Changing Life

[autogeek]

Hey everyone,

I haven't been around here so much lately. I have some big changes in my life going on this year.

This was/is the year of the move for my wife and I. We were originally planning on buying a house this year. And after that or next year we were going to work on having our first child. So my wife decided we would stop trying not to have a kid and just let life happen.

Well once we removed the goalie I scored on the very first shot!!! ahhh... oh boy... lol.

Its good though, we have a baby girl due on november 9th!!

But we still need to find a place to live. We live in San Francisco and housing prices are still crazy even with the market being down. Problem is not very many houses are on the market because the value has dropped. I would say 75% of the houses we have looked at have had nasty urine stains through out the house. I'm mean really? What kind of people don't take their animals outside to go to the bathroom? And all these houses have yards, lots with fenced in back yards. I am still baffled by this.

Anyway any decent houses have like 15 people trying to bid on them. We placed a couple of bids in with no luck. and only one did we really want. This realtor countered us with such a crazy number I felt like punching her in the face for being retarded. She actually had boasting up on her website saying how bidding wars were back. Ok but the number she gave us was an insane number that was 50% more then what she called an extreme case on her site. I was pissed at this lady and just walked from this house even though she tried calling my realtor for a few days asking us to counter. I had to bite my tongue and tell my realtor that she doesn't want me to respond.

Anyways, so we think we have decided to not buy during the first year of our childs life as its just too crazy right now for us. We could afford a little more, but with the baby coming we're not really sure that we can. As everything we look at needs a bunch of work. Work I am ok with but buying supplies I may not be. Its just if we buy our saving will be depleated and the cost of a baby makes this feel impossible. Plus it has been stressing us out to no end. Neither of us are originally from California so we don't have any family that can help with watching the kid.

So we have been looking at apartments again. And My wife that has sworn she hates our current place, due to size, has finally come to the realization that our place is way better then most things out there. But it is a little small for a family. So we will be looking at a few apartments this weekend. These will be in bigger complexes that won't be as private as we would like, but I think its our best option as of now. Close to her work and should make taking care of the baby a little easier.

Anyway I just wanted to post this to say I don't have a big interest in phones lately and may not be around too much. But that depends on what/where we decide to live. I'm not even sure if I'm going to upgrade my phone at this point. Though we really want that new camera coming in the new evo.

Sorry for the long post but I needed to vent a little. Plus I wanted to share with all of you cool cats on this site. I have been feeling stressed,confused, depressed and excited all at the same time...

peace

[nick1313]

Hey bud, first congrats on the new baby, that some great news!

Bottom line is, and I'm sure you know, that you guys have to be happy as a family and things will work out for the best.

Take care of your family and feel free to vent here anytime. We will all listen.

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[autogeek]

Hey bud, first congrats on the new baby, that some great news!

Bottom line is, and I'm sure you know, that you guys have to be happy as a family and things will work out for the best.

Take care of your family and feel free to vent here anytime. We will all listen.

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Thanks man

[tommytomatoe]

Congrats on the new baby! You're going to be great parents!

Good luck on the home situation. Few things are mote important than a safe and secure home environment for a newborn.

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[jadeboy7]

+1 on what they said man. Congrats on the baby and take all the time you need for your family. We'll be here if you need us . Hopefully everything works out for you.

[nick1313]

Thanks man

Sure thing.

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[autogeek]

Congrats on the new baby! You're going to be great parents!

Good luck on the home situation. Few things are mote important than a safe and secure home environment for a newborn.

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+1 on what they said man. Congrats on the baby and take all the time you need for your family. We'll be here if you need us . Hopefully everything works out for you.

Thanks guys,

Yeah Tommy, Thats part of why we are liking the idea of these bigger complexes. They are in gated communities and a have very secure feeling.

Will keep you posted on what we find and decide.

[autogeek]

Update:

So we closed yesterday on our townhouse. Took forever for the loan approval. Apparently the banks are busy due to the low interest dates. We had to sign many extensions to make this all happen. And after a few rants by me the bank lowered our interest rate a little and gave us a 760$ credit towards our closing costs.

We just got out of a birthing class and now its time to pull all my crap out of the storage closet. We will be moving next weekend.

I stopped by the townhouse last night to look around and have a beer
Kinda disappointed that my phone doesn't work for crap there. Keeps going into roaming with almost no data. It kinda works out on the patio. And works great a few blocks away at the Safeway. But not inside the home.

I haven't had any time to search on the air rave thingy. I was hoping someone here could fill me in a little. Is this something I have to pay for or is it free. Do I have to complain or just ask for it? I really can't see paying extra for cell service I already pay for. And its not like I'm moving somewhere rural. It's just barely outside of the city. Any information or helpful tips would be appreciated. I decided not to get a home phone this time around so cell service is important.

Any other options for internet calling are welcome too. As we would like to set up some type of video chat, this would probably just be one-way for the grandparents.

Thanks in advance.

Root makes me happy

[nick1313]

Typically if you tell them you have bad service in your house and complain enough they will waive all fees.

As for Internet I'd call around to your cable/phone companies and check rates. Careful on bundling though, usually a bad deal.

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[urrgevo]

Congrats on the new home, bummer about the service. The airade or however the stupid things spelled uses your home internet to boost your signal. I had posted a number for sprints service.department in overland park, KS (where corporate offices are) on here somewhere, I would just directly call them and not mess with the normal dimwits to ask about it.

Video chat, I'd go with Skype. Works rather well for me. Another option to look into is the magic jack, its 60-70 bucks for VoIP for a year. I know your not looking to spend any more money but I thought I'd toss that idea in just in case sprint decides to be stubborn with you, at least its a one time cost vs a monthly bill.

Good luck with the move and new addition

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