Not Too Old To Go Back To School

 

Written by Jenni Lovins

“What? You’re too old to go to school!” was the first thing my five-year old told me as I informed my two boys that I was starting school in a few weeks.  My eight year old son answers his little brother with an annoyed, “Anyone can go to school!”  He then looked up at me and said with a questioning look, “But why would you want to do that, Mom?”

I explained to my boys that now that they were both in school all day, I wanted to do something different with my days.  You see, since the minute I found out I was going to be a mom, I wanted nothing more than to get to spend as much time as I could with that little person God had given us.  I wanted to be the one to mold my children into the people they would become.  I didn’t want to pay someone else to do what I wanted to be doing.   I wanted to be the one to put them down for naps, to feed them ice cream for the first time, and see them take their first steps.  I wanted to hear their first words and to dry their tears.  I loved being a stay at home mom and my husband was great enough to support me in this choice for so many years.  We filled our days with park picnics, swimming, karate, play dates, bike rides and going to meet their dad for lunch as often as we could.  Now my boys were in third grade and kindergarten and I was not giving in to that babyurge to keep me home another five years!  It was time for a new chapter for mama!

My husband asked me one evening last fall, “Have you ever thought about being a real estate agent? You’d be great at it, you know everyone!” He got my wheels turning. . . Would I be good at selling houses? I know I’m good at organizing kindergarten class parties, community fundraisers and coaching little baseball players, but could I be good at helping people with one of the biggest financial decisions of their life? I took some time to think it through, talked about it, prayed about it and then one day, I enrolled at American Dream Real Estate School (sounded pretty amazing!).  I managed to finish the course, pass the test, find a broker who wanted to take a chance on me, and on December 2, I received my Colorado Broker License in the mail!  I still get to pick my kids up from school almost every day, be there for the class parties, and help them with homework in the evenings. I know life will get crazier as I get busier, but for now, this new chapter is pretty amazing and I truly appreciate getting to work with alongside another mom who understands and relates to this chapter of my life and shows me every day that I can be both a good mom and successful.

WOW! It has been a long time

It's been a mere three years since I last posted to my blog, I'm sure you have all been anxiously checking your emails daily just waiting to hear from me.  Well folks, your wait is over!  Since I last posted my daughter has aged three years and is now six, the Broncos lost a very embarrassing Super Bowl, the real estate market has started a comeback and I started my own Real Estate firm, with a total of 1 employee. I guess even Coldwell Banker had to start somewhere. Fortunately for you I was not blogging at that time, so you did not have to read all weighing of the options, should I or shouldn't I, what do you think kind of questions I mulled over for a month or so before taking the plunge.  What really got the ball rolling for me is my friend, Rona Linnenburger, she decided to go back to work one day and contacted the owners of Ziggies Coffee House and became a licensed franchisee and opened her own store in Westminster. She made it seem so easy that I decided to give it a go.  That was back in June of 2014. Six months later a daughter of a friend called me to schedule a meeting, she was getting her real estate licensed and wanted to know if I was looking for a Realtor.  When fate comes knocking like that it is hard to not answer the door, so here we are Jenni Lovins and myself plunging in and enjoying every minute.  She's the one that spurred me on to start blogging again, we will be jointly blogging and telling you our tales. I've told her it is up to her to keep me accountable, good luck Jenni.

I've Got Some Catching Up to Do

First things First- Congratulations to the Pack and all their supporters! We were fortunate to be in Wisconsin when they won against the Bears.  They really are amazing and loyal fans.  You have to admire those folks, that get out there no matter what the weather, to support their team.  The whole state was charged up. We went to a store the day after the game and people were waiting in line for the Championship merchandise to be unloaded, in fact some of them were so excited they were helping the store employees unpack the boxes.  A few of them might take it a bit far, like this guy, gotta love his modesty. This guy is apparently preparing in case the coach decides to send him in 

After this Rick and I "ditched" Sam with Grandma and Grandpa and headed to Chicago, what an amazing city. We filled our days with Museums, Shopping and fine Restaurants. If you make it to the city or are fortunate enough to live there, make sure you check out, The Girl and The Goat.  Fantastic restaurant and well worth the wait. We met up with some friends of Ricks and had a great time and wonderful conversation. Met up with an old girlfriend and picked up right where we left off 15 years ago.

Three days after we got home, it was Sam's third birthday. What a celebration! It was like Mardi Gras and lasted for a week For her birthday party we had 10 pre-schoolers running around and being the wise planner I am, gave them all flutes...at the beginning of the party.  I thought the parents and other guests were going to lynch me, next year I know to hand out the flutes as they are walking out the door and not in the door. My wonderful neighbor and friend came over the night before to help me make cupcakes, look at what she did It was so amazing, really a piece of art. I say she "helped me" I cut the marshmallows for the teeth and she did the rest. Sam loves alligators and could not have been more excited.

This afternoon was a little Valentines Day party at her school, and even though today is not her school day, she got to go, see her friends and marvel at all of the homemade Valentines. 

So, that wraps up the first half of February, just writing this wears me out...it's Vino time.

Happy VD Day everyone!