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I have spent the last 2 hours of my day trying to do various things on a computer that should have taken 10 minutes and I want those other 110 minutes back! I typed a blog post in word a few days ago because I was working off line and just went to copy and…
Alex wrote his first fan letter yesterday. He just got a book about R2-D2 from Star Wars and thinks that he is the greatest thing ever right now so he wanted to write him a letter. We drew R2-D2 a picture and then Alex wrote him a note that said ‘R2-D2, You are so cool. …
Every few months I get together with some other real estate moms here in the area to chat about the market, find out what is working and gain insights on the things that we are struggling with. We had a meeting yesterday and it was just great! There were so many awesome ideas and insights that I…
I have a gratitude journal that I write in every evening. It is part of my nightly ritual, I get into bed and write down at least 5 things that I am grateful for that day. Somewhere along the way it got nicknamed the ‘Happy Book’. The other night when I was putting Alex to bed…
Do you ever want to crawl into a closet so that you can get some relief from all of the things coming at you? I remember back when I was still nursing Ryan and after a day of running around taking care of clients with their real estate transactions and then coming home to get groped by…
A domestic goddess I am not. In fact my Dad used to tease me when I was single that it is a good thing that I turned out to be good in business because if I was waiting for a man to come along and marry me for my domestic abilities, well it just was…
When Alex was 2 I started having a tough time getting him to brush his teeth. He didn’t want to do it, or if he did, then he would barely get the tooth brush in his mouth before declaring that he was done. So I pulled out my mommy skills to figure out a way…
In virtually every area of the country Sellers are looking at selling for less today than if they sold a year ago. It is the fact of the market. It isn’t pretty, but it is what it is. So what do you do about it? You tell them the truth!!! I just listed 2 homes…
I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Janet Bortchert of Wright Kingdom Realty in Boulder, Colorado the other day while interviewing her as a Ninja Mom of the month. She is truly an amazing woman and runs an incredibly successful real estate practice with 4 children. Wow! I’m tired just thinking about it and yet she…
By now you have probably heard or read about the earthquake in L’Aquilla, Italy this week. The pictures are devastating. My father lived in L’Aquilla for 5 years and I have been there many many times. It was always one of my favorite places to go. I love the insanity of Rome, but L’Aquilla was…