We finally heard back on that offer we put in on Friday late last night. They went with “a very high all cash offer”. So moving on yet again!! I’m going to 3 showings with my realtor this morning! 😆🤪
Also, I did my glucose test yesterday, drink made me extremely sick. 🤢😢 It was a known side effect that it might, being a bariatric patient. Surgeon told me I could try it anyway because everyone is different. But that’s what I get for trying to be tough LOL!! So I don’t know if I’ll have to completely redo it and go the finger prick or A1C route or what. Boooo.
@MrsLaLaBug ugh I’m sorry about the house. This market truly insane and it blows my mind how people can put in these high cash offers. When DH and I were looking last year, we were going to put an offer in on a house we loved but our realtor told us there was already a cash offer like 50k over asking. What?!
That sucks about the glucose test, I’m sorry it made you so sick.
@b_1029 it is NUTS!!! And we offered like 20K over asking too, bc we knew it would be a war for this one, so whoever won the bid on it had way more leverage on buying power than we were willing to fool with 😂 I’m over here thinking to myself.. who just has hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash sitting in the bank to throw at a house and what are we doing wrong bc we def don’t! 😂😂😂
@MrsLaLaBug I know right?!! Our realtor told us since the market is so crazy, a lot of people will sell their house and move in with parents or something so they can spring on a house with all that cash. I’d rather live in a smaller house than live with my in laws and have $$$$ so I guess it’s just a trade off haha
@MrsLaLaBug wishing you all the luck as you look for houses in this ridiculous market. I'm so grateful we got in when we did. We have been keeping an eye out for a bigger house but I don't think it's gonna happen until this all calms down. And yeah, who has these all cash offers?!
@b_1029 lol we used to live with DH's parents and I love them but there is no way I'm going back. Also then you're trying to time it to get back in the market which just keeps going up up up...
The right house is totally out there!! @MrsLaLaBug its such a wild ride. We put in several offers 50 over ask and didn’t get the house. It was quite shocking lol
Some of the houses in our area are going for $100k over asking?! It’s insane. We ended up looking way under our budget so we’d have a little wiggle room on our offer and prepared ourselves that we’d need to do some renos in short order. The one we got was for $30k over asking. That seems to be like the minimum here. $50k over asking is normal. Fun to watch as we’re no longer looking, but so stressful when you’re in it!
Hopefully, you find the right one and win the crazy bidding war soon @MrsLaLaBug!!
@b_1029 we lived with DH's parents for a year and a half, but luckily we had a full in-law suite with a private entrance. I was still ready to get out just to fully have our own space though, but the savings was very nice lol
Thank y’all for the encouragement! I’m just glad we’re in a position where we are going to be able to stay here until we find something and be completely out and this be vacant when we list it. I was terrified of being contingent but we’ve been able to work it out where we won’t need to be thank God!! My mama was asking me this morning if I was feeling down and discouraged about losing out on the last two offers. I was telling her I’m not letting it bother me like I used to. Last time we were doing this a few years ago I used to fall in love with things too easy and then get sad when they sold. This market nowadays has made me tough. I don’t care if we win or lose I just need them to hurry up and tell me accept or reject so I can get on with it!! 😂😂😂 And if we don’t find something like… SOON I won’t mind bringing my baby home here where I’ve brought my others home. ❤️ We have everything we ‘need’ here, but we will keep looking for everything we WANT elsewhere.
My purple wig and my tutu came today!!! Last minute additions to my costume for my parade!! I finished bagging all of my apples too!! Everyone gets creative and decorates their own apples(styrofoam lol) each year. I’m team glitter EVERYTHING. 😂😂😂 They are the “signature throw” of our parade, Krewe of Eve. So catching one is like, the holy grail of Mardi Gras throws. Like a Zulu coconut kinda! 😂 Gonna finish bagging my beads and throws tomorrow. Getting SO excited! I love Mardi Gras!
@tacosandtums so cute!! For the first time, after 3 other kids, I am actually sad we don’t have a name so I can get a personalized coming home outfit. Probably because we’re DONE after this one but still
Ok this is totally random and will bring us all back to those TTC days… Which I know was not a happy time for some of us, so I’ll add a TW. I really need to vent somewhere!
****TW- miscarriage (not mine)****
One of my closest friends has been TTC for over a year. We got pregnant around the same time in the fall and she miscarried at 9 weeks. It was devastating. It still is. She got her first positive OPK since the MC, had tons of sex, and she just took a HPT at 11 DPO… negative. I want SO BADLY for this to work.
Any hopeful anecdotes for a positive test in a couple days??
@brookejay06 11 DPO can be pretty early for a positive, if implantation occured later, and if she's not 100% on her ovulation day. (does she temp, or just use OPKs? I personally thought opks weren't all that accurate because I would have confirmed ovulation (BBT) on the day of and after pos OPKs). I'd tell her to wait until 14dpo to retest. If it's negative then, it's a negative. Any positive should show up by then.
@brookejay06 OPKs just tell you O is impending, but temping can pinpoint the day. She could’ve ovulated a day or two after she got the +OPK so it could still be early! FX for her!
@brookejay06 11 DPO is early! I tried to not let myself test until AF was suppose to come/day before. Those negative tests are so hard to read when your trying! My best advice is to have sex every other day, not everyday. It’s let’s him produce stronger swimmers, we did every other day on days 10-21 of my cycle (which I was on hormones for cycle + ovulation so her days may very depending) but as previous posters said the OPK just lets you know your about to ovulate, we got pregnant outside of my “ovulation” with this baby. We had about given up honestly, and it happened! I’ll be praying for your friend, I hope she gets her BFP soon!
On another note- I had a totally embarrassing pregnant brain moment yesterday. I went grocery shopping after work, we live in the middle of BFE so that’s at least a 20 minute drive to the nearest Walmart. I ran into someone I knew and just sat my phone down on the buggy I guess, it fell out sometime while I was shopping and I went home WITHOUT IT. I had convinced myself it was in a grocery bag and it wasn’t and then I freaked out about all the info my phone has- our banking, doc appointments, etc. What if it was stolen? Then my husband had to crack my info for find my iPhone because I couldn’t remember any of it, just to discover it was at the service desk in Walmart (thank goodness!) On the bright side, since we went back to town I got a Oreo Blast from Sonic lol.
Thank you everyone for your input!! I am wanting this for my friend sooooo bad but she hasn’t told anyone about this journey except me… I felt like I had to get an opinion from someone but obviously I can’t tell anyone I know.
this is my friend group just THIS week-
Friend A (mentioned above) - devastated by a BFN after a positive OPK and a year + of TTC.
Friend B - not TTC but thought maybe she was pregnant. Took a test, negative. Realized in the process she actually may want another child.
Friend C - Not TTC but found out this week that she is pregnant. Totally shocked. Totally freaked out. Not ready. (Baby is 9mo)
Friend D - got a stomach bug and was puking which triggered some major PTSD and panic attacks from when she was VERY sick with her first child. She couldn’t breathe and kept repeating “I cannot be pregnant, I cannot do this again”
@brookejay06 friend B is how we decided to try for DD 😆 we got carried away one time and were like omg maybe??? Got super excited and then bummed when I wasn’t so we decided to try. Bless your friend who’s pregnant with a 9 month old, hope her pregnancy goes smoothly!
Ugh so I had mentioned that my whole family had a stomach virus throughout the week and I had a touch of something that I was hoping was a very mild version of their bug…. NOPE it hit me last night and this is not going okay with a 2.5 lb baby in there. Not to mention I pee a little every time I get sick 🥴
@happynapper oh nooooo. GI bugs are truly the worst while pregnant. Definitely take it easy on reintroing foods. Don't be like me and think "I'M FINE, I can eat all the things again after 48 hours. " I definitely couldn't. 😵💫
@MrsLaLaBug ahhh I bet you are exhausted and in pain lol. Glad you had a good time!
It was great!! A VERY long day. But everyone was so sweet and accommodating. DH came and loaded all my throws on the float, everyone kept offering me water and snacks LOL, and I saw a bunch of people I knew on the route that had made signs for me! We got started up with everything around 7am and I got home at midnight so I’m STILL tired 🤣 But I can’t wait for next year!
@happynapper I had the stomach bug at week 12 and would much rather take that over now. I can't imagine being that sick with this belly. FX you feel better quickly!!
@b_1029 I just saw your post and I wanted to share a pic of my old man! He’s 12 this year. I got him the summer before I started high school. He’s a true farm dog, so he still lives with my parents and I miss him soooo much. He’s deaf now and it’s adorable when he sees me because he’s usually asleep and I have to go up and blow on him to wake him up and he hops up like a puppy wiggling around everywhere.
@taylorharris0522 awww, what a sweet boy! We need a fur baby thread haha. We lost our family dog last year but she was a 15 year old lab who would try so hard to keep bunny hopping when she saw me like she always used to. They are so sweet.
Re: Weekly Randoms - Week of 2/14
@b_1029 lol we used to live with DH's parents and I love them but there is no way I'm going back. Also then you're trying to time it to get back in the market which just keeps going up up up...
@b_1029 we lived with DH's parents for a year and a half, but luckily we had a full in-law suite with a private entrance. I was still ready to get out just to fully have our own space though, but the savings was very nice lol
And if we don’t find something like… SOON I won’t mind bringing my baby home here where I’ve brought my others home. ❤️ We have everything we ‘need’ here, but we will keep looking for everything we WANT elsewhere.
Gonna finish bagging my beads and throws tomorrow. Getting SO excited! I love Mardi Gras!
****TW- miscarriage (not mine)****
One of my closest friends has been TTC for over a year. We got pregnant around the same time in the fall and she miscarried at 9 weeks. It was devastating. It still is. She got her first positive OPK since the MC, had tons of sex, and she just took a HPT at 11 DPO… negative. I want SO BADLY for this to work.
Any hopeful anecdotes for a positive test in a couple days??
@tacosandtums lurrrve the hat!!
@sph97 glad you found your phone!!
this is my friend group just THIS week-
Friend A (mentioned above) - devastated by a BFN after a positive OPK and a year + of TTC.
Friend D - got a stomach bug and was puking which triggered some major PTSD and panic attacks from when she was VERY sick with her first child. She couldn’t breathe and kept repeating “I cannot be pregnant, I cannot do this again”
Whew. Being a woman is hard!!!
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@MrsLaLaBug ahhh I bet you are exhausted and in pain lol. Glad you had a good time!
@MrsLaLaBug yay so happy everything went well!!