About Ripon's Ripon Christian School

Consumer wanted. I'm looking for someone that has some money and wants to buy a house to live in. If you want to rent it out too (I'm ok with that). I want you to be loyal & trustworthy. I love believing everything you say. Patience will be a wonderful thing too.

Here's what I'll give to you in return. I'll be your faithful & loyal realtor. I'll preview homes on your behalf (even videotape or take pictures for you). We can go together if you prefer shopping together. I'm a great listener. I'll be patient if you are not sure of exactly what you want. Helping you do your due diligence is what I love doing. I'll help you research neighborhood & your new possible home.

Read further for the risks. There are definite dangers of having me as your realtor. You will find a home you love. You will gain a lifelong realtor as your new family member(that's cause we will be family after we are done). After our transaction you will have "Christina withdrawal's" because we will talk so much while looking for a home & during the process. I totally understand if you after you just call, text or facebook me just cause you want to catch up. As a matter of fact, I will cherish your withdrawals.

I look forward to helping you find your dream home & hearing from you.

(174,-5)

What is this adorable puppy saying to you? Help, get me out of this can.... hard to say really :)

I was on my way taking Noah to school & just thought this was too cute to pass up. I told my son I was going back after I dropped him off to take the picture. I wonder if he has holes in him & his stuffing is falling out. What do you think?

(175,-4)

I had the honor & pleasure of walking to Almond Blossom Church in Ripon with the 5th graders at Ripon Christian on this Friday, 2/4/11. The 5th graders carried all the donations that they were collecting for the past few weeks.

It was "organized chaos" as Mrs. Nancy VanderVeen described & she was right. There were 2 very looooooonnnng tables with boxes labeled (soap, soup, pillowcases, hand sanitizer, toothbrushes, toothpaste, baby wipes, pencils, pens, stationery, batteries, cereal bars, deoderant, candy, gum, popcorn, toys, magazines, shaving cream, razors, beef jerky, feminine products, nuts, shampoo, socks, canned food, protein bars).

We had 2 hours of both 5th grade classes sorting all the donated items. After we sorted, the kids had a buddy & packed one box at a time with love & care. I enjoyed listening to the kids thought processes. They were talking with each other & saying well we need to make sure they have a pen with their stationery, shaving cream with razors. My son was really stuck on making sure that his soldier received the nerf football plus a can of chunky soup. After they packed a box real tight, they had to write what was in each box (for the post office).

We packed about 60 soldier care packages, I know they were hopeing for 100 of them.

We are looking for soldiers serving in Iraq or Afganhistan to send these packages too. If you know anyone serving right now over there, please email me or respond here with their address so we may send them one of these fun packages.

I was scheduled to help out in my son's 5th grade classroom at Ripon Christian today. I really enjoyed all aspects of it.

1. After you (the parent) are in the back of the classroom for awhile, they (your kid) forget that you are there & you can see the "true" kid in action hard at work. I saw that sometimes he doesn't pay attention & he is definitely a "doodler".
2. Your kids teacher will know your care & appreciate the help.
3. Seeing how your kids teacher teaches is so important, especially the math. Noah & I tend to argue a little about how problems are done. I don't teach exactly how the teacher does. I definitely picked up some good tips today. It was really good just to see her routine, so I can better relate with Noah when talking about homework or his daily work at school.
4. You will have a renewed appreciation for your childs teacher for sure. I know I do. I was mentally exhausted thinking of all the subjects she teaches them, the amount of correcting that has to be done & tallying of grades. It seems like more than a full time job for sure.