Hope...

So after being frustrated, having a miserable week at work, and two tantrum throwing almost two-year old toddlers at home, it's nice to have something to be hopeful about. (Side note, I love my babies and count my blessings for them every day, but just because I was infertile, it's hard to deal with the screaming for 3 hours straight and can be a bit depressing).  Today I asked my parents if they would be willing to help us with a down payment on a new (to us) house.  To be fair in the interest of disclosure, we already own a three story townhome, which we bought at the tail end of the housing boom and still owe more than its worth.  We made our own down payment then... and we could wait a few years to buy a house and sell it and buy a new house, but the deals that are out there now are hard to pass up.  We are looking at basically buying the home we will live in for the rest of our lives...and since our parents are not getting any younger, the thought of needing to take care of them does play in my head, and their just is no room to do so in our current home. Plus the twins love visitng other peoples home where they have room to run - no real running room when each floor is about 6-700 square feet and a postage stamp yard.

When we bought our home, the presumption and intent was to stay there for 5-7 years and move into our "family" house - ie where we would raise our kids.  The current market makes selling our current home a far cry from reality....however, if we rent it, we can probably get a bit more than our mortgage, HOA and escrow cost.  So it wouldn't really be a loss.  And we live right near a military base where the realignment is set to ramp up numbers even more...so its not like we don't have a rental market. 

Anyway, I emailed my parents this morning, because if they are willing to help us, depending on how much they are willing could mean the diference between move in ready with all the bells and whistles to needing a lot of work!!  My mother already replied that her and my dad would discuss, but wanted some numbers to know what we were talking...so it appears they are at least willing to consider helping us.  So right now, I am going to hopeful that this might work out, and we might be able to host a Christmas or Thanksgiving without putting people in the backyard to eat!!