We have since moved-- and I try to stay positive on this blog-- but I feel like this should be preserved for history's sake. Understand that it still was a palace compared to Dominica-- but we are in the USA now and certain standards are expected to be met.
Here it is-- really- it would have been fine~minus the guy above us who OD'd and died and the fact that there was no mailbox for a while-- not to mention the lack of hot water and a fridge when we moved in...or that the people above us smoked like chimneys and would drop their cigarettes on us or that there was a black widow crawling up the wall from the floor or that the swimming pool was condemned and closed by the HEALTH DEPARTMENT-to point out a few.
now this is petty- but notice the doors on the cabinet-- NONE of them shut- in the whole house...an irritation that quickly flew into a full blown deal breaker after a few shin hits and near misses with the girls finding dangerous things.
All of the electric switches looked like this-- wait for it... yep-- 2 prongs-- you would be SHOCKED at how many things are NOT 2 pronged- TV's, computers, and microwaves to name a few.
and last but not least-- this was the stove-- the place was built in the 1950's-- and I'm fairly certain this was the latest and greatest at
that time... not so much now. Needless to say- I don't miss it-- and I'm happy that we gave the land lady our 30 day notice the second day that we lived there.
nice.
Yes-- she is sucking on a sucker-- not the best choice- but MUCH better than the lightbulbs in the picture that I found her sucking on-- but did not photograph.
Our new house-- love it!
Our Super hero ward came through for us and the move was VERY fast!
OK- so all of these items were things I found my children with-- and didn't stop to take a picture-- Emmy was marching around with the hatchet crowbar- like it was her flagstaff in colorguard. Ellie was sucking on the food processor blade- it's a miracle she still has a tongue. Both girls had nails in their mouths, ears and other bizarre places-- what were they thinking?! And so, though I was mother of the year for just a moment-- the title has been revoked-- BUT I think I deserve honorable mention for keeping the kids whole when they were so obviously bent on self destruction.
