I am very surprised, and it doesn’t take a lot of self-reflection to realize for myself that my feelings are hurt.

But, there is a positive result. I have been driven to think much more deeply about what it means to pray for your enemies.

If there is anyone in the world who would be my enemy, it’s ***. And now maybe ***, because it’s hard to know how else *** would have known who *** was.

But tender feelings seem to make the veil thin when I pray specifically for the welfare and benefit of those who I am offended by.

I choose those words carefully because I can not say they have offended me. I do not know if I am their target or not. If I were to say that, I might as well say Heavenly Father offended me.

However, I have taken offence, whether it’s intended or not, mostly in the form of hurt feelings. They are our friends, and we have also gone to extra lengths to serve them in times of need.

But, regardless of that, I have to trust that Heavenly Father is ultimately at the head of our lives. Whether we live or die, we live or die following the Lord. Whether we prosper or lose all we have, we do it unto the Lord. He gives, and he takes away, and we follow Him regardless of the circumstances of our lives in this world, because this place is just temporary.

I will do my best to put all my trust in Him, and work for him to the best of my ability.

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The signing yesterday with the *** family was uneventful, which was perfect. I got flyers done for Purdue, and dinner with *** and *** was fantastic.

There is never an end to what can be done on any given day. There are so many details I can attend to. It’s easier when there are appointments on the calendar, but when there’s a handful of ‘things’ to do, picking the right thing to start is sometimes more difficult.

Just some of the things I need to do are get a handle on the Stewart reunion, do a deposit, order new yard signs, find some better paper for flyers, get my email marketing set up, and finalize my newsletter to have Heather Yee print some for me at Caxtons.

The day is beautiful. I sincerely feel like this is going to be a fantastic day. How could it go wrong after starting out with pickleball.

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This morning I need to write up a price opinion on a home and mail it to a potential client in California. She’s a little bit older and not comfortable with email.

I’m waiting on some signature on documents that I need to turn over to my brokerage.

After I get the price opinion written out I think I’ll go to the temple. This week has been a little self-consuming, and a reset would do me good.

Sienna is gone now. It’s always strange when there are no more kids left in the house. Good and bad.

I followed up with *** ***, about potentially listing his home, but he said his family ended up going with a different agent. One can’t win them all. 🙂 I’m trying my best to trust that Heavenly father will take care of us, and letting go of everything else.

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The new home orientation in Cirrus Pointe on Monday went well. The builder representatives that were there were sincere in wanting the *** to have their home in the best possible condition. I’m not a fan of the way the company pushes people to sign and close before the house is ready.

I have lunch with friends from Group One today, and again tomorrow. So far my plan to drive less because I don’t have an office in Boise is not coming about. 🙂 But I like to spend time with friends.

Some things on my list today:

• Get the Purdue house re-listed.
• Get my computer set up for Silvercreek.
• Do a CMA for Sheila Jantz and get it and listing paperwork in the mail.

There’s plenty to do to keep me busy.

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Today is my brokerage’s big open house day called “Blue Saturday”. I plan on meeting some fantastic people at my Purdue Street listing.

Yesterday was a full day. I met with *** to go over the inspection report for the Ripples house. After that I attended the last board meeting of the year for Caldwell Fine Arts, as well as the annual members meeting. I served a three year term on the board and decided to take a break for now.

Jenn got off work early so we could go with the *** to the food trucks in Sienna Hills. It’s always fun to spend time with friends. We saw Tina *** and Kay *** there, and spent some time with them too. It was great.

We wrapped up the day at the temple and saw several friends there as well.

It was a day full of people, and it was fulfilling.

I’ll do the open house today, and then we have several graduation parties to attend. 3 to be exact. Today will also be full of people. It will be great.

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I have a couple things on my calendar today. Alex Gunoe and I are meeting to write up the list of items to address from the inspection yesterday. It’s crazy that things can be so neglected. The ducting for the HVAC system is not even complete. They literally walked away from the job without completing it. And what they did complete had so many Issues It’s laughable. Really, truly, hard to comprehend.

After Alex I have my last Caldwell Fine Arts meeting as a board member. I have been pretty MIA to much of it so it’s for the best. Still, The closing of that 3 year chapter represents a certain period of my life and I feel some measure of sentiment when I think about not being involved.

This afternoon Jenn and I will go to Sienna Hills for the food trucks with the Cryer’s. After that we have a temple appointment.

It seems like there is so much going on in life right now. Thinking about it to much causes me to feel a little overwhelmed. But all I can do is step forward the best I can and do my best to believe Heavenly Father wants the best for us.

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The wedding was really good. The groom had a lot of family that came.

They had a family lunch after the ceremony at a restaurant named Stellas in Ogden. In all the times I have driven back and forth from Utah, I have never stopped there.

The restaurant was cool. It was on 25th St., which was historic to Ogden. It had a cool basement section that felt like a speak easy.

After the wedding and lunch (and a quick nap) we went to see Valden and Valerie Christensen, who moved to Smithfield from Caldwell last year. It was great fun to spend time with them. We went to a Thai restaurant in North Logan.

Now it’s time to clean up the AirBNB and get on the road.

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After the wedding we’re going to Ogden for a family lunch. I had thought we might be able to take *** and *** to Orem to see baby Grace, but it looks like that’s not going to work out this time. I wonder when we’ll be able to see her next?

Yesterday was interesting in the way of business. I recieved a phone call from a person who has a home to sell in Sienna Hills, recieved a text from a potential buyer, and *** feels like she might move forward with a purchase of a condo.

There’s always a measure of excitement when new potential clients contact me.

I’m trying to put more effort into documenting my day to day, and my outreach to my circle of people.

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One of those experiences was a spontaneous lunch with a past client. I happened to go to the Winco on Fairview to get some deli chicken for lunch. Being there reminded me about Dan ***, a client who I helped purchase a house in the neighborhood behind the Winco. In an act of complete spontaniety I called him up (I remembered he works from home) and offered to bring some lunch. He accepted and we had a great time eating lunch together and playing pool. So fun, even more so because it was unplanned.

Today I have a meeting with a friend and fellow agent to strategize about ways to incorporate video into neighborhood farming and growing brand recognition.

I hope to spend the rest of the day reaching out to people and creating what I have dubbed my perpetual newsletter.

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I have some potential buyers for the Purdue listing. An interesting circumstance because they do not have an agent. There are advantages to both parties in this kind of arrangement, but also some specific challenges, many having to do with me as an agent representing one side but not the other.

I have some pricing comparisons requested over the weekend by a potential client.

I need to help a client arrange for an inspection coming up in three weeks.

I also need to revise a document I was asked to put together for Caldwell Fine Arts.

A friend who’s been coming to church with us is coming over tonight for dinner.

And I’ll make sure to get some other everyday things done.

GRATITUDES

I am grateful for the abundance of love, faith, service, wealth, and discipleship in the world.

I’m grateful for variety in my life.

I’m grateful to have such an awesome partner to share it with. (Jenn)

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