Did you thank Quinn?

That was Shane's question to me after Quinn (Shane's brother, a realtor in Utah) gave the qualifying broker of the most reputable real-estate company in our city an ultimatum. One that would not be in their favor if things didn't go exactly the way Quinn wanted them. Turns out that all the changes I had made on the house amounted to nothing when the kitchen cabinets came last week and did not fit because the space was too small. They had mis-measured....AGAIN. Around the same time the cabinets came in, the builder was trying to get us involved with an illegal scheme that would only benefit them and be to our detriment in the long run. That was the straw that broke the camels back. Red flags everywhere!! We told the builder on Monday that we wanted to terminate the contract immediately. His reply was, you will have to pay us for all the changes "you" made, which would amount to $15,000-22,000. We had initially planned a meeting with the builders for yesterday but we knew they were going to play dirty and we were very worried. However, a couple days before the meeting, Shane said he was going to call Quinn and see what he thought about all of this. That's when all of our troubles seemed to disappear in an instant.

Shane told Quinn everything that had happened from start to finish. Quinn knew all too well about this illegal scheme they were trying to pull on us. Recently a couple of builders in Utah were imprisoned 20 years for doing the same thing! He called up the qualifying broker(owner)over the builders agent and told him in no uncertain terms that if the builder did not let us out of the contract immediately, that he was going to the National Realtors Association and have that agent fired on the spot and possibly imprisoned and the whole company's reputation on the line. Shane and I got a call that night from the owner of the real-estate company telling us we can rest that all of our troubles would be over by the morning! Last night we signed two termination contracts and they apologized to us up and down and we are free!! I was in such turmoil there for a day thinking I was going to have to live with this house the way it is! They were off by 3 feet in the kitchen! In the builders haste to get going on this project poured the concrete without even measuring! They just put the figures down on paper.
We want to thank the Lord for taking care of this so quickly for us. This couldn't have turned out any better. No legal action taken, no money lost...only sweat and tears and I learned a lot. This gives us a chance to start over and do things a little differently or buy a home.
So, to answer your question Shane, I did say thank you to Quinn. But together we want to thank you again Quinn!! You saved us from what could have been a very traumatic situation! We couldn't have done this without you. I even called several attorneys here in town and they couldn't promise anything. We can't thank you enough!!!

Off the subject, my sister came down to visit and watch the kids for us while we attended a Farm Bureau awards banquet at the Embassy Suites in Albuquerque last week. Bless her heart, all the kids got sick with the stomach flu while we were away. I felt so bad for her but was secretly relieved I wasn't there!! It was nice to be able to hang up the phone and enjoy the suite and go shopping. Terrible of me to say, I know. But there will be plenty of this for me later, right?! Thanks for all you do Lis. Love you.

When Shane saw this picture for the first time he said, "look how fat we are." Baby, only one of us is getting fat...ME! You are looking great! Congratulations on your Silver award and all your other recognitions last week!