Magistrate Court

Yesterday afternoon was the big day! We went to Magistrate Court to receive a verdict for our case against our renter. I was really nervous (yes, I know that there was really no reason to be nervous, but I was).

It turned out that we got our back rent and was paid in advance for September. Now, as long as the rent is paid in October on time, we are okay, otherwise we go back to court so that the judge can determine if it is eviction time.

Let's hope that this is the end of this. I could certainly live without the stress!

Maybe I just don't understand

But I received a notice today that I need to appear in Magistrate Court this Thursday because my renter claims that she doesn't owe me any money because she paid me on this past Friday.

Would I not be aware if I had received a large sum of money that I have been waiting for (with baited breath)? Doesn't it make sense that if the renter claims that the bill is paid, that she would have actually had to make sure that hubby or I had actually received it?

Is it legal to claim to have paid something when you have not?

The only thing that I can imagine is that she showed the court a check or something and said she was bringing it to me and then didn't. Or maybe she paid the court and we have to appear in order to receive the check.

God only knows, but this is truly illogical and ridiculous.

Rental Update

Well, I was so hoping to avoid having it come to this, but last Friday, I filed for eviction against the renter. I hate it. I guess we have always been blessed with reliable tenants, but this time, it appears to be the only option.

So much for adults just handling their issues between themselves. It's sad.

And on it goes

Rental update: It's the 9th of August and we have received no rent and no communication. Figures, don't it? We did receive June's rent and half of July's. But, now it is time for August and the remainder of July.

Maybe I would feel differently if we ever received any communication from the renter.

But, this house is still mortgaged and has to be paid regardless. Especially during the summer (when I don't receive a paycheck) that it takes food out of my family's mouths and that just plain makes me MAD! I just don't get it. I am not sure that I would really want to.

But, if ever anyone has been glad for having a few skills to help save some money, it is me. I am waiting for the maypops to ripen and then the pears at my parent's house will do the same. I will have quite a few rosehips to dry for tea this year, maybe even enough to share some. I can crochet, knit, do a bit of crafty sewing (almost ready to attempt clothing), cook from scratch, bake, freeze, and can foods for storage.

I know how to keep my butt at home so I don't spend money. I know how to keep myself busy at home so that I don't get overly bored.

I can't imagine what I would do if I didn't have these skills. We might not make it through this economic downturn. Scary.

Christmas humor

After a long evening at the ER, we went home and slept in, etc. and began the task of teaching DS12 how to function with only one usable leg. No easy task for an Aspie, I can assure you. He lacks the instinctual understanding of how to compensate for an injury, etc. He must learn everything by rote. Plus, once he knows it by rote, that's it. You can't change the rules. If he ever injures the other leg, he will have to start over from square one. The only good thing is that he will remember that it is do-able and it may help him to have a more positive outlook as we figure things out.

But, I digress. It is the day of Christmas Eve and I get a call from the carpet installer, telling me that he is INSIDE the house and fixing the carpet. I didn't drop off a key with the shop, so this was a little bizarre. Apparently, he entered by using a credit card on the back lock. He did later tell me that we had a really good deadbolt on the front. Now, doesn't that make you feel all warm and squishy about life?

So, I ask my Dad to come and sit with the injured child while I run over to pay this guy. I get there and pull up in the driveway behind an old van with a bumper sticker that said, "Horn Broke; Watch for Finger." Somehow, it fit the entire situation. I needed the chuckle that it evoked. Thought I would share some of the workings of my twisted life.

A blessing

I went today to arrange for the carpet to be replaced in the bedroom of the rental house. It was an expense that we really didn't need, but felt like it had to be done since the prior renters cut a large hole out of the carpet, right in the traffic pattern.

As it turned out, the carpet guy is going to pull out the carpet in the closet and patch the hole. We'll put a new remnant into the closet. It's going to cost just a small amount of what we thought we'd have to pay and that is a big blessing!

We're grateful to get the house rented to such a nice lady, but we also don't have much money to put into getting it ready right now.

Progress on the rental house

Hubby took DS10 to change the locks on the rental house yesterday before he took him Christmas shopping. So, that much is done. I have to go to see about having the carpeting replaced in the bedroom before our renter moves in. Then, it's all over but the installation.