Week 27 of 52 Places in 52 Weeks

Congratulations to Roberta Provost for winning the drawing for last weeks challenge and a gift card to Froyo! Funny that you should win last weeks challenge since you just won a Froyo gift card 2 challenges ago, lol.  The correct place is in fact the Yankees Stadium.  David, Colten and Davids sister Arlene went to a Yankees game while we were in New York.  I didn’t go, one because I’m not into sports.  Yes, I know… Its the Yankee Stadium.  But honestly, I wanted to spend that time with my dear friend Sara, whom I never get to see.  And I’m so glad I did!  I had a great time having some cocktails on her boyfriends roof top deck which had a beautiful view of the city! Then dinner in Soho after.  Great company, great view, great food and amazing company! I can’t wait to do it again! So here is a picture of the Yankee stadium.

http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/nyy/ballpark/information/index.jsp

Before I post this weeks challenge I just want to thank all of you that have been following this blog and participating in the challenges.  I hope the gifts that you are winning are useful, fun and appetizing :-).  As you can imagine it has been a busy month.  Trying to get things ready for the boys to go back to school, tying up some end of summer loose ends and taking care of Belle who broke her foot a few weeks ago has kept me super busy.  So I do apologize that this blog is a couple weeks late :-/.  I do try to post these blogs on time but sometimes my week just gets the best of me.  As you’ve noticed, I have been posting pics from our New York vacation that we took about a month ago.  We are almost done with those pics as we were only able to see and do so many things in the 3 days that we were there! I guess that means I will need to make some more memories around here in Spokane, lol.  But I do have a ton of pictures so I’m sure I will post some of our past adventures from time to time.

I am going to make this post short because it is my youngest sons, Kylan, birthday today.  We just finished dinner, yup eating pretty late as usual, and he wants me to come out and watch some episodes of the Walking Dead from the first few seasons that I messed.  So for that I will get on with it.  This should be easy, if you follow these blogs, lol.  Go back to my Facebook Post that brought you here and leave your comments in the comment section of that post.  All of you that guess correctly will be entered into a drawing to win a $10 AMC Movie card.  Good luck!

Week 26 of 52 Places in 52 Weeks

Wow! And the winner AGAIN is Chrissy Ladke! Awesome, Chrissy, its your lucky month!  You’ve been winning a lot lately, lol.  Good job! Chrissy won a $10 gift card to Red Robin by winning the drawing for last weeks challenge.  The correct place was the Empire State Building.  It was our first stop as soon as we got off the plane and got our rental car… well second actually.  As we were driving to the Empire State Building, we saw a 99 cent pizza by the slice.  It was a whole in the wall but I will tell you the pizza was amazing!  We went back 3 more times during our visit to New York, lol.  The views from the observation deck atop the Empire State Building are amazing!! If you have never been, you MUST go! so here is a link and a picture…

http://www.esbnyc.com/explore

Well we have made it half way through the 52 weeks of challenges! That means we are half way to the Super Prize.  Let me remind you that the winner of the Super Prize will win a gift that amounts to around $200.  I have not decided on the gift yet…. maybe a spa getaway or a night at the davenport or a “date night” or??? I’m open to any ideas you may have.

Well we had a great weekend! My mother, little sister, and little brother came on for the weekend.  Its always great to see them.  We had lunch with my Grandmas (my dad’s mom) who my mother hasn’t seen in 10+ years so that was really nice.  We walked the boardwalk in CDA and sat by the beach for a little while.  We also had my cousin and best friend Summer, her daughter Taylor and son Hunter over for my famous Chicken Fettuccine on Friday night.  That right, this Real Estate Dad of 3 can also cook!! And I cook pretty good I might add ;-).

Belle is feeling better but still hating her cast.  She got a new one this weekend as they have to change it every week.  She tries so hard to bite it off but has yet to succeed… although she’s working this one pretty hard and just might get it off. She still has to stay in her kennel when I am not home to limit her activity and is still isolated from our other dogs for the time being… I feel so bad for her :-(.

The boys are getting ready for school.  Well, should I say I am trying to prepare myself for the sticker shock of school cloths and school supplies that will be hitting my card in the very near future.  Ugh, this time of year kind of sucks… the end to summer and the expenses of a new school year.  Oh well, it is fun to see my boys grow up.  Two in High School this year and one in Middle school.  I have no more in grade school… does that mean I’m getting old? Lets just say I’m more experienced and mature, lol.  Ya, we’ll say that 😛

Ok, So for this week, I am giving away another Froyo card.  Summer is almost over and who doesn’t like Froyo on a hot summer day??? Guess where this picture was taken, go back to my Facebook post that brought you here, leave your guess in the comment section of that post.  If you guess correctly you will be entered into a drawing to win  $5 Froyo Card and a chance to win the Super Prize at the end of the 52 weeks.  As I’ve said before, the super prize will be well worth guessing on all these challenges!  Ok, here is the picture…

Week 25 of 52 Places in 52 Weeks

Congratulations to Roberta Provost for winning the drawing for last weeks challenge and a Frozen Yogurt gift card!  I love going out for Frozen Yogurt.  Its a fun experience and tastes good!  I hope you enjoy it.  So yes, the correct place was central Park. We visited this place on the last day of our visit.  Its a very cool place.  We didn’t have a whole lot of time to stay there but we saw some pretty cool stuff.  We saw where Madonnas apartment is and where John Lennon used to live along with strawberry fields which is obviously dedicated to Mr. Lennon.  So here is a link and picture to this one of a kind park.

http://www.centralpark.com/

This has been a crazy week.  I’ve been working on marketing for the 4 properties that I currently have listed and as some of you may have seen on my Facebook… I placed 3rd within my office as top listing agent for the month of July! Pretty good accomplishment considering I’m in my 1st year of Real Estate! I truly enjoy working with both sellers and buyers in helping them accomplish their goals and knowing I’m doing so well at it just makes me so happy that I finally sat down, bit the bullet and completed my studies.  This was something I have thought about for over 10 years.  But, I finally set my mind to it and I’m so happy that I did!

On Thursday, one of our dogs broke her foot in 3 places jumping off the back deck to the grass below.  The deck is only about a foot off the ground and she has been jumping it for 3 years now but she must have landed wrong this time.  It was very sad a scary to see her this way.  I rushed her to the Vet and they examined her and took some X-rays and then put her in a Spoon Splint.  She will be in this splint for 2 months.  The Vet wants us to isolate her from the other dogs, wants her to have as little activity as possible and of course to give her lots of attention.  Its going to be a long 2 months and she absolutely hates the position she is in but she will get through it.  I cannot wait until she’s out of the splint!

Ok, onto this weeks challenge.  We only had 3 people join the challenge last week 😦 but for those that did join the challenge that only increased your chances of winning, lol.  We are just about 1/2 way through the 52 weeks and to the Super Prize.  Remember, it will be a gift worth about $200.  Spa package or date night or something.  Whatever it is, it will be worth it, so keep playing to increase your chances of winning the Super Prize!  So here is the picture, go back to my Facebook post that brought you here, put your guess in the comment section of that post.  If your guess is correct, you will be put into a drawing to win a $10 Red Robin gift card! Share my Facebook post to get your friends involved 🙂

Here’s a hint… This was our fist stop on our last mini vacation… I hope youve been paying attention 😉

Week 24 of 52 Places in 52 Weeks

Congratulations to Christine Ladke for winning the drawing for last weeks challenge and a Starbucks gift card.  The correct place was the 9/11 Memorial.  It is a beautiful memorial and had a peaceful feeling about it.  I’ve been wanting to visit the memorial and so glad we did.  The only thing we missed was the 9/11 museum.  I was bummed about that but didn’t even know about it until after we were there.  Oh well, I guess that will be on the agenda for our next visit! Here is a picture and a link to the memorial.

http://www.911memorial.org/

Yes, I’m late again, Ugh! I need a clone.  Its not my fault, lol.  I’m just always so busy.  I took another listing last week so I’ve been busy with marketing and showings and all the fun stuff that goes in to real estate.  I also closed with my buyer and best friend, Summer.  So I’ve been over at her old house helping clean and at her new house helping do some improvements.  We took some wood paneling down this weekend to get the walls prepped for new sheet-rock and paint.  Its going to look great! I talked to another seller that is prepping his duplex to get on the market with me.  That will make 5 listings 🙂  Keep them coming because I love what I do!  Ok, I have a date with my bed and some relaxing so I’m keeping this post short, so on to this weeks challenge. You know what to do… go back to my Facebook post that brought you here.  Leave your guess in the comment section of that post. The winner of the drawing for this weeks challenge will win a $5 Frozen yogurt card to the Frozen yogurt place of your choice.  We are almost half way to the Super Prize so keep the guesses coming to get your chance to win!  Here we go.  Where were we? If your unsure just think about where else you would find a bunch of trees in the middle of Manhattan 😉