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[lovingmyhens]

Did he get a deadline?

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Yesterday was his deadline. He did pay me some rent - the rest of May, but I wanted at least half of what he owes me. I've told him I need more from him. He won't pay it.

He also knows that money has been really tight for me and that I have had a lot of expenses to pay that I usually don't have to pay. Both my kids blame me for the financial mess I am in and say I should have done things differently. Maybe so, but that doesn't mean you don't pay your rent! (I don't think I could have done much differently either.)

 

[lovingmyhens]

I've been in your situation many times. I don't really give a flying flip what my kids think. Trade places with me...see what it's like to have NO ONE to help, get advice from etc. ugh I'm stepping off my soapbox before I hurt someone!

 

[TexasLisa]

So, this is the coop that I bought for the first chickens. It has no roost bar and really was only big enough for 4 chickens squished. Today, I cleaned it all up and gave it to my rabbits who have previously, for a year and a half have had to make do with a guinea pig cage covered with wood and towels. It wasn't the best.



This is the coop I got when my friend gave me the production reds. 6 will fit on the roost comfortably. Can you see the really nice nesting box on the side? Well I think it was Harley who told us about these. So about 3 weeks ago I went and bought one, nailed it to the side, put some shredded newspaper in it and waited. Nothing. I even put them inside it when they were trying to do their business. Nothing. Until today!!! We got a blue egg which means one of my EEs I guess got tired of waiting her turn.
I just got back from TSC and got two more nesting boxes. I'll put them up tomorrow so they can, hopefully, use them.



This is my ummm compost thing I just built with pallets. I put the pine shavings from the coop turned bunny hutch in there and as you can see, the chickens are tearing it apart!



And these are two of the rabbit hutches. I've got another one behind me in the picture that you can't see.
2 months ago this was all behind the original fence. Yeah!!!

I love the way you were able to move animals 'up' in their living quarters. Love your compost bin. Got to get my husband to do this.

I ned some prayers.
Nathan is supposed to pay me rent (he's 20 and has a job) but he recently decided he wasn't going to pay me anymore because he needs his money. He is not good at budgeting I guess - he eats out almost every meal...
Well I need his rent money and he doesn't get it. Every time I try to talk to him he leaves and says he doesn't want to talk about it.
I have given him an ultimatum...pay up or get out.
I brought some boxes inside tonight to start packing him up. He won't pack. He has it pretty good here. He has to know this. He doesn't even do anything to help out around here, except run the very rare errand for me.
Please pray he will pay his rent (he owes me for June and at least half July) and if he decides he isn't going to pay me pray that he will move out peacefully.
I don't need this stress. I have enough already.

O Laurie, I hope he pays the rest. Give him a deadline for the rest of the rent or he is out. You may have to call the police to escort him off the property. If you don't stand your ground now, he will become worse. You are definitely in my prayers!

We had a similar incident. Ken and I had just moved to Houston and lived in a small RV. Our son had graduated from college and was living in Indiana. He didn't get a job and was finally out of money. We told him to get himself to Houston and he could stay with us. He scrounged up the money and came. Ken gave him 3 months to get a job. 3 months--no job. 3 people, 2 cats and a dog in a small RV was horrible. Anyway, my husband who has selective memory

, knew right to the day when the 3 months was up. He came home from work and he and Steve had it out. He had one week to get a job or get out. Steve got a job! He went from that job to a great engineering job and has his own apartment. STAY TOUGH MY FRIEND.

Lisa

 

[Brookshire11]

She's a hatchery!

I ALMOST got some the other nigt. No Joke. I had my cart filled up and was about to check out.
Meyer put their overhatch list up and they only have a min order of 3, and they had BAs.
But the shipping was over $40....almost $50.
Which bought my actual cost per chick to like...almost $19..

You know, I only had them separated for two weeks, and they kept escaping their run area. So, I let them out and besides a very small, I mean small!!, pecking and chasing, there was no problem! They all hang out all day over on the side of the house by the air conditioners. I'm just tickled pink! Now, I have someone making another, larger coop similar to the white one in the pics I just posted. But until that is done the littles sleep right by the back door, in a box i put there for them!!

I'm so glad they're all getting along!


Laurie,
Sorry about Nathan. What a pickle...
I hope he wises up soon and realizes you're not asking for the fun of it!
I moved from my mom's to my dad's at 17, then out on my own before 19, but I was always working, at one point 2 full time jobs.
He doesn't realize how good he has it! lol.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Thanks everyone. : )

 

[Ms Jellybean]

Nathan left work early today and came home in a huff to move out. He took some things and left with the intention of coming back for the rest.
Very ugly to me.
This is so sad. It was just a small amount of rent to help offset expenses and teach him responsibility.

And his brother let me know this....
"Well, just know that you'll be paying your own rent when you get old."
He is apparently taking his brother's side in this.


I feel like such a failure right now.

 

[TexasLisa]

Nathan left work early today and came home in a huff to move out. He took some things and left with the intention of coming back for the rest.
Very ugly to me.
This is so sad. It was just a small amount of rent to help offset expenses and teach him responsibility.

And his brother let me know this....
"Well, just know that you'll be paying your own rent when you get old."
He is apparently taking his brother's side in this.


I feel like such a failure right now.

O Laurie, I am so sorry. Kids can/will say hateful things. I am so sorry.

Just remember who they will come to when the going gets rough. You are in my prayers.

Lisa

 

[Roosting Robin]

[COLOR=141823]Nathan left work early today and came home in a huff to move out. He took some things and left with the intention of coming back for the rest. [/COLOR][COLOR=141823]
[/COLOR][COLOR=141823]Very ugly to me.[/COLOR][COLOR=141823]
[/COLOR][COLOR=141823]This is so sad. It was just a small amount of rent to help [/COLOR][COLOR=141823]offset expenses and teach him responsibility. [/COLOR]

[COLOR=141823]And his brother let me know this....[/COLOR]
[COLOR=141823]"[/COLOR][COLOR=222222]Well, just know that you'll be paying your own rent when you get old."[/COLOR]
[COLOR=222222]He is apparently taking his brother's side in this. [/COLOR]


[COLOR=222222]​I feel like such a failure right now. [/COLOR]

I am 62 and my kids are 37 and 40. They are kind, responsible, loving and successful. They haven't always been and when they were late teens and me a single mom, I didn't have much hope. I know lots of women my age with worthless sons and daughters mainly because they were able to bully and guilt their (usually) single moms into taking care of them way beyond adulthood. I believe you are doing the right thing, Laurie. You are in my prayers!

 

[Ms Jellybean]

O Laurie, I am so sorry. Kids can/will say hateful things. I am so sorry.

Just remember who they will come to when the going gets rough. You are in my prayers.

Lisa

And right now I feel like not being home when they do.....

Thank you.

On a more positive note. I found this article on growing sunflowers. At the end it tells how to dry and roast them. I was wondering about that.