The rental house will now be their "home". It's just a house now anyway, not a home any longer. All results from (their own) greed? Perhaps. The homeowners are starting over with less than desirable credit and an embarrassing, shameful cloud over their heads. The rental house is a recent foreclosure of a longtime mortgage. The rent: about 1/4 of their former mortgage amount. Homeowners plan to move into a nice, older, smaller house on the other side of town. If not, we'll go through the sheriff, ie, the eviction process. Can you vacate the premises in five days? We'll give you a $1000. A knock comes at the door the same day as the sale. Homeowners home is sold at auction for an amount significantly less than the total debt. Eight months pass with them working with the loan company in a modification program, ending with a stamp of DECLINED. Home values plunge to less than half the amount of the last appraisal. Homeowners are unable to pay the new exhorbitant mortgage. The last refinance should not have been approved by the mortgage company. The homeowners mortgage adjusts as they are unable to secure a new, fixed loan as planned a few months later. Refinancing the house occurs (more than once). During the good times leading up to the job loss, credit is over-used so the family can have a few "things" they don't need.fun things. Not a great job, but a good job in terms of workable income.
***Here's a typical American story I've heard told to me many times of late. And you are all being royally screwed over by these, these bureaucrats, with their steak lunches, their hunting and fishing trips, their corporate jets and golden parachutes. Greed - for lack of a better word - is good.
LAWRENCE WELK CAST BOBBY FLAY MOVIE
That and other rhetorical lines uttered by Gordon Gekko in the movie Wall Street. (insert tear running down grandpa’s cheek) There are no words to express my joy at this point in time being able to say, “I’m grandpa to a little guy named Rowan James Gonzales. And I am overwhelmingly proud to be able to call them my daughter and son-in-law. Jen and Roth are two of the most loving, caring, intelligent people I have ever known.
That is all he will need for a long time.and that is what he will receive. His world immediate, all that he experiences, will consist of simple motherly and fatherly love, warmth, and comfort. But, realistically, coming into this world at any point in time is tough. He will not know of recessions, or wars, or money worries, or stress for many years to come. Rowan James Gonzales has come into this world during tough times. You can’t be married to a long time chef without a lot of that rubbing off. Not to mention his mother who has become quite the foodie/cook/chef apprentice the past few years. His father, grandfather (yours truly), great-grandfather, great-great grandfather, and uncle all have culinary backgrounds. One thing for sure.he is destined to be a great cook! One can only hope his impending culinary expertise, both from environment and genetics, will be a hobby and not a vocation (it’s a rough business). What Rowan will ultimately become as a person remains to be seen. Who knows what kind of communication tools will be available as he approaches adulthood? In the meantime, there will be a more than judicious use of our web cams to get up close and personal to Rowan, an experience he will only be able to understand and relate to later in life. Jen’s mother, Anna, will arrive today to spend some time with and help Jen with the usual postpartum procedures at home. We decided to “let the dust settle” a bit before descending upon the new parents and baby. Her blog has always been, is now, and will always be a microcosm of what happens in her life.verse and photos.Īs far as this proud grandfather meeting the new addition in person.Loretta and I are planning on flying to Seattle for a few days the end of January. Knowing Jenifer and her propensity for the world of blogdom, the first pics will show up on her blog soon after she returns home from the hospital. Both Roth and Jen have (had) blond hair, so it remains entirely possible the new “he” in our family may be a toe-head as well.at least for the first few years! How much cooler could that possibly be? Gonzales (with an “S”) is a Spanish surname.
The middle name - James - is my first name, as well as my father’s, and my son’s (Jen’s brother). The first name was chosen by Jen and Roth totally unrelated to any family names - although Rowan does begin with an “R” like his father’s. Maybe it is Rowan who is the impatient one in this case! Jenifer has always been a little impatient. All went well, albeit he decided to make his appearance a couple weeks early. My daughter Jenifer gave birth to a 7 pound (and change) bouncing baby boy at 8:22 the evening of the 17th in Seattle. But, December 17th will be his date of birth. Well, it happened a little earlier than expected.