About
me (if we are going to work together, I will get to know you, so you might as
well get the first jump and decide whether you want to work with me). I am a
wife, mother, an avid sports fan and consider it a privilege to live where we
do. And, “mom” to a 23 pound cockapoo, Willie McCovey; can you see where some
of my passions lie? J
I
met my husband, Phil, over 25 years ago, June, 1989. He was the best man in my
sister’s wedding on the Peninsula. I lived in Seattle at the time, so was just
in for the weekend. My now brother in
law introduced him to all the single gals per my now mother in law’s request,
except me. I was “geographically undesirable”.
We will be married 24 years this coming April. And, we were married
during a Giants-Dodgers series weekend. The Giants won, and my mother in law
said it was a good sign (we are not new to this baseball thing, and live it
passionately).
Our
greatest pride and joy are our boys, Andrew and Alex. Andrew is 21, Alex, 18; junior
and freshman in college. Becoming a Mom
was not an easy road, so maybe it makes me more protective, proud and
passionate, or not. But, they are our single greatest achievement, after being
married since 1991. Having “the best” for them on the “big” things is highly
important to us. Maybe not in shoes and electronics, but the things that matter
for life. For us, that is education.
We
all have our goals and opinions about “best”. That is not part of this
discussion; but those goals come with choices, based on needs and values. For
us, when choosing our house in 1991 which school district to live in was not of
highest importance, which is very unusual in today’s world. It was about what
we could afford because we planned on, and were fortunate enough to be able to
send them to, Catholic school (you just learned something else about me!). We
prescribe to educating the “whole person” (the Jesuit philosophy). It was more
than school scores, but also about imparting the understanding of an importance
of being a part of the world and preparing to be a contributing citizen. This philosophy is not limited to the Jesuits
and is achievable in many ways, through many communities, churches, etc. It was
the path we chose and were committed to it.
We
selected a smaller home in the Cambrian area which allowed us to send ours to
St Chris, Bellarmine and now Santa Clara (because of some amazing academic scholarships
tied to a Jesuit high school education, not unlimited funds). It was a diamond in the rough; ugly exterior
color, front yard weeds up to here, but we could get a conforming loan
($201,000 was the limit in fall, 1991), so was a winner to us. But, whatever
your desire, goal, path or philosophy, I think the most important thing is that
you stay true to those and are honored, respected and supported in them. As a
real estate agent, I feel it is very important that I determine, recognize and
support your needs and path. It is not that we have to share the same goals,
but that yours are supported. After all, it is you buying the home, making the
mortgage payment, not me!
For
now, I am off to get a new head shot done. My photo and contact info will soon
be popping up at the Branham and Ross Safeway, on that new display with the
antibacterial wipes for the shopping cart!
Yep, that’ll be me staring right back each time you work to wipe those
germs away!
In
the meantime ~ Happy New Year! I will be avidly watching the Rose Bowl!
As
my ongoing commitment to being your real estate resource in the South Bay, here are the homes new to the market in Cambrian, Almaden and Willow Glen last week. You will see a column indicating which ones I
have also viewed in person. I would
welcome meeting you, showing any of these homes to you, and providing any of my
market statistics regarding sale to price ratios TY v LY, number of homes on
the market, etc. Let’s meet and I would
love to share!
