Some pics...finally

Big smiles!


She says this is her baby smile face?? ha


The cute little cheerleading outfit w/pom poms.
Notice the belly pooch. ha

Some pics from today. She LOVES that cheerleader outfit. She comes running in naked..."Mommy, where is my cheerleader outfit". I have to really work at it to get that skort on her. She needed to go to the bathroom and couldn't get them on and off herself. It's pretty tight. But she doesn't care. So as long as I can keep getting that on her, I will do it for her. ha

So, I really am trying to take as much of the week off as I can. I have a meeting in the morning. But after that I was going to come home and spend the rest with Peyton and Steve. Then Julie asked me to go and show some of Nicole's (my team member) folks some houses because she is out of town, she has a closing and Phil is unavailable. And I guess these people can't wait 24 hours for her to get home. I don't know what the deal is. But nonetheless, I am showing 5 houses tomorrow at 10:30. Which means I am probably going to have to skip out on my meeting early. Then Wed. I have a team meeting, and will attend that. But after that we are immediately leaving to go to Fossil Rim for the day. Then Thurs. I don't know yet, but we will think of something.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY, ASHLEIGH! I can't believe she is 5 already! Time flies. Kinda sucks though.

Not much else. I tried to download a video with no luck. I will try again tomorrow.

Olympics and more Olympics

So do you watch the Olympics. We have been pretty much all weekend. We enjoy MOST of it. We TIVO it so we only hvae to watch what we like. ha We are watching women's gymnastics that was on earlier tonight. Peyton watched it. She has never watched gymnastics. She was watching the floor exercise and was trying to do what they did. It was funny to watch.

Really didn't do much this weekeknd. Yesterday I showed the commercial property from the other day. Went well. I kind of have a feeling it isn't going to work for them though. Just a hunch, but we'll see. Then showed my client a HUD home. Sad deal. Newer home...like 3 years old. And it was pretty obvious that when the people moved out they had left some animals in the house alone. Every 6 inches in that house was urine. It stunk so bad. I can't believe people would do that. He is just going to wait out the short sale that we have the contract in on. Hopefully we can get something finalized this week. Let's hope. The other realtor that is the listing agent really isn't very good at staying on top of it.

Then we went to Ashleigh's birthday party. It was a good time. All the kids had a good time. Had some pizza and cake. We didn't get to watch Ash open her gifts because we ran out of time at the place, which kinda stunk. It really was a good time, it was just kind of rushed and I think maybe a little expensive. But Andi did a good job putting it together.

I was KIDDING people, about Aunt Andi not loving Peyton. Joke. Kidding. Playin'. Andi and I joke about it all the time because of the babysitting situation. But I really know it's because she is busy during the day. I KNOW. geez ha.

Whoever left the comment of of they were seeing if their comment went through and to let them know if it did...it did...but I don't know who it was. If you do an anonymous comment you need to put your name at the end of the comment so we know who ya are.

Last night...we were party animals and went to Wal mart to grocery shop. ha We had plans to go out with our friends, but she got sick and cancelled. So Wal Mart it was. woo-hoo. That's how desperate we were for food and drink in our house. Then just hung out at home and watched the Olympics. I was perfectly fine with it. It was a busy week.

Steve is on vacation. So we are trying to think of what all we want to do tomorrow. It is supposed to cool off a little tomorrow..like into the 90's..yes, that's cooler. So we might try putt putt or something with Peyton. Today I was on floor duty, but we ran up the street to Home Depot and Bed Bath and Beyond. And we had to go buy a drink and go straight home. It was sooo ridiculously hot. It was hot and humid, which is worse. I think the temp. in the truck said it was 102. I had to be dressed for work, so I had capri pants on and came home and immediatlely took them off. In that short time, the waiste area on the pants were wet. We hung out at home for a while. Then went on over to RC's house for dinner to have a goodbye dinner for little brian..brittany's boyfriend. He is a nice boy, and we all wish him luck at college. Brittany is going to miss him so. But they will be ok. Dinner was good. thanks RC. Now we are home watching more Olympics. ha

Andi is supposed to email me some pictures we took on her camera at the party. My camera died in the middle and I didn't get any good pics. I will post them as soon as she decided so email them to me. ha

Have a good week Peeps!

08-08-08

Neat date, ya think.

So, again, no pics. Lordy it has been busy around here.

The pom poms that match Peyton's new, used cheerleader outfit arrived today! She was just SOO excited. RC put them in the backpack Meme bought Peyton for school. Very cute. Thanks,Mom.

So yesterday, Peyton and I went to our Pizza lunch. Dropped her off at Nana's house, where Aunt Ellen was there for the day. It was nice to see her. Jim's family are all very sweet. (Jim is Steve's step-dad..Papa...Dad to Steve) Had floor duty. Got nothing from it. Wrote up the lease for my Mom's house. To clear up. Auntie S. asked this in a comment. This house is a house they bought as an investment and has been leasing it out. This is not their primary residence. So anyway, it's all but leased. I will be glad when I can take it off of the market. I get phone calls constantly about the lease. Too bad the sale of it didn't come across as so popular.

Went to AAdvanced to work today. Andi brought the kids up to eat lunch with me. That was a nice treat. Good thing too. Because I didn't bring my lunch, so I would have starved up there. Not much to go and get around there either. Then after work, I had to go show this lease we have near downtown Ft. worth. Showed it at 5:30 and again at 5:45. Killed 2 birds with one trip. ha Got a lease application out of it though. Looks like I will lease that too. I am, afterall, the lease FREAKIN queen. urrg.

Gotta start over with my other client that we have a offer in on a short sale. He has run into a pickle and needs to have a permanent address ASAP as he is having custody issues. So I am going to show him a HUD home tomorrow. Which is fine with me, because the short sale house only pays me 2.5% while HUD pays 5%. Heck yeah..I'll work a little harder for double the commission. ha

Tomorrow I have a showing at 9 am in Bedford. The commercial property that caused my Tuesday to be a complete bummer because I didn't have my supra key. Yes, that one. They did call back and wanted to see it at that time on a Saturday. Not happy about having to get up early on a Sat. but have to being it was my fault they couldnt' see it the first time. Then after that I have to show my other client the HUD home. Then we get to go to Ashleigh's birthday. Should be fun to watch those kids...and the adults. There is apparently a lot to do there. Peyton will really enjoy it, I know. Then I am hoping for the rest of the day off.

Sunday night, to RC's house for little Brian's going away dinner. (brittany's boyfriend). Tues. night Anna's b-day dinner in Bedford. Steve is not too happy with me because he is on vacation next week, and I pretty much have something going on the rest of the days of the week. Meetings, showings, working at AAdvanced...etc. But, hey, like I told him. He isn't going to want to spend every waking hour with me anyway. He will get sick of me real quick.

Peyton had a nice day at Andi's house. She loves going there to play. Too bad Andi doesn't love her being there as much as she likes going. ha Auntie Andi doesn't like me "dumping my kid" at her house. LOL Kind of an inside joke between me and Andi. Yes, Peyton...that's what your Auntie said. I'm sorry. I am sure she loves you though. She just doesn't love you THAT much. hehehe I know, Andi is steaming reading this..so it makes me laugh that much more. Just kidding Peyton...andi loves you...from afar. LOL Ok...I'll stop.

Oh gosh...that cracked me up just writing it.

K...busy weekend...so see ya'lls later.

no pics again!

I just haven't taken any pictures or videos lately. I don't know what my deal is. My camera has to be handy at all times, or pictures don't get taken. And currently it's not. So I need to change that so I can take pictures.

Comments people! Where are they. Talk to me. Give me reaction. A thought.

Today...uneventful...which is just fine with me after yesterday's fun (not). Worked at AAdvanced. I had to have Peyton to Andi's by 9am so RC could take them all to Dad's house for the day. Came home and cooked dinner. That's about it. Nice. Watched a little TV. Steve baked us a cake with homeade icing. The cake was good..the icing was...well...not bad. Good job for his first try.

Peyton obviously had a good time at Pop Pop's house. They went swimming for a couple of hours. Dad said she must have goten in and out to jump in 100 times. She must have wore herself out because she was tired tonight. She was sensative, and talkative, which is a sign on sleepyness.

I am so excited. Jessica, Andi and my friend, and fellow office chick at AAdvanced, has offered to give Peyton private cheerleading lessons. She used to be a cheerleader and tought cheer to children in groups and privately. We are going to do a day a week or so in the evening. Peyton will love it, I am sure!!! And Jessica has offered to do this free of charge. Isn't that nice of her!! That is awesome! Thanks, Jess! This will give us a good idea if there is really true interest there for her, and if so...I will move her along with it. Jess recommended getting her into a gymnastics class or tumbling at first to learn flexibility and dicipline. Good idea. Anyway, I am just thrilled for her to have her first lesson.

OHHHH...I forgot to blog about this. K...so Saturday Andi and I were out and about...lunch with Mom and some errands. We were going back to her house, and I was driving her car because she ran into Wal mart, so I got in the drivers seat and drove around until she came out so we didn't have to unload all the kids. Anyway...off the subject there. ha So driving back, there is a road by Andi's house that the speed limit is 20 mph. I was going like 25, and Andi's radar detector started beeping a little bit. She said to slow down, because that's a real alarm. So I did. Kept my speed at 20 right on the money. I see a car behind me getting irritated by my slowness. She can just deal with it, I'm not getting the ticket. So she passes me on the right all mad and speeds in front of me....hehehe...there's the cop!!! Ready to bust her. hehehe Sure enough he pulled out and waited for her to make her turn so he could get behind her. I needed to turn on the street before that one, but I had to go by and laugh at her and watch her get pulled over. LOL We drove by and waved at her. I couldn't help myself. I know it has happened to all of us that we say, "Where is the cops when you want them". There he was! Finally, sweet revenge on angry passers. Really, it made my day. Bad, Iknow. But still...I have to say..I enjoyed myself. I wanted to go back and make sure the cop knew she passed me illegally on the right going a good 10 miles over the speed limit. haha But I refrained.

Ok...must get ready for bed. I actually get to sleep in tomorrow. Floor duty at 1pm. I am going to take Peyton to our Pizza place that we like to eat at together as some Mommy and me time. She is, afterall, my pizza buddy.

Ya'll have a good Thursday!

not the best of days..

So I planned on not working today and spending it with Peyton. Well, most of the day I got to spend with Peyton. But work is inevidable (sp?) I was asked to go show our commercial listing in Bedford at 10am. It's a $250k listing, so yes..I HAVE to do it. Since it was just down the road from my Mother, and she has been wanting to spend some time with Peyton, I took her over there for an hour or so while I "showed." I put "Show" in quotation marks because I couldn't actually show it. I get up early...get to my Mom's...go to show the listing...can't get in. Showing service says its on a combo lock...had the combo. It's my team's listing. We always use combo boxes....never thought a thing about it. No...it's on a Supra box. Which to those who don't habla (as andi says), is a lockbox that requires an electronic key that communicates with the box and releases the key to the property. Well....because I was told it is on a combo lock, I didn't bring my supra Key. I called everybody I know of this side of town to see if they could rescue me. Nobody answered the phone. Our Colleyville office was in a meeting and nobody would answer their phone. I called a friend that is a real estate agent, and no answer. I was screwed. It was 3 men that wanted to convert the property into a small church. They were very nice about it. They were very nice. They were walking around the property and said they really have enough to talk about. And felt like it would work for them. We will be making another appointment this week. Embarassing, frustrating and not how I wanted to start my day. Not totally my fault...but lesson learned....always bring the supra key even if it says it's on a combo lock. uggh
So, hopefully I can turn that experience into a positive by selling it.

Then my Mother's house is driving me crazy! All kind of kinks in the relisting of her rental property. We relisted for sale and listed it for lease as well. The showing service didn't have all the accurate information. There was a phone number transposed on the instructions to contact the tenant for showings, and nobody could get a hold of him. Me neither. I even stopped by there today,and nobody was home. So I got it all worked out. Good news is looks like I hav a taker on the lease. Bad news is...I think I have a taker on the house. I am glad that we are going to get somebody in there to keep paying my mother's mortgage payment, I am just not happy that it is leasing vs selling it. But, maybe next year will be a different story as far as the market goes, and will sell next go 'round. Plus, this tenant is talking about possibly wanting to purchase it. But then again, that's what the last tenant said, and we all see how that worked out. Whatever...goin' with the flow.

Just a lot of little problems arising today that irritate and frustrate me. Like finally going to get Peyton's prescription changed in her glasses, and the technition that does that has Tuesdays off. Yes...he is there every other day of the week, except the one day I show up. Peyton was in rare form today, which added to my frustrations. I tried to keep it cool today. After the eye dr. rejection we went over to Target to get Ashleigh a b-day gift and a Kindergarten Care Package. Peyton was in the cart..."Mommy, let's go back to the toys, Mommy go that way..Mommy the toys are over ther..Mommy I want that..." Uggh. I told her I would take her for ice cream but she insisted she wanted candy at the check out. Which I always let her pick out one candy at the check out if she has been good while grocery shopping. So I went for ice cream and she had candy. Came home, fixed some minor work problems, and we both layed down for a bit. I really have done everything I could to get back in a good mood after this morning's fiasco....I just really haven't been able to get out of the funk. Tomorrow, I know, is going to be GREAT! ha

That's it. Night.

Lazy Sunday

Well, it's pretty much too hot to do anything outside. Have to stay indoors. We broke a new heat record today of 107. Not the kind of records I want us to be breaking. uggh. So we have been hanging out in our 75 degree house.

I think, really though, Peyton has enjoyed hanging out at home today with her mom and dad. She has been nonstop using our bodies like jungle gyms..climbing on and off of us, making us meals in her play kitchen, watched a movie, played cheerleader. I went through some hand-me-downs and found Sydney's old cheerleader uniform from when she was 4 years old. Peyton stayed in that thing ALL day long. She was soooo excited when I showed her that. She immediately went and got her pom poms and did some cheers for us. She did her splits and stretches. She has a Bell Dancerella Cheerleader movie. It shows steps for cheerleading and how to stretch and stuff. She loves that show. It comes with a mat for her to place her feet in the right places and such. I looked into getting her into a cheerleading leauge. RC thinks the YMCA isn't doing it anymore. I couldn't find anything on their website. The Saginaw Youth Association already had sign ups, plus you have to be 5 years old to do it. RC told me that Upward, which is like a Christian league does cheerleading. I looked it up and they do. But they have to be 4. I am just going to call and see if they would still allow her to do it at 3 1/2. She doesn't look 3 or act 3. In fact, nobody would know she is only 3. I am willing to bet she is bigger than some of the 5 year olds. I hope she can. If not, I guess she will just have to wait until the Spring. Poor kid.

So the good news about staying at home all day, is that we didn't spend any money today. ha
We cleaned a bit, and then pretty much were pretty useless all day. In fact, none of us even got dressed. I think we all needed a day at home like this. Been a while since we have done that.

Steve is on vacation not this week but the next. So far we are planning on going to Fossil Rim, where you drive through the animal park and feed the big ol' animals and such. We are going to go to the circus that is in town. And possibly Burgers Lake. Burgers lake was closed due to some Crypto(*&*^...some bug that makes you nausiated and poopy and throwing up. Sounds fun huh. But it's been cleared and reopened. I figure it is the best time to go because it is probably being tested every day by the county. I don't know...we'll see. Other than that. I am not sure what else we are going to do. Gonna be a "staycation" of sorts. I am taking of AAdvanced that Wednesday, but will probably work that Friday and I have told my gang at Century 21 that I will be in and out of pocket. I dont' want to pass up any great leads, but I also want to go and do things without being bothered. So I will just cut it in half and work some but not the whole time.

Well. This week looks to be busy again. Maybe not as bad as last week though. Tomorrow, Floor duty from 9-1..Peyton to Nana's. Then dinner with friends for a b-day dinner. Tues. I don't have anything so far. I am going to make it a Mommy and Peyton day. Wed...AAdvanced, Thurs. Floor duty half of the day, and AAdvanced on Friday.

That's it in a nuttshell. All I got for today...Have a good week all.

104 degees

People! It's hot! 104 today, and it's going to be ucky hot for the next week at least. Uggh. Aug. in Texas...Weather man just said this weekend is going to be 106 tomorrow and 107 on Sunday! Good Lord. It will be ALL indoor activities this weekend. gotta love it.

My Aunt Vicky died today. She was, I believe,either 100 or 101 year old. Remarkable woman. She lived quite the life. She is the last of the "sisters" that was still living. The sisters I mean are my grandmother and her 4 sisters. There were 5 of them, and they were all nutts. In a good way of course. No matter how much they fought, they loved each other and would do anything for each other. Now they are all together again..probably arguing about what took Aunt Vicky so long to get there. ha God bless Aunt Vicky. God bless all the "sisters"!

Peyton went to Pop Pop's today with Ashleigh. They said they had a good time. They got to go swimming and play with all the other kids Anna watches. I worked at AAdvanced. Came homefor 10 minutes, Steve and I had to go to the dry cleaners and then off to Andi's to pick up Peyton. The Linders and us decided to go to Moni's. A local Italian joint here. Good eatin'. Yes...I invite the Harris' and they couldn't go because they were working up at the school for the band.

On the way home we drove by Brittany's high school, and Peyton said, "That's Brittany's school". That's right, it was. I told her, "Guess what, we get to watch the band again soon." She was very excited. She showed me how Brittany does her arms and did her feet like how they march. I asked her if she wanted to be in the band, and she said, "I can't..I'm not big enough." haha I said "When you get big do you want to be in the band?" She hesitated. So I said "do you want to be in the band or a cheerleader when you get bigger" She said, "OHHHH YESSS...a cheerleader!!! I want to be a cheerleader in the band."LOL I am going to look into the little leage cheerleading for her because she has always been interested in it, but poor girl...she certainly has not been blessed with the cheerleader type genes. None of us are flexible, and none of us can barely do a cartwheel. Maybe she will break the mold. ha

Tomorrow...Steve has to work. I have a showing at 11 and then lunch with my mom and sister. The lady I am showing have gotten to know each other pretty well....being she calls me at least 3 times a week to check on her sons contract. She wants to go look at the house her son is getting again so she can see what all he is going to need. So I am taking Peyton with me. I know...unprofessional. But really...I don't think I can do any wrong in this ladies eye. haha She loves me because I put up with her and all her questions, and don't tell her son that she calls me all the time. ha Nah..I asked her outright...I said I could do it tomorrow, but I would have to bring my daughter. She had no problem with it, in fact she said she looks forward to meeting her. She is very nice. I don't mind her and her phone calls. She is just a worried mother, even though her son is my age. ha

That's about it. I haven't taken any pictures lately. I need to though.
Ya'll have a GREAT weekend.