Yikes!!!!

Pressures on! I'm scheduled to take my Real Estate exam Monday, April 3rd at 10:00a.m. (hence my abscence). I will be so happy to have it behind me but am nervous!!
Please keep me in you prayers. Until then it's all Real Estate, everything Real Estate, nothing but Real Estate until the exam. Except my sweet Loghalina's sixth birthday party that is!!
Cheers!!

Game On!!!

First day back at the gym after a hiatus and it felt great! Kristie-we kicked some tail today girlfriend!!I know we're on the right track. I'm so happy you and Loghy are back with us! Not a whole lot else to report here...
Hang in there Aunt Jenny. As you know, I have no concept of delayed gratification so I can't imagine what you are going through. I know you already know this, but remember, you have a neice and nephew who adore you and are available for you anytime. They can't get enough of you. I'm serious...whenever...no advance warning needed...as looong as you want them. You know we love ya and we're here for you always!!

O.k. it's official...i'm addicted

I'm proud to say I made it until 11:15 this a.m. before blogging. I also cleaned my room and (between last night and this morning) completed 3 hours of real estate!! I'll start back at the gym tomorrow and get back in to my routine. The big 20 year high school reunion is in September. It'll be a blast, but it's mind blowing to think that it's been 20 years!!! Some day i'll post a then and now picture.



Erin (aka Monkey) with her beloved monkey that Da gave her for christmas.

* Scrunchie Alert








Big shoutout and thank you from Erin and C.J. to Aunt Jen Jen for making their names for them (crafty girl!!) They look awesome by their doors!



My sweet little Madeline where she sleeps every night...on my head.
Back to real estate!
Cheers!

This makes me smile...

Old Pictures

This is fun. Or is it just a subconscience attempt on my part to get out of studying for my real estate exam....hmm. Has anyone figured out a way to get paid for doing this??? Anyways, thought i'd post these old picture before they were too dated. Here are Christopher and erin with their best friends Shane and Loghan Campbell. They all look pretty sweet and innocent (except that Loghan :)) right? They're not.


This is our annual Christmas Card photo that never got sent out. Had the cards and everything...

O.k. they are kinda sweet...and the best part is they really like each other and get along. What you see in the picture is genuine and it warms my heart!



We went skiing in february with our better halves the Campbells (John,Kristie,Shane, & Loghan) and Uncle Pete up to Seven Springs in Pennsylvania. The kids did great!! They both were in ski school and are pretty confident little skiers now. Mom on the other hand...

not so much. Yeah that's me (in my brand new, hot white ski suit) face first into the treeline. Whats difficult to tell from the picture is that it's actually about a three or four foot drop off. When Uncle Pete and Kristie saw me fly off the edge, they couldn't tell-from where they were-whether (BTW did you know that a "wether" is a castrated male sheep-i guarantee i'll remember how to spell that word from here on out!) I had dropped three ft or a hundred. I was pretty shaken up (check out that Susie Chapstick landing-sweet!). That didn't deter the two sociopaths though from taking advantage of my misfortunate situation by catching it on film (freaking camera phones!). Poor Pete pulled a muscle rescuing me (karma). Anyhow...i rallied -did i mention that was my first run-and it was all (here it comes...drumroll please...) downhill from there.

It snowed sunday night! This is our house under a blanket of snow...that lasted all of three hours.




These were taken last night. You can't tell, but Maddy is growling at Erin. Our poor little neurotic mess never has been able to accept the fact that she has to share her mom with two unsocialized little people who can't even be taught how to flush the toilet.
Erin has decided that her mission in life is too single handedly bring back the "scrunchie". Unfortunately, MeeMa has supplied her
with ample resources. I'm still undecided as to whether it bugs me enough to get my lazy tail out of bed so that i may perform an intervention while chris is getting her dressed. I think i'll just continue to monitor the situation and take action if I notice that other people are being sucked in.

Welcome to my blog!!!

Wow-this is exciting! Thanks to my sister, Jenny, for getting me up and running (no, you're not off the hook-there's lots more to learn). Where to begin...i'm in a kind of crummy place in my life right now for a lot of reasons. The downside is...well, obvious. The upside for me, and you too for entertainment value!, is that i have lot's of room for improvement!
Let me quickly summarize where i am now. I recently made the decision to get out of the pharmaceutical industry. While it was absolutely, 100% the right decision for me, it obviously has impacted our lives (by ours i mean husband chris, son christopher (9), daughter erin (7), and our beloved dog & first child madeline (11)-fyi, i'm doing this for for those who don't already know me who may be reading this-it could happen... so that we'll all be on the same page). So four years of great income and endless benefits, to nothing. Those of you who know me know the reasons why. Those who don't are just going to have to take my word on this-the job sucks (there i said it). So now, after talking with my friend and real estate agent Carol, i've decided to pursue real estate. I'm taking the online course and am nearly finished with it. I'm excited about this opportunity, but-true to form-i have not allowed myself the luxury of recognizing that there is a learning curve involved in this, so am anxious and stressed out about the whole "starting up" process. Then there's the fact that i'm not at all happy about my weight. I know it's all in my control, i shouldn't let it rule my life,bla,bla,bla...but i'm pretty miserable. in fact-a big apology to mom and hugh for bagging out on the Heart Ball. I just can't put on a happy face and be around lot's of people right now. I have been working hard, since january, at the gym and was seeing some progress, but than ran into some setbacks. I was in bed for a week on percocet with a migraine and then my partner in crime (99% of them anyways) took off to new york for a week. that's right, i blame you kristie-j.k. (luv ya!). But i'm back on track, so look for good news on the horizon re: weight news! Enough whining, i'm excited about getting this first post done (don't worry-the rest of my issues will come out in future posting!)!! For now, a girls gotta do what a girls gotta do and this girl needs to learn how to put her big girl panties on and deal with life!! So look for me-and my blog!-to evolve and improve (with setbacks of course and no doubt a little drama) with time!
Cheers!