Dear Friends,
Well today came and went and I did not make the house payment. While I had nearly enough to cover it paying it would mean I had nothing left to pay the many other smaller bills. After consulting with two different people who are very aware of how getting a modification works I decided to not make the payment. Instead I moved a large portion of that money into savings to hold just in case. I'm hearing horror stories of it taking many months to finally have the modification completed but without it in the present financial climate I can no longer manage the entire payment. Now ask me how I feel about this, horrible. I absolutely hate not making the payment, honoring my signature and commitment. This is not the way I want to live at all.
I've spent most of today writing an appraisal for Valley Springs and it felt good to get it emailed out finally. Some reports require a lot more work than others, this one was challenging and ended up with comparables that ranged from 3 miles to 9 miles from the subject. Considering that the guidelines require everything to be within a mile that takes some explaining.
At around 2 this afternoon I realized that I was very hungry. After taking my blood and finding the sugar level at 85 I knew it was time to make some good food. So out came the brown rice, the mushrooms, a package of mixed fresh veges for the microwave oven. I heated the little fry pan to high, dumped a few mushrooms into the hot oil and stirred, then after they had been turned over I poured in brown rice and let it cook and ended up adding soy sauce for flavor. The veges were cooked and the meal was incredible. It tasted excellent and I took a moment to do an inner bow for taking the time to make something decent.
Tomorrow is Keanna day which is always a blessing. I'll collect her from school at 12:45 and then we'll have an hour before she goes to gymnastics and then music class. I learn as much from her as she learns from me and I find her inspiring, challenging and an overall delight. What a huge blessing to live so near that I can do these weekly things with the kiddos.
I have had some very inspirational emails over the last few days with the wisdom of my classmates from high school and others. They challenge me, lift me and inspire me. Thank you very much. One was especially inspiring today, a blog message written by a pastor on a campus of a college, it was written just for me and it has changed the way I view prayer, God's answers and my place in all of this today.
Love to all
Tim
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Struggling to keep it positive
Dear Family and Friends,
I am always amazed when I hear from someone new who is a reader and who shares my journey. My first thought is should I be watering down what I say or attempt to swing it over to a positive rag only reporting good news, I'm sure that would be more helpful to at least some of my readers. Yet I've spent so much of my life saying what I thought people wanted to hear me say, basically people pleasing that as of late I'm sort of reacting to that way of communication and trying to be more authentic, sometimes that means the result is a big gritty and even border line shocking.
This journey I'm on is one I would never have chosen and one I often dislike. I don't enjoy my own company that much, I like to invest in other people's happiness, to reassure people about their contributions to life. Yet here I am talking to the dogs and they seem to often just agree to get me off their back. Talk about people pleasers, Starr and Lady are masters at it.
This morning after Ken and I froze our way through the three miles I came back to warm up with a cup of Mocha, shower and started the day at my desk. We have changed our course now so we end up walking through the park, that is our moment of nature and it is a nice change from pavement and dodging women drivers who seem to want to clip our rear pockets from time to time.
I started my work day by driving over the Mountain House to confirm that new appliances had been installed in a condo. They were there but the highlight of that trip was a nice long talk with a very good friend. That call kept me laughing and was a very positive beginning to the work day.
Its a good think I didn't wait for money in the mail or orders over the fax or Internet. Neither happened all day. I actually spent the entire day writing an appraisal for the little house located in Marin county. I ended up with 6 closed sales and 3 current listings, a very complete appraisal. I just hope it helps the buyer get into the house.
This evening I suddenly decided that I needed to go get my meds so that meant a trip to Brentwood. While there I feasted at Taco Bell and then took a brief trip through Food Max for fruit, corn, salad and soy milk. Once I was on the road a phone call to Jerry provided a touch with family in the same manner as a call from Nikki earlier in the day had accomplished. She often calls on her way home from her work with the Department of Energy.
I sometimes feel as if life had just passed me by like I arrived at the station and the train had already left. There are rare moments with the kids and the kiddos that awaken a love of life again. I must say the E Harmony so far has been a colossal waste of money and I'm close to ending it. They keep providing me with contacts for people in LA, Redding etc. That is not helpful at all.
Tomorrow marks a big decision day, do I take all my available money and pay the house payment or not? I'm inclined to pay it and trust that something else will develop. The hits just seem to keep on coming, today Blue Cross informed me of the new monthly fees which start the first of October, $1035 a month.
So to those faithful family and friends who just keep on reaching out I say thank you. Your words and actions are like a life line right now and I do appreciate the help.
Love
tim
I am always amazed when I hear from someone new who is a reader and who shares my journey. My first thought is should I be watering down what I say or attempt to swing it over to a positive rag only reporting good news, I'm sure that would be more helpful to at least some of my readers. Yet I've spent so much of my life saying what I thought people wanted to hear me say, basically people pleasing that as of late I'm sort of reacting to that way of communication and trying to be more authentic, sometimes that means the result is a big gritty and even border line shocking.
This journey I'm on is one I would never have chosen and one I often dislike. I don't enjoy my own company that much, I like to invest in other people's happiness, to reassure people about their contributions to life. Yet here I am talking to the dogs and they seem to often just agree to get me off their back. Talk about people pleasers, Starr and Lady are masters at it.
This morning after Ken and I froze our way through the three miles I came back to warm up with a cup of Mocha, shower and started the day at my desk. We have changed our course now so we end up walking through the park, that is our moment of nature and it is a nice change from pavement and dodging women drivers who seem to want to clip our rear pockets from time to time.
I started my work day by driving over the Mountain House to confirm that new appliances had been installed in a condo. They were there but the highlight of that trip was a nice long talk with a very good friend. That call kept me laughing and was a very positive beginning to the work day.
Its a good think I didn't wait for money in the mail or orders over the fax or Internet. Neither happened all day. I actually spent the entire day writing an appraisal for the little house located in Marin county. I ended up with 6 closed sales and 3 current listings, a very complete appraisal. I just hope it helps the buyer get into the house.
This evening I suddenly decided that I needed to go get my meds so that meant a trip to Brentwood. While there I feasted at Taco Bell and then took a brief trip through Food Max for fruit, corn, salad and soy milk. Once I was on the road a phone call to Jerry provided a touch with family in the same manner as a call from Nikki earlier in the day had accomplished. She often calls on her way home from her work with the Department of Energy.
I sometimes feel as if life had just passed me by like I arrived at the station and the train had already left. There are rare moments with the kids and the kiddos that awaken a love of life again. I must say the E Harmony so far has been a colossal waste of money and I'm close to ending it. They keep providing me with contacts for people in LA, Redding etc. That is not helpful at all.
Tomorrow marks a big decision day, do I take all my available money and pay the house payment or not? I'm inclined to pay it and trust that something else will develop. The hits just seem to keep on coming, today Blue Cross informed me of the new monthly fees which start the first of October, $1035 a month.
So to those faithful family and friends who just keep on reaching out I say thank you. Your words and actions are like a life line right now and I do appreciate the help.
Love
tim
Sunday, August 29, 2010
What a day this has been!
Finally a great day happened. It all started with a very sleepless night, I was awake at 2, 3 and 4 but must have slept the rest of the time, not sleepy today.
Ken and I walked in the crisp morning air and upon returning I decided that a filthy car was not the way to travel today. I found my car washing supplies and enjoyed removing all the bugs. It felt good all day long to have a clean car and since it is black it really looks better when it is clean.
I first drove to Oakland and met with a very nice Mexican family who are short selling their home. Then it was onto San Rafael over in Marin County. the road passes right by San Quentin which is always interesting. I first drove to the little house even though I knew I was over an hour early. Then I selected the comps and started to drive them. Once that was finished I drove back to the house and in a few minutes the agent arrived. The little house was cute but the outstanding point was the back yard. It is stunning with mature landscaping, flagstone patios, quiet sitting areas with benches, a trampoline, large patio areas and a wide variety of plants and flowers.
Once I was through with the house I headed home arriving before 6. Now its 10 and I have the report for Oakland completed and emailed out. I was paid for the Oakland appraisal when I was there and by credit card for the one in San Rafael so it was a blessed day financially too. By washing the car at home instead of having it done in Brentwood I saved $11 and that more than paid for all the fuel for today's travel. Not bad.
So I am looking forward to the upcoming week. I've received marvelous input today from you regarding taking in boarders and all of it has been supportive and helpful. I'm going to proceed with the process as well as work on the motorhome to get it ready to sell or rent. I'm also going to look into beginning painting the trim on my house. It needs to be soaked with paint so badly.
Thanks for the great feedback today. Lets have a great week.
Love
tim
Ken and I walked in the crisp morning air and upon returning I decided that a filthy car was not the way to travel today. I found my car washing supplies and enjoyed removing all the bugs. It felt good all day long to have a clean car and since it is black it really looks better when it is clean.
I first drove to Oakland and met with a very nice Mexican family who are short selling their home. Then it was onto San Rafael over in Marin County. the road passes right by San Quentin which is always interesting. I first drove to the little house even though I knew I was over an hour early. Then I selected the comps and started to drive them. Once that was finished I drove back to the house and in a few minutes the agent arrived. The little house was cute but the outstanding point was the back yard. It is stunning with mature landscaping, flagstone patios, quiet sitting areas with benches, a trampoline, large patio areas and a wide variety of plants and flowers.
Once I was through with the house I headed home arriving before 6. Now its 10 and I have the report for Oakland completed and emailed out. I was paid for the Oakland appraisal when I was there and by credit card for the one in San Rafael so it was a blessed day financially too. By washing the car at home instead of having it done in Brentwood I saved $11 and that more than paid for all the fuel for today's travel. Not bad.
So I am looking forward to the upcoming week. I've received marvelous input today from you regarding taking in boarders and all of it has been supportive and helpful. I'm going to proceed with the process as well as work on the motorhome to get it ready to sell or rent. I'm also going to look into beginning painting the trim on my house. It needs to be soaked with paint so badly.
Thanks for the great feedback today. Lets have a great week.
Love
tim
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Heading downhill
Good evening
The coughing is back and its taking me down a bit. This evening was spent with tolerant friends but I hacked the whole time and then on the way home it got worse. Not sure what is going on but I don't like it much.
Ken and I froze this morning on our 3 mile walk. He looked like he was dressed for winter when he came out but I quickly envied him as we walked into the wintry blast. Once we turned the half way corner then it was better, the wind was behind us. Wow was it cold, I don't think it helped my cough at all but I know the walk is good for moral, my heart, lungs etc.
8:30 found me parking at the soccer field at Streets of Brentwood, a relatively new upscale shopping center along the Brentwood Bypass. Keanna played her little heart out, she made many saves as goalie and kept telling me she was not cold, well Papa sure was cold watching and yelling from the sidelines. After the game was over we regrouped and ended up heading to Tracy to Olive Garden for lunch. Oh was it ever good. Right now they have the endless pasta bowl special going. For $8.95 you get as much pasta as you can eat. I get the whole wheat linguine with 5 cheese topping, wow it was great and along with the salad and nice cold lemon water it was a feast. Kallie and Keanna enjoyed coloring in their little children's menus. Once lunch was over and Nikki drove us all back I came home and took a long nap. My mind is so troubled that I would sleep and then wake with unease, fall back asleep and then wake with troubled thoughts again. Sometimes I just think, I'm so ready to be happy again, to be a peace, to know things are moving well but at the moment I'm sure far from that point.
I get a daily update from the Liferaft Web Site, a site dedicated to GIST and those battling it. As I read the messages from people in the midst of the battle against tumor growth, finding the right drug, the right doctor I am so reminded of our hundreds of mini battles over the same things these living patients face. I just want to cry out to them, enjoy the time you have, get the best medical care you can find no matter what the cost, it might buy you a couple more years to see your little kiddos born or start to walk. I think we did it right, we put all our resources into the fight, we never stopped to count the cost if there was a chance something or someone could help in our battle for life. I deal with the results of those battles now but I'm not sorry. If I end up on the street and drive a wreck it was still worth it. Nan put her all into our family, our life together, she never held back, she went all out, then we did the same as a team in searching for medical answers to the ever returning tumors. How can you ever hold back when your going flat out means more time to live? You just can't. What I don't understand at this point is what is God up to now, how is he leading or have I done something that prevents Him from being involved anymore. I certainly identify with Job, where do I go from here? What do I do, What do I quit doing? What doors do I need to knock on to find a solution, to discover answers. I'm not throwing in the towel but I'm sure uncertain re: God's involvement at the present time.
Sometimes well meaning people suggest how I can reduce my life to zero it seems, dump this, sell that, give up on this and advice is fairly easy to give when YOU ARE NOT LIVING IT. I love having friends give suggestions and support, I just don't always know how to apply what is being said. One piece of advice that seems to resonate in my brain, borders! Taking in guests for money, now that seems like an idea I could live with. I live in this fairly sizable house with two empty bedrooms, one nice bathroom, plenty of living area for more than one old guy, I'm going to look into that immediately. Now I'm not sure how to set a price, a monthly rent yet. Secondly I'm going to proceed with getting the motor home cleaned up and working well, so I can either rent it or sell it and I know I need to fix the boat engine so it will work. If and when I sell the boat it will be worth much more if it runs. These are things I can do.
I welcome your feed back, my email address is discoapp@comcast.net or timmustard@yahoo.com. Let me hear your ideas, I'm not giving up this ship without a very big fight!
love
tim
ps photo is the one I am using on E Harmony. Thanks Mary for taking the photo.
The coughing is back and its taking me down a bit. This evening was spent with tolerant friends but I hacked the whole time and then on the way home it got worse. Not sure what is going on but I don't like it much.
Ken and I froze this morning on our 3 mile walk. He looked like he was dressed for winter when he came out but I quickly envied him as we walked into the wintry blast. Once we turned the half way corner then it was better, the wind was behind us. Wow was it cold, I don't think it helped my cough at all but I know the walk is good for moral, my heart, lungs etc.
8:30 found me parking at the soccer field at Streets of Brentwood, a relatively new upscale shopping center along the Brentwood Bypass. Keanna played her little heart out, she made many saves as goalie and kept telling me she was not cold, well Papa sure was cold watching and yelling from the sidelines. After the game was over we regrouped and ended up heading to Tracy to Olive Garden for lunch. Oh was it ever good. Right now they have the endless pasta bowl special going. For $8.95 you get as much pasta as you can eat. I get the whole wheat linguine with 5 cheese topping, wow it was great and along with the salad and nice cold lemon water it was a feast. Kallie and Keanna enjoyed coloring in their little children's menus. Once lunch was over and Nikki drove us all back I came home and took a long nap. My mind is so troubled that I would sleep and then wake with unease, fall back asleep and then wake with troubled thoughts again. Sometimes I just think, I'm so ready to be happy again, to be a peace, to know things are moving well but at the moment I'm sure far from that point.
I get a daily update from the Liferaft Web Site, a site dedicated to GIST and those battling it. As I read the messages from people in the midst of the battle against tumor growth, finding the right drug, the right doctor I am so reminded of our hundreds of mini battles over the same things these living patients face. I just want to cry out to them, enjoy the time you have, get the best medical care you can find no matter what the cost, it might buy you a couple more years to see your little kiddos born or start to walk. I think we did it right, we put all our resources into the fight, we never stopped to count the cost if there was a chance something or someone could help in our battle for life. I deal with the results of those battles now but I'm not sorry. If I end up on the street and drive a wreck it was still worth it. Nan put her all into our family, our life together, she never held back, she went all out, then we did the same as a team in searching for medical answers to the ever returning tumors. How can you ever hold back when your going flat out means more time to live? You just can't. What I don't understand at this point is what is God up to now, how is he leading or have I done something that prevents Him from being involved anymore. I certainly identify with Job, where do I go from here? What do I do, What do I quit doing? What doors do I need to knock on to find a solution, to discover answers. I'm not throwing in the towel but I'm sure uncertain re: God's involvement at the present time.
Sometimes well meaning people suggest how I can reduce my life to zero it seems, dump this, sell that, give up on this and advice is fairly easy to give when YOU ARE NOT LIVING IT. I love having friends give suggestions and support, I just don't always know how to apply what is being said. One piece of advice that seems to resonate in my brain, borders! Taking in guests for money, now that seems like an idea I could live with. I live in this fairly sizable house with two empty bedrooms, one nice bathroom, plenty of living area for more than one old guy, I'm going to look into that immediately. Now I'm not sure how to set a price, a monthly rent yet. Secondly I'm going to proceed with getting the motor home cleaned up and working well, so I can either rent it or sell it and I know I need to fix the boat engine so it will work. If and when I sell the boat it will be worth much more if it runs. These are things I can do.
I welcome your feed back, my email address is discoapp@comcast.net or timmustard@yahoo.com. Let me hear your ideas, I'm not giving up this ship without a very big fight!
love
tim
ps photo is the one I am using on E Harmony. Thanks Mary for taking the photo.
Friday, August 27, 2010
perspective
Dear Family and Friends,
Some days work out better than others. Not having the kidos this morning I ventured out for a walk. I wish I could tell you it was perfect, not so, it was warm and I have a strange pain in my left leg but I made it back. Mary called to tell me she was home and I could come obtain the photos she had taken of me the other day in Brentwood. I wanted them for EHarmony. So I drove over to her house here in Discovery Bay west and ended up showing her how to download photos and then I taught her how to attach photos to an email. It was a fun time and she is a quick learner.
Once I came home the mail had arrived. I received 8 letters from the mortgage company today letting me know I was a dead beat and better pay up soon or they were coming for the house. Can you imagine, 8 letters all saying the very same thing. I had a much better experience with them on the phone yesterday when i agreed to try to pay the house payment by the 31st. Also in todays mail was a letter from a law office. Turns out Downey Savings had a loan go bad, one that we did the appraisal for in 2005 and they are coming after me for the money they lost. I was pretty concerned until I opened the appraisal and got a close look. It is bullet proof, 4 comps, all in the neighborhood, all same age, all same size and all were recent sales at the time. I'll turn it over to the E&O insurance but it was still very unnerving. First time in 23 years of business and almost 30,000 reports.
So instead of giving in to my feelings of inadequacy I settle down and went to work. By 6 I had finished an appraisal for Sierra Pacific Home Loans. It is unfortunately the last one I will receive from my friend Gina as she no longer will be ordering reports, its gone to a management company and although I'm approved with them I have no orders to show for it.
This evening I had dinner with a friend in Stockton and now I'm home winding up the day. I just can't say enough about how wonderful it is to have friends and family reach out and really care. That is a blessing.
love
tim
Some days work out better than others. Not having the kidos this morning I ventured out for a walk. I wish I could tell you it was perfect, not so, it was warm and I have a strange pain in my left leg but I made it back. Mary called to tell me she was home and I could come obtain the photos she had taken of me the other day in Brentwood. I wanted them for EHarmony. So I drove over to her house here in Discovery Bay west and ended up showing her how to download photos and then I taught her how to attach photos to an email. It was a fun time and she is a quick learner.
Once I came home the mail had arrived. I received 8 letters from the mortgage company today letting me know I was a dead beat and better pay up soon or they were coming for the house. Can you imagine, 8 letters all saying the very same thing. I had a much better experience with them on the phone yesterday when i agreed to try to pay the house payment by the 31st. Also in todays mail was a letter from a law office. Turns out Downey Savings had a loan go bad, one that we did the appraisal for in 2005 and they are coming after me for the money they lost. I was pretty concerned until I opened the appraisal and got a close look. It is bullet proof, 4 comps, all in the neighborhood, all same age, all same size and all were recent sales at the time. I'll turn it over to the E&O insurance but it was still very unnerving. First time in 23 years of business and almost 30,000 reports.
So instead of giving in to my feelings of inadequacy I settle down and went to work. By 6 I had finished an appraisal for Sierra Pacific Home Loans. It is unfortunately the last one I will receive from my friend Gina as she no longer will be ordering reports, its gone to a management company and although I'm approved with them I have no orders to show for it.
This evening I had dinner with a friend in Stockton and now I'm home winding up the day. I just can't say enough about how wonderful it is to have friends and family reach out and really care. That is a blessing.
love
tim
Thursday, August 26, 2010
Working 6 to 8 and loving every minute of it!
Hello Faithful Readers
As our adventure continues things change. I started the day with a short night behind me, had to complete a report and get it out last night. By morning it had been rejected and today I had to go back to shoot additional comparables, its OK though, this is the way one learns what lenders are expecting.
The girls were in rare form this morning, happy as clams, helping each other and just having a good time. They ate their breakfast quickly and we started out early, seems the early part always bleeds away somehow but at least they were on time.
Once they were safely delivered I raced home for a bit of breakfast and then research for the day. I left for Vacaville at 9:30 but today it took longer than the normal 1 hour so I was a bit late. The homeowner was really interesting, he had a beautiful Shelby Ford, original and perfect parked in his garage along with a 56 blue and white ford. This guy rebuilds engines, restores cars and is living the dream. The home was perfect and they seemed very happy with each other.
Once I was through with Vacaville I headed down 80 to Oakland. I had brought a hard boiled egg, a string cheese piece, water and a mocha. That carried me along as I drove against fairly strong winds to Oakland. Once arriving there the GPS took me to the door. I was doing a field review of an appraisal that was completed months ago, it was done for quality control and so I had to supply additional comparables as well. It took awhile winding around in the Oakland foothills but eventually I was done. On the way out I found a Subway so had soup and sandwich.
Then it was time to head back to Bay Point to shoot two more comparables for the rejected appraisal. Once I found them and shot photos I was back on the highway and arrived home around 5 pm. I found no money in the mailbox but I was encouraged by a very nice card from a friend and two faith lifting cards inside.
One item of interest today was a letter from PNC mortgage. They hold the first on my property. Each November they adjust the interest rate and last year it was a whooper upward. This year my monthly payment just dropped by $90, I'll take it and of course that is before any possible modificationn they might find for me. At this point in my life $90 is very good news indeed.
Last evening I drove Marilyn up to her friend's home in Sacramento where she spent the night. This morning she flew out of Sac and this evening I've been exchanging emails with her at her home in Rhode Island. She is tired but happy to be home where she is needed constantly, how can young kids possibly live without the advice of a sage senior woman? The house seems very quiet and even the dogs notice, they were extra excited to have me arrive home this evening.
So I'm sending you my best wishes this evening,
Love to all
Tim
As our adventure continues things change. I started the day with a short night behind me, had to complete a report and get it out last night. By morning it had been rejected and today I had to go back to shoot additional comparables, its OK though, this is the way one learns what lenders are expecting.
The girls were in rare form this morning, happy as clams, helping each other and just having a good time. They ate their breakfast quickly and we started out early, seems the early part always bleeds away somehow but at least they were on time.
Once they were safely delivered I raced home for a bit of breakfast and then research for the day. I left for Vacaville at 9:30 but today it took longer than the normal 1 hour so I was a bit late. The homeowner was really interesting, he had a beautiful Shelby Ford, original and perfect parked in his garage along with a 56 blue and white ford. This guy rebuilds engines, restores cars and is living the dream. The home was perfect and they seemed very happy with each other.
Once I was through with Vacaville I headed down 80 to Oakland. I had brought a hard boiled egg, a string cheese piece, water and a mocha. That carried me along as I drove against fairly strong winds to Oakland. Once arriving there the GPS took me to the door. I was doing a field review of an appraisal that was completed months ago, it was done for quality control and so I had to supply additional comparables as well. It took awhile winding around in the Oakland foothills but eventually I was done. On the way out I found a Subway so had soup and sandwich.
Then it was time to head back to Bay Point to shoot two more comparables for the rejected appraisal. Once I found them and shot photos I was back on the highway and arrived home around 5 pm. I found no money in the mailbox but I was encouraged by a very nice card from a friend and two faith lifting cards inside.
One item of interest today was a letter from PNC mortgage. They hold the first on my property. Each November they adjust the interest rate and last year it was a whooper upward. This year my monthly payment just dropped by $90, I'll take it and of course that is before any possible modificationn they might find for me. At this point in my life $90 is very good news indeed.
Last evening I drove Marilyn up to her friend's home in Sacramento where she spent the night. This morning she flew out of Sac and this evening I've been exchanging emails with her at her home in Rhode Island. She is tired but happy to be home where she is needed constantly, how can young kids possibly live without the advice of a sage senior woman? The house seems very quiet and even the dogs notice, they were extra excited to have me arrive home this evening.
So I'm sending you my best wishes this evening,
Love to all
Tim
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Marilyn leaves for home
Busy day today, I like busy days, days of accomplishment and production. Today my crowning achievement is spending really terrific time with the kidos. They were ahead of schedule this morning and we even played checkers before leaving for school.
Once they were delivered I came back to the office to generate some research and then left for a 10 am appointment in Brentwood. Once that was over I returned to work and then pick up Keanna at 12:45. We hurried through our lunches and then homework before heading for gymnastics class. I took the time to go inspect a house that had new appliances installed and then came back in time to see her strut her stuff. She is doing so well and knows it too which is nice.
After class we returned to home where Nikki and Kallie joined us in saying fairwell to Marilyn. She is flying out in the morning for Rhode Island. It will be different to have the house quiet with no one to talk to or humor or run the DVR. I wish her well as she returned to care for James and reengage with her family.
Tomorrow morning I have the kidos once again and then I'm off to Vacaville, Oakland and then back to the office to crank out reports. I am so thankful for work and there are some hints that more work may be coming down the pipe, sure hope so.
Due to the lateness of the hour I'll pass on the philosophy of life tonight, just get some rest.
Love to all
Tim
Once they were delivered I came back to the office to generate some research and then left for a 10 am appointment in Brentwood. Once that was over I returned to work and then pick up Keanna at 12:45. We hurried through our lunches and then homework before heading for gymnastics class. I took the time to go inspect a house that had new appliances installed and then came back in time to see her strut her stuff. She is doing so well and knows it too which is nice.
After class we returned to home where Nikki and Kallie joined us in saying fairwell to Marilyn. She is flying out in the morning for Rhode Island. It will be different to have the house quiet with no one to talk to or humor or run the DVR. I wish her well as she returned to care for James and reengage with her family.
Tomorrow morning I have the kidos once again and then I'm off to Vacaville, Oakland and then back to the office to crank out reports. I am so thankful for work and there are some hints that more work may be coming down the pipe, sure hope so.
Due to the lateness of the hour I'll pass on the philosophy of life tonight, just get some rest.
Love to all
Tim
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