come on summer Tonight I drove home after taking photos of a new listing, feeling pretty lucky. I’m working with the most pleasant clients right now. Every single one is agreeable, reasonable, funny, sane. It’s an absolute pleasure. This afternoon I did an open house for a couple who are so sweet. We’ve known each […]
Okay, last night at bedtime our sheets were still in the dryer. He helped me put them on the bed, one of us on each side. I love this man, stuffing pillows into flowered pillowcases, helping me get the top sheet straight. Before supper he patiently cut down a tree I wanted gone. I brought
Today’s St. Patrick’s Day, and you know what that means! The Leprechauns. They show up here, sneak in secretly, mess up a room, throw candy around, and leave a mean note. Kirsten asked me last night where this tradition started and why. It was in the 80s sometime, but I don’t remember. She said she
Tonight we had supper with a client. She and her guy invited us to their house and cooked a beautiful meal, enchiladas. Selling real estate is pretty gratifying. It’s fun to see the process unfold as people zero in on just the type of house they like best, and to see all the elements come
Some friends and I were talking about baby stuff today, what are the popular items new mothers must have these days. Well, that made me remember my dumbest day ever babysitting t.c. back when he was a baby. His parents had the idea it was time to switch from a baby bottle to a sippy
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Today was the baptism. It was 60 degrees out, unlike the day they were married in May, six years ago, when it was cloudy with a stiff wind. Today was balmy, the mud atrocious, and spring is so close it’s driving us CRAZY. We haven’t had any occasion to be in that church since they
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We’re still doing birthday. Here is James and his first cake, from his actual birthday-day. I tried to take a picture of him blowing out the candles, but he did it so dang fast, all I got was smoke and his hip. Durn kid. Look at Julia plugging her nose. This is the next day
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Okay, there’s a kid at our house with a birthday. James and Kirsten the morning he was born Thirteen years ago he was born in the middle of a snowy night. We caught him in the dark of our bedroom after a few hours of meandering labor. Suddenly he was born right NOW. AAAAGGHHHH. We
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a cute little gopher-cheeked cowboy from years ago Kari and James have been working on some worksheets about Arkansas for a while now. This workbook features several pages of detailed info on each state. They pick away at it until they announce they can’t take it anymore and move on to the next state. I
Tonight was the most magnificent birthday party. Julia kept relentlessly asking us if it was time to go, starting as soon as she woke up. The party wasn’t until 5, so we had this conversation maybe…twenty times? (I never screamed. I did say to go away once.) Anyway, my parents and my sister and her
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