Almost there

Well, my office renovation is almost done. These are the last sneak peek pictures before I go get the real deal ones with a real camera. The artwork will be hung next week and all the furniture will be in place and the boxes will be out of the way.

That light fixture is even more amazing in person. I can believe I got them to purchase that. It is the crown jewel of the whole project.

What do you do?

I know a lot of you might be wondering, "What is Cassie doing now that she is out of a job?". Ok, I doubt very many of you care, but I thought I would fill you in on what a morning looks like as a property manager for 50 tenants.

First off, let's remember it is 115 degrees outside, the humidity is killer and the mosquitos are out and about and biting.

I get here (41st Street) and am first approached before I get out of my car by a tenant who wants a mini fridge, a bum who wants to know what I am doing with all the furniture lying around, and of course the mosquitos. I put my stuff in our office, which is packed full of furniture and hot and filling up with paperwork that I have not had time to file yet and I get back outside. Everyday now I wear a workout outfit, because I usually end up sweating so bad that I might as well be working out.

Next, I meet a painter to get started, I meet a contractor to fix a leak in a roof that has been "repaired" 3 times and I have to explain to the tenants that "I hope this time they will fix it". I go meet Mike (our awesome maintenance guy) at 509 West 37th Street to discuss the issue of the the ceiling, which fell through because the A/C in the attic overflowed, because our tenant left it on 60 degrees for a full week. Now we have 2 ceilings to repair and paint. Oh and new carpet.

I then come back over to 41st Street to help one guy move out a full bed to be replaced by a twin so that the leak roof will stop dripping directly on his bed. Then, I get the tenant who has been begging for a spare mini fridge his darn mini fridge from an apartment that had to use it, because their refrigerator was broken.

Now, I am back in the office trying not to get overwhelmed, because it is now 11 am and I have paid no bills or done anything that I had on my list of to dos. I have a showing at 11 and I cross my fingers that I can get a lease on it. We only have a few more to rent and I hope they get done or I will be out of another job. Wish me luck.

P.s. I have about 15 mosquito bites on my legs. Nice.

Freeze frame

I can't believe how cute and adorable my little girl is sometimes. I really want to freeze her in time in this age and keep all her little cuteness to myself. I don't know what it is about this age, but she makes me cry tears of love all the time lately. We have been having a really good time together and with Daddy. Doing nothing but watching her grow and learn and name every person that is in her nursery school, all the teachers, all the kids and everyone in between. She is even beginning to know most of the kids' moms' names. Of course the ladies at the nursery think she is super smart, because she can name everyone in there. They also love to laugh at her when she does her white girl dance from side to side with no head movement at all. She gets that from her Dad, for sure. Ya'll know I don't dance like that. Wink wink.

This is from the park. This is her Grandma Rosa Lee face.

The begining of a beautiful office

This is the office project that I am hanging around waiting to finish before I am officially done with my job. Let me tell you, not to toot my own horn, but it is looking good. It is all white walls, cabinets, desks, so forth and so on. It has wood ceilings as you see above, some wood flooring, Calcutta gold marble flooring, and some pretty swanky light fixtures.

These pictures are from my phone, but these are in progress photos and I can't wait to take final pictures in just a few weeks. I will definitely post them when I take some at the first of September.

weekend recap

Sunday morning cooking eggs with Daddy. This has become their ritual. Then Sallie Rose eats 3 eggs to herself.

Stirring the eggs

On the dock at one of our new favorite places, Desposito's. Mommy had crab legs...hmmmmm.

What is that? I don't know Daddy.

This was Saturday morning at the park. She played in the fountain and then wanted to play on the playground. Couldn't have done it the other way around. She and I definitely got some looks. I will never judge another mother whose kids clothes seemed to have disappeared. There is no telling where they went.

Mommy and Boo Boo

This girl drives me crazy, she is so much fun.