Technical Issues?

Technical issues is what we've been saying to our clients. On Monday the construction people hit a cable and our phone and internet went out. My sister Gris (our office manager) had to have all calls transfered to her cell phone and it really sucks cause all the calls we're getting are pissed off clients. No one wants to wait more than three days for an appraisal. The bad news came when Southwestern Bell called her and told her we would not have any type of service until Friday at 8 PM. So Robin and I lugged our dinosaurs home to connect them to our internet. Usually I remote to my work computer from home but I obviously can't do that if my work computer is offline. Well, my internet is through a satellite since I live in the middle of nowhere and ofcourse it's not as easy as plugging in a cable. I had to call my provider...after hours mind, you and get them to give me the correct ip's and all that stuff that I don't understand. I'm sure it's an expensive service call, but I had them bill my company, lol. Okay so since I have a wireless router I had to connect my work computer to the router which is in my laundry room since I wanted all the ugly wires out of sight. Well, now my office is in my little laundry room. The signal is not that great so what takes me an hour at the office takes me about four hours here and I'm thinking it's time to save and invest in a lap top. My boss from Dallas was like why don't you guys just go sit at starbucks? Right, they all work off of labtops. Then we get a call saying that one of our bosses from Dallas is flying in tomorrow. Many of or other offices have become satellite offices and I have a feeling that Verappraise Harlingen will too. This just means that we will work from home PERMANENTLY. In a way I think it's good, but then I don't really work well from home. I guess we'll see what tomorrow brings and for now I just want to literally kick my computer's ASS!

And they're off......to daycare

Today is my kids second day at daycare. We had a lady watch them at home for a week and it was wonderful but I felt bad cause she has her own family and she was really just doing it to help us. So I decided that we would try daycare. Jennifer referred me to Marie's which is where Aiden attends. Both kids did good until the metiche Roland went over there to check up on them. When he left Bo was literally kicking and screaming on the ground. We picked them up early cause we couldn't wait to see h ow they did. Well, again the metiche showed up before me ofcourse so I didn't even get to see them in their new envirnoment. Bo was doing his abc flashcards when he got picked up and he had alot of fun with the other kids. He was most excited cause they fed him carnitas with pappas. As if the day was not traumatic enough, Roland decides to get their immunizations up to date (which they need anyway to be in daycare). Bo only got one and Lauren got one and one oral so it was not that bad. This morning he woke up a little cranky but then he was happy when he heard we were going to daycare he was excited. On my way out I noticed Roland parked outside the day care doing surveilance, lol. I keep having to run him off. Now my mom is pretty sad cause she doesn't see them that often and because I have to pay a big chunk of money towards day care, but I think the kids will benefit from being with other kids. We'll see how it goes.

Lauren's first steps

Today I stayed home from work so that my mom could go see the doctor. Still looking for a nanny, but haven't had any luck. It is not as easy as one thinks to just spread the word and then magically you'll run into someone. So we were home all day and in the evening when my mom got home Lauren was so excited and she took like three steps. Now she doesn't want to crawl anymore. She even stands up and thinks she can jump. She takes a couple of hops and then falls on her booty. I can't believe it, she's only 10 1/2 months and she's taken her first steps and yet she still doesn't have a single tooth, lol. I guess now we brace ourselves cause there ain't no stopping her.

Sex and the City....the movie

I had been waiting anxiously for the Sex and the City movie. I have seen every episode when they first aired. I would wait and watch every week. On Monday my sisters Gris and Veronica, my Aunt Dora, and yes my mom decided to go. Not a good movie to watch with your mom, lol. Luckily Gris sat next to her so I wasn't as mortified with all the nude scenes. If you haven't watched it don't worry there's alot of surprises but it is true to the series. Loved it!!!!!!