Pics of Claire and Jane

Preschool - We just had President's Day weekend. The preschool had an presidential desk set up.

We also went to the Farmer's Market after preschool.

Claire

Robert Tweets Again

Biggest worry for us right now is the Government shutdown. It appears that I will be out of a job on March 7 (furloghed). I don’t see Republicans compromising on the budget issues because of the tone out of the election, therefore, I think the Democrats will eventually have to give in on cuts. No guarantee that I will be getting paid for not working. KaDee is going to be getting me Sub papers from the School District next week. I may try to look for some under the table hired help…standing shoulder to shoulder with my Mexican Brethren.


Lucky for us that Issa’s amendment failed in the House. It would have taken our Step increase, which is due next week at my 3 year mark. A lot of different amendments flying around that I’m watching.


My new Foreclosure responsibilities should be interesting. I think the director here wants it to fail because she was stepped over by headquarters; therefore, she’s not providing me a lot of direction. She’s basically said – do what you want. Like…”I’m not supporting this thing”. I know the Deputy Director is very much against it, and very vocal about it. We’ll see how it goes.


Business Idea? Not sure if this is out there or not. I was listening to Ryan Seacrest this morning on 102.7…do they have video conference dating? Either solo, group or maybe with mediators? Not sure, but it seems like a good idea for LDS singles.


Had Jelly Fish for the first time this week. It was crunchy and interesting. Not sure if I order it in a restaurant but I would have some with a sushi buffet. It was okay.


I have a west view in my new office, which gives me a nice view of the mountains. My third office in 14 months.


It looks like we will be getting a visit this weekend from Branden Russell when he passes through Oceanside. Haven’t seen him since the early 90s I think.

A First

Jane and I went to Claire's(ironic) in the mall and we got her ears pierced! She has been asking me if she could get them pierced. Today while daddy was at home with our Claire and the big kids were at school we went and got them done. We had to stand there and watch one girl get hers done ahead of us. Luckily that girl didn't cry.
                                                 Here's Jane while we were waiting.

They let her sit on my lap while she got them done. She did shed a couple of tears but more out of anxiety than pain. She said it stung a little bit.
                                     Here is the before picture of her ear.

Afterwards she wanted to get a smoothie for being brave. You can see her cute little earrings.

Linda loves to look at Jane's earrings but has no desire to get hers pierced. I didn't get mine pierced until I was at college.

Lost and Found

About 1yr. ago Bruce lost his first tooth. Within a day or so of that he lost his 2nd tooth. When they came out the adult teeth were already in just behind them. So, it never looked like he was toothless. Then, we had a dry spell. I see all of the other kids his age missing a lot of teeth but Bruce kept his. The Dentist assured me that his teeth were normal and that some of them were just sitting there without root or anything. Yesterday Bruce had 5 loose teeth. Being the impatient mother that I am, we have really been working on getting at least one of them out. Bruce tried everything. A couple days ago we tied dental floss around it and Bruce got it pretty loose.

The night before last I was sure it would come out so I gave it a good pull....Nothing.

Yesterday morning Bruce woke me up missing a tooth! It fell out in his sleep and he found it under his bed! All of that work and it comes out on its own. When will I ever learn?  :)

Here is his new smile! You can already see the new tooth moving in. The tooth fairy visited him last night and he was really excited.

Robert's tweets

I was just given a foreclosure team of 4 loan specialists and 1 loan specialist assistant. Good for my resume/experience. I may be changing offices again to sit near my team, for the 3rd time.

Several contacts from Argentina on Facebook. But so far no random job offers :(

New business ideas. I always have them…
I have been thinking about announcing Soccer games. I’m not sure if you could count this as entrepreneurial or not. It would start as a hobby, then an expertise, then a contract. I have some ideas that I think will make me the best Soccer announcer the sport has ever known (of course!).

I want to sell podcasting for commuters. As a commuter I am tired of talk radio and the same songs over and over again. I want to create a library of podcasts that can be sold which consist of music/entertainment. You may notice that radio stations add music to the djs and commercials, trying to get listeners not to change channels. I want to have that combo but with drama (vs the ‘reality’ aspect of talk show hosts, djs and commercials). My podcasts will not only take you to another world, they’ll keep your mind jazzed. Sample ingredients…The Onion (America’s Finest News Source) – Music - Andres Cantor (GEICO commercial)…Wow!

Had a chip in my back tooth (molar). Not sure what to do. (Wait until my next Dentist appt? Hurry and see a Dentist? Don’t worry about it?) It’s not hurting or anything.

We get a lot of rain on Saturdays! Bruce’s game was canceled last week, and it looks like this week will be canceled as well. I guess KaDee was right not to sign him up due to rain. And they rescheduled the make-up game for a Sunday, bummers.

Went to my first Stake Council meeting. It was quiet and bit boring. Our Stake Sunday School presidency will be getting a new councilor and new secretary…finally, I won’t be the rookie anymore!

I want to congratulate KaDee for making her first Mexican dish of her life yesterday…enchiladas. I couldn’t be more proud!!!