Work and Life Balance

I hope that all of you had a wonderful day today.  I am constantly amazed by our boys and who they are.  It is great to see their personalities develop and I feel so honored to be their mom.  If you ever have a day where you feel that you just are not getting it…

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. …

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…

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…

Wow, I don’t  know what happened in the last week, but all of a sudden I am super busy with Real Estate again.  Yahoo!!!  I have talked to a couple of other agents who have experienced the same thing so hopefully that means there is something in the air for all of us. OK so…

I know what you are thinking.  She is married with children, why does she have a little black book and more importantly why is she admitting to it.   It’s not THAT kind of black book, but it is my lifeline. I have been using my book for years and swear by it.  Lately it…

Okay, this may not be fully Ninja related, but someone sent this to me this week.  It made me laugh out loud and puts a funny, light hearted spin on some pretty deep stuff.  Read on …. One day a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well.  The animal cried piteously for hours as the…