Congratulations to Esther

Esther just closed today on a Cute Condo in Centerville (nice alliteration). Esther and I used to go to church together as little girls. She taught me how to draw dresses on stick figures. My dad bumped into her at her work last year, she expressed an interest in buying a home. He hooked me and Esther up since we knew each other. We had a blast looking at homes!

She's a first-time home-buyer and is excited to get the $8,000 tax credit next year. The sellers pretty much just bowed at her feet and did anything she wanted. This deal went very smoothly. Her loan officer Richard Burrows @ Flagship Financial did a great job...he even worked everything out so that we could close on her birthday! Happy Birthday and Congrats on Being a Homeowner Esther!!

Congrats to Mike & Pam

I decided that I want to congratulate my clients who buy or sell this year. It will help motivate me to seek out more deals so that I can post them and say "lookie at what I did". I'll leave the last names off for privacy sake.

So Congrats to Mike & Pam. We sold their mobile home in Holladay last month. It was only listed for 28 days before it sold. I told them that they must be living right because they were super lucky and got exactly what they were asking too!!

Denied

Hi all. We were denied a loan thru SallieMae. Which just doesn't make sense. We just had a loan with them so why won't they give us another one. Nothing has changed. So we really don't know what we are going to do. We don't want to pay with cash or credit cards, it's too scary. So I dont' know what Austin is going to do. We are trying to brainstorm but our brains aren't doing so well.

High School Days Tag

1. Did you date someone in high school? Nope. I couldn't get a guy to date me if my life depended on it.

2. What kind of car did you drive? Ha ha! I walked or my mom dropped me off and picked me up.

3. Did you pass your driver's license test the first time? I don't think so. I remember drawing an "L" on my left hand and an "R" on my right and still getting confused about which way to turn. I was such a dits. I was also scared out of my mind about driving. I didn't want to.

4. Were you a party animal? Nope but I loved going to stomps. I remember dancing with sweaty guys and thinking I was in love :)

5. Were you considered a flirt? I tried...but probably failed miserably.

6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? I took a choir class or two.

7. Were you a nerd? I wasn't cool but I wouldn't say I was a nerd. I remember making my friends laugh a lot at lunch.

8. Were you on any varsity teams? No.

9. Did you ever get suspended or expelled? no

10. Can you still sing your fight song? I probably never could. But I do remember that we would hold our arms like tomahawks and move them up and down to the beat. That was fun. :)

11. Who were your favorite teachers? Brother Morgan. I had a crush on him.

12. Where did you sit at lunch? I remember being so nervous about who to sit with in 10th grade the first day or two. Then I started to feel comfortable about finding people to sit with. We'd sit in a circle on the floor.

13. School mascot: Indian Brave

14. School colors: Red and White I think

15. Did you go to homecoming and who with? I was asked by Chris Taylor my junior year. The only guy who ever asked me to a dance. All the other dances I went to I asked the guy.

16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Man, high school life was so easy compared to grown up life. YES!!! Send me back. I'd ace all of my classes and get tons of guys! I'd be so popular too. It took me quite a few years after high school to figure social stuff out, to be a confident person, and to have a mind of my own. Oh, and if I could go back in time I'd get more sleep. I remember not being able to fall asleep thinking about guys. What a goone! It probably stunted my growth to not get decent sleep. I think I was exhausted every day of my teenage life.

17. What do you remember most about graduation? Not wanting to be there. I thought it was stupid.

18. Where did you go on Senior Skip Day? Home.

19. Were you in any clubs? Key Club

20. Have you gained weight since then? Curses...yes. I think I was 115 or 120. I'm currently 140. So "just" 20 lbs to go. Actually I wasn't very buff so I'm going to aim for 125 so that I can have some muscle for once in my life.

21. Who was your prom date? I remember having dreams that I got asked to the prom. I'd wake up so happy. But I never got asked. I'd run to my front door every morning to see if I'd been asked...but nothing was there. I asked Luke Veigel to senior prom and he said yes. He was such a gentleman about it too. I think he paid for it even though I asked him.

22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? yeah. I hope I can make it and I hope a ton of people are there.

23. Did you have a job while in high school? No my parents discouraged me from having a job until after high school. They wanted me to study more.

24. Worst class? I took chemistry for a few days and felt soooo overwhelmed I dropped it and took a cooking class. (smart move!!)

25. Favorite class? Any class that had guys...so pretty much all of them. I was so boy-crazy. It's a wonder I consentrated enough in school to even graduate.

Tag to anyone who reads this :)

My Husband

I just texted Austin saying that I was thinking of him. He texted back with one word "same". That one word meant so much that tears welled up in my eyes. I don't know if it's Valentines day approaching or what but I just feel so grateful for my husband. I am really grateful for the path that led me to him. I dated a couple of really great guys before I met Austin and Austin dated a gajillion girls before he met me and somehow every one of the relationships prepared us for each other. As the years go by I find that we are becoming even more and more "the same". Marriage is an awesome thing.

Austin is so courageous. He trys new and scary things that I would never dare do on my own. He has so many dreams and so many deep thoughts. I think he is so handsome. He loves our little family so deeply and he always wants the best for us. He has helped me to be a more even tempered person. He has taught me to be more service oreinted which has really helped my business and personal life. He is so smart and remembers everything he learns. He helps me to relax and have fun and not be such a work-a-holic. He thinks I'm awesome which proves that he's delusional. He always smells good. I love smelling just him (he doesn't wear cologne). He sometimes blows me away with a complement I wasn't expecting or didn't know he noticed or appreciated. He's romantic. He's a good dancer. I love hearing him sing wether he's goofing off or serious. He's awesome.

Austin is Home!!

Austin got to come home a little bit sooner than planned. They stepped up the program a notch. We've decided that it would be better for him to get his pilot licenses here in SL. He hates being away from us. So we canceled our loan for the school in Phoenix and we are waiting for it to show up on Sallie Mae's website that we can re-apply. We've checked like a hundred times. We are starting to get nervous that when we re-apply they'll deny us. I slept like 6 hrs of very interupted sleep. I feel like crap. I hope everything works out.