OK..here is my late at night stream of consciousness...... I have had some time to reflect on what it means to turn 50. I have mentioned it to many people over the last few weeks. I have had a variety of responses....some say..oh my God...50? So old! I remember my own Mom turning 50 and thinking to myself that it was so old...and then she died suddenly at 56! Wow! My sister Karrie turned 50 a couple of years ago. She had a Morrocan party complete with a camel. If any of you have been following my blog,,I posted pictures of her party. I went in for surgery right after that. And here I am. I feel like I am transitioning. Sonny is graduating from Harvard and on to a fantastic job here in Orange County. It will be so nice having him in the same state again! Colin is so excited about setting off on his college experience at Cal. St. San Marcos. Sonny has already voiced his desire to go down and stay with him a couple of weekends and take in the San Diego surf!
As I have said many times before, I am so blessed that my kids are so close to each other. It is such a great feeling as a parent. Mairin is ready for her competition season. She had a great "tune-up" last weekend in Torrance. She is preparing for the SAT, and the AP test, and really starting to get excited about the college search. My present to myself was putting in the hardwood floors in the downstairs of my house. I come down the stairs every morning and smile! Thank you to my client Charles that made this possible! Though times are tough right now for many, I know that we will all reach out to those in need and lend a helping hand. I was a recipient of such good will during my cancer treatment. It is such a blur to me. I went back to the beginning of my blog and read it all. If I had not written it down I would not have believed that I actually went through it all. To me it is just done. Behind me. Over. Next. But shit...reading it brought back the comfort and joy of all of my friends and family.
Stop believing the media...we are not in a depression. In the past, times like these are when the courageous and cavalier invest in America...and come out winners! I am dealing with investors everyday that are buying up America in droves! Especially in Orange County. Don't let outsiders buy up our opportunities!
Come on....!!!!!! Invest for your kids...buy now...
Call me for all of your real estate needs, including buying, selling and modifying your current loan.
Thanks for reading my commercial. It's just that I feel passionite about my job. I guess that shows.
Nancy
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Sonny's intercession photos
Sonny had a great time at Uncle Michael's country home in upstate NY with his Harvard buddies. Now he is back at school starting his last semester of college!
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Happy New Year!
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
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
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.
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