This is my first article posted to Andrea’s site. So there I was just working away at the office doing an economic value added analysis for a rental property when the phone rang. Andrea was way excited and told me to listen to Olivia, then whispered in her ear, “I pee-pee in the potty, daddy!” All of a sudden cap rates didn’t mean a thing since for the last two years, I have changed 95% of diapers for both our kids. It just so happened that all I wanted for Christmas was for Olivia to be potty trained. I just know that Santa saw how good I have been all year and decided to bring me Christmas early. Now, Olivia tells us that she needs the potty all the time even when she doesn’t. She does a little dance before she uses it (for obvious reasons) and a little dance of joy after as she munches on her candies for using the potty. I’m hoping that in less than six months, there will be no more diapers for our big girl- that and a new GPS Navigation system for the car!! That’s all I really want for Christmas!

1. Wrestle
2. eat stew
3. listen to Rock & Roll music
4. floss
5. watch “Crocodile Dundee”
6. go sun bathing
7. ride it
8. show it off to my friends
9. put it in the bath tub
10. eat fried chicken
11. let it go in the sewers of New York
12. watch “An Affair to Remember”
13. make a handbag
14. make boots
15. go on plane rides
16. go parachuting
17. eat panny-cakes together
18. take piccolo lessons
19. go to the planitarium
20. rub lotion on it
21. take it to the orthodontist
22. go to the cosmetic counter at maceys
23. get a peticure
24. do mud masks
25. build a tree house
26. ride gondolas in venice
27. take it golfing
28. eat granola bars
29. dance in the gazebo in the park
30. go shopping at the Gap
31. sleep out on the trampoline
32. make rope swing
33. go fishing
34. eat ice cream
35. go rollerblading
36. get a perm
37. read poetry
38. blow bubbles
39. take out an insurance policy
40. listen to records using the teeth as the needle.
41. go slip’n’sliding on the Crocodile Mile
42. clip your fingernails
43. play soccor
44. go intimidate all the Elementary School bullies
45. catch bugs for a bug collection
46. eat italian
47. make salsa (from Leslee)
48. have a hot-dog eating constest (from Hairy Carrie)

This is all I can think of so far. If you can think of anything, email me! Maybe I’ll add it to my list!