3rd grade already

Steven is so excited about 3rd grade and his new school. We went to meet his teacher and check out his class today and he just can't wait to get started. I really like his teacher this year. She actually read all of the info on file from my notes and the plans from his prior school. She and Steven have already worked out hand signals for when he is having issues and when she needs to remind him not to shout out. I think he will have a very good year. We have adjusted his meds. over the summer a bit and I think that will really help. I hope to get him involved in some after school programs this year and if he can demonstrate focus, follow direction, and not argue....then we will get him signed up for swimming lessons and we will get he and Scott signed up for karate.

Our new kitty Pismo is feeling better and actually putting on some weight. I am glad because we were pretty worried that we were going to lose her. The other two kitties have embraced the little pest and they actually snuggle instead of growl at each other. ahhhhhh. Now we have 3 kitties in our bed. Scott or I will usually cart them off to Steven's bed in the middle of the night because he loves having the little buggers in there.

We are hosting a huge open house at our newest listing on Saturday. We are bbqing tri tip steaks, hot dogs, and all of the goodies that go with it. We should have a great turn out (since we called 237 people within 1/4 mile of the house and invited them to join us) I have no doubt that we will have an offer sitting on our fax at the office Monday morning. :) Here is a picture of the home

This is the fun part of the job......other then handing over the keys to the buyer and the fat check to the seller :)

Well I better go pack Steven's lunch for tomorrow because it's almost story and bed time.

Good Morning.

Here is a great thought for the day:

Milt, who lived at the time in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is a trainer and consultant who periodically has worked with our company. At the end of a week of training, he and his wife, Jane, took a walk on Friday night. Jane said to him, "Milt, you missed my anniversary this week." Surprised, Milt said, "What anniversary?"

"Five years cancer free," said Jane. Five years earlier Jane had had a mastectomy. She and Milt celebrated every year that she was cancer free.

Milt felt awful. He couldn't believe he had forgotten. The week before, when he and Jane had been talking one night, they'd decided that she needed a new car. Since their son was still in college in Australia, they'd decided to wait a year until he graduated. That night, Milt said to himself, "Why am I waiting? I am so lucky that Jane is still in my life."

The next morning he called the Saturn dealership in Albuquerque and talked to one of their salespeople. I'm not kidding — the salesman's real name was Billy Graham. Milt explained the situation to Billy, saying that his kids had told him Jane really wanted a white car. "Could you get me a white Saturn by next Saturday when I get back home from training?" Milt asked.
Billy told Milt that white Saturns were hard to get. "But if you're going to come in next Saturday, I'll have one ready," he said.

The next Saturday morning Milt told Jane that he was running a bunch of errands, but he invited her to come with him so they could go out to lunch. During their drive, they passed the Saturn dealership. Milt told Jane he had to stop in for some materials because he was giving a speech about Saturn to the Chamber of Commerce. When they entered the dealership, they saw only one car; a white Saturn in the center of the showroom.
"Milt, that's the kind of car I'd love to have!" Jane said. She ran over to the Saturn and, with a big grin on her face, got in. When she got out of the car and walked around the front of it, she let out a scream and begin to cry.

Milt had no idea what had happened. When he got to the front of the car, he saw a beautiful sign on the hood of the car that read:
Yes, Jane, this is your car! Congratulations on five years cancer free.Love, Milt, Billy and the whole Saturn staff.

When Billy saw them coming, he got everyone out of the showroom and into the parking lot, so that Milt and Jane could be alone. As they were crying in each other's arms, all of a sudden they heard applause. They looked up to see everyone giving them a hand.

"We do not remember days. We remember moments in our lives." Make them!

Have a wonderful day

Another inspiration sent to me from a dear friend at a local office.

Something to think about

Here is another inspirational story I received from my good friend at London Properties. I hope it makes an impact for you as well.

Good Morning. Here is a great thought for the day:

"And love the people in our lives like we've never loved before."

I recently had dinner with someone who told me that one of his best friends had been killed in a private plane crash, and something happened at the service that he'll never forget. He shared the story with me.

At the memorial service, his friend's wife walked to the podium to speak to the gathering. She said a friend had asked her the best memory she had of their life together. At the moment, she had been too grief-stricken to answer, but she had thought about it since and wanted to answer the question. They were in their late forties when he died, and she began talking about a time in their life almost twenty years earlier. She had quit her job to obtain her master's degree, and her husband never wavered in his support. He held down his own job and also did the cooking, cleaning, and other household chores while she studied for her degree.

One time they both stayed up all night. She was finishing her thesis, and he was preparing for an important business meeting. That morning, she walked out on their loft, looked at him over the railing, and just thought about how much she loved him. She knew how important this meeting was to his career, and she was feeling guilty that she didn't even have time to make his breakfast. He grabbed his briefcase and hurried out. She heard the garage door open and close, but much to her surprise, she heard it open again about thirty seconds later. From above, she watched her husband dash into the house and walk over to the neglected coffee table. Tracing his finger through the dust, he wrote the words, "I love you." Then he raced back to his car.

The new widow then looked out at her audience and said, "John and I had a wonderful life together. We have been around the world several times, we've had everything money can buy... but nothing comes close to that moment.

"Our lives move with lightning speed. Although I'm very proud of my business accomplishments, in the end my life comes back to loving and being loved.

Good Times

The 4th for us was wonderful. We stayed home, watched all 3 netflix movies we have neglected, our computers stayed off, and we ate all of our favorite things. Then we had some firework fun.

Here is some video from our 4th. Remember to hit play twice for it to play.

Here is a video I took a few minutes ago of our kitten in her new favorite place.

$150.00 for a new cat tree and she gets a kick out of this. sheesh.

I'm Glad this week is over.

Poor little guy has been soooo sick. We kept the poor guy in the house all week with the exception of the Dr. Monday morning, and emergency last night. He is doing better today and we did let him go to his best friends birthday party at the park for an hour or so today. I am glad we were able to go as none of Oli's other little friends could make it. Also because of the fires around us the air quality is soooo bad that Oli's grandparents couldn't make it to the party either.

Scott is hosting an open house this afternoon and Steven and I are kickin it at home. We have had a nice week playing video games (Indiana Jones Legos and Star Wars Legos on the Wii) and watching movies. The cats have not enjoyed having us home as they were ALWAYS getting in trouble. Now I know what the cats do when the humans are away. They do listen to "no" about 1/2 the time now which is a great start. I figure Scott and or I will be coming down with this horrible illness and maybe we can get the cats to understand "no" 3/4 of the time. :) I guess this would be considered the upside to sickness. We are soooo tired, poor little guy and his coughing, sore throat, and throwing up took us from about 35 hours of sleep a week to about 18. This morning he actually slept in until about 9:00am which in his 8.5 years has never happened. I was somewhat scared to go check on him, but when I did he greated me with a big smile and sleepy eyes. Oh yeah and a request for donuts (which Scott instantly picked up for him..such a great daddy. Not to mention the camp-outs in the living room at 3:00 am watching old Scooby Doo Cartoons and Pink Panther Cartoons). So far today Steven is able to keep everything down and the coughing is better. woooohoooo.

Well I better get to making my meatballs. I am going to suprise Scott with his favorite spagetti and meatballs for dinner. He thinks we are having grilled cheese so this should be a great suprise.

Inspiration

This is an inspirational message emailed to me this morning and I want to share it with all of my readers:

Good Morning.

Here is a great thought for the day:

At a Special Olympics track meet, a young girl had just won the 50-yard dash and was jumping up and down all excited.

She yelled out to her parents, "Look, Mom and Dad, I won!"
Her parents instantly burst into tears.
At the awards ceremony, the young girl proudly stood there as a medal was placed around her neck.
Then she ran over to her parents, who were crying now even more than before.
The three of them hugged... as the parents kept crying.
A Special Olympics official who had watched this whole scene became concerned and went over to the parents and said, "Excuse me, is there anything wrong?"

Through her tears, the mother said, "No, nothing's wrong. Everything's right... We just heard our daughter speak for the first time."

Have a wonderful day.

Who can have a bad day after reading this? Thank you Barbara with London Properties for sending this to me so I can share it with my readers as well.

Great Weekend

What a great weekend it has been. Saturday Steven had his new friend Killian over for a sleepover and it was big fun. Today Scott and I each sat a different open house while Steven hung out at his friends house. I was able to set an appointment with one family that came to my open house today for Friday. If all goes well we will list their home and sell them their move-up home. We decided to celebrate a great weekend with a great dinner at Red Lobster. It has been a long time since we have gone there. I enjoyed the heck out of it and Steven had a great time cracking open the crab legs he ordered.

Steven saw a new psycologist this past Friday and she is very unique but in a good way. She is totally child focused and she actually read the massive paperwork I filled out. She has decided that Steven does not learn through lecture (duh) so she is going to teach through play. Although it sounds and looks very childish ( like 2-4 years old) he actually responded to it. She only works 1:00pm - 9:00pm so I am glad she will get to work with him when his meds. have worn off and she can see the disrepectful/out of control side of his condition. The Drs. brother has Asperger Syndrom and she has many techniques to try. I am looking forward to it as I do not want to increase his meds again.

Steven has had a very sore throat the last day and 1/2 so I will be calling our Dr. at 8:30 in the morning t0 get him in an emergency appointment in the afternoon. He doesn't have a fever so I don't think it is strep....but ya never can tell. This will actually be the first time he has had to go to the Dr. for an issue since we moved here 2 years ago.

We finally have a hair appt with my stylist on Tuesday morning. I had to cancel the last one when I injured my wrist and had to go to the Dr. two weeks ago. My hair is driving me nuts. I cut it short and now that it has grown out it feels weird especially when I get hot and sweaty. Speaking of which...we set a record here yesterday we reached 110 degrees. I had no idea cause I never left the house. Today however the open house I sat at did not have any power and todays temps were in the low 100's. Not cool at all. Anyway enough about sweat and heat.

Time to do a little research.