Also ask the lawyer about the house. Do you have any proof--reciepts and such that show you did put money into the house. Can you go to the builder and get some? Do you have bank records that show how much money you had and when it was taken out? Do you have the papers the lawyer gave you that you signed. If you don't have money to hire a lawyer look into legal aid. Do not feel bad that you are doing this to your daughter. I know it kills a mother, but you have to be strong for the boy. In order to pursue this and not hurt the boy, you have to be as sneaky as she is--let on to her that you don't want to be responsible for the boy. Make sure it is only to her and there are no witnesses. Do notunder any circumstance say anything like that on the phone she could be taping it. If you can ever get the boy alone tell him this has nothing to do with him and you will always love him. Good luck

So cute! That first picture is precious--he looks kind of surprised. Very, very sweet. Looks like he has momma's hair color. Maybe it's good you cannot go right away. Will give them time to get settled in. First baby, right? Congratulations, Grandma.

Dogs don’t just pee “anyway”. That is nothing more than the excuse of a lazy owner. Dogs pee when they signal that they need to go and are ignored or when they are physically unable to hold it. I hope they aren’t just drawing the conclusion that it’s because she’s old as well. There are lots of reasons as to why a female dog might be incontinent, like a bladder infection or a problem stemming from when she was spayed. Heck, our dog had a problem with incontinence an it ended up being because of the cr*ppy prescription food the Vet wanted her on. It started shortly after we started feeding it to her for some tummy problems and it stopped immediately when I chose to stop feeding it to her. These owners need to step up to the plate and take care of the old girl the way she deserves to be cared for. Scenarios like this always baffle me. I mean, why have an animal if you don’t value it’s companionship and/or enjoy taking care of it? Nicole, I hope you don’t step back and let the owners care for their dog. She obviously needs a compassionate advocate who can speak for her and gently encourage the owners to do better.

@Diane Brakefield - They had several bushes of Jude, and they were mature, and in full bloom -- so it was much like being in the David Austin Catalogue! The one that was labeled Jude was lovely -- and then one kind of across from it looked like Jude, but the flowers smelled like lemon furniture polish to me -- which was a tiny bit off-putting and puzzling to me -- and the fact that I was trying to compare the one labeled Jude with the one not labeled and trying to figure out if it was the same bush -- that's probably why I didn't take a photo. I have a Jude now because my good friend moved from SB to Oregon, and had to leave her garden behind, so we dug up Jude and her Eustacia Vye to move to my garden -- so then Jude had a bit of a shock to the system. I'm hoping eventually he looks like the one at Otto & Sons! But, I hope he doesn't smell like Lemon Pledge! :-/ Yes -- I love love love love roses -- but I love them best when they are interplanted with other things -- so that new garden going in will probably be my favorite. I've been here 3-4 times to pick up plants, but never knew they had a demo rose garden until I got a flyer in the mail for rose days! I can't believe I've been missing out! I was going to head down to Huntington Rose Garden for my birthday (birthday was last week, but Saturday was my free day), but the tea room, and parts of the garden were supposed to be closed, so that's why I went to O&S instead. Had planned to stop by an Irish Pub in Santa Paula on way home, but I think they didn't make it through covid...sadly. I will be in N. Ireland end of May -- wondering if roses at Austin in England will be open yet...could maybe stop by there on the way home! :-)