I hope everyone had a fantastic holiday and New Year! We decided spontaneously to head up to Pasadena to see the floats up close and personal on NY's eve. Sonny and his Harvard buddy's , Will from Austin, TX and Nick from San Diego, and Colin and Mairin. We gassed up the old Navigator and got on the road around 6 pm. Sonny and friends had just come down from Big Bear and a couple of days of snow boarding.
We arrived at Cherie, Mark and Bryan's home in Pasadena. Colin was quickly absorbed into the 'SC crowd of freshman...and we didn't see him again until the next day. The remainder of our group went around the corner to Alyson and Bill's family gathering where we caught up also with Michele and Todd and fam. Mairin was so happy to see cousin Claire and meet her friends from HS. They were so nice. Then they took off on their own. Sonny and friends were supplied with some celebratory libations, and then they headed off. The remaining adults and younger kids headed off to the floats. We had the best time! We ran into each other during the festivites. We made it to Darrell's house, and a couple of others...and eventually made it back to Doney's around 2. We actually came home later than Sonny and his friends,,,OK not by much.
So many different friends have sent me this link to a you tube video.
I finally set aside the 5 min. and watched it tonight. Then I went to the other recommended reading that she did from this same book.
I laughed and cried and felt like I should share it with you.
Enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_4qwVLqt9Q
Love, Nancy
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Monday, December 1, 2008
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Ivy League Champions, AGAIN
What a fantastic game! Pictured in the photo are Sonny, Peter Ajaiy, Brian Sweeney, and Sean Hayes, Sonny's roommates.
We want to thank everyone that came to cheer on the Crimson, and celebrate the victory with us including: The McCracken's,Barnett's, Scott-Barnett, Doney's, Milano, Walling's ,O'Neil's, ! More photo's to come.
Thursday, November 20, 2008
The 125th playing of The Game, Harvard vs. Yale
We are so excited to be heading off to Boston tomorrow. The weather will be cold, and the sky will be blue. Harvard is playing for the Ivy League Championship.
Go Crimson! You can catch the game on TV, on the Versus channel, here in OC on cox it is channel 334, beginning at 9 am!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Life is a roller-coaster!
and I don't like them.
You may probably guess that a career in real estate is a challenge right now. You would be right. But in a way, I feel so worthy to my clients, and so focused on the minute details of the everyday financial challenges,,,,that I love what I do! I feel like my knowledge and experience are really helping my clients wade through this financial nightmare , and steal some fantastic real estate deals! That makes me happy!
Personally, our life is cruising right along. I can not believe that Sonny will be playing his last football game, ever, on Nov. 22. We have a huge contingency going to support him. It will be Senior Day, Parent Day and also The Game. We don't know yet if it will be for the Ivy League Championship, like it was last year,,,,someone must beat Brown...but it will be the great rivalry that has existed between the 2 schools for the past 125 yrs. or so. Sonny started playing tackle football in 3rd grade when we moved to Charlotte. The funny thing about football is that there really is no after. Basketball, tennis, track, soccer, all have post college opportunites. Full tackle football, not so much. Sure he will have the opportunity to play flag etc. but it won't be the same. Most college football players hang up their cleats. But some may play on! It is so exciting to watch the MV connection of , Mark Sanchez,,Nick Reed, Konrad Reuland, RJ Toman, the Moline's, and all of the other hard working college athletes. I go to the MV football games now and see the tradition is continuing with great athletes moving on to fantastic college opportunities. Sonny accepted a job with PAAMCO, and is thrilled! He interned with them over the summer and had THE best time. He feels blessed that he will be going into a job that he knows intimately, and also knows the other employees, and best....will be in Orange County! Yeah!
Anothe Senior in our household, Colin. has been conditionally accepted by CalState, Monterey! Yeah! We still have to hear from CalSt Channel Islands, and San Marcos, but we were so excited to know that he is off to College! The lacrosse connection has invited many offers, however they are from private schools, and well, honestly, the off-side, location, cost etc. really can not compare to what Calif. has to offer. Colin wants to start a lacrosse team wherever he ends up....he realized that the game is what he enjoys...and wants to bring it to whatever campus he ends up on.
Many of you know that I am an animal person,,,,as are my kids. Four years ago we decided that we needed a bird, a cockatiel specifically. We headed to the local bird store and returned with "Malloy" named after that aussie surfer dude. He had the bright red cheeks and a yellow and green body. (usually indicative of a male) We didn't have his wings clipped, because we didn't know how to do it,,,and we had a "bird dog" in house.
Yes Thatcher "caught" Malloy once,,,gently in his mouth, as good bird dogs will do, and after a bit of shrill squaking...he dropped him...and he immediatley went after Thatcher...pecking, screeching, and flapping wings in sheer disgust. After that, Malloy would come out of his cage and just strut around,,,and go up to Thatcher and let him know who was boss. Clue, it wasn't Thatcher anymore. Malloy would jump on his back and pull his hair. We didn't really know what this was all about. Then one day we noticed Thatcher's hair in Malloy's cage, with an egg in it! He was a She! We were all excited thinking that we were going to have a baby bird! Then I realized, we still only had 1 bird. Didn't make any difference to Malloy! Now referred to as a she...she sat on that egg..and screeched at anyone that came near.
Malloy laid more eggs over the last 4 years. She was even "caught" by Bentley once, and gave him quite a thrashing once he let her go. Feeling a little guilty about her lack of "open access" to our house....I did feel that I had to be here when she was out and about...I bought her a new house only 3 weeks ago. Lovely three times the size etc...etc.. Thinking back on it now..I'm not so sure she really liked it. Last weekend, I was working on a contract on my computer, and I heard a loud thud. I thought wow...that was quite a jump for her...but then I remembered that her new cage was 2 stories....OK....
I packed up my work and headed up the stairs to bed. I passed her cage to cover her up for the night, and she was on the bottom, still, and dead.
I felt terrible. There is something about having an animal in your care that registers so loudly ...what did I do wrong? What could I have done? did she have a good life?
Her cage is still there. Empty. No more bird songs. Did I mention the time she escaped? We took her cage out to the backyard, on the table. She liked the breeze and sunshine. Somehow she got out. She was gone for 3 days. On the third day, Mairin went walking down the stree, doing the "malloy whistle" and she whistled back! She was on my neighbors 2nd floor windowsill...looking disheveled..and wanting to come home. Remember her wings were not clipped...but she saw Mairin and jumped onto her shoulder with such relief in her eyes! What a world it was for her!
Cockatiels can live for 20 years. We feel like we did something wrong with her.
We miss her. Miss her songs and screeches.
She added so much to our family. Afterall, life is a circle.
Goodnight Malloy. Thanks for all of the great memories.
You may probably guess that a career in real estate is a challenge right now. You would be right. But in a way, I feel so worthy to my clients, and so focused on the minute details of the everyday financial challenges,,,,that I love what I do! I feel like my knowledge and experience are really helping my clients wade through this financial nightmare , and steal some fantastic real estate deals! That makes me happy!
Personally, our life is cruising right along. I can not believe that Sonny will be playing his last football game, ever, on Nov. 22. We have a huge contingency going to support him. It will be Senior Day, Parent Day and also The Game. We don't know yet if it will be for the Ivy League Championship, like it was last year,,,,someone must beat Brown...but it will be the great rivalry that has existed between the 2 schools for the past 125 yrs. or so. Sonny started playing tackle football in 3rd grade when we moved to Charlotte. The funny thing about football is that there really is no after. Basketball, tennis, track, soccer, all have post college opportunites. Full tackle football, not so much. Sure he will have the opportunity to play flag etc. but it won't be the same. Most college football players hang up their cleats. But some may play on! It is so exciting to watch the MV connection of , Mark Sanchez,,Nick Reed, Konrad Reuland, RJ Toman, the Moline's, and all of the other hard working college athletes. I go to the MV football games now and see the tradition is continuing with great athletes moving on to fantastic college opportunities. Sonny accepted a job with PAAMCO, and is thrilled! He interned with them over the summer and had THE best time. He feels blessed that he will be going into a job that he knows intimately, and also knows the other employees, and best....will be in Orange County! Yeah!
Anothe Senior in our household, Colin. has been conditionally accepted by CalState, Monterey! Yeah! We still have to hear from CalSt Channel Islands, and San Marcos, but we were so excited to know that he is off to College! The lacrosse connection has invited many offers, however they are from private schools, and well, honestly, the off-side, location, cost etc. really can not compare to what Calif. has to offer. Colin wants to start a lacrosse team wherever he ends up....he realized that the game is what he enjoys...and wants to bring it to whatever campus he ends up on.
Many of you know that I am an animal person,,,,as are my kids. Four years ago we decided that we needed a bird, a cockatiel specifically. We headed to the local bird store and returned with "Malloy" named after that aussie surfer dude. He had the bright red cheeks and a yellow and green body. (usually indicative of a male) We didn't have his wings clipped, because we didn't know how to do it,,,and we had a "bird dog" in house.
Yes Thatcher "caught" Malloy once,,,gently in his mouth, as good bird dogs will do, and after a bit of shrill squaking...he dropped him...and he immediatley went after Thatcher...pecking, screeching, and flapping wings in sheer disgust. After that, Malloy would come out of his cage and just strut around,,,and go up to Thatcher and let him know who was boss. Clue, it wasn't Thatcher anymore. Malloy would jump on his back and pull his hair. We didn't really know what this was all about. Then one day we noticed Thatcher's hair in Malloy's cage, with an egg in it! He was a She! We were all excited thinking that we were going to have a baby bird! Then I realized, we still only had 1 bird. Didn't make any difference to Malloy! Now referred to as a she...she sat on that egg..and screeched at anyone that came near.
Malloy laid more eggs over the last 4 years. She was even "caught" by Bentley once, and gave him quite a thrashing once he let her go. Feeling a little guilty about her lack of "open access" to our house....I did feel that I had to be here when she was out and about...I bought her a new house only 3 weeks ago. Lovely three times the size etc...etc.. Thinking back on it now..I'm not so sure she really liked it. Last weekend, I was working on a contract on my computer, and I heard a loud thud. I thought wow...that was quite a jump for her...but then I remembered that her new cage was 2 stories....OK....
I packed up my work and headed up the stairs to bed. I passed her cage to cover her up for the night, and she was on the bottom, still, and dead.
I felt terrible. There is something about having an animal in your care that registers so loudly ...what did I do wrong? What could I have done? did she have a good life?
Her cage is still there. Empty. No more bird songs. Did I mention the time she escaped? We took her cage out to the backyard, on the table. She liked the breeze and sunshine. Somehow she got out. She was gone for 3 days. On the third day, Mairin went walking down the stree, doing the "malloy whistle" and she whistled back! She was on my neighbors 2nd floor windowsill...looking disheveled..and wanting to come home. Remember her wings were not clipped...but she saw Mairin and jumped onto her shoulder with such relief in her eyes! What a world it was for her!
Cockatiels can live for 20 years. We feel like we did something wrong with her.
We miss her. Miss her songs and screeches.
She added so much to our family. Afterall, life is a circle.
Goodnight Malloy. Thanks for all of the great memories.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Harvard vs. Cornell on TV
If any of you are hanging out and don't have plans on Sat, at 9 am....watch the game on Versus TV. Some of you will get the channel...on my Cox,,it is on 334. I will most likely be watching it at our local sports bar, Friends with my Dad. Join us if you feel like it. Sonny is #49. He plays defensive end. He is playing with a high ankle sprain..I hope he does not re-injure it!
Nancy
Nancy
Saturday, October 4, 2008
updates and news
It was homecoming at Mission Viejo tonight. Last night was the football game vs. Murrieta Valley. Our team won, rather handily, and there was a fantastic half time show,,,,and then the homecoming....Melissa was nominated for Queen...and absolutely looked the part as she gracefully dismounted her flying carpet...Mairin was one of 4 Varsity Song girls that choreographed the JR dance for the half-time review. It was really good! The entire production was great. We had some friends visiting that don't yet have high school age kids...and they left very impressed with the game, the students and our girls!
Harvard won vs. Lafeyette,,,27-13. Sonny did not end up travelling because of his high ankle sprain. He was so disappointed not to be with his team. As a senior, every game is so special, whether you play or not.
Well, let me say Happy Birthday to my Uncle Bob in Rock Lake WVA! I hope you had a great bday week!
This last week has been crazy for work...as you can probably imagine. The federal housing bail-out seemed to create a feeding frenzy for good deals in real estate...at least with my clients..! Here in Orange County,,the "real deals" are gone very quickly.
Let me say that I am quite aware of this month's Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
I am SO blessed to have a great prognosis. I take my pills everyday. I am reminded everyday. I see in the mirror everyday. The date of my last chemo was Oct. 14. Wow! I have some new friends that I talk to one on one about their own particular journey. THEY are a blessing. We have so much in common.
I am not quite at the point in my recovery that I can be involved with focusing on the cause. Many of you may not understand this. I just need to feel me again. This sidetrack has been a blessing and a curse. The hard part of this is I don't want to be different. I just want to get back to me. My goal is to feel healed and share my story on a one on one basis. I have met some incredible women with various cancer challenges. We have been brought together because of mutual friends or doctors that know about my particular outlook. For now, that is what I can do.
What an incredible few weeks of my Theta friends going through "rush" again with their daughters! Just going through the college application process is a rush in it's own! I went with Colin last weekend to Cal. St. Channel Islands. We had a great time. He feels like it may be a good fit for him. He said he can start a lacrosse club team,,and join the surf team. The classes are small 15-18 in a class and the campus is somewhat small, yet only a 2 hour train ride home! The colleges that are recruiting him for lacrosse are private,,,and although they are offering scholarships,,,really are still costly.
My goal this year was to slow down and really listen to what my kids were telling me. My favorite quote is "speak without offending, listen without defending"
Wow. Each child is such an indivdual. I love their differences,,and mostly love seeing them enjoy each other. We laugh a lot.
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