DS received good news today

[MissB]

On April Fools Day no less. He received his UPS next day envelope from his first-choice university - he received a full ride offer.

I may be able to afford a new roof in the next few years.

[Xyzse]

1. Wow!!! Congratulations

[MissB]

5. Thank you!

[femmocrat]

2. Congratulations!

Wonderful news!

[MissB]

6. Thanks!

we are celebrating tonight

[So Far From Heaven]

3. Way to go DS!!!!!!!!! (nt)

[MissB]

7. Thank you!

He actually thanked me today for raising him.

[So Far From Heaven]

9. Don't faint. I'm not sure if I ever pulled that on my mom.

Tell him to keep a 4.0 for two semesters. Then he will probably be eligible for a presidential (school pres) which can usually be used to supplement the scholarship he has.

Way to go DS!

[awoke_in_2003]

4. Good news

I, too, need a new roof. I have 10 more payments and it's mine. Funny thing- when you need a new roof you keep worrying that it's going to fail any day now

[MissB]

8. Ha!

Yeah, we've owned (way more than 10 payments left- congrats!) this house for 13 years and the inspector said we'd maybe get 10 years out of it. When we finished a room a few years ago we exposed the rafters and noticed that there is skip sheeting and likely close to the original layer (um, from 1922?) that they covered and covered and covered ending with a composition roof.

I figure when we have it roofed the house will either sigh with relief or simply collapse

[awoke_in_2003]

10. I did a 15 year mortgage

after I saw the math. For 105k borrowed, a 15 year came out to 170k. The 30 was over 300k. It has cost me about 400 extra every month, and it has been very painful sometimes, but I am almost there.

[MissB]

11. We started with a 30

But shifted to a 15. Just couldn't quite do it when we first purchased the house - it does save Ana amazing amount of $!

[mnhtnbb]

12. Congratulations to your DS--and to you!

Wow, a full ride offer at the first choice!

Hope y'all had one heckuva great celebration last night!