Moving in with IL's at Christmas.....

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Registered: 06-06-2006
Moving in with IL's at Christmas.....
Tue, 12-05-2006 - 5:20pm
So its Christmas time and I have a 7yo DD and a 3yo SD and my DH and I just last month had this wonderful oportunity to lease a house from some friends parents. We moved in and had it all set up to sign the lease and buy the house after the lease was done in a year and then it would be all ours. YAY!! Not so fast. After our family is settled in, we get the call...The one that says sorry, we have changed our minds and we want our house back in a week...IN A WEEK!?!?! You have got to be kidding me, we are settled, my kids are settled, we have been here a month and now we have to move. Our only option is to move in with my In Laws for the next couple months, mainly because money is real tight right now anyway, but also because we live in a rural area and there are not many places to rent that don't cost an arm and a leg. I love my MIL, I do - she is a great person, I just don't really know how to handle Christmas at her house. I love Christmas and want to go all out - but I really don't want to step on any toes since I still feel like a guest in her home. Any ideas???