A little nappie-poo

Well, not really a nappie-poo. Peyton was in my bed with me, so it was an in and out rest. She came in crying that her movie was over that I put in for her. I put on a cartoon and told her to lay down with me. That child CANNOT sit still! I mean...seriously...not even for one minute. Covers on. Covers off. Leg up. Leg down. Arm around me. Arm hitting me. Hand on my face. Hand pulling my hair. wiggle, wiggle, wiggle. Goodness. So yes, while I was able to have a little downtime today, it wasn't pure sleep.

So after"rest time" it was time to straighten the house. this is like 4:30. Told Peyton to go clean her room. At 7:30 tonight she had not done it. She just goes in there and plays. To put it like this, I know if I need a break from her talking and just her general 3 year old antics, I tell her to go clean her room, because I know I won't see her again for another half an hour when the room isn't done, then I send her back. etc..that can go on for hours. So we tried yelling at her...NEVER works. So we all brought it down a notch. I sat her down and told her that we need to take care of our things and I need her to go pick up her things like a big girl. And if she does she can have a popsicle after dinner. Positive reinforcement after that got a little of the room cleaned. Still at 7pm the room wasn't clean. I showed her the 2 popsicles I had in the freezer, and since she hadn't listened to me, one was going in the trash. So I did. She freaked out. Time out she goes. So nicely I asked told her she has 10 minutes to finish the room, or the red popsicle was going in the trash. She went and did a little but obviously got distracted. I of course gave her more like 20 minutes, but it didn't matter. I told her the popsicle was going in the trash. I walked in there and I did just that. She REALLY freaked out. So I sent her to time out. She kept coming out, I kept putting her back in. I had to spank her. She was really mad I threw that away. So I got her out of time out and all she could say is she wanted her popsicle. I tried to reason with her and she was just throwing herself on the floor screaming she wanted her popsicle. Steve had had enough. He yelled VERY loud and hit the counter and said, "go clean your room" She went running. And you know what...it worked. She cried the whole time she did it, but it got clean. She came out and I told her what a great job she did and ALL she wanted was a popsicle. I tried very hard not to give in to her. I stuck to my guns and told her that she did not listen to Mommy when I told her to go clean her room. It took 4 hours for her to clean it. And it hurt Mommie's feeling that she didn't listen to me. So no popsicle. She went to bed crying that she wanted that popsicle.

While I am mean and threw away the 2 popsicles, she knows, as she mentioned to me, that there are a whole bunch in the outside freezer. LOL The girl ain't no dumby. God love her!

Floor duty today. Got nothing off of that. Picked up Peyton. Worked a bit. Took a "nap" (if you can call it that). Worked on relisting my mom's house for lease and for sale. Come on people! Come buy this house!! Surely somebody out there knows somebody that would like this house. 121 Sunnyvale. , Hurst. 76053..look it up on Realtor. com. Buy it! If it leases...Me make-a no money! (said in spanish accent). Actually, think I would lose money. Let's go people! ;)

Did get one piece of good news today. The client I put an offer in for on a Short Sale...the other offer they had dropped out, and we are the only offer. She said she is only going to accept back up offers from here on..which means the bank should approve our offer any day now. We came in above list price, so it should get approved no problem. Mo' money. Not much...because commission is less on short sales. Which is stupid..should be more with how much time the whole process takes.

I also have a short sale listing in my neighborhood that I have listed. Roseman ct. at $130k. Good deal. Right at 2000 sq. ft. Look it up on Realtor.com or call me if you know anybody interested. That's a $10k price reduction!

There are deals out there ya'll. If you are thinking about buying, really...now is the time. Foreclosures, short sales...a lot of inventory which means competative prices. Good time to buy.

Ok...there ya go. Night.

Is this week over yet!

Goodness. It's only Wednesday. That stinks. It has been a challenging week, yet profitable. I had my closing...$$$$$. I found a lease for somebody on Monday that needed to move in today...Wed. They changed their mind, and then this morning changed their mind again and decided to move into the lease house. So after speeding to get all of that done, it's signed and done. A very little bit more $$$. Whatever, it's not much, but I will take it.

Worked at AAdvanced today. Floor duty tomorrow. Work at AAdvanced Friday. Then Saturday...ahhh...I look forward to Saturday. (so far)

Peyton, Peyton. What a cutie pie. She goes with the flow. She asks me every morning when we wake up, "Mommy, you have to work?" And I say, "Yes, honey. But I'll come and get you when I am done." "Are you going to buy me a dress today?" "No, dear. Not today." That's our usual conversation. Yesterday, I was particularly glad to see her, and feeling guilty. I said to her, "Mommy made some money today, do you want me to buy you a dress, a hairbow, or shoes?" She said, "No Mommy...I want Candy" She's too easy. ha

We took video of her "reading" this book tonight. It's a Dr. Suess book "Hop on Pop" or something like that. We have read it to her several times. She looks at the pictures and knows what it says. She has memorized the entire book. Just about..no lie..word for word. There are a couple of pages she isn't sure about, but really unbelievable to watch her. So cute. And soo smart.

LaVerle..if you read this..I forgot to call and ask if you could keep Peyton in the morning on Thurs. Just a half of the day?? I'll call you in the morning.

Ok, peeps. I didn't update last night, so I wanted to get something down today. Have a good Thurs.

Oy..Monday

What a DAY! Had floor duty ALL day. I was looking forward to a nice, quiet day. Even hung at the office so I could focus on what I needed to get done. Oh no...quite the opposit. I had to go show a lease. Well...3 houses. And the best part of it all...these people waited until today to find a lease home to move into on WEDNESDAY! That is the day after tomorrow. Come on people. Do you think we can snap our fingers and poof! You got a house!! And on top of it, they have bad credit. So to get them approved, even for a lease, is going to be a major challenge. Well, got the application and checks to the other Realtor and we'll see how it goes. Then I have a closing tomorrow. Had a little issue. My people thought that once they sign the papers they could move in!! I was a bit surprised by that. Well, we aren't closing until 3pm and it will most likely not fund until Wed. morning. Thus, they can't move in until then. Plus, they knew the lady selling was having movers there on Tues. to move her out..were they wanting to move in while they were moving out or what???? Weird. I guess I just assumed they knew they weren't going to be able to move in on Tues. You know what they say about assuming...it makes an ass out of you and me. So, I had to smooth that mess over, because I guess they have to be out by Wednesday. So I don't want any glitches, so I have been checking and double checking everything. Payday! looking forward to that.

Tomorrow will be a little better. I have to do a showing at 1pm, work on getting my lease people approved so they can move in Wed. and have a closing at 3pm. Hopefully all will go smoothly. Fingers crossed for all 3 things. Wed. I have to work at AAdvanced. Thurs. floor duty from 9-1 and Friday work at AAdvanced again. Busy week

I am feeling SOOO guilty about leaving Peyton so much. We usually at least have one day during the week that we hang out together all day. It's not happening this week, and then not to mention she was at Nana and Papa's most of the weekend. She will be with Nana again some tomorrow and probably Thurs., and my Dad is taking the girls on Wed., and then Andi's on Friday. So all week she will be away from home. I feel terrible. Next week should be better. We will have to go do something fun next week.

man...it's already 12:30am. I must go to bed. More tomorrow. Night.

a good weekend

We had a nice weekend. Saturday was floor duty for a couple of hours while also preparing for our night out. I managed to pull off the surprise. I had him drop off Peyton at Nana Papa's house. He asked if we were sleeping away from home and I lied and said no at that point. So while he did that I packed our bags. Then I kind of had to give up the fact that we were spending the night away from home when I told him we were taking the dogs to my Dad's house. But still didn't' give where we were going. Drove to Bedford and dropped off the dogs. On the way to Grapevine I told him where we were staying. He was excited because it was a penthouse suite. It was a nice hotel and a nice room. It had two bathrooms, a bedroom, a living and a dining type area. Then a bar area with a microwave, sink and fridge. And a nice, private balcony. Very nice. And it wasn't much more than a regular room. So we got checked in, finally...they didn't have our room ready yet even though it was like 4:30. So we had to hang out. Once we got our room, we settled in and checked it out. Enough time to freshen up and go to dinner. I told him we were going to the melting pot. He was excited about that too, because we had been wanting to try it. It was good. However, it is expensive. We spent $100 on dinner!!!!! Goodness. Do I think it was worth $100..no, not really. But it was good and romantic and something different overall. Next time I go, it will be just for dessert. YUMMY! Then we walked around Southlake Square for a bit and then headed back. We had a nice time. They had a full cook to order breakfast this morning so that was yummy too.

Picked up our dogs, and Murray's hair was practically gone. LOL My OCD Dad spent 2 full hours brushing out and bathing my Golden Retriever. I hoop him every day. He has sooo much hair. He does look a lot better. I didn't know you were supposed to hoop them against the grain, and I don't really have the time or the patience to spend 2 hours doing it. But we much appreciate Dad taking the time to do it for us...for him. He looks lovely AND it saved me a trip to the Groomer...who by the way...doesn't even get THAT much hair off of him. ha Good job Pops. I'll bring him back in 2 weeks for a follow up grooming. hehe

Peyton seemed to have a great time, as usual, at Nana, Papa's house. Ate a lot, swam, and was apparently clingy on Papa this time. They spoil her rotten! lol That's what grandparents are for though, huh. that's ok. I whip her back in shape when she comes home. hehe

When we got home, I showered and sat on the chair with my laptop, did some work stuff, checked emails and fell asleep in the chair with the laptop on my lap. Gee...ya think I was tired or what. ha I don't advise falling asleep with the laptop on your lap. My legs fell asleep!!! When I finally woke up I had to have Steve come get it off of my lap because I couldn't get up. ha

Peyton, I have to say, is a little love bug. She is very affectionate and loving. That is, when she is finally pooped out from running like a wild woman. She is full of hugs and kisses and "I love you Mommy". She's a sweetie pie. It was only one night away from her, but I missed her to pieces. I was so happy to see that sweet face. Kisses to you Peyton! And a good night to all of you!

My Dancing queen

My girl likes to dance! She's the Dancing Queen. ha
This was taken last weekend.

It was a pretty busy week. I am glad it's Friday. Let's play catch up.
So yesterday I went for my "facial". It wasn't a facial really. It was take your make up off and try all of these products. So I bought $50 worth of make up..like I needed it. But I did. But ya know. I think it will get me some business in the future. The Mary Kay ladie said they are thinking of moving to the Flower Mound area soon. So I would get a listing and a buyer out of that. And she really does have a lot of contacts. I gave her some of my cards and told her to give them to anybody that she finds out is in need of a Realtor. We'll see if the whole "facial" thing was worth it.

Then went to the Builder Happy Hour. It was fine. It was in Keller and was glad I didn't have to drive. I rode with a guy, Brian, from our office. We stayed until 6:30 or so. I had about a half of a drink. margarita. I can't do those much anymore. The food was good, and best of all..it was all free. I didn't win any of the drawings. 3 people from our office did. Not me..of course. Whatever. Lynn, our manager, and a couple other Realtors stayed until like 9pm. They were not feeling well this morning. ha We are all planning a trip to Pete's Piano Bar. Apparently it's a blast. Then one of our Realtors owns a couple of Taco Casa's and has a friend that owns a restuarant downtown. So before that we are going for a party there. More free food and drinks! Love that! I think we are planning that for the 9th. Should be a good time. We have a couple of nutts in our office...makes it interesting.

Today...worked at AAdvanced. It was kinda slow. Got some of my Realtor work done I have been needing to do. Did some AAdvanced work...not much, admittadly. Then we went to Ihop for dinner. The Linders and the Harris' going last week made me want it this week or something. ha Peyton and Ashleigh went over to Pop Pop's house again. They enjoyed themselves. They didn't get to go swimming though. It was too hop according to Pop Pop. But really, isn't that what the pool is for...cooling off. haha We are all 3 watching Finding Nemo together right now. Peyton has her bean bag chair out in the living room. However, she can't seem to sit still! I think she is tired. She gets more "active" when she is tired. I think to keep herself awake. She fights the sleep.

Tomorrow. I am on floor duty in the afternoon. I have one of our team members taking the second half of floor duty though. I can tell you this, because I know Steve doesn't read this blog, so he won't find out. Tomorrow I am dropping Peyton off at Nana and Papa's and the dogs off at my Dad's house. I am surprising Steve and made reservations at the Embassy Suites in Grapevine. I got us the Penthouse suite..I somehow got it for the same price, but I really think it's just a suite on a higher level and has a bigger balcony or something. ha We'll see. Then I am going to make reservations at the Melting Pot for dinner. A fondue type place. Then maybe go walk around Southlake Town Square. A place with a bunch of shops that you walk around outdoors. Its got some cute shops. Order room service and just chill with no phones, kids and dogs for 24 hours. We never did get to do our anniversary evening since Steve decided to throw his back out the day of our anniversary. I thought he would try to re-plan it, but he never did. So I took the lead and just did it. He's not the most romantic person...I have just learned to accept that. ha

Otherwise, not sure what else is in store for the weekend. Need to clean up the house. That's about it.
Ya'll have a good weekend!!

up and runnin'!

Wa-hoo! I am up and runnin' on the laptop again. Withdrawls were setting in. The Dell guy fixed it up. Thank God!

So what a day! Here is a picture of one of the things we did today....can you guess?

LOL! Yes..to the eye dr. So funny. She even said laughing, "Momma...I look silly". hehe So, Peyton honey..I am laughing with you not at you. All went well at the eye dr. They did dialate her eyes this time. She is progessing as normal. He had to strengthen her prescription a bit, but it is all normal.

So woke up early, which we all know how much I love it. Picked up Ash and Syd, went to the dr's office while dad picked up the other 2 girls. Peyton went in to see the dr. After I dropped Peyton off at Dad's to join the fun. They seemed to have a great time, and probably will be going over again on Friday. Glad they are spending time with their Pop Pop. So I headed it off to my 2nd job. I had one of the AC technitions go to my house and check our AC because of the high electric bill. Nothing wrong there! I was kind of surprised. He and Brian agreed that our filters being dirty probably contributed. That would be Steve's fault. ha Then the Dell man came to see me while I was at work. I did, however, forget to bring the bummed RAM card. So Mark, who was at my house checking my AC had to bring it to me, and the Dell guy had to wait. He wasn't going to leave the new RAM card without the old one to return to Dell. I got lucky there. Thanks, Mark! (not that he reads this). After work, picked up Peyton and we all decided to goto Circle S for dinner. The Yorks, Harris' and the Linders. I am still full! Good food.

I am pooped! Way too long of a day.

Here are a couple of pictures of Peyton's impromptu photo session. ha

She knows she's beautiful. ha

Tomorrow. I have to go to a chicks house to let Peyton play with a school friend and "get a facial". So she works for Mary Kay. She calls me up and says, "Would you and Peyton like to come over and let Hayden (her daughter) and Peyton play together. While you're here I will pamper you with a facial." I know it is a way to sell me something. She's a very nice woman and I like her, I just don't want to buy any Mary Kay stuff. I am sure I will end up buying something though. I was kind of ignoring her calls and then I walk into Wal Mart...and there she is!!! OMG! The luck, right! She mentioned how she called me, and I blamed not getting the message on my husband. hehe She said, I will give you a call and maybe we can work out a date for the girls to get together to play. Ok. fine. Sure enough. She called a couple days later. I pondered and pondered. I would still have to see her all school year next year. And I got to thinking...well...I'll play the game. She actually could be a good referral base. She has a lot of clients, and would know when people are wanting to sell or buy a house. SOOOO...I will make sure to slip her a few cards and ask for some referrals. 2 can play at this game. Sometimes ya gotta give a little love to get a little love, right. ha So I am going to do that tomorrow and then to a happy hour for a builder in the late afternoon. Hey...it's a chance at a $200 gift card. This builder gives good happy hours, so I will go for a bit.

This pic is of the girls both in MY sweater. Does this mean I'm fat when 2 kids can fit in my sweater. ha

And this is my favorite for the week. Me and Peyton hanging out. She was being a love muffin and actually let me hold her for a while, so I had to get a picture since it doesn't happen like that often. I have a similar pic of her laying on me like that as a baby. So it's funny to compare the 2.

Ya'll have a good Thurs.

Gotta Love Texas

Ok...yes...hot again! You know it's gotten bad when there is a dangerous hurricane approching the shores of Texas, and I'm sure will do some major damage, but all I can think about is, "gee I hope some of that rain makes it up here to Fort Worth." Terrible, I know. Enough of that...it's hot..not much more I can say.

Today....real estate meeting. Tour of our new listings. Damage control was the major theme of the day. Things weren't getting done on for my closing on Tues. Missing insurance info, missing Surveys, missing termite inspections, do we have to have the home reinspected, got to get the receipts for the termite treatment and the shrub removals....Uggh. The listing agent on this house SUCKS! She is like 95 years old, losing her memory obviously, and needs to just go ahead and retire. She used to work at my office years ago, and got fired from there. Pretty hard to get fired as a real estate agent. She is unethical and I found out she has been sued many times. Now I see why. If I need something, I have to ask 5 times. I hate calling her. She really is nutty and losing her mind. Even the mortgage broker that is doing the loan knows. This realtor has used this particular mortgage broker for 18 years, and even he says she is losing her mind. ha But hey...I am a week away from a payday and I am delighted. We are closer to an approval on the other contract I put in for a client like a month ago now. Because of how long it has taken the other offer that somebody put in on the house is looking like they are dropping out of contention. I hope so. We are the only other one, and the listing agent said they would only take back up offers from there on. I hope so. I would like to get that one done and get paid too. Won't be a great paycheck because it is only $112k, and the commission is smaller than usual because it is a short sale. But hey...it's cash. I'll take it.

RC is working as a travel agent as a second job. I think that's great. She loves that kind of stuff. She is always on the hunt for cheap travel even if none of us, including her, can afford the cheap travel. But she looks anyway...a hobby I guess. ha So if any of you need an agent to plan a vacation, please call Rae Carol.

So Mom went to the orthopedist today. Looks like she is going to have to use a walker for a while to try to see if her hip will heal. She also has terrible arthritis in her hip. Not sure what they are going to end up doing, but that's the story for the next month or so. She has cataracs (sp?) Going to wait to have them removed. She will see the oncologist on the 6th for the suspicious fluid around her kidney transplant site. Lordy. Prayers please.

I missed Peyton to pieces. I was thrilled to pick her up, walked in the room anxiously awaiting a big hug and some excitement to see her dear -ol- mom....NAH. She looked at me and turned the other direction and burried her head in the chair. And she says, 'I don't want to go home, Momma..I want to stay at Nana's house." awwww...I really wasn't too hurt. I acted like it and she came and gave me a big hug and said she missed me too. Steve took some sweet pics of she and I tonight. I would love to share them with you. Oh wait...I can't....my laptop is shot. I will have to wait. I don't want to put too much stuff on the desktop because it just means more I have to transfer when it is finally fixed. Hopefully tomorrow. Fingers crossed.

Auntie S saw Mama Mia...RC did you? How was it? Any good or was it cheezie. It looks like it could be on the borderline of cheezy. Let me know what y'all thought.

Tomorrow...Peyton to the eye dr. I have to pick up all the girls to take with me to Hurst (I am so abused), so my dad can pick up syd and ash before Peyton's appointment there in teh parking lot. Then after Peyton's appointment I will drop her off at Dad's. Rush to work. And supposed to have the computer guy meet me at work to fix mylaptop. We'll see how that all works out. A busy day, I have to get up early...and here I sit at almost midnight! I am such a glutton for punishment! GOOD NIGHT!

The heat has to stop!

People! It's hot! It's so freakin' hot! It was 102 today. The 5 day forecast has more 0's on it than I can count. We are in the Texas dog days of summer, as they like to call them. These next 30 days or so is the one thing I HATE about Texas. It makes you want to live your life naked no matter how fat you are. It makes you cranky and gives you high blood pressure when you see your electric bill! Let's talk about that shall we. Yes, got mine today!!!! $436 f(*^&&ing dollars!WTF! Are you kidding me! Brian..get over here and check my AC! I have NEVER had an electric bill that high...EVER! It's not like we are freezing our butts off in the house. We keep it at 77 during the day and at 75 at night. Yes, it's been hot...but come on! We have been trying so hard staying on a budget..paying with cash, reducing our driving, reducing our grocery budget..etc. Then it's all shot to pay an electric bill that's more than my freakin' car payment!

I was in such shock from driving up to my mailbox...I crashed my Tahoe into the front of my house! LOL I am not kidding people. I drove up to the mailbox..opened the electric bill...nearly had a heart attack. I had a car full of groceries, so I always back in for ease of unloading. Steve's truck was in the driveway, which always throws me off when backing in...I overcompensated and smacked into the brick by the garage. Damn electric bill threw me all off. If I seem to be cussing more tonight..yes, you are correct. Get an over $400 electric bill, smash your car into the house and see how much you cuss! LOL

So really...other than those 2 items and sweating our asses off, it was a pretty good day. I did some work in the morning, got Peyton bathed, me showered and out the door to eat our occassional Monday Cici's pizza..cause Peyton is my pizza buddy. Then to get my car washed, which was in desperate need. (if I had known I was going to smash it up later in the day, I probably would have passed on the car wash...ha) Then we came home because it was too hot out. Did more work, Peyton rested. We decided to go to the grocery store to pick up a few out of stock items. Then you know what happened next. We invited Nana over for dinner because Jim is out of town until Wednesday. Nobody ever comes to our house, and we actually had several visitors this weekend and this week thus far. I'm impressed. I made another new recipe, so Steve, Peyton and Nana were my taste testers. It turned out good. It was a chicken meal. Grean beans and chedder biscuts. Good stuff. Nana took Peyton home with her to spend the night and keep her company. I was going to have to take her over at 8:30 in the morning anyway, so just seemed logical. I don't think LaVerle minded. She always says yes, and sometimes I wonder if she really is thinking, "oh my god...again!" Nana...please always tell me if you don't want to watch her. I would TOTALLY understand.

So it's been a pretty peaceful evening. No peyton, steve went to bed at 9pm because he didn't sleep last night hardly at all. I have no laptop, so here I am on my slow ass desktop. I think I am addicted to the laptop. I sat there last night fiddeling my thumbs, rubbing my face and hair...I didn't know what to do with my hands. I am used to having the laptop on my lap when Peyton goes to bed at night! I kept thinking of things I needed to look up and do, and I would have had to get up and come do it on this slow computer which would take me twice the time...so I said screw it and just did it all this morning. ha Now, is that spoiled and lazy or what. ha Still haven't heard from the technition as to when he is going to show his pretty face and fix my piece of crap Dell computer. I am sure he will show up with refurbished parts again. I told them on the phone to not even think about it. We will see.

Ok...sorry for all the cussing. I will be out of the pissyness by tomorrow, promise. I miss my daughter. Isn't it funny. You wish for them to go play alone all day so they will leave you alone and have some peace, but then when you do get rid of them you miss them. And knowing that I won't see her again until like 5:30 tomorrow hurts my heart. Have I mentioned that it sucks to work and be a mom at the same time. The guilt! It stinks!
Ya'll have a great Tues. I will have a busy one. More tomorrow.

Oh dear God!

So I go to download a couple of pictures last night to put on the blog...the computer FREAKS out! Error messages, shut downs, restarts...etc. WTF! This is a brand new computer that I am talking about. A new Dell laptop! People...do not by a Dell computer. I have had nothing but problems with this thing. The first one they sent me in April when I bought it, didn't work from Day 1. You would think when I called to tell them, I would get, "oh ma'am...we're so sorry, let us send you a new computer right away. " No, it was all a headache in itself that I will not rehash. So after a technition, and a new computer finally sent to me..I now am back to square one 3 months later. So frustrating. I live on that laptop. Everything is on there. I immediately ordered an external hard drive to constantly back up my laptop. It won't be here for a couple of days, but it is looking like my data and pics will be saved. My laptop needs another new mother board (which is what was wrong with the first one), and new memory card. I pray that I dont lose anything. They say it will be all saved fine, but if it doesn't work, then I have to do a recovery disk and then I will lose everything. I luckily have my Palm Treo phone that has all my contacts on it, but will lose my pics and emails. Which are the most important. Uggh...we'll see what happens when the technition comes out in a couple of days. Now I am having to use the desktop computer that is slow as molasses. But, hey...it works. And funny thing is it is a Dell too. It is starting to act up as well, and will probably have to be replaced soon. But hey...it's been 6 years not 3 months.

So anyway. Today we just hung around and got some things done. We hired Brittany to come over and help out with the flower beds that were overgrown badly. It looks so much better. Thanks Brit. That wore Steve out. Peyton wore us both out today. That girl has endless energy. She was outside with Brittany and Steve, and she came in and wiped off her forehead, and said, "there is water on my forehead." LOL It was sweat. That made me laugh. She is obviously hot, her little cheeks are rosy, she has water on her forehead...so I told her to let me put her hair up to get it off of her neck and she would be cooler. She HATES having her hair put up in a ponytail. Why? I don't get it. Who the heck likes all that hot hair on your neck when it's 100 degrees outside. Kid is weird. ha

I spend most of my day dealing with the computer people. Like 3 1/2 hours. Not even lying. Ridiculous. I have said it before and I will say it again. I want to turn on a computer and it work every time. I want to be able to print, copy, scan and fax, send emails and surf the web without knowing how it works...I just want it to work. I need to find me a computer geek that I can befriend to make sure that can happen. Steve is ok at making this stuff work, but I still am unable to scan and when the computer is acting up, or the network is not working right, he gets more pissed off than helpful. So I am going to find a computer geek and wine and dine him and make him my computer biatch. hehe

Yesterday...I did a couple of showings. We had a lunchner (late lunch, thus is dinner and lunch) at Corner Bakery in Downtown since I had a showing there. Then the poker gang came over to our house and played poker. I baked a lemon cake that I had a new recipe for. It was tasty. Just need to make a few changes to make it even better. So really, it's been a pretty relaxed weekend. I could have done without the computer issues though.

Ok..I will blog again soon. Ya'll have a great week.

Finally...

Not much blogging going on lately, I know. Time has flown this week.

So here's what's going on in a nuttshell. Steve has been home sick since Tues. afternoon. He has had a fever and a sore throat. hummm...am I or Peyton next??? I sure as heck hope not. So he has been layed up on the coach since then. He is a little better tonight. He's insisting on going to work tomorrow, but not if I have my way. He is stubborn like that. Kinda like Andi used to be when it came to going to school. God forbid you miss a day! uggh

Peyton has been going to Vacation Bible School since Sun. night. Tonight is her last night. She has enjoyed it, and I must say...it has been kinda nice to have some free time in the evening. I've made dinner 2 nights that she has been in school. I made stuff I know she wouldn't like. Although there was one she may eat. You never know with her. She is usually a good eater, but she gets weird sometimes though.

Mainly been working. Floor duty today. Nothing came of that. I got stood up Tues. by a client. Supposed to show a home at 10am. Thus, I got a babysitter, got my ASS out of bed early! Which we all know how much I hate mornings. I got Peyton up and dressed, got me all gussied up..and the biatch called and left a message on my cell phone at 9am saying she got called into work. This was after the lady kept calling my team leader the night before asking tons of questions, and they kept getting cut off. So I had to interupt my dinner out with friends and call the woman so she would stop calling her. I don't even know why she was calling Julie to begin with. I had already made the appointment to show and gave her my info. And then she called me at 9:30 that night as well. I have learned something. The more difficult a person is to work with, the less likely they are going to buy anyway. Soooo...I will waste little time on people like that unless they want to buy a million dollar home!!! So, I called her back that afternoon and left a message offering to show her that evening. Didn't call me back. I called her again today and she said, "Can I call you back later, I am at work." She is ditching me. I'm done. Otherwise, still on for a closing on the 29th for one of my clients, and still am waiting to hear back on the offer I put in for another client. That would be great! Otherwise, really nothing else on the horizon. Still have 2 listings. One is going into a short sale (pre-foreclosure), so that will be a process to sell. And then my mother's house is still available. I REALLY wish I could get that house sold. I am not sure what else I can do.

Peyton has been acting tired all week. She really has had a busy week. I feel like I have hardly seen her. Monday we hung out all day. Tues, she went to Nana's house then bible school, wed. she was at Andi's and Brittany took the girls for some activity, the bible school. Then today she was at nana's most of the day and then to bible school. Tomorrow...to Andi's house all day while I work. So she has been as busy as I have. I don't blame her for being tired. I am going to put her to bed early tonight. As early as I can since we don't get home until 8:45 or so from bible school.

Plans for the weekend???? hummmm.... not sure yet.

Ok...hope you enjoyed the pics. Some oldies but goodies. She was such a cute little baby!

Flipping out

http://video.bravotv.com/player/?id=270992

Go to this link. Watch the video. Flipping out on Bravo. LOVE IT! Gotta watch it and see what it is I am talking about. Fab-u-lous!!!
K...that's it for tonight...very late and will blog tomorrow. ;)

Long time no see...

Oh my! I'm sorry bloggers. I haven't blogged in like 3 days. Not like me at all. So let's catch up, shall we...

Saturday...didn't do a thing all day. Finally got dressed at like 4pm. We went to dinner with some friends to a place called Nagoya. I call it a chop sewey place. But it's one of those hibachi grill places that cook your food in front of you. K...I'm not a huge chineese food fan. Never have been. I do enjoy fried rice. I like chicken. And I now like steak. Didn't used too. Being pregnant changed that in me. I craved it when I was prego. So, we tried some sushi. California rolls to be exact. We tried them last time we went to one of those places. And I actually enjoyed it. So we did Sushi. Then fried rice, chicken and fillet minion. It was good. We took Peyton with us, and that was a waste of $10. She ate like one bite of rice and wouldn't touch her chicken. Lesson learned there. Don't take the kid. ha Nice dinner. Expensive, but tasty. I finally have grown up when it comes to food. I eat steak, grilled fish and sushi. Big changes for me. Those all used to be no-no's for me. Steve was thrilled to go eat chineese food. So he owes me some pizza. ha Although, I was probably due to go with him more than him me. Then after that we went back to their house and took a dip in the pool. Peyton was sad because our friends kids weren't there. I thought they were and told her that. So that dissapointed her more. They were at their mother's for the weekend. So we all swam. It was dark and Peyton couldn't see where she was going like usual, so she didnt' do quite so well. It was a little chily in the water, so that didn't last long. Then put a movie in for Peyton and we played some poker. Peyton fell asleep there, and we had to carry her out. I always feel bad staying out late with her, but I also do remember our parents having to carry us home too. So, hey...still gotta have some fun even when you have kids.

Sunday...again...did nothing. Got dressed at like 4pm. Peyton started Vacation Bible School Sunday night. They go to the Methodist Church where she has her mother's day out program during the school year, so she was familiar with her surroundings. Ash goes too and so does Sydney. It goes from 6pm to 8:30. Steve and I are actually kind of enjoying some free time in the evening. We went grocery shopping last night..which is a treat with no child running around. Had time to shop, get it all home and put away and then time to go get her. So this goes on until Thurs. She is enjoying it. No crying when I left her both times. Ash on the other hand, cried yesterday. Today, I walked her in and she didn't cry.

Today, Peyton and I hung out at home. I got caught up on some work that I had been putting off all weekend. I cleaned all the freakin', never ending dog hair on the floors...again! And then just generally cleaned a little. I just turned on the radio today and no TV all day. It was nice. That TV had been on all weekend, so the peace was nice. Allthough, I must admit, we bought a new Dora the Explorer movie for Peyton so she was watching that on and off today,which is the reason I was able to get some work done. New movies are wonderful for us. She will be happy watching it for like 2 days, which gives us peace and quiet for a good stretch at a time. Dropped Peyton at her Bible school and we headed to dinner with friends again. Half price night! Gotta love it. ha

I talked to aunt sharon on Skype tonight. She is a hoot. I hadn't used the Skype in a very long time. I actually am hardly ever on that computer (the desktop), so I just happened to be in there and checked to see who was on Skype. Auntie S was, so I gave her a ring. We got caught up on how everybody is doing. She knows all about our daily lives since she is a devoted York Blog reader. But it was nice to hear how she and all her family are doing. Nice to talk to you, Auntie S. Does Wendy read the blog, auntie S? I need to try to catch Wendy on skype soon. So anyway, that was nice to talk to her.

Otherwise folks. Boring life these days. I am trying to download some pictures. They are older pics of Peyton, but the cutest ever. I will try again. Nope...won't download pics tonight. I will try again tomorrow.

Hope we are all caught up. More tomorrow. Night!

Happy B-day Auntie Rae

Happy B-day Auntie Rae. Well, really it's on Sunday, but we celebrated it tonight. Peyton was in the Birthday mood and wanted to sing Happy b-day again.

So we went to Fudruckers for dinner. A great hamburger joint. So it was good. Everybody always gives gift cards. RC said she wanted a new dish set. So I decided instead of a gift card I would go and pick some out. I thought I picked out some real pretty ones. And I think RC thought they were nice, but she wanted "funky". Well the "funky" ones were $90. So that is like my 3rd attempt to get away from the gift card rutt. I am not even going to do gift cards anymore. Cash for everyone, and that's it! LOL Try to put some thought into it, and it never works out. Not even cash..I am going to write a check, that way you have to take out your time to go to the bank and cash it. hehe jk

Not much in the way of plans for the weekend. Which is fine. This week was kind of hectic. Glad it's over. I think that's it for me tonight folks. Night.

New "saying"

Ok..here it is. It worked! So we have heard Papa say this saying a few times, then the other morning she came out from just waking up and said this to Steve word for word. We had never heard her say it before. A sponge, I tell ya. May not be twinkle twinkle little star, or the Wheels on the bus...but...this is my baby with her true personality. hehe

Enjoy....there is another post below. So read on.

Night all

New tricks

Peyton is really the little fish. Or as she calls herself, a Mermaid. And We are all her mermaid friends. Can you tell she has been watching "Little Mermaid". ha She just decided today that she is going to float and swim backwards. I showed her the other day how to do the backstroke, but she wouldn't do it that day. I am sure in her head she has been practicing so she could shock us all next time we swim. She can tread water pretty good now. This is something I really want her to learn quick. So that if she ever got in trouble in the water, she could stay afloat. She is doing really very well. Nana works with her everytime they are in the pool when she is over there. And it's paying off. She will be all over the place by the end of the summer. Who needs swim lessons..I got Nana. ha

So there is another video of a new "saying" Peyton picked up from a certain Papa. ha It's funny. I tried a couple of times and couldn't get it to download, and wold freeze up my whole posting page. But that one would work. Weird. I will try again after I post this one. It's too funny.

Yesterday Peyton and I hung out all day. We went and ate lunch at Andi's. We went to CVS and got the much needed toilet paper. ha We were out, which is unusual for us. I usually am good at keeping good stock of paper goods. Then cleaned house a bit and cooked dinner. Today I had a team meeting at work then went to work at the AC co. Then went to pick up Peyton we were asked to stay and eat. So we did and then took a dip. I'm tired. It's been a long day. Peyton was certainly pooped.

It's getting late and I still have to take a shower. So I'll try to post another video and see if i can get it to work. Otherwise, more tomorrow.

Manic Monday

Well...not really. But it sounds good anyway.

Peyton spent the night at her Nana and Papa's house last night. She told me on the phone this afternoon that she didn't want to come home. Then when I picked her up and was driving home, she said, "why do we have to go home". ha. I told her, "that's where we live, that's why." ha So I had floor duty this morning. So did a little work. I took a "chair nap". ha Went and got peyton. Had to meet a client at 5pm at the office. Went to dinner w/ friends. Went back to the office to scan in some documents and then come home to email them. um hum. Our fancey all in one scanner, printer copier fax....still haven't figured out how to scan. So to email a document. I have to go to the office, then come home to email because I can't send email from the office on my laptop! URRRRGGG!!! Actually...unless I am on my network at home, I cannot send email anywhere else. Andi's house, the office, the AC co......no where. I don't get that! We need Brittany to marry at a young age and marry a computer guru! haha (not really). Maybe I just need to call the Geek Squad and make friends with one of them. Buy them dinner a couple of times and we'll have them hooked.

So otherwise, not much else. Had a good weekend. Hope ya'll did too.

Oh, not only does Peyton draw pictures of her "sister", she said in the car tonight that her name is "Kaylee". That really made me laugh. She has sister on the brain I tell ya. I think she is trying to figure the whole thing out, and what exactly a sister is, and why the heck she doesn't have one. And the only way for her to figure it out is to talk it ALL out with me. haha The girl cracks me up.

Thanks for your comments on the baby decision. It's always good to get different perspectives.

Here is a cute pic I thought I would add that we took of Peyton and Ash July 4th. Cutie pies

The baby delimna

Is that how you spell delimna? I don't know. It looks funny.

So. Let's see what thought my bloggers have on this subject.
Of course we have been trying to get pregnant for like 2 and a half years. We do want a baby. We want Peyton to have a sibling. We want that experience again. We want to expand our family. These are all things we both want. Then on the flip side:
Do I want to go through it all again? We just now are "moving on" so to speak, with life. Me getting a job that I enjoy and trying my best to be successful at it. We want things like a boat, go on more vacations, and just generally enjoy ourselves while we are relatively young. How hard would it be to find someone wanting to watch 2 kids vs. 1 kid? I feel guilty enough now working like I do with Peyton, will it be worse with another? I LOVE spending the time I have with Peyton. That is one reason I picked the job I did. Flexibility. Daycare is not for me, so how will I handle juggeling the time with them both and still being able to work and make money.

These are all things that make me second guess myself. Steve and I are 36 years old. God I wish we hadn't waited so long to start having kids. Biggest mistake to date. Because it is basically now or never for a 2nd one. If we were younger I wouldn't feel like it was now or never.

The reason this is a big issue in my head and in our household right now is because our last option that I am willing to try is artificial insemination (sp?) or otherwise known as IUI. This is a relatively low chance of having multiples. All they are doing is inserting sperm directly into the uterus. The only thing that has the increased chance of multiples is the fertility drug to help egg production. Which I have already taken this drug, and it only increases your chances by 10%. Which is about as high as I want to go. If we decide for sure to have another baby we are going to do this procedure here in the near future. Next couple of months. I think I question myself more is because since we haven't been able to get pregnant even with some dr. intervention, maybe it's just not meant to be.

But then, when you have your daughter drawing a picture of her "sister", it's hard to say, absolutely no more kids. Poor baby. When I see her playing on the playground by herself, makes me sad. She has her cousins. Ashleigh who is closest in age and spends the most time with, but ya know...they will eventually not have time to spend so much time together. Ash will be starting school, making new friends, and doing more and more activities.

Maybe I am just second guessing myself too much. I don't know. Some soul searching is in order to make sure that taking this last chance...last opportunity to have a baby is, in fact, what I want...what WE want. Because...that's just what this last attempt is. The IUI will be our final chance. I am only going to try it once. If it doesn't work. That is it for the baby chances. I am getting too old to keep it up. It is too expensive. And that will be my sign that more babies are not meant to be. Steve will go get "snipped" and we will call it. I don't want any surprises at age 45. ha

So that's the main thoughts for me lately. I just want to make sure whatever decision is the right one for us. I can question myself all day long. I do know though, that if we don't try it one more time, I will regret it when I am older. UGGGHHH! If I could just get knocked up like a normal person, my decision would be made for me. It happenes...and that's it. Another baby like it or not. ha

Any words of wisdom. Any food for thought?

Independence Day

Well...Hope you all had a great 4th of July. It was a very long day, but we had a lot of fun. I will start with pictures from our July 4th parade that my office participated in.





Our nicely decorated first truck




















Peyton not too happy about being amogst the






strangers




















The whole group




















Getting this show on the road and probably my






last view of our caravan




















The "Queen B" (manager)




















We really had a good time at the parade. We decorated 4 trucks, had a moped and a motorcycle. The plan was to have some people walking to hand out these paddle ball things we had and some american flags. Well, the reason I described the above picture the last contact made with the caravan is because I got out and walked....I looked up and our group was out of sight. Me and 2 other girls were left in the dust. We walked for about a half a mile and had to call Steve who was driving one of the trucks to turn out of the group and come back and get us. The parade was moving way too fast for walkers. Note to self: next year... NO WALKERS. I probably did have one opportunity to catch up, but I would have had to sprint. If any of you know Lake Country, there are a lot of hills. I and the other girls were already winded. Oh well...we managed to get back in line to finish the parade...out away from the rest of the group, but nonetheless. I overheard one of the boys standing in the parade "how many Century 21's are there." hehe.....because he had already seen all of my group, and then probably another Century 21 office, and then us in Steve's truck. LOL Steve's folks came and took Peyton to the parade so she could catch candy. We got a little screwed up in how to get Peyton back, so they ended up having to wait on us. Sorry mom and jim, but thanks for taking Peyton to the parade.













So after the parade we had time to come home and chill a little bit. Good thing. We were so hot and hungry. We then boogied on out to my Dad's for our annual party. The annual July 4th party, which we have done for like 10 years straight, is starting to have run its course. Not many others show up anymore. Where years ago we had tons of people there at one time. People want to mix up how they spend their 4th. I am one of those. I would like to rent a boat or do something different next year. I am trying to make dad understand...the party has run its course. We'll see if he tries again next year. Here are some pics from swimming at Dad's.





The goggles are for looks. Ash won't put her


head in the water. lol












Really..the cutest smile that girl has.
















The floaties had to go back on after a while. We


were tired of being nervous and having to keep


constant eyes on her.








Even Murray swims






Cutie pies





So then after swimming, eating and hanging out we all worked our way up to the Bedford fireworks. We have a spot up the street from our dad's that we always watch from. Eat watermelon and get eaten by bugs. ha They were actually pretty good this year. Last year they kind of stunk. But here are a few pics of us hanging out waiting on fireworks.

Two pees in a pod






Cute Addy and Andi



Britt and one of her boyfriends.


Some of Kev's friends


Peyton, Ash and one of their new little friends.

So as you can see we had a very good time. We all slept like rocks. We didn't do much today. I had a showing at 11am, did a little work and then we just messed around all day. Tonight we went to dinner with the Linder's minus Brian, and the Harris'. We then commensed to play poker. I lost. Shocker. Steve did win last hand. That was $8. Maybe he made up for my shorcomings. ha

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. Sydney is still in WA D.C. with Kev's sister and family. Sounds like she is having fun! We missed her yesterday.

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I hate when I don't have comments! Auntie S...we miss you in blog world! I get a lot of people telling me how they love the blog, and are open and honest about reaading. I think, though...I have some stealth readers too. That don't want to admit that they not only read it but enjoy it. LOL I get a good 30-50 hits a day. I know there are more than the 10 I know of!!!

Today was fine. Nothing mega interesting. Worked a bit this morning with phone calls, emails and scheduling. Went to Bosses with RC, Syd and Ash. Had to meet a client at the office. Went to dinner with Steve's folks. Came home and cleaned a bit. Now hubby and daughter are off to bed. ahhh...peace. I'm irritable today, so I think really they both ran to bed to get away from me. ha It took Peyton ALL day to get her room cleaned. Time outs...threatened to take her dress I bought her back to the store. That worked, finally. I told her that I was going to work a little while and I am taking the dress with me. I am going to call daddy and ask him if you cleaned, and if you haven't then I am driving to the store to take it back. She cleaned. ha

Tomorrow...4th of July parade and Dad's 4th of July party. I think by tomorrow night I am going to be red, white and blue pooped out....and over it. ha I have to be up bright and early to go up and decorate our trucks, cars, motorcycles and mopeds. Parade starts at 10 am. Should all be fun though.

Hope you all have a Wonderful 4th of July!!!!

Well...

I missed blogging last night. I was too tired. Sorry.

Are the June bugs bad at your houses? Man...they drive me crazy. Stupid bugs. My cat really enjoys when one gets in the house so he can chase the stupid bug around. It's funny to watch.

So yesterday....what the heck did I do yesterday....oh yes....I ended up having to take Peyton to Nana's house. One of my Realtor teammates forgot she was on floorduty and had an appointment in the afternoon, so I had to go cover her floor duty. Then while on Floor duty. I got 2 calls right in a row for a lease we have near downtown. I had to do back to back showings there. While I was waiting for my second appt. to show up, another guy drove up and was actually on the phone with our office, who told him I was there for 2 appts. So I showed him. ha We get a lot of calls on it. There are 4 units and they once one leases seems there is another. I cannot even count how many times I have to drive out there to show that darn thing. Not much money though. But it's better than nothing I suppose. Then had to go to the office in the evening to work on our "float" decorations for the Lake Country parade on the 4th of July. We really aren't going to have a float, but are decorating Steve's truck, Phil's truck and another girls Merceedes convertable. Handing out candy, flags, etc. Should be fun. It's in the morning, so hopefully it won't be too hot.

Today Peyton back to Nana's house. I worked at AAdvanced then to the grocery store. We made sandwiches for dinner. That's the end of our exciting day. ho-hum. But the guilt as a mother. Yes...I had to buy her a dress for July 4th while at Wal Mart. ha When I had to leave to do some showings a couple of times she cried and cried and asked me not to go. I told her that Mommy and Daddy have to work so we can buy her pretty dresses, bows and shoes. So I purposly got her a dress so she believes that as the truth. Which it is. That girl is in love with her dresses, shoes and hair bows. ha

I don't guess I have anything I have to do tomorrow. Probably hang out with Peyton and clean house a bit. Maybe let Peyton go play with Ash a little bit.

I feel bad for RC because she didn't get the PE job at her school where she is the PE aide. You would think it would be the natural choice for the PE aide that is familiar with the school and the PE program there to move up to open PE job. Ridiculous. RC...everything happens for a reason. Something else will come along at a better school, with a better principle.

I've got such a kink in my neck! OUCH! Ok...More tomorrow!