I MADE IT…

Okay, I survived the in-law visit—go Karen, go Karen, go Karen! I am just joking—they are good people and we had a really nice time celebrating my father-in-law’s birthday (Nigel—a Brit of course!). I think I had 2 glasses of champagne, Brie cheese, white aged cheddar, chevre, crackers, salami, procuitto, marionberry pie, melted [...]

The in-laws are coming….

They are in fact here—as of last night. They shipped in wine in advanced and came with gifts of fresh pheasant (yep, really), so I guess that I can’t complain too much. But, I am up at 5 am backing scones, so I am not such a bad daughter in law either!
It always [...]

Salmon before workout…yuk

Last night I decided to go to an evening workout session and since I am not used to working out at night, I had dinner right before I went…big mistake!
As we were running, I started to imagine salmon…and not in a good way. Note to self, no fish before exercise.
I wish that life would [...]

Tea and Mama Mia

That is what it took to get me out of bed this morning as my Bose alarm went off to “how you thrill me.” Okay, now that I know I am thrilling at 5 am, please, get me some tea so I can thrill the rest of the world. Next, my [...]

Puffy eyes at 5

Here it is, about 5am on Sunday morning and I am sitting here with the same puffy eyes that I had all day yesterday. I don’t mean slighty puffy, I mean—can’t open my eyes wide enough to get my contacts in-puffy. I suppose it is okay, some days I would prefer not see [...]

My pants don’t hurt

As many of you know, I have completely changed my lifestyle over the last 6 weeks…for the rest of my life… I feel fabulous. I have only lost about 5 pounds so far (my trainer tells me that is years of a lousy metabolism…we are working on that now), but I love putting on [...]

100% Success

So, how was my trip, you ask?  It was fabulous!  Bob and I did a unique, live demonstration on how to stage an investment property.   It included tips, ideas, and stategies; and it all took under 30 minutes!  After the presentation I went ahead and had the students compare my 30 minute, $1000 staging to a “so-called professional” staging company’s [...]

Still gone.

 
But don’t worry I’ll be back.   I’m still enjoying myself at Bob Diamond’s event. 
So far, so good. I’ll give everyone a proper update when I get back tomorrow afternoon.
Until then, good luck and have a wonderful day!
 
Karen Schaefer
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Leaving for Phili

Well, I am outta here!  I am off to Phili to speak at Bob Diamond’s event and I’m loving every minute of it!
I woke up this morning just grateful to be alive; for my family, my opportunities and my talents. Sometimes things just need to be that simple.
Keep all the people in TX in your [...]

Zebras are Brown

At least the color of my new zebra striped chairs are brown and crème—not the traditional  black and white—there is some debate in my house as to whether or not they are zebra stripe  or tiger stripe (that is Pete questioning it—the man who had his sweatpants on backward yesterday—zebra—trust me!)
I decided it was time [...]