Saturday

I am enjoying a Saturday morning with Dylan....we baked cookies...watered the flowers...played a little and now he is taking a break from me and me from him with a Little Max and Ruby....it is such a sweet children's show about a baby brother rabbit and his sister rabbit and the Grandma rabbit I love the fact that Dylan loves it..................jeez we just really have a pretty good time together.....he is talking quite a bit more and saying all kinds of words that we didn't know that he knew....it is amazing watching him grow up....lately he has been taking this little red wooden wagon with him everywhere....he puts his drink cup in the back of the wagon and pulls it everywhere he goes.....
Spending money....well being so busy at work well has kept me from spending money......don't worry I am sure I will find time to get some spending done here shortly.....a couple days ago we took a 1/2 day off or so and headed to Fort Collins and stopped by to see Penny in Eaton....we headed to REI....where Collin picked up some leg protectors for mowing ( i can't think of what they are called right now) anyways while we were there.....I noticed the most adorable down REI jacket for Dylan....it was a little more than I wanted to spend but it is pretty practical for the winter.....it wasn't bulky at all and I think he will wear it quite a bit...it is fairly light weight down jacket.....we also headed over to Old Navy and picked up some armless t shirts for Dylan, a couple of long sleeve t shirts and 2 pair of jeans......I am not crazy about their stuff....but for the t shirts I don't think you can go wrong...the jeans I don't know yet we will have to see how they wash and wear...I still like Gymboree....their clothing wears well.....I have though fallen in love with a new catalog called Chasing Fire Flies......and have found 4 or so pieces I am going to order for Dylan....it is kind of pricey stuff....if they had a actual store I am sure that I would have at least those pieces plus 4 more....but it is tougher for me to actually purchase things online.....I look at the catalogs over and over again....pick and re pick what I think he needs...then I add it up.....have a moment of shell shock and think that I probably shouldn't be buying it....this will go on for at least a month or so ...over and over again.....then I will come to a moment wear I decide that after 2 months that I am not going to buy anything from that over priced catalog and chuck it into the garbage...or I will decide that I was so lucky that they decided to put me on their mailing list and that how could I ever let Dylan live without these wonderful pieces....and how I have worked so hard to be able to buy these indulgent pieces and that by the way Dylan is our one and only son.....I will never have this moment again to enjoy these wonderful little works of art on my son......and with that being said I find a 5th piece that I can't live with out....hold my breathe add everything to the cart and try not to look at the total as I hit send.....at this very moment I am not sure whether Chasing Fire Flies catalog will get chucked or ordered from....with over 8 closings that means size able checks coming in the next 6 weeks I am thinking it might be that I will become one of Chasing Fire Flies newest and best customers...
With that being said business I guess has been amazing....I am just so tired...and slightly over whelmed....I was hoping for a lull in the action starting this next week....but that doesn't look like that is going to happen....I had 3 new listing this last week and have 2 more for next week....it also looks like we have to bid out another $450,000 house, most likely will have our spec house under contract this next week..and are almost at a green light with another $530,000 project we have been working on....I have 8 closings by the end of the month and 2 more at the beginning of September and we are at a critical framing and ordering stage on our over $515,000 custom built home....so lots of clients with lots of needs....lots of emotions....lots of small problems that always need fine tuning..whether with appraisals, repairs, banks, overages, financial problems....or just the plain old stress of buying and selling a home, I have to be the emotional rock for these clients the problem solver the positive force when things don't go as planned.......there are times that I don't want to show one more home....or take the extra hour to make sure they feel good about their new home.....or hold there hand as they go to the bank...or go look at lots for the 5Th time to figure out which one will work best for their dream home...or help re design the floor plan for the 8Th time...or to listen to how tired they are after they worked 8 hours today...and they don't realize that I am on hour number 12 for the day when they say this and all I want to do is go home and see my boy.....but this is the reality of being successful at what I do......I am hoping that perhaps in 2 weeks or so things will slow a bit....who knows I will keep you posted....it is a wonderful blessing to have this kind of business and I think if I can manage a full day off here sooner rather than later I will be more appreciative than I seem right now.....well until next time........it is time to cuddle my little guy before I head out for the day....