O.K anyone who truly knows me will not be surprised by this at all!
I got a listing referral today (Yeah!!) so I called the gal and offered to meet her tomorrow afternoon. She insisted on meeting today at 3:00, a mere 2 hours from our conversation YIKES! I begrudgingly agreed. I already had an appointment at 4:00 so it was going to be tight. And even when she called back and asked to move it to 4:30, I still just went with it.
So this is where it gets interesting. I am greeted by a gal who was in the garage she welcomes me in. Turns out she is the daughter (poor thing). Now I was told that they lived in TX but had this house in Vancouver to sell immediately. When I walked in the house it was not horrible but a mess. Dirty and no furniture, just "stuff" everywhere and a horrible smell that is just now starting to fade from my sinus's. So, mom comes out and immediately my eyes zoom in on this horrible tooth thing she has going on. This top front tooth is not only longer but apparently behind her others. I can't stop looking at it! I try really hard to pay attention to what she is saying. Rented to a family members friend, cheater this, lesbian that, just left house a mess yadayada. She is devestated cause this house is not how she left it but I can't stop thinking about the tooth. Why would someone not fix that???
They go on to tell me about how she has never sold a house only bought them (apparently they have 3) and my thoughts are....if you can afford to buy so many houses why not fix the tooth? Then she wants to know what they need to do to the home to get it ready for market and all I can think of is don't worry about replacing the nearly perfect vinyl kitchen floor....FIX THE TOOTH!
Anyway, we part. Supposedly she is going to talk to a few other agents which is fine. I think they would be good sellers because they seem to take great care and worry to the condition of the home. Too bad she doesn't take as much care of her self.
Man, not only is life funny but so are people!
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Premature New Years Resolutions
This year I decided that I would make and put into practice by New Years Resolutions early.
1. I will create a blog and use it as my outlet for random thoughts about life, work and my family, giving my Facebook friends a break from 10 different status updates a day.
2. I decided this year that I will put myself 1st! Sounds a little selfish but in 2009 I started training from the spring to the fall for a half marathon. Getting exercise was a MUST in order to prevent death and embarassment. As a result I found I was more productive and happier. A better mother and wife, and a better agent to my clients. Well as soon as the race was over (yes I survived), so went my "need" to exercise. I didn't realize that what I had been doing had made such an impact on my life. I started back into old workaholic habits, was grumpy and well, you know the rest. So this year I will make myself priority #1 so that I can be "all that I can be" to others.
3. I will just let it go. I will not sweat the small stuff but instead enjoy them. It is almost pitch black out but we are getting a dusting of snow. And after 4 hours of driving around with me to take care of work, my girls couldn't wait to come home, put on all the snow gear and head out to sled on what looks like lightly dusted asphalt. I can hear screams of laughter, so they must be having fun. My old instincts would have been to say "no, it is too wet. Or, look at that mess you made (huge pile of clothes and shoes in the living room (why can't kids dress in there rooms?))" but instead, I said "have fun!".
So, this blog will be my outlet, my online diary so to speak. If you decide to follow me, thanks! I hope I am able to entertain you as often as I seem to entertain myself!
Afterall, Life is Funny!
1. I will create a blog and use it as my outlet for random thoughts about life, work and my family, giving my Facebook friends a break from 10 different status updates a day.
2. I decided this year that I will put myself 1st! Sounds a little selfish but in 2009 I started training from the spring to the fall for a half marathon. Getting exercise was a MUST in order to prevent death and embarassment. As a result I found I was more productive and happier. A better mother and wife, and a better agent to my clients. Well as soon as the race was over (yes I survived), so went my "need" to exercise. I didn't realize that what I had been doing had made such an impact on my life. I started back into old workaholic habits, was grumpy and well, you know the rest. So this year I will make myself priority #1 so that I can be "all that I can be" to others.
3. I will just let it go. I will not sweat the small stuff but instead enjoy them. It is almost pitch black out but we are getting a dusting of snow. And after 4 hours of driving around with me to take care of work, my girls couldn't wait to come home, put on all the snow gear and head out to sled on what looks like lightly dusted asphalt. I can hear screams of laughter, so they must be having fun. My old instincts would have been to say "no, it is too wet. Or, look at that mess you made (huge pile of clothes and shoes in the living room (why can't kids dress in there rooms?))" but instead, I said "have fun!".
So, this blog will be my outlet, my online diary so to speak. If you decide to follow me, thanks! I hope I am able to entertain you as often as I seem to entertain myself!
Afterall, Life is Funny!
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