Something to consider

At age 55, he began to realize his weeks and his years were flying by. He figured that the average person lived to be 75, which gave him another twenty years, so with fifty-two weeks in a year that gave him approximately one thousand precious weekends left to enjoy with the people he loved most.
So he bought one thousand marbles, put them in a clear plastic container, and placed the container on a credenza in his office. Every Monday, he would take out one marble and throw it away.
He discovered that as the marbles diminished, he focused more on the most important aspects of life, and he observed, "There's nothing like watching your time here on earth run out to help get your priorities straight."

If Only I Knew...
This was our last hug,I would hold you tightAnd hope to never let you go,

If Only I Knew...That even when everything in my lifeSeems to go wrong And comes crumbling down around me,Even when my heart is broken,God has promisedTo always be with me.

Ah, yes... If we only knew, we would treasure special people in our life even more. Every day could be our last. And you might have heard it before, but... "On your deathbed, you will not say, 'I wish I had spent more time at the office.'"
The love of your family, your friends, and your faith will shape your attitude and determine your true success in life.
A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it.
- George Moore

I must say little man impressed me. Steven begged me not to have the bully removed from his class. He said "mom we need to figure out how to get along and I am going to ask Nolan to be my friend and see if we can't just work things out." I agreed and the two boys so far are friends and according to his teacher...getting along fine. hmmm I think my little man is growing up..sniff .

We had a good visit with the Dr. today and we have a new medication to help Steven Sleep better as he hears every single noise prior to falling asleep and it is preventing him from having restful sleep. We are going to try it out tonight to see how it goes. :)

Time to get the pork chops on the BBQ. Mom doesn't know it but we are racing to a bikini body by December. I think she is winning......with flying colors. I may need to bust out the Wii Fit tonight.

Back to School

Well it's time for school and sure enough the first two days last week were a little rough. The third day which would be today...was pretty easy since little man had a raging case of the stomach flu. He is doing better and managed to keep dinner down so he will be off to school tomorrow. Which means back to the office tomorrow for me.

We have been very busy these past few months working hard, saving houses for those that want to keep them and selling them for the ones that don't. We are working hard to get our first time homebuyers in their new homes in time to get the $8000.00 tax credit.

Thanks to mom and dad saving the day at the drop of a hat to take care of Steven for us, Scott and I were able to take the necessary certification training to be Pre-Foreclosure Specialists and we are able to help sooo many more people the right way.

On that note I better get story time done so I can get a good night sleep.

School Projects

I remember school projects with fondness and I was very excited Steven had on this year. We had spent a month reading The Little House in the Big Woods. (spin off of Little House on the Prairie) So once the book was complete Steven was to create a scene from the book that contained The Little House.

This is what we ended up with and won a certificate of achievement for.

Easter Bunny Gift

We are very excited about the Easter gift the good ole bunny left us. We came home to find a little fish tank on our fireplace. Steven and I had a date Monday to pick out our tanks new residents. We ended up with 3 guppy's, 3 Neon's, 1 sucker fish,2 frogs, and two crabs.

Since Monday we are down to 1 crab, 1 frog, 2 guppy's, and 1 neon. Needless to say Steven and I have another date tomorrow to replenish our loses. Lesson learned..."don't name the fish, crabs, and frogs".

Our 3 cats just cannot get enough of the tanks, seriously they are always watching the tank, heads zipping to and fro, tails flipping up and down, and paws attacking the glass. Good times are had by all (except maybe the fish...perhaps we had so many casualties due to weak hearts..hmmm something to ponder)

Anyway it looks like we have a big weekend ahead of us. We now have 10 qualified ready to go first time home buyers and no houses for them. So we are on a mission to find them all homes this upcoming weekend and week. Should be fun stuff.

I spent 2 hours working on the yard today and my back is reminding me why last year I was hell bent on hiring a gardener.

Gotta go it's story time, have a great weekend all.

Hi remember us?

Yep we are still alive and almost well down here in sunny warm California. We are at the tail end of yucky colds right now.

We have been so crazy busy with out business that we just have not had a chance to post. Our industry dynamics have changed so much this past 9 months that we are working hard to stay ahead of the game.

Spring break is upon us and we are delivering our little razz-ma-tazz to his grandparents in Pismo tomorrow. He is sooo excited to spend time with them he's tried all day to come up with any and all reasons he should not go to school tomorrow with the hopes we will just get up at 6 am and take him straight over. ahh to be a kid again.

If I'm not mistaken .....during my conversation with grandpa today I get the feeling they are pretty dang excited to see the little guy too.

Anyhoooo, it's story time so I gotta run.

And we're off

I figured I would pop in and say we are doing well and working very hard. We have 4 escrows closing in the next 40 days. Our goal is to close 9 escrows every 30 days to hit our goal so we are a little under but it is the first of the year so I think we can make it up as we go through the year.

Scott's a little sad today as his mom passed away 3 years ago today. :(

On the bright side we sail out on his birthday cruise tomorrow and get some much needed r&r..(and unwanted pounds from all the great food they serve on these stinking cruises.)

Speaking of weight my team beat out Scott's team in the weight loss challenge at work....wooohooo. I was the proud recipient of $100.00.

On that note, I better get my work done so I can go home and pack.