us both to stay in the same place, him flying from where he lives, me wanting to hitch hike, but deciding best to fly..

chatting away....he says....

"oh by the way Mum...my partner and I have done our financials, chatted to the bank...GO BUY A HOUSE.."


I say...'Huh. pardon???"

He says..."GO BUY A HOUSE MUM...my partner and I are paying for it"


I say..."WHAT THE....???" ""SAY WHAT???""

noway

He says..."You've got $340 000 to play with...go buy a house"

I start crying and hand the phone to his lordship...

they talk, I cry....


and I am buying a house apparently...scared shocked






:banana: :banana: :banana: :banana: :banana:

Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:19 PM

My condolences on you and your families loss!
Congrats on that oportunity that has revealed a gift to you...A HOUSE!!!


Thankyou....

my uncle had been lost since my aunt pssed 8 years ago... I feel a selfish sense of loss, though for him I feel a great relief...


The gift is my son and his partner...I am still so gobsmacked I don't know what to do...buying shoes breaks me out in a cold sweat let alone a house!!!

no photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:24 PM


My condolences on you and your families loss!
Congrats on that oportunity that has revealed a gift to you...A HOUSE!!!


Thankyou....

my uncle had been lost since my aunt pssed 8 years ago... I feel a selfish sense of loss, though for him I feel a great relief...


The gift is my son and his partner...I am still so gobsmacked I don't know what to do...buying shoes breaks me out in a cold sweat let alone a house!!!



It is a buyers market right now, you can buy a VERY NICE house with that money. Congrats!!!!

galendgirl's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:24 PM
Wow, Jess...
Condolences AND Congratulations all blended together!
Life is certainly unpredictable, isn't it?
flowerforyou

Queene123's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:25 PM


My condolences on you and your families loss!
Congrats on that oportunity that has revealed a gift to you...A HOUSE!!!


Thankyou....

my uncle had been lost since my aunt pssed 8 years ago... I feel a selfish sense of loss, though for him I feel a great relief...


The gift is my son and his partner...I am still so gobsmacked I don't know what to do...buying shoes breaks me out in a cold sweat let alone a house!!!


when my kids were little they would go to this lady house after school for she would watch the other neighborhood kids. well there was one day i was at my moms and all of sudden a albulance went by and my only thought was pearl, so i called and she was fine in fact she had just gone to the store. a few days later my kids werent there cant recall why but there were a few kids she was watching, she had a heart attch and died. she actually died 6months i belive from the time her husband had died and 3months from the time of her birthday(if i recall right)

no photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:25 PM
Very sorry for the loss of your family member
I forgot to put that in my last post.

flowers

IndnPrncs's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:25 PM
Jess, I'm sorry about you're Uncle... congrats on the house...flowerforyou

Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:28 PM




It is a buyers market right now, you can buy a VERY NICE house with that money. Congrats!!!!


Thankyou Daytime...


It is a buyer's market, although our Reserve Bank announced a 2% interest rate rise due soon, as our economy didn't slow as much as was expected...

I live in a fairly pricey part of the country....actually all the parts of the country houses are majorly expensive...

it's really weird...I watched this old timber framed weather board house get trucked in and restumped on a block of land 18 months ago...it's shabby, and quirky, and really old, and full of character...


and walking back from work this morning I passed it as I do everyday...but today I noticed something I hadn't seen before...."For Sale" on it...


I told his lordship, who rolled his eyes and said, trust you...go and ask the real estate...


but I'm too scared to...scared :laughing:

Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:32 PM
I am not sure if you guys will understand this, I know the parents will...(I hope)..

I would rather they used the money for them....so they can travel more, grow babies, and not want for anything...


They own their house, they own their farm, and my son says they have everything that they want...

but it feels as though it's the wrong way round...aren't we meant to buy them the house...us parents???

Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:34 PM



My condolences on you and your families loss!
Congrats on that oportunity that has revealed a gift to you...A HOUSE!!!


Thankyou....

my uncle had been lost since my aunt pssed 8 years ago... I feel a selfish sense of loss, though for him I feel a great relief...


The gift is my son and his partner...I am still so gobsmacked I don't know what to do...buying shoes breaks me out in a cold sweat let alone a house!!!


when my kids were little they would go to this lady house after school for she would watch the other neighborhood kids. well there was one day i was at my moms and all of sudden a albulance went by and my only thought was pearl, so i called and she was fine in fact she had just gone to the store. a few days later my kids werent there cant recall why but there were a few kids she was watching, she had a heart attch and died. she actually died 6months i belive from the time her husband had died and 3months from the time of her birthday(if i recall right)


It is like that, isn't it? My dad passed very unexpectantly...really out of the blue...his sister, (the aunt I am talking about, died two weeks later)...and my mum 8 weeks after her...so effectively my uncle lost his wife and his brother and sister in law, (my dad and mum) all in one swoop...he was the last one left standing..

Queene123's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:34 PM

I am not sure if you guys will understand this, I know the parents will...(I hope)..

I would rather they used the money for them....so they can travel more, grow babies, and not want for anything...


They own their house, they own their farm, and my son says they have everything that they want...

but it feels as though it's the wrong way round...aren't we meant to buy them the house...us parents???


no not all the time.. you should apprechate what is offered to you. for its not everyday a child would buy there parent a house...

by the way you gave me a idea for a poem

TxsGal3333's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:40 PM
Omg girl like you said a phone call can change your life but what a good call it was indeed.

My prayers and thoughts are with your family at this time but he is rejoicing with the biggest smile upon his face right now.......he is with the love of his life...

Go have fun find that house that has character the one you can call home....and give that boy of yours a big ole sloppy sugarsmooched drool it is priceless to know your kids love you that much....can't beat it and would not want toonoway bigsmile :thumbsup:

Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:48 PM

Omg girl like you said a phone call can change your life but what a good call it was indeed.

My prayers and thoughts are with your family at this time but he is rejoicing with the biggest smile upon his face right now.......he is with the love of his life...

Go have fun find that house that has character the one you can call home....and give that boy of yours a big ole sloppy sugarsmooched drool it is priceless to know your kids love you that much....can't beat it and would not want toonoway bigsmile :thumbsup:


Even typing this thread has me all teary...he's an amazing young man...24 years old is all...his girl, 28, and breathtakingly beautiful...(from the inside, out)..

I spent sometime in their little gingerbread cottage home at the end of May, and did the stockman mustering thing with him on the farm with his cattle...he had poddy's waiting for me to feed when I got there...(no grandbabies, but some baby calves instead :wink: laugh )..

It's so overwhelming....it's a bit too much to take in..

My head had been filled with my uncle, and family, and funerals, and crazy cousins, and if I REALLY had to wear shoes to the funeral...


...and then this....

noway


Jess642's photo
Sat 08/15/09 07:52 PM

Wow, Jess...
Condolences AND Congratulations all blended together!
Life is certainly unpredictable, isn't it?
flowerforyou


It's crazy Galendgirl !!!


From one end of the day to the other...life, as I had taken it for granted, changed dramatically...noway

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